Austin, Patty and S. F. Ballard ca 1810, Conn ???
Years ago when I first started geneology, I found a letter in an old (very old) genealogy magazine, inquiring about the Patty Austin who was married to Smithfield Ballard.I was tracing Smithfield at the time and took this connection as gospel (big mistake).I have never been able to connect any woman to my Smithfield other than his wife, Lana.Unfortunately, an overzealous genealogist friend put the two of them into the LDS records as married.Does anyone know of another Smithfield Ballard?Or an earlier marriage he might have had, prior to Lana?Patty was supposedly from Connecticut and there was a Patty, daughter of David, born in 1795, in Litchfield Co, Conn.Has anyone connected her to anyone?
Thanks.Barbara