Francis Pollard^[1]

Abt 1722 - Bef 1780  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Francis Pollard
  Born	Abt 1722	Amelia County, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1780	Amelia Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I17270	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	George Pollard,   b. Bef 1702,   d. Aft 1765, Amelia County, Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Ellen Ann, Mrs. George Pollard,   b. Est 1705, Prob. Prince George Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth 'Betty' Phelps,   b. Abt 1730, Virginia Colony ,   d. Aft 1779, Bedford County, Virginia  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	Children of Betty Phelps and Francis Pollard: Suzannah Pollard b: ABT 1751 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia Thomas Pollard b: ABT 1755 in Amelia or Lunenburg Co., VA Jane Pollard b: AFT 1759 in Bedford Co., Virginia Judith Pollard b: BET 1759 AND 1763 in Bedford Co., Virgina Mary Pollard b: ABT 1760 in Bedford Co., Virginia John Pollard b: ABT 1760 in Amelia or Lunenburg Co., VA Frances 'Frankey' Pollard b: ABT 1761 in Bedford Co., VA Joseph Pollard b: ABT 1765 in Otter Creek, Bedford Co., VA Sarah Frances Pollard b: ABT 1765 in Bedford Co., Virgina Betty Pollard b: ABT 1769 in Bedford Co., Virginia Euphemia Pollard b: ABT 1772 in Otter Creek, Bedford Co.,VA Marriage 2 Harris Toney b: 11 MAR 1739 in Goochland Co., Virginia, m. BEF 1780 Children Lewis Toney James Toney Charles Toney b: ABT 1770 Harris Toney b: BET 1790 AND 1800 John Toney b: ABT 1810 in Franklin Co., Virginia
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F6179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories		Pollard Families of Amelia GeoPollard-GenRpt.pdf
  		Pollards of Amelia County, Virginia Pollards of Amelia County.pdf
  		Pollards of Amelia County 2-Pollards in Amelia.pdf

  
  

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  [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jhmjr&id=I17253. Francis Pollard, b. BEF 1721 Virginia Event: Fact 1737 Amelia Co., Tithables 1; d. JUL 1771 in Bedford Co., VA Marriage 1 Betty Phelps b: 1730, Virginia, d/o John Phelps b: 1705 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, and Mary C. LNU b: ABT 1709 in Virginia Marriage Francis Pollard b: BEF 1721 Virginia, year based on listing in 1738 tithable Betty Phelps Married Francis Pollard Abt. 1753. FRANCIS POLLARD - Notes of James Maloney The following sets out what has been found in the Amelia County Tithable records and on the internet. It is not based on an exhaustive review of the records, but hopefully someone will perform such a review. It appears but cannot be stated with certainty that the Francis Pollard who is listed with George Pollard in the Amelia Co. tithable lists in 1737 and 1740 later moved to Lunenburg Co., married Betty Phelps, and died in Bedford Co. in 1771. I believe it is likely that this Francis is the son of George and brother of Joseph and Susannah, but others had speculated that he is the son of Francis or Robert Pollard of King and Queen County. George Pollard was granted a patent for 382 acres on Sandy Creek, Amelia Co., on July 9, 1737 (Virginia Land Patent Book 7, p. 373: George Pollard, 393a., Amelia Co., adj. John Radford, John Harris & Joel Meadows, Sandy Creek). He may have been there before the date of the patent as a patent of June 1737 to John Harris states that it adjoins George Pollard; Virginia Lane Patent Book 17, p. 314. "A Plat of the Land Patents of Amelia Co., Virginia,? Amelia County Historical Committee, 1987, shows those two patents; they are in the westernmost portion of present Amelia County. George Pollard's patent is separated from the Appomattox River by only one other patent, and the Appomattox is the boundary between Amelia and Prince Edward counties. Francis Pollard appears in the tithables lists on Flatt Creek in Amelia Co. from 1737 - 1751. He is listed after George in the Amelia Co. Tithables lists for 1737 and 1740: 1737 tithable list in The Southside Virginia, Oct 1982, Vol.1, No. 1, Amelia County Tithables Flatt Creek, page 17 lists "George Pollard, Francis Pollard -2" 1740 Amelia County Tithables by J. C. Kolbe, page 71, George and Francis are shown in George's Household in Flat Creek "George Polerd, Frncs Polerd - 2". As he had to be 16 of age to be listed, it can safely be assumed that he was born before 1722. After 1440, Francis and George are listed separately, but in 1744 a