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PATRIOT William to South Carolina Pollard

PATRIOT William to South Carolina Pollard[1, 2, 3]

Male 1759 - 1837  (77 years)

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  • Name William to South Carolina Pollard 
    • Married Keziah Seay
      Children William Pollard and Keziah Seay
      George, 1799; Elizabeth 1780; Nancy 1780; [Oney Seay]; Hezekiah 1 Dec 1792; Martha 1795 Amelia.
    Title PATRIOT 
    Born 19 Aug 1759  Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jul 1837  Spartanburg Co., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Living in Amelia in 1796.
    Buried Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Roebuck, Spartanburg, S.C. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17265  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2022 

    Father Joseph George Pollard,   b. Est 1728, Prob. Prince George Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1789, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Leah Sarah Morris,   b. Abt 1734, Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1828, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 94 years) 
    Married Abt 1750  Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Family ID F6161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Keziah Seay,   b. Abt 1760, Amelia County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 
    • Keziah has a sister, Oney; this is where Oney Pollard belongs; named for her Aunt, Oney Seay.
    Children 
     1. Oney Pollard,   b. Jun 1793, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1858, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F6183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Parents of Oney Pollard
Wm Pollard & Kezia Seay
Record of Marriage
    Parents of Oney Pollard Wm Pollard & Kezia Seay Record of Marriage
    marrI17265WmPollard&KeziaSeay.png

    Headstones
    William Pollard Headstone
    William Pollard Headstone
    Wm.Pollard-.jpg

    Histories
    Pollard Families of Amelia
    Pollard Families of Amelia
    GeoPollard-GenRpt.pdf
    Family of Joseph George Pollard
    Family of Joseph George Pollard
    JosephGeorgePollard-FGS.pdf
    Pollards of Amelia County, Virginia
    Pollards of Amelia County, Virginia
    Pollards of Amelia County.pdf
    Pollards of Amelia County
    Pollards of Amelia County
    2-Pollards in Amelia.pdf

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jhmjr&id=I3068.
      William Pollard 1
      Sex: M
      Birth: 19 AUG 1759 in Amelia Co., Virginia 1 2
      Burial: Mount Zion Baptish Church Cemtery, Roebuck, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina 3
      Will: 17 DEC 1836 Spartanburg Co., South Carolina 4
      Residence: AFT 1787 To Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
      Event: 1820 Census South Carolina, Spartanburg Co., p. 267
      Event: Military Rev. War - Virginia Malitia 5 6 7
      Event: 1810 Census South Carolina, Spartanburg Co., p. 85
      Event: 1800 Census South Carolina, Spartanburg Co., p. 203
      Death: 25 JUL 1837 in South Carolina 8
      Name: William Francis Pollard
      Married Alescent [Allison] Seay b. 1757 in Amelia
      Married Keziah Seay 22 Dec 1787 Amelia b. abt 1766

    2. [S74] Pension Record.
      South Carolina - Federal Pension Report 1835
      Report from the Secretary of War in Obedience to Resolutions of teh Senate o the 5th & 30th June,
      1834 and the 3rd of March, 1835.
      In relations to the Pension Established of the United States, Washington, printed by Duff Green
      1835.
      WILLIAM POLLARD
      SPARTANBURGH DISTRICT
      PRIVATE, VIRGINIA MILITIA
      $34.66 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
      $103.98 AMOUNT RECEIVED
      APRIL 17, 1834 PENSION STARTED
      AGE 75

    3. [S61] United States Census, http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1790m-03.pdf.
      1785 Amelia Census
      William Pollard [1 White Souls 0 dwellings, 0 other buildings

    4. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate.
      Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850
      Willliam Pollard & Keziah Seay; Keziah has a sister, Oney Seay for who she names her daughter, Oney Pollard.