Oney Pollard

Notes:

THOMAS AND JOHN CARTER OF AMELIA, VA
By Peyton Carter November 18, 2013 at 08:42:43

In reply to: Re: David Carter of Cumberland Co., Va.
Dan Wallace 11/07/13

So you revelations about the children of David Carter (died 1803) and Jane Flippen Walton are VERY interesting indeed! It also presents a difficult set of facts for me personally.

I had long thought that Thomas Carter of Amelia Couonty, Virginia, who married Catherine Muse in 1815, was related (probably a brother) to John Carter of Amelia. In addition to a releative close proximity to their residences within Amelia, also I have found that:
1. in 1814 Thomas Carter served as a substitute for Joseph Haskew in the Virginia Militia (during the War of 1812). Beginning in 1823, John Carter began purachsing land on the border with or from Joseph Haskew. John's son, William R. Carter, eventually married the niece of Joseph Haskew in 1846, who had left all of his is land holdings to his niece, Mary Elizabeth Pollard, in 1843.
2. in 1815, the marriage of Thomas Carter and Catherine Muse was witnessed by John W. Foster. In 1821, the (second) married of John Carter and Oney Pollard was witnessed by John W. Foster. (I suspect that John Carter's first wife was a daughter of Stephen Wright, possibly Polly Wright, a ward of John Jeter after Stephen's death.)
3. in 1853 in the transaction ledgers of John Carter's son, William, it mentions giving the "family best flower" and making uncollateralzied loans to two of the children of Thomas Carter, Henry and Thomas P. Carter. It seems unlikely that such transactions would have been made if there was no family relation.

I am a direct descendant of John Carter (he is my g-g-g-grandfather). However, my DNA results versus those of a person claiming to be a descendant of Thomas Carter are only a 12 out of 30 marker match. Clearly not enough to make the fraternal connection I was suspecting.

I must thank you for including the web connection to the papers of David Carter. I discovered that the Library of Virginia had a number of papers regarding John Carter as well. See one of the links below:

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=007-1816-005http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=007-1816-005

In this link you will see that in 1812, John Carter was a co-litigant with John Booker and...wait for it...yes...JESSE WALTON! Yes, that's right, the same Jesse Walton that is the administrator of David Carter's estate. The same David Carter whose daughter, Bestsy Scott Carter (note the middle name SCOTT as listed in the LVA documents; more research needed on this...maybe related to William Carter and Jane Smith of Powhatan)married William Smith, and son Thomas Carter married Catherine Muse in 1815.

The coincidences almost seem too large. As I see it, there are two possibilities:
1. This is just a random coincidence, where Jesse Walton just happens to be involved with multiple Carter families, or...
2. Perhaps the person who submitted their DNA as a descendnat of Thomas Carter of Amelia did so in an advertent error and is not actually a descendant of Thomas of Amelia

I certainly need to get some resolution on the DNA issue regarding Thomas and John, but I have already begun to look for John Carter's origins in Powhatan, and the middle name of Betsy Scott Carter, who marries William Smith, may point that way as well. As a result, maybe David does not point directly back to Thomas Carter of Goochland origins?

Peyton
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/carter/22512/

Re: Pollard Genealogical Society?
By Donald Horton July 18, 2011 at 01:23:52

In reply to: Pollard Genealogical Society?
Marshall Spencer 7/18/11

Generic answers.
"History of the Pollard Family of America" by Maurice Pollard; 2 volumes; concentrates on the northern families with notes about the southerns as well.
I would go and bang around on Ricks Genealogy for a while;
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksgenealogy/genealogy.htmhttp://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksgenealogy/genealogy.htm
1. Boston Pollards; William and Anne Pollard. He a shopkeeper b abt 1620; she b abt 1622. Anne was first English female to step on Boston soil in 1630. Mainly confined to Boston area.
2. Billerica, Mass; Thomas and Mary Farmer Pollard of Coventry Eng, settled in Billerica in 1692. Comprise the majority of the Northern Pollard family.
3. Nantucket, Mass. Philip Pollard m Mehitable Gardner 5 Feb 1724 in Nantucket. Line died out abt 1860.
4. New Jersey. Family tradition says 3 brothers came from England and settled in Morris Co, NJ. John listed as juror in 1685.
5. Talbot/Dorchester Co, MD Edward Pollard m Martha Carnell abt 1640 in Talbot Co, MD. Descendants found in Dorchester Co and migrated to Adams Co, OH.
6. Virgina Pollards. Robert Pollard receives a land warrant on 8 Jan 1656 in Lancaster, Co VA. Marries bef 28 Sep 1659 Mary, widow of Vincent Standford. Family establishes beaurocratic patriarchy in VA. Migrates into NC, SC, GA, AL and westward. Not all the Pollards in early VA fall neatly into Robert's family. Presence of another early Pollard in VA is implied but not yet found.
"Southern Pollards" by Jack Gedde covers the VA Pollards; a smattering of well known southern Pollards; and Benjamin Pollard of Greenville, SC whose descendants moved into AL