Joseph Pollard begins being listed with George. In 1749 he brought a successful attachment action against Joseph Hunt in Amelia Co., and he appears for the first time in the Lunenburg tithables lists; in 1749 he and Stephen Clement are listed with Benjamin Clement in Lunenburg and in 1750 he is listed alone on John Phelp?s list in that county. In future records he is often associated with the Clements and Phelps families. He is shown in 1751 in Amelia Co. tithables list for the last time, and in 1753 he is shown as ?of Lunenburg Co.? On 28 June 1753, John Phelps, Planter, and Mary his wife of Lunenburg Co., sold to Francis Pollard, Black Smith, of same Co., for £40, 124 acres, Lunenburg Co., on both sides of Otter River, beginning on Troublesome Creek, up creek southeast and back down river (Lunenburg Co. Deed Book, 3, p. 277). The deed recorded immediately before that deed shows Francis Pollard and John Hayes as witnesses to a conveyance by ?John Phelps, Gent., of Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg.? In that same year, John Phelps transferred land to Joseph Hayes who had married his daughter, Sarah/Mary, and based on later conveyances it appears that Francis Pollard married another of his daughters, Betty. The fact that Francis Pollard?s father-in-law John Phelps was styled ?Gent.? indicates he was a man of importance, and we find that between 1742 and 1758 he obtained ten patents for land in Brunswick, Goochland, and Lunenburg counties (the last including land on Little Otter River and Troublesome Creek, some of which was apparently transferred to Francis Pollard). Francis Pollard obtained two patents himself, one in 1756 for 340 acres on the south fork of Straitstone Creek in Lunenburg Co. (Virginia Land Patents 33, p. 67) and another for 404 acres on both sides of Strait Stone Creek adjoining the land of Anderson acres in Halifax Co. (Virginia Land Patents 34, p. 212). Benjamin Clement (1700-1780) appeared as a tithable on Amelia Co.?s county?s first tax list in 1736. In 1741 he began patenting lands on Staunton River in Lunenburg County in an area that later became Pittsylvania County. He moved there by 20 April 1748 when, described as a ?blacksmith,? he sold 150 acres of his original patent to Edmund Walker [note Robert Gowin indicates that deed shows Francis Pollard as a witness to this deed.}. Lunenburg Co. charged Benjamin on three tithes in 1749 and 1750, with Stephen Clement and Francis Pollard in his household in 1749 and Isaac and Stephen, in 1750. Benjamin held 404 acres on both sides of Straightstone Creek in 1756, the same year that Francis Pollard patented 340 acres on the south fork of Straitstone Creek in Lunenburg (see below). Francis maintained a relationship with the Clement family for some years. He was described as a blacksmith in the 1753 deed from John Phelps, and it appears to me likely that he moved to Lunenburg with Benjamin Clement, another blacksmith, in 1749, and decided to stay. [Robert Gowin indictated that tithable list of Matthew Talbor recorded Francis Pollard living in household of Benjamin Clements., and that in 1750 John Phelps in Lunenburg/Bedfolrd Co. recolrds Francis and records Benjamin with sons Stephen and Iassc.] On Sept. 20, 1758, Francis Pollard and Betsy, his wife, of Bedford Co., Virginia, conveyed to Stephen Clements, a son of Benjamin, the 404 acres in Halifax Co. which Francis had patented earlier in the year (Halifax Co. Deed Book 1, p. 495; Stephen conveyed much of this land to Pleasant Thurman of Chesterfield in 1781). Also, in 1759, another son, Benjamin Clements, patented 266 acres on both sides of a branch of Strait Stone Creek, adjoining Francis Pollard (Virginia Land Patents 34, p. 259). In 1761, Francis Pollard was a witness to two deeds between Stephen Clement ?of Bedford? and John Absolom/Abston for property in Halifax Co. As indicated above, by 1753 Francis was ?of Bedford.? If it likely that his property was in that part of Lunenburg that formed Bedford Co. in that year. His name appears in the Bedford Co. Order Books from 1753 - 1760; a member of grand juries, bounty for wolf?s heads, and assignment to a crew for ?on the road from Fish dam on Otter River to the Dirt Bridge at the upper end of Long Mountain.? I have not seen order book information after 1760. Francis and Betty Pollard resided in Bedford until Francis death in 1771 when he was probably in his early fifties. His will dated April 3, 1771 was recorded July 23, 1771, and his executors were his