Joseph T. Ball
| Joseph T. Ball | |
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| Branch president | |
| October 7, 1844 – March 1, 1845 | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1804 Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | September 20, 1861 (aged 57) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Black people and the Latter Day Saint movement |
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Joseph T. Ball (February 21, 1804 – September 20, 1861) was an early convert (and later excommunicated member) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Black man who held the priesthood prior to the priesthood ban instituted in 1849. He was also the first Black branch president in the church.