Donald
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pollard/3251/

William Pollards of Orange County, Virginia, July 13-24, 1746
By Vivian Cates July 07, 2012 at 07:18:55

I am still trying to "piece together" my Pollard line backward from Sarah Pollard married James M. Edmonds in Wilkes county, Georgia, in 1849.They are buried with markers in the Community(Silvey) Cemetery at Rayle, Wilkes County, Georgia.
I did a lot of my genealogy research before the Internet so I am definitely into proofs and documentation instead of just "grabbing" someone else's tree.However, living in East Texas, I did not make a lot of progress until some more books were published on the area of Georgia around Wilkes County.





ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Orange County Will Book 2, Page 90

In the name of God Amen I William Pollard in the Parish of St. Thomas and of the County of Orange being very sick and weak in body though in perfect & well mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for the same and calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life I do make Constitute and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following first I Commend my soul to God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion if my Ex'or hereinafter named hoping through the merrits of my Blessed Redeemer to be raised again and be made partaker of the never fading days of Immortallity and as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me with I give Dispose of and bequeath in Manner and form following first my Will and Desire is that all my Just Debts be paid then I give and Bequeath unto my beloved friend Joseph Hawkins one Certain tract or parcell of land containing by Estimation two Hundred and fifty acres lying on the beverdam Run and Bounding one Pattent Granted to Samuel Smith to him and his heirs or assigns forever, Then I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son Joseph Pollard on tract of Land which I purchased of Anthony Ghotoson Containing one Hundred and twenty acres Then my will and Desire is that all the rest of my Estate both Real and personal be Equally divided among the rest of my Children viz - Sarah Pollard, William Pollard and one not yet born farther my will and Desire is that my beloved wife Elizabeth Pollard shall and may enjoy all my Estate both Real and personal Excepting that Tract of Land given to Joseph Hawkins) during the time of her Widowhood but if she should alter her state of life by marriage then my will and Desire is that she shall and may enjoy only one third part of that Tract of Land given to my son Joseph which third part she may enjoy during her life and if my wife should Marry then my will and Desire is that my Children should paid their parts portions or Shares when they shall arrive to age and las[t]ly I do appoint my well beloved will Eliza Pollard my Executrix of this my last will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this thirteenth Day of July Anno Dom one Thousand Seven Hundred and forty six.

Sealed Signed and Acknowledged in Presence of William Pollard (Seal)
Hannah H. Durrum )
Sarah [her mark] Pollard )
George {mark} Smithy )

At Court held for Orange County on Thursday the 24th day of July 1746 This last will and Testament of William Pollard was presented into Court by Elizabeth his widow and Ex'or therein named proved by the oaths of Hannah Durham Sarah Pollard and George Smith the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded and on the Motion of the said Executrix

Probate is granted her on the same according to law

From Orange County Deed Book, 1759-1765, pp 322-323

23 July 1763. I ANTHONY GHOLSON for love unto my Children to my Son, WILLIAM GHOLSON, to my Son, ANTHONY GHOLSON, to my Daughter, ELIZABETH RICE, to my Daughter LUCY STEP unto my Grand Daughter JANE POLLARD except reserve unto myself and my Wife, JANE.
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pollard/3290/

Name:
Oney is generally short for Exonia.

Oney married John of Amelia Carter 21 Mar 1821, Amelia Co., Virginia. John was born 1773, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died 1852, Amelia County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Southern Pollards by Jack Geddie, cited on an internet posting, apparently incidates that the William Pollard who married Kewziah Seay was the son of Robert and Mary Pollard. However, the same source cites a New Kent County marriage record, but the marriage occured in Amelia.
1790 Amelia Co., Personal Property Tax Book, p. 12 - William Pollard, tithable William Pollard, 2 male blacks over 16, 1 horse
1791 Amelia Co. Land Tax Book, p. 9 - William Pollard, 78 acres
1796 Amelia Co. - Unrecorded Deeds & Other Documents, Amelia Co., Virginia, 1750-1902, abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey, p. 67: Deed dated 6 Oct 1796, William Pollard & Kezia, his wife, of Amelia Co., to Elizabeth Goode, Ann Goode, Garland Goode, Mackness Goode, and Mary Good, heirs of Mackness Goode, dec'd, of Amelia Co., for £80, 78 acres in Amelia adj. lines of Henry Skipworth, Mackness Goode, dec'd, and the land whereon John Taylor formerly lived, said to belong to on Dupey, being the land conveyed to Ambrose Jeter by Moses Lovern, and by said Ambrose Jeter to William Pollard, who by decredd of the high Court of Chancery, makes this deed of conveyance to the heirs of Mackness Goode. Witnesses: John Wiley, Charles Craddock, and Joshua Chaffin, proven 17 Oct 1796 by J. Wiley and Craddock. Kezia Pollard separately examined.

