Husband: John Ballard
Husband Born: 1831, Sumter County, South Carolina
Marriage Date/Place: 1850, in Sumter County, South Carolina
Wife: Bedora M. Carpenter
Wife Born: 1824, South Carolina
Wife death Date/Place: 1880, Navarro County,Texas.
Wife's Father: William Carpenter
Wife's Mother : Eliza Unknown
Children:
1. Julia Ballard
Born: 1854, South Carolina.
2. Harriett Alice Ballard
Born: 1856 Sumter County, South Carolina
Spouse Name: Green Williams
3. Lewis Washington Ballard
Born: 1858, South Carolina
Spouse Name: Georgia Ann McKee
Marriage Date/Place: 10 Sep 1891, in Navarro County,Texas
Death Date/Place: 6 Jun 1925, Navarro County,Texas
Other Marriages : Mrs Jennie Thompson 20 Aug 1883, in Navarro County,Texas
4. Vermillia Frances Ballard
Born: 1860 Sumter County,South Carolina
Spouse Name: John Benjamin Brittain
Marriage Date/Place: 21 Jun 1877, in Navarro County,Texas
Death Date/Place: 13 Feb 1916 Navarro County,Texas
5. Bedorah Ballard
Born: 1862, South Carolina
Spouse Name: J. R. Harlan
Marriage Date/Place: 20 Apr 1880, in Navarro County,Texas
6. John Richard Ballard
Born: 1861, South Carolina
Spouse Name: Talitha Cumi Brittain
Marriage Date/Place: 12 Jan 1887, Navarro County,Texas
Death Date/Place: 1940 Navarro County,Texas
7. Lillian M. Ballard
Born: 1866, South Carolina.
Sources: : Census Records of Clarendon and Sumter Counties,
South Carolina 1850 , 1860, 1870
Personal family records.