This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ballard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/1269 Message Board Post: Trying to find information on George W. Ballard. Was in 1850 census Marion County (Household 295/Family 303) and 1860 census in Winston County. Family legend has that he disapperaed during the Civil War. Nancy moved with the children to Missouri before 1870. Neighbors on either side in 1850 were named Whitehead. George was 26 in the 1850 census, Nancy was 17. Nancy was born in AL. Other Ballards in close proximity during 1850 census were Milinta (age 24 - Household 321), James (age 74 - household 320) and Jeremiah (age 79 - household 320).