Name:
Married Keziah Seay
Children William Pollard and Keziah Seay
George, 1799; Elizabeth 1780; Nancy 1780; [Oney Seay]; Hezekiah 1 Dec 1792; Martha 1795 Amelia.

Died:
Living in Amelia in 1796.

William married Keziah Seay. Keziah (daughter of Jesse Seay and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ligon) was born Abt 1760, Amelia County, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Author: Kathleen Booth Williams
Title: Marriages of Amelia Co., Virginia 1735-1815
Publication: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1979;
Note:
Source Medium: Book

Page: Page 87
Text: 22 December 1787. POLLARD, William and Keziah Seay, who writes her own consent. Wit. to consent, Paulin Anderson and Anney [Owney] Seay. Sur. Thomas Morris. p. P-1

Died:
Probably South Carolina

Notes:

Keziah has a sister, Oney; this is where Oney Pollard belongs; named for her Aunt, Oney Seay.

Married:
William Pollard Married 1st, Alescent [Allison] Seay b: 1757 in Amelia Co., Virginia
William Pollard married 2nd Keziah Seay b: ABT 1766 in Amelia Co., Virginia, m. 22 DEC 1787.
Children
Nancy Pollard b: BET 1787 AND 1806
Elizabeth Pollard b: BET 1787 AND 1806
[ONEY POLLAED b. abt.1790] -mfe
Hezakiah Pollard b: 01 DEC 1792 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Martha Pollard b: BEF 1796 in Amelia Co., Virginia
George William Pollard b: 04 APR 1799 in Spartanburg, SC Isaac Pollard b: 1800 in South Carolina, prob. Spartanburg Co.

Notes:

Amelia County, Virginia
TABB - ATWOOD
Deed Book 2, 1759- 1765, page 130a:
July 21, 1762 from Thomas Tabb of Amelia County, to William Atwood of Prince Edward County, for 35 pounds, a certain tract of land of 443 acres in Prince Edward County on the lower side of Little Briery River, it being part of a tract formerly granted to James Atwood and bounded by the lines of Thomas Scott, James Carter, Jacob McGehee, and Alexander Keene. Signed Thomas Tabb. Wit. - none. Recorded Dec. 14, 1762. [From the research of Lynn Stephens Headley, transcribed by A. Newell]

Name:
Note This Joseph is found on Thomas Tabb's List. Thomas Tabb's daughter, Elizabeth is married to Drury Edward Scruggs, whose father, Drury Edward Scruggs is the husband of Mary Carter, d/o Elizabeth Webb and Theodorick2 Carter.

Joseph married Leah Sarah Morris Abt 1750, Amelia Co., Virginia. Leah (daughter of Isaac Morris and Mary Moses) was born Abt 1734, Amelia County, Virginia; died Nov 1828, Amelia Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children of Joseph Pollard and Leah Morris Pollard:
Hezekiah Pollard b: in Amelia Co., Virginia
Oney [Overton] Pollard b: in Amelia Co., Virginia
Isaac Pollard b: ABT 1750 in Amelia Co., Virginia
William Pollard b: 19 AUG 1759 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Zachariah Pollard b: BET 1760 AND 1770 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Moses Pollard b: BET 1761 AND 1770 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Francis Pollard b: 1763 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Hannah Pollard b: AFT 1765 in Amelia Co., Virginia
George Pollard b: BEF 1767 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Thomas Pollard b: BEF 1767 in Amelia Co., Virginia
John Pollard b: BEF 1767 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Robert Pollard b: AFT 1768 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Nancy Pollard b: AFT DEC 1778 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Mary Pollard b: 1780 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Elizabeth Pollard b: ABT 1783 in Amelia Co., Virginia

Jesse married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ligon 6 Apr 1752, Amelia Co., Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1730, Prince George Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Amelia County, Virginia Colony. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Name on Rootsweb, Betsy Lyon; no parents. Transcribed incorrectly, father Ligon witness....

