Do you have more on Erby BOYD family? My Polk Co., TN...Ducktown...ROBERTS/STANDRIGE family named a child Boyd ROBERTS. Have yet to figure where it came from....be glad to share what I have... Thanks, CAT "Hooper, R. Clayton" wrote: > Twanda, > > You may need to search some other Counties for your David and Sarah Smith, they > are not found in the Polk County Census records for the years, 1850, 1860, > 1870, 1900. The David Smiths that cycles through those Census years are > married to: Rebecca and another to: Eliza J. > > There are, however, 2 David Smiths listed in the 1840 Polk County Census: > David Smith 10001 / 20001 > David Smith 10000001 / 00201 > They are most likely the two David Smiths that appear in the 1850 Census > married to the two women listed above. > > Your Joseph Christian marriage time frame may be off. The first (and only) > mention of any Joseph Christian is in the 1870 Polk Census where he is a 13 > year old Farm Hand living in the household of Erby Boyd and family. He is not > listed in the 1900 Census. > > I could not find a Virgil Garrett in any of those Census records either. > Again, you probably ought to check other counties. If your family oral > tradition says they came from Polk County, but you have no records supporting > that, those oral traditions could be off a little and maybe those folks came > from an adjoining county. Or maybe they just hid out whenever the Census Taker > would come by....afeared of the government man. Who knows? > > Good Luck! Clay > > RonaldBuc@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello > > I guess that I am still willing to bat my head against the brick wall, but > > hoping and a praying that someone somewhere has some info on > > David Smith, b. ca 1830, m,. Sarah Jane Lee b. ca 1830, NC, they both lived > > in > > Polk Co, Died and are buried in the Stringtown Cemetery. > > Joseph Christian married Matilda Adams Mid 1800s. > > VIrgil Garrett married Mattilda Adams late 1800s. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Twanda -- Carol Ann "Cat" Tindell Jacksonville Beach, FL C.A.T.'s Southern Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax Researching: AKINS, BERRY, BOWERS, BROOKS, CANTRELL, DANIEL, LITTLE, McCRAVEY, ROBERTS, STANDRIDGE, WALLIS & WOOD{S} Our Southern AKINS: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/akins Researching: A&D of James AKIN, Sr. Henrico Co., VA including his g-grandson, Lewis AKINS who d. 1791 Laurens Co., SC. The TINDELLs of Calhoun Co., FL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/tindell Researching: DUNCAN, JONES, TINDEL of SE AL & West FL Union Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion Fannin Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafannin Old Walton Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaoldwal