Ballston, Virginia, Millenbeck Plantation

Ballston, Virginia – Named After The Ball Family That President George Washington Is Related To

Hamilton Historical Records

William Ball, President George Washington’s great-grandfather, arrived in Virginia in the 1650s. William Ball served as a Colonel and lived in Lancaster County, Virginia; where he established the plantation of, “Millenbeck”. In 1900, the Ballston Village, which was named after the Ball Family, was formed within Arlington County, Virginia. In 1969, Arlington County erected a Ballston Historical Marker in front of a church.

Church where the Ballston Historical Marker is located within Arlington County, Virginia.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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