Meridith; I think that you are on the right track as I had suspected exactly same as you. This explains why my uncle Edward came on to Davidson County before William Riley, Ismah & DR Moses came. DR Moses was my 3rd great grandfather. Edward married Happy Tabor in Davidson County , TN in 1812 and William Riley married China Strickland Seagraves in Wake county in 1816. We have been trying to Connect a Henry & Willis Kellum in 1830 Alabama to Smith and his boys. I am still looking at Easer Kellum and Annie Smith as the Parents of Henry and Smith. Later JK