wife, Betty, and John Phelps, Jr., (his brother-in-law) and James Calloway ( Bedford Co., Will Book 1, p 131) Transcribed and posted on the Pollard Gen Forum 10Jan 04 by Ruth Burket: In The Name of God Amen I Francis Pollard of the County of Bedford Being through the abundant Mercy and Goodness of God tho weak in Body yet of Sound Understanding & Memory Do Constitute this my Last will and Testament Imprimas I will and positively order that all my Just Debts Bepa Item I give to my Two Sons Thomas Pollard & John Pollard all my Lands to be Equally Divided Between them & their heirs forever and as to my Other Estate I Desire it may be Equally Divided among all my Sons and Daughters my wife Betty Pollard to Live on my Land & to Hold possession of my whole Estate During her widowhood for the Maintanance& support of herself and my Children But in Case she Decides to Marry that then the said Estate Shall Be Taken out of her possession and an Equal Childs part of my Estate Given her and her heirs forever and for the Safe management of my Estate I do appoint Constute my wife Betty PollardExecutor and John Phelps Jun. & James Callaway Executor of this my Last will and Testament In witness whereof I have here untoseyt my hand & seal This third day of April One Thousand seven hundred & seventy one Francis Pollard, Lo J (?), Signed Sealed & Deliveredin prescence of Rob't Allen Matthew Talbot Thomas Arthur. At a court held for Bedford County July 23, 1771 The written Last will and Testament of Francis Pollard Dec'd was exhibeted in court by Betty Pollard, John Phelps Jr. & James Callaway Gent and proved by the Oaths of Two of the Witnesses thereto Subscribed & Ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of the said Executrix & Executors who gave Bond with Security and made Oath According to Law Certificate is Granted them for Obtaining probate thereof in Due form of Law Teste Ben Howard CBC An Appraisement of the Estate of francis Pollard Dec'd (also posted and transcribed by Ruth Burket) 15 Head of Sheep 14 head of Cattle ......................................24...10.. 4 horse Creatures & feather beds........................................ ...36...10 A Quantity of pewter & Tin & knives & forks.........................1...18..6 2 Box irons & Heaters & quantity of Earthenware...................2...1... Sundry Plantation Tools 1p' Stilyards 1 Sith 1 Comb..............2...4.. a parsel of Books 1 Shott gun...................................................2..... 2 Mens Sadelas 1 Playing fiddle...............................................3...5.. 3 Chest 1 Trunk 7 Dollars in Cash............................................2..12 1 Handsaw 1 Womens Saddle His Waring Cloaths..................5..13..6 2 Brass Kettles & Potts 1 Bare Stove & otther Iron Tools........3..5.. 2 Steel Trap 27 head of Hoggs..................................................7..5.. 1 Negro man & Woman & his Children................................170....... 6 Chairs & Other Sumber 1 Copper Still...................................7..17... In all 269..... We the Subscribers being first Sworn in Obedience to an Order of Court to us Directed we have Appraised the above Estate The estate was not divided until 1780, and at that time five of his chlidren were still minors. In February of that Judith, Sarah, Jane, Betty, and Francis chose John Otey as guardian. On July 25, 1780, the division of his estate was recorded in Bedford Co. Will Book 1, p. 370: Pursuant to an Order of Bedford Court the following division is made of The Estate of Francis Pollard Decd Viz 425 Acres of Land whereon the said decd. formerly Lived is Equally divided by a line Begining [sic] at a Corner white oak in Pollards old line and Runing [sic] to a Beach on Middle Branch. Thence down the Branch as it meanders to the lower line allotting that part where the Old Plantation is to Thomas Pollard he paying to John Phelps Guardian to John Pollard and for his use one Thousand pounds on the first day of July next also £2481..3.7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C for the Decd. To John Pollard is allotted the other part of the above Tract of Land Together with £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable [sic] the first day of July next To Harris Toney & Elizabeth his wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To William Melton and Mary his Wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To John Loaden and Susannah his Wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To Judith