<<No James or John in Thomas who died in 1781, but there is a John and a James in Thomas, Jr. who died in 1804 son of Thomas and Sussannah Hansford, brother to your Ann Ballard Maupin. What have you found?>> Thank you Jewell, Edna and William. I believe the Thomas Ballard in question is the one who died in 1804. >From the above you can tell William knows me pretty well....the answer is I don't know what I've found if anything. The researcher in Richmond that I use once in awhile sent me some "selected pages" of a few Chancery cases. I am always on the lookout for Via information and in particular a clue to information we are lacking. Anyway in the Chancery case of John Ballard vs Exors of Thomas Ballard Micajah Via is mentioned and so is Molly Via. Although the info I have from this case does not indicate Molly's connection to Micajah it would be easy to assume she was his wife. We've only seen Micajah's wife mentioned once - in a deed and it listed her as Phillipi Via. Micajah's son Jonathan named a daughter Maria P. (was the P for Phillipi?). If Molly was Micajah's wife I was trying to determine a connection between the families (we are still looking for his wife's last name). I think it likely that Micajah was involved in this case because he was most likely a neighbor of the Ballard's and because his daughter Fanny Via married William Ballard. I will try to transcribe the few pages of the Chancery case that I have and post it to the group. Even though I doubt it will shed any more light on the Via's I'll see if it's possible for me to order the microfilm and then I can see the whole case. Judy

Good Evening, Group!!! The Thomas Ballard who died in 1804 is buried on the land originally owned (by land grant) by Mosias Jones. It was sold to Thomas Ballard, Sr. and given to Thomas Ballard, Jr. The Ballard Cemetery on this parcel is located behind the new home and on the north side of the swimming pool. The cemetery was almost completely destroyed when the pool was put in. Only a few graves remain. I can just guess what all they dug up when they put in the pool. This farm located on Ballard's Mill Road between White Hall and Free Union. It is about one half mile south of the farm of Robert Thompson who was married to Jean Via, daughter of William Amer Via, and on the west side of the road from the original grant of Thomas Ballard, Sr. listed as "on Piney Mountain" which it was not. William Albertson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: [VIA-L] Ballards >