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