Seek information on the following family:
Josiah Smith b NC C 1799 m in TN Mary Ann
son Anderson Booker Smith b TN C1828 m Lucy Ann Ragsdale
son William Rice Smith b 1854 m Rebecca Swafford AR
son William Powderly Smith b 1885 m Ada

These families seem to have begun in NC, TN, and migrated to Van Buren Co., AR.

Interesting middle names: Booker, Rice, Powderly were surely maiden names of moms or grandmothers.