Sarah, Jane, Betty and Frances Pollard and to each and every of them is allotted £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next Certified under our hands this 24th day of April 1780. William Trigg, W. Leftwich, John Trigg. At a Court held for Bedford County the 25 July 1780 This allotment of the Estate of Francis Pollard deceased was Returnd to Court and Ordered to be Recorded. Betty Phelps Pollard was required to give"counter sec[urity]" as admistrator, Order Book 6, p 187, 207, 248 (dates not specified), and she was still alive when she was in court in conjunction with her husband?s estate in August 1779. It is likely she died shortly after that and that her death triggered the division of Francis? estate. Francis?s brother Joseph died in Amelia Co. in 1789, and his estate was not finally settled until 1832 after the death of his widow, Leah, in late 1828. The 1780 settlement indicates Francis and Betty Pollard had the following children, probably all of whom were under twenty-one years of age at the time of their father?s death: Thomas Pollard, John Pollard, Elizabeth, who married Harris Toney, Mary, who married William Melton, Susanna, who married John Loaden, Judith, Sarah, Jane, Betty, and Francis. All of the marriage records but one found for the children are in Bedford Co. Thomas Pollard married Chizia 'Keziah' Hunt on Aug. 1, 1778. John Pollard married Catherine Nichols on Jan. 9, 1787, Judith married Joseph Going Sept. 30, 1780, shortly after the settlement, and she and her husband moved to Missouri. Jane married William Mason on Mar 10, 1785. Betty married Flayle Payne in Oct. 16, 1790, in Franklin Co. Francis [sic] called Frankey married Zachariah Kennett Nov. 1, 1798. CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF RECORDS The Tax Lists A Francis Pollard appears in the tax lists of Amelia County from 1737 to 1751; unless otherwise shown, listings are from Amelia Co., Virginia, Tax Lists, 1736-1764, An Every Name Index, TLC Genealogy, Miami, 1993: 1737 - Francis Pollard - Jno Dawsons List, above Flatt Creek (from Flatt Creek to the Exent of the county upwards) 1737, Francis Polard - John Burtons List, above Flatt Creek [1737 tithable list in The Southside Virginia, Oct 1982, Vol.1, No. 1, Amelia County Tithables Flatt Creek, page 17 lists "George Pollard, Francis Pollard -2" 1739 - Francis Pollerd - Francis Anderson's List, above Flatt Creek 1740 - Frnsis Polerd - John Burton's List, above Flatt Creek [1740 Amelia County Tithables by J. C. Kolbe, page 71 , George and Francis are shown in George's Household in Flat Creek "George Polerd, Frncs Polerd - 2".] 1741 - Franses Polerd - John Burton's List, above Flat Creek (between Appomattox River and Flatt Cr) 1742 - Frances Polard - Wm. Clement's List (between Flatt Creek and Appomattox River)1746 - Frances Pollard - Thomas Tabb's List (between Flatt Creek and Appomattox Reiver) (to Saylors Creek} 1747 - Francis Polard - Thomss Tabb's List , above Flatt Creek 1749 - Lunenburg County charged Benjamin Clement on three tithes in 1749, with Stephen Clement and Francis Pollard in his household [Source??] Francis paid tithes in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg Co. 1749 and was a blacksmith. [???] [Benjamin Clement (1700-1780) moved with his father to Amelia Co., appeared as a tithable on the county?s first tax list in 1736. In 1741 Benjamin began patenting lands on Staunton River in Lunenburg County in an area that later became Pittsylvania County. His first acquisition was 129 acres by patent dated 20 August 1741. He moved there by 20 April 1748 when, described as a ?blacksmith,? he sold 150 acres of his original patent to Edmund Walker. On both sides of Sycamore Creek in Lunenburg, Benjamin patented 400 acres in 1755 and 77 acres in 1772. [The Family History of John W. Pritchard; http://www.virginians.com/redirect.htm?topics&856 When Benjamin sold 150 acres of his original patent to Edmund Walker 20 April 1748, the deed called Benjamin a blacksmith.] Lunenburg County charged Benjamin on three tithes in 1749 and 1750, with Stephen Clement and Francis Pollard in his household in 1749 and Isaac and Stephen, in 1750. Benjamin held 404 acres on both sides of Straightstone Creek in 1756 and a nearby 266 acres in 1759, both tracts of which Benjamin and Susanna sold in May 1760. By 1767 he was charged with five tithes, including James Clement, and 529 acres in Pittsylvania County. 1750 - Lunenburg Co., Tithalbe List taken by John Phelps for 1750, Francis Pollard (1 tithable), p. 153, Sunlight on the Southside, Part 4. 