This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Banta. Goff, Ripley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lY.2ADE/250.317 Message Board Post: am a decendent tp willian Jefferson Banta, who brouhjt his family to Colorado, his son Abraham, was my Grandfather, My father was named for William Jefferson Banta. He lived most of his adult life in Calif. and Arizona I would like to hear from any one interested.