Jay, I think you are right about one of the James being Ballenger's son. Someone on the Wade Genforum listed the dates fro my James (birth and death) and listed him as the son of Ballenger. I had seen this before, but was confused because they have him married to Jane King. Both of the James in the Barren County 1850 census are married to women named Sally. I think the "other" (not mine) was married previously since his wife Sally is almost 25 years younger than him. My James was in Cumberland Co., Kentucky by 1820. He is listed as living very close to Richard Wade (probably Ballenger's son). I will have to check land records since Ballenger gave a fairly detailed description of the land he left to James. Hopefully this will break open new ground. Thanks, Carolyn