Carol: Joe Ballard married Nancy Mitchell December 25, 1873 and they are in the 1880 Smith County TN census as follows: BALLARD, Joe 31 Nancy 23 Ann 5 Harriett 3 Susan 1 Jane 2 months There is a Richard Smith in the 1880 Smith County TN census and I think this might be who you are looking for: SMITH, Kate 33, Richard 12 Easter 12 Susan 8 Web ? 6 Smith County TN marriage book: Richard Smith & Harriett Ballard January 12, 1894. Eli J. Guthrie Minister of Gospel The Smith County census is on line at this website. I posted the above in hopes that there are other descendants from your family also researching. Peggy