Ballew, John C

Ballew, John C.

a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Burke County, N. C., but the date is unrecorded. He embraced religion in i800, and in 1803 entered the Virginia Conference. In 1813 he located, but again resumed the active -work of the ministry in 1814, and continued faithful until old-age compelled him to retire, in 1827. He died in Livingston County, Mo., Jan. 15, 1848. Mr. Ballew was well versed in the Bible and an excellent man. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1849, p. 231.