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Born 19 March 1779 Orange Co., Virginia. Married Eleanor Guthrie.

Their children were, Gordon, William, Robertson Shelton, Jane, Amanda, Austin and Julia Ann.

4 October,1803 Monroe County Marriage Records. { West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971″, FamilySearch, Entry for Philip Ballard and Ellener Guttery, 1803. }

1803 Marriage Bond between Phillip Ballard and William Guthrie. { West Virginia Vital Records, Interactive }

1830 Logan County, Virginia, Census. { United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch, not indexed, image 4 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). }

1840 Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana. ( “United States Census, 1840”, image 800, pg. 138, FamilySearch , Entry for Philip Ballard, 1840, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). }

{ Find a Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch, Phillip Ballard, ; Burial, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana, United States of America, Glen Cove Cemetery; citing record ID 47000246, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. }