1751 - Francis Pollard - Thomas Tabb's List, Raleigh Parish Other Records 20 May 1749; Amelia - Attachment, FRANCIS POLLARD v. Joseph Hunt (Amelia Co. Order Book 2, p. 148A) 17 June 1749; Amelia - Judgement; Joseph Hunt defaulted in attachment action by FRANCIS POLLARD who was to recover £3.15.3 for Hunt's surety (Amelia Co. Order Book 2, p. 156) [Bedford County was created from Lunenburg in 1754] 1753 - Lunenburg Co., Deed Book 3, p. 267 - FRANCIS POLLARD along with Robert Barber and Jouhn Haynes witnesses to deed of John Phelps, Gent., of Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg, to Thomas Yuille for £202.8.10 1/2 (to be paid in installments), 506 acres; Lunenburg Co., where Phelps now lives, several tracts in Cumberland Parish, on river, (1) 226 acres granted to Phelps 30 July 1742, (2) adjoining 280 acres known as Mill Tract, granted to Phelps 12 July 1750, togther with all stocks, cattle, horses, hoggs & shep noein Phelpe's possission. [Note - Land Office Patents No. 20, 1741-1743 (v.1 & 2 p.1-566), p. 381 (Reel 18) John Phelps - Warwick County; 226 acres on the north side of Otter River and Land Office Patents No. 30, 1750-1752, p. 200 (Reel 28) 12 July 1750 - to John Phelps, 280 acres on both sides of Troublesome Creek and adjoining his own land [Francis bought land on Otter Creek, Lunenburg Co.(now Bedford Co.) 6/28/1753 from John and Mary Phelps (his wife's parents), also 1773 on Hunt Creek from John Phelps. Col John & Mary had dau., Sarah, b. 1732 Goochland Co. VA. Sarah and her husband John Haynesbought [land in] Lunenburg Co. from her parents 1753. - Lunenburg Co., Deed Book, 3, p. 277 - Deed of 28 June 1753; John Phelps, Planter, and Mary his wife of Lunenburg Co., to FRANCIS POLLARD, Black Smith, of same Co., £40, 124 acres, Lunenburg Co., on both sides of Otter River, beginning on Troublesome Crk, up creek southeast and back down river. Recorded July 2, 1753 1753, September 20-Deed from Francis Pollard and Betsy, his wife, of Bedford Co., Virginia, to Stephen Clements and heirs, Benjamin Clements, Sr., Benjamin Clements, Jr., and John Wheeler, testators, fourteen pounds of current money of Virginia. [Recorded where/] 24 Feb 1755 - Order that Robert Baker, John Wilson George Thomas, Francis Pollard, and John Phelps, and their male laboring tithables, be added to the hands that work on the road from Fish dam on Otter River to the Dirt Bridge at the upper end of Long Mountain; Bedford Co. Order Book 1A, p. 58 [Bedford Co., Virginia, Order Book 1, 1754-1761, TLC Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL, 2000]. 16Apr1756 - Francis Pollard, Lunenburg Co., 340 acres on the south fork of Straitstone Creek; Land Office Patents No. 33, 1756-1761 (v.1, 2, 3 & 4 p.1-1095), p. 67 (Reel 31-32). 10 Nov 1756 - List of County Levy, for wolves heads - "To Francis Pollard, 1 ditto (old wolf head) 10 Nov 1756, to John Phelps, 100; Bedford Co. Order Book 1A, p. 115 22 May 1757 - 22 May 1757 - Francis Pollard a member of the grand jury; Bedford Co. Order Book 1A, p 199. 1 Dec 1757 - For wolves heads, "to Francis Pollard for 1 Dec 1757, John Phelps 100; Bedford Co. Order Book 1A, p. 229 12 Jul 1758 - Francis Pollard, Halifax Co., 404 acres on both sides of Strait Stone Creek adjoining the land of Anderson; Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 212 (Reel 33-34). 20 Sep 1758 - Halifax Co., VA, Deed Book 1, 1752-1759, pp. 495-498 (Transcript by Marna L. Clemons, 20 October 2001) This Indenture made the 20th day of Sept. Ano ye Domina One thousand seven hundred fifty & Eight Francis Pollard of the County of Bedford and Bety his Wife of the one Part and Stephen Clement of the County of Halilifax of the other part Witnesseth that the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife for and in Consideration of the Sum of foreteen Pounds Curent Money by the said Stephen Clement to the said Francis Pollard in hand paid at and before the in sealing and delivery of these Presents the Recet whereof he the said Francis Pollard doth hereby Acknowledge and the said Stephen Clement his Heirs and Assigns thereof and there from doth herby for ever acquit Eonarate and Dist charge hath granted Bargained and Sould and by these Presents doth grant Bargain sell Elienfe off and Confirm unto the said Stephen Clement his heirs and Assigns all that Tract or parcell of land Containing by Estamation fore hundred and fore Acres be the same more or less Situate lying and being