This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iBH.2ACIB/786.801.2.1.1.2.2.3.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am still trying to find the background on John C. Burris. I have received confirmation that his first wife was Deborah Ballard (second wife Sarah Jessup), but still unable to unravel the mystery of John, John C. and John Jr. (John Jr married Francis Ballard Deborah's sister) they all came probably together from North Carolina. can you offer any help?