Hi, Martha, there is a piece written in the "History of Carlisile Co. KY for the years 1820-1900" on the South Ballard Church. This piece was written by Mrs. Kathryn Kelley Webb so maybe if anyone on the list knows her they can put you in touch with her. Anyway, here is what the book says on p. 97. " South Ballard, located west of Bardwell, was taken from a strip of land on the Frank Taylor farm in the 1860's. It is said that the women dug ginseng and sold it to help pay for the building of the church. Thus, the nickname, when Sister Milner and Jane Bell began calling the church 'Ginseng' in fun. The church disbanded about 1930. The ministers were Bro. Ben Briggs, Bro. Pease, Bro. Byassee, and Bro. Ben Huey. W. T. Denton, a Civli War Veteran was one of the leaders. He lived where Prentiss Bodkin later lived. The land is now owned by Ed Mantle. The church building was bought by Tom Davis who sold it to a Mr. Edmonds who tore the church down and sold the lumber. The church ground is now owned by Frank Ireland who can remember going to "preaching all day and a big dinner on the ground" when he was a small boy." so it looks like the South Ballard had become that area west of Bardwell. Hope this helps, Donna On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Terry Smith wrote: > OOPS ! Should've looked up a date before quoting from memory > on a previous post. Went back & looked at Grandad Sullivan's > note about WHEN he joined the "Baptist Church at South Ballard" > and it actually says: October 22, 1911. > > Now that REALLY makes me wonder what church that is today, > IF it still is one. By 1911 the "south Ballard" area had become > part of Carlile Co......Right? > > Puzzled, Martha > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Rootsweb searchable mailing list archives at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L >