John Chapman Ballard was born May 1772 in Orange Co., Virginia. He married Chloe Flynn (aka. Flinn) about 1799 at Greenbrier Co., Virginia. John was also known as “Pedler John”.

Their children were, Chapman, St. Clair, Medley, Rhodes Dohoney, Polly, John F., Nancy Ann, Thomas, Frances and Boone.

Current Sources:

{Kanawha County personal property tax lists, 1792-1832, Microfiche, film 2024596, image 123, 140, 158, 175, Family Search, not indexed.}

{United States Census, 1830, FamilySearch, Entry for John Ballard, 1830, Indiana, Shelby, Liberty, image 540 856; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).}

{Early Logan County tax lists, tax lists from Logan County West Virginia for the years: 1824, 1827, 1833, 1835, 1837 and 1843. Transcribed by Vicie “Babe” Waskey Fowler.}

{Tax list, Shelby County, Indiana, 1843, image 39, FamilySearch, not indexed.}

{United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch, 9 April 2016, Indiana, Shelby, Liberty, image 9 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).}

{Shelby County Indiana Ballard Family Records}

{Buried in Trackwell Cemetery; Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John C Ballard (1772–31 Mar 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #31714978, citing Trackwell Cemetery, Shelby County, Indiana, USA.}