This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: smith/dailey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.independence/1227/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for James S. and Mary Smith in or around this area. Was the Polk Bayou area in Sharp or Izard county by the 1870 census? Seems like this area was overlooked, maybe by county boundary changes. Also would like to know any history about Polk Bayou. Thanks, RM