This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/261.271.260.266.367.1.1 Message Board Post: Carol my ancestor John Ball b: 1768 lived in Clarke Co., Ga. for a while. His son, John Dison Ball was born there in 1808. They both later left Clarke Co., Ga. John went to Cobb Co., Ga. in 1840 and in 1850 he was in Randolph Co., Al. Been told his family came from Abbeville. Is there any family relation bet. my Ball and yours? Patricia Griggs Stricklin