On 9 February 1761, Thomas Haile of Essex County and the Parish of Southfarnham gave to Mark Ball and Caty his wife. For the “Natural Affection and Fatherly Love that he hath for his Daughter Caty the Wife of the said Mark Ball”, during their lives they are to have 62 acres in Southfarnham parish bordering Wagoners Line and William Roane. Signed Thomas Haile. Witnesses: Adam Lynn, Jno Chamberlain, Reuben Waggener. Recorded 20 April 1761. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 28, page 304.]

About 1791, Benjamin Haile brought suit against Mark Ball and Caty his wife: Nestor Ironside lessee of Benjamin Haile by John Warden esq. complains of Isaac Buterstaff. That Benjamin Haile on 1 January 1786 let unto Ironside the remainder of a tract purchased of Elizabeth Haile by Thomas Haile late of the county and parish [Southfarnham] except for one part conveyed by Thomas Haile to Mark Ball and Caty his wife. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 6, item 6-D-13.]

For general information about Mark Ball, see: Gothberg, Carol J., John and Amy Gatewood, and Their Descendants 1666–1986. Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1987, pages 159–160.

Mark Ball and his wife moved to South Carolina by 1781.