BALL - Ball township was organized in 1861 and is in the second tier of townships from the county line on the south. It embraces government township 14 north, range 5 west, and is bounded as follows: On the east by Cotton Hill, north by Woodside, west by Chatham, south by Divernon. and Pawnee. Its area was originally one-third timber land, and it is well watered by Sugar and Brush creeks. It has a town hall in the center of the township. The main commercial point for the people of the township is Chatham, in Chatham township. Glenarm, in the southern part of the township, has in recent years become a place of some importance. It is a station on the line of what was formerly known as the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern railroad.

The first cabin ever erected in Sangamon county is said to have been built on section 21 in this township by Robert Pulliam in October, 1816; but he afterward left it for St. Clair county and did not return with his family until May, 1818. Among other pioneers who settled in the township in ISIS were William and Joseph Drennan, George Cox and Joseph Dodds.

Population of the township - 1,013.