Children of Joseph BALLENGER and Elizabeth Caroline BERRYMAN were as follows:

1. Mary, born 30 January 1846, GA; died 12 June 1916; buried Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA; married John Abner McGARITY, 12 August 1860
2. Bethany, born 22 February 1848; died 18 January 1880; buried Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA; married David Jeptha WINN, 20 1866, Hart Co, GA
3. John S, born 18 August 1849; died 1818; buried at Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Smith Co, MT; married Jessie (--?--);
4. William F, born 12 January 1850; died 28 July 1920; buried at Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA.
5. Nancy, born 6 October 1851; died 6 October 1885; buried at Vanna Methodist, Hart Co, GA.
6. Charles Herbert, born 2 July 1854; married Cynthia Elizabeth SMITH,
7. Elizabeth Caroline, born 6 January 1856; died 30 July 1933; buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Franklin Co, GA; married Silas Willis BROWN, 31 Oct 1872
8. Minerva L, born 21 January 1858; died 31 July 1927; buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Franklin Co, GA; married John Foster BAKER, 31 January 1875.
9. Joseph L, born 24 March 1860; died 30 December 1889 at age 29; buried at Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA.
10. Ardessy Vanna, born 1863; died 1937; buried Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA.

William Ballenger, Joseph's father, married Betsy's mother Nancy Bragg Berryman sometime after 1832 when Charles Berryman died.

Joseph died on 25 Oct 1890 at age 73. Betsy died 5 October 1905 at age 81. They are buried at Vanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart Co, GA.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Judy Winn

Madison County, GA Marriage Records Online

History of Franklin County Georgia, Franklin County Historical Society, Anna Belle Little Tabor, President, 1986, WH  Wolfe Associates, P O Box 972, Roswell, GA 30077