in the County of Halifax and is bounded as followeth Beginning at George Willcox Corner maple in the lowgrounds of the said Creek thence New line South forty degrees East twenty seven Poles to Pointers in Andersons line thence on his line South Sixty five degrees two Hundred and twenty Poles to a pine thence New lines North Three Degrees West One Hundred and Seventy Six Poles Crossing the Creek to Pointers in George Willcox line and thence on George Willcox South forty degrees East one hundred and fifty two poles Crossing the Creek to the first Station, Together with with all and Singular the Houses Buldings fences Orchards woods Underwoods Ways Waters Meadows Feedings and all other Benifits and Advantages whatsoever to the said land Belonging or in any wise Apertaining and all the Estate Rite Title intrest use Property Reversion Clame or demand of the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife his wife of in or to the same or any Part or Parcell thereof To have and To hold the said fore hundred and fore acres Land be the same more or less with all and every its Appurtanance to the said Stephen Clement his heirs and Assigns forever to the only Proper use and Behoof of him the said Stephen Clement his heirs and Assigns for ever and to no other use Intent or Purpose Whatsoever and the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife for themselves and there heirs do Covanant and agree to and with the said Stephen Clement that the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife shall and will warrant and forever defend the said land and premises hereby granted unto the said Stephen Clement his heirs against the Clame or Clames of all and every Person or Persons Whatsoever and the said Stephen Clement his heirs and Assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever here after freely peaceably and Quietly Enter into and upon have hold use Occupy Possess and injoy the said land and Primices hereby granted without the Lawfull Lett Suit Trouble Denial Molestation or Disturbance of them the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife their or Either of theire Heirs or assigns or any other Person or Persons whatsoever and also that the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife shall and will at any time hereafter at the Request and Proper Cost and Charge in the law of him the said Stephen Clement his heirs and assigns Make and Excute or Cause to be made and Executed such further or other lawfull and Reasonable acts and conveyances and Assurances whatsoever as shall be adjudged Necessary for the Quiet Enjoyment of the above mentioned Granted Land and Premises to the said Stephen Clement his heirs and Assigns forever In Witness whereof the said Francis Pollard and Bety his Wife have hereunto sett there hand and seals the day and year first above written. Sealed and Deliver'd in Presents of us, Test } Benja. Clement, Benja. Clement Junr. } Francis Pollard, L.S. his } her John X Wheeler } Bety C Pollard, L.S. mark } mark Memorandum That in the within Mensioned day and year Quiet and Peaceable Possission of Livery & Seison was mad by the within Named Francis Pollard to the within Named Stephen Clement to him and his heirs forever in Witness whereof he the said Francis Pollard hereunto his and and seal the day and year first within Mentioned Test Francis Pollard Recived of Stephen Clement foreteen pounds Current Money being the Consideration for the within Mentioned Land Premises Witness My Hand this 20th Day of September anno ye domina 1758 Francis Pollard At a Court held for Halifax County the xith Day of March 1759 The within written Indenture was by the within named Francis Pollard and Betty his Wife Acknowledged to be their several Acts and Deed and the said Francis also Acknowledged the Memorandum of Livery of Seizen and Receipt herein indorsed / Previous to which the sd. Betty was privately Examined as the Law directs / Relinquished her Right of Dower in and to the land and Premises conveyed by the said Indenture all which were Ordered to be Recorded Test Geo Currie CHC Examd. and Truly Recorded Test Geo Currie CHC 12 May 1759 - Benjamin Clements, Lunenburg Co., 266 acres on both sides of a branch of Strait Stone Creek, adjoining Francis Pollard; Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 259 (Reel 33-34). 