Notes:

Married:
Children of Jesse Seay and Elizabeth Lyon
Maiden Dee Seay b: ABT 1752 in Amelia Co., Virginia
James Seay b: 12 APR 1752 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Alescent Seay b: 1757 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Rueben Seay b: ABT 1760 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Mary Seay b: ABT 1764 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Keziah Seay b: ABT 1766 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Oney Seay b: 1767 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Anne Seay b: 1769 in Amelia Co., Virginia

Notes:

Deed Book 1, Page 75 - deed of 5/12/1737 from Terey to Adam Loving, describes property by reference to "line of Pollard."
Deed Book 1, Page 376 - deed of 4/19/1742 from Adam Loving to Meadows, describes property by refernece to "George Pollards' corner"
Deed Book 1, Page 454 - deed of 2/18/1742 from George Pollard/ord to George Forster, £20, 197 acres on south side of Appamoatox River, part of 397 acre patent to said George Pollard, bounded in part by a tree on bank of Sandy Creek, Ratford's line and Meador's line.
Order Book 1, Page 154 - member of grand jury
Deed Book 2, Page 162, deed of 3/15/1744 from Wood to Page, describes 200 a in Roighleigh Parish as "bounded by Mr. George Pollards corner"
Order Book 1, Page 212A; named with group of men to work with Surveyor "for road to be cleared from William Nichols road on Stocks Creek up to ridge at fork of Sancy Creek."
Order Book 1, Page 229B - Deed of George Pollard to George Forster ordered recorded.
Order Book 1, Page 325A - named in some capacity (perhaps appraiser) for Estate of Robert Charlesworth.
Deed Book 2, Page 506, deed dated 11/21/1746, William Wood of King & Queen Co., to Robert Page of Goochland for £25, 150 acres on fork of the Stocks creek bounded by Thomas Wingo, witnesses were John Mauldin, George Pollard and Shadrach Turner who proved the deed in court 6/29/1747.
Order Book 2, Page 48A, Court held July 17, 1747, George Pollard, John Harris, John Hill and John Smith Jr. witnesses for Wm. Clements to be paid for 5 days attendance.
Deed Book 2, Page 562, deed dated 12/5/1747 from William Barnes of "Raghly Parish" to "John Morris, Jr., of Ragly Parish, £15, for 100 acres on south side of Appamattox River hwere Willbarnes now lives, part of the patent of John Radford who sold to Barnes, witneses: John Morris, George Pollard, and Shadrach Turner.


Order Book and Will Book Entries
8 Jan 1737 - Judgment, Henry Cary v. GEORGE POLLARD, to recover £2/16/1½ & costs (Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 42)
16 Nov 1739 - Presentments by Grand Jury; including "For not coming to church: John Dawon, Jeol Meadows, Henry Dawson, GEORGE POLLARD, John Thomas, Thomas Prewitt, John Hudson, John Blanchet, Mathew Harris, John Hurt, Thomas Wingo, Christopher Sneed, HANCE HENDRICK, James Brumfeild, Thomas Burton, Henry Lester, Richard Beisley & George Shepart. Ordered the serveral persons be summoned to appear at the next Court. (Amelia Co. Order Book, 1, p 80).
21 June 1740 - Jury duty; GEORGE POLLARD a member of jury in criminal case, Comm. v. Rob't Vaughan (Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 111)
1740/41 - Witness, HANCE HENDRICK, witness for Barnes, to be paid for 2 days' attendance; James Brown from Goochland Co., witness for same, to be paid for 2 days & coming and going 20 miles; GEORGE POLLARD, witness for same, to be paid for 1 day. (Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 148)
15 May 1741 - Jury duty; GEORGE POLLARD a member of grand jury. (Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 154)
18 Jun 1742 - Road work; GEORGE POLLARD and other tithables to assist clearing road from Wm Echols Road on Sandy Creek up to ridge at fork of Sandy Creek (Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 212A)
22 June 1745 - Appaiser; GEORGE POLLARD appointed with others to appraise estate of Robert Charlesworth ((Amelia Co. Order Book 1, p. 325A)
19 June 1747 - Deed; GEORGE POLLARD, John Maulden & Shadrack Turner made oath re deed of William Wood to Robert Page (Amelia Co. Order Book 2, p. 43A.
17 July 1747 - Witness; GEORGE POLLARD paid as witness for five days attendance on behalf of William Clement. (Amelia Co. Order Book 2, p. 48A) Resided in Amelia Co., Virginia (formed 1735)

George married Ellen Ann, Mrs. George Pollard. Ellen was born Est 1705, Prob. Prince George Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Isaac married Mary Moses. Mary was born 1729, Prob. Prince George Co., Virginia; died Nov 1828, Amelia Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]