28 May 1759 - Francis Pollard member of the grand jury; Bedford Co. Order Book 1B, 1p. 108 26 Mar 1760 - Francis Pollard membr of the grand jury Bedford Co. Order Book1B, p. 197 1759 March 15 John Tinkler and Briget Vardaman of Halifax County to John Whealer of Bedford County for £17 for 138 acres of land granted to James Tinkler by patent of 12 July 1758, on both sides of Ridge's Creek, beginning at [Obediah] Woodson's corner on said creek at the falls. Signed: John (+) Tinkler, Briget (+) Vardiman; Witnesses: Stephen Clement, FRANCIS POLLARD, Daniel Williams; recorded 15 March 1759. [Recorded where - google] 9 Apr 1761 - (Halifax Co., VA Deeds 1752-1767 1761. "A deed from Stephen Clement to John Abston was ack. & OR." (Halifax Co., VA Court Orders 1759-1762 1761 Apr 9. "Stephen Clement of Bedford Co., to John Abston of same, for 40 pounds, 404 acres beg. at Willcoks cor. maple in the lowgrounds ... Anderson's line ... All houses, fences, orchards ... Signed: Stephen Clement, Wit: FRANCIS POLLARD, Goram Brown, Adam Clement, Recorded 16 April 1761." (Halifax Co., VA Deeds 1752-1767 1761 Dec 28. "John 1771 - Will of Francis Pollard [source of transcription not noted] dated April 3, 1771, recorded July 23, 1771, Bedford Co., Will Book 1, p 131. In The Name of God Amen I Francis Pollard of the County of Bedford Being through the abundant Mercy and Goodness of God tho weak in Body yet of Sound Understanding & Memory Do Constitute this my Last will and Testament Imprimas I will and positively order that all my Just Debts Bepaid Item I give to my Two Sons Thomas Pollard & John Pollard all my Lands to be Equally Divided Between them & their heirs forever and as to my Other Estate I Desire it may be Equally Divided among all my Sons and Daughters my wife Betty Pollard to Live on my Land & to Hold possession of my whole Estate During her widowhood for the Maintanance& support of herself and my Children But in Case she Decides to Marry that then the said Estate Shall Be Taken out of her possession and an Equal Childs part of my Estate Given her and her heirs forever and for the Safe management of my Estate I do appoint Constute my wife Betty PollardExecutor and John Phelps Jun. & James Callaway Executor of this my Last will and Testament In witness whereof I have here untoseyt my hand & seal This third day of April One Thousand seven hundred & senenty one Francis Pollard, Lo J (?), Signed Sealed & Deliveredin prescence of Rob't Allen Matthew Talbot Thomas Arthur At a court held for Bedford County July 23, 1771 The written Last will and Testament of Francis Pollard Dec'd was enhibeted in court by Betty Pollard, John Phelps Jr. & James Sallaway Gent and proved by the Oathss of Two of the Witnesses thereto Subscribed & Ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of the said Executrix & Executors who gave Bond with Security and made Oath According to Law Certificate is Granted them for Obtaining probate thereof in Due form of Law Teste Ben Howard CBC Feb 1780 - Six of the children are put under the care of guardians with the courts in Feb 1780. Judith, Sarah, Jane, Betty, and Francis chose John Otey as guardian 25 July 1780 -Bedford Co., Will Book 1, p. 370 Pursuant to an Order of Bedford Court the following division is made of The Estate of Francis Pollard Decd Viz 425 Acres of Land whereon the said decd. formerly Lived is Equally divided by a line Begining [sic] at a Corner white oak in Pollards old line and Runing [sic] to a Beach on Middle Branch. Thence down the Branch as it meanders to the lower line allotting that part where the Old Plantation is to Thomas Pollard he paying to John Phelps Guardian to John Pollard and for his use one Thousand pounds on the first day of July next also £2481..3.7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C for the Decd. To John Pollard is allotted the other part of the above Tract of Land Together with £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable [sic] the first day of July next To Harris Toney & Elizabeth his wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To William Melton and Mary his Wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To John Loaden and Susannah his Wife £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next To Judith Sarah, Jane, Betty and Frances Pollard and to each and every of them is allotted £2481..3..7 in the hands of James Callaway Exor &C paiable the first day of July next Certified under our hands this 24th day of April 1780. William Trigg, W. Leftwich, John Trigg. At a Court held for Bedford County the 25 July 1780 This allotment of the Estate of Francis Pollard deceased was Returnd to Court and Ordered to be Recorded.