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Descendant Chart for James Pollard
Descendant Chart for Gerrard Banks

Citations

1. [S889] John W. Pollard household, 1900 U. S. Census, Grayson County, Texas, population schedule, 421 N. Throckmorton Street, Sherman, SD 2, ED 91, sheet 22B, dwelling 417, family 419, National Archives micropublication T9, roll 1639.

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Descendant Chart for James Pollard

Children of Absalom Pollard and Sarah Harris

James Pollard (excluded)³
Mary Elizabeth Pollard (excluded)²
Almira Pollard (excluded)²
Perlina Pollard (excluded)²

Citations

1. [S275] Absolem Pollard household, 1880 Transcription of US Census, Carroll County, Missouri, population schedule, Bogart Township, ED 145, page 368A, dwelling 69, family 70, National Archives micropublication T9, roll 678, FHL Film 12546.
2. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", compiled 13 Aug 1995.
3. [S403] Ancestral File; http://www.familysearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., (1999-2003). Information in Ancestral File should be verified with other sources whenever possible.

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Descendant Chart for James Pollard

     Absolom Pollard was born on 1 January 1760 at New Kent County, Virginia.² He was the son of James Pollard and Susannah (?).^2,3 Absolom Pollard married Leanna Banks, daughter of Linn Banks and Sarah Proctor, on 12 February 1782 at Amherst County, Virginia.^4,5 Absolom died on 29 August 1832 at age 72 years, 7 months and 28 days at Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.^6,7 He was buried at in Garrard County, Kentucky.⁸
     

Absolom began military service at the age of 16, when he enlisted as a Private at Culpeper County in 1776 at Virginia. He served in Captain Jacob Valentine's Company in the Second Virginia Regiment. He was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point, and in the Siege of Yorktown where he served under General George Washington. He was later discharged due to ill health. His Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrant states that he served three years as a Corporal.⁹

Absolom moved to Amherst County, Virginia from New Kent County, Virginia in 1782.¹⁰

A warrant for 200 acres was issued to Absolom Pollard at Virginia on 1 July 1784.⁹ (Click on the icon to see the image.).¹¹

Absolom moved to Lincoln County, Virginia from Amherst County, Virginia circa 1790. This section of Lincoln County became Garrard County in 1796.¹²

Absolom appeared on the tax list of 1791 at Kentucky as "Absolom Pollard".¹³

Absolom appeared on the tax list of 1792 at Kentucky as "Absolom Pollard". He was taxed on 45 acres on the Sugar Creek watershed, later the location of the Pollard Family Cemetery.¹³

Absolom served in the military as a Captain in the 1st Division, 2nd Brigade, 6th Regiment of the Cornstalk Militia on 9 August 1792 at Kentucky.¹³

Absolom appeared on the tax list of 27 April 1794 at Lincoln County, Kentucky, as "Absolom Pollard". He was taxed on 45 acres on the Sugar Creek watershed, later the location of the Pollard Family Cemetery.^14,15

Absolom appeared on the tax list of 1796 at Kentucky as "Absolam Pollard". He was taxed on 45 acres on the Sugar Creek watershed, later the location of the Pollard Family Cemetery.¹³

Absolom appeared on the tax list of 1799 at Garrard County, Kentucky, as "Absolom Pollard". Listed were one white male over 21, and four horses.¹³

Absolom Pollard signed the marriage bond of William Banks as surety on 5 December 1801.¹³

Absolom Pollard signed the marriage bond of John Banks as surety on 19 August 1806.¹³

The third United States Census was taken in 1810. Absolom was enumerated as "Absalom Pollard", head of a household at Garrard County, Kentucky. His household consisted of two males under 10, one male of 10 and under 15, two males of 16 and under 25, one male of 45 and over, two females of 10 and under 15, three females of 16 and under 25, and one female of 26 and under 45.¹⁶

The fourth United States Census was taken in 1820. Absolom was enumerated as "Absalom Pollard", head of a household at Garrard County, Kentucky. His household consisted of four free white males of 16 and under 26, one male of 45 and upwards, two females of 16 and under 26, and one female of 26 and under 45.¹

Absolom applied for a pension on 20 March 1830 at Garrard County, Kentucky. His pension was approved under the act of May 15, 1828. The pension began May 5, 1832 and was $80 a year.⁴

Absolom made a will at Garrard County, Kentucky. His will was recorded 24 February 1833.¹⁷

Children of Absolom Pollard and Leanna Banks

Abner Pollard+ b. 1784, d. Jun 1833¹³
Granville Pollard+ b. 1786, d. c 1846¹³
John Pollard+ b. 1788, d. 25 Feb 1853¹³
Sarah Pollard+ b. 7 Jan 1793, d. 17 Nov 1880¹³
Leanna Pollard+ b. c 1794, d. 18 Feb 1863¹³
Malinda Pollard+ b. c 1797, d. b 1855¹³
Parmelia Pollard b. c 1797, d. b 1855¹³
Nancy Pollard+ b. 21 Mar 1798, d. 11 Dec 1874¹³
Reuben Pollard+ b. 31 Dec 1798, d. 22 Dec 1864¹⁸
Absolom Pollard+ b. bt 1799 - 1800, d. 5 Dec 1864¹⁹
Staunton Pollard+ b. c 1801, d. 24 Mar 1875¹³
James M. Pollard+ b. c 1810¹³

Citations

1. [S509] Absalom Pollard household, 1820 U. S. Census, Garrard County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 97, National Archives micropublication M33, roll 21.
2. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", compiled 13 Aug 1995, citing St. Peter's Parish Register, New Kent County, Virginia.
3. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing St. Peters Parish Register, New Kent County, Virginia.
4. [S496] Virgil D. White, compiler, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, volume III (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992), page 2719.
5. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing Jan 1855 deposition of James M. Pollard for benefits from Revolutionary War in which he stated that Leanna and Absolom Pollard were married by a minister of the Gospel named Mr. Holmes.
6. [S460] G. Glenn Clift, compiler, Kentucky Obituaries 1787-1854 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997).
7. [S496] Virgil D. White Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume III, volume III.
8. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing the research of Bill and Reba Pollard, who reference the affidavit of Lewis V. Phillips in January 1855, "They are both buried at the old homestead in Garrard County, Kentucky, and I have frequently seen their graves...The condition of this cemetery, last visited by me in 1992, has deteriorated to the point that within a few years all traces of its existence will have disappeared..." His gravestone is inscribed "Absolom Pollard died August 30th 1835 aged 80 years" Kentucky.
9. [S699] Warrant 3297, 1 Jul 1784. Kentucky Land Office Revolutionary War Warrants, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/military/revwar/Revdetail.asp.
10. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing research of Bill and Reba Pollard.
11. [S699] Kentucky Land Office Revolutionary War Warrants, http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/military/revwar/Revdetail.asp, warrant 3297, 1 July 1784.
12. [S213] James F. Sutherland, compiler, Early Kentucky Landholders 1787-1811 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), citing Book 2, page 11.
13. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM".
14. [S213] James F. Sutherland, Early Kentucky Landholders, page 275.
15. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing the "1794 Kentucky Tax List", book 3, page 17.
16. [S887] Absalom Pollard household, 1810 U. S. Census, Garrard County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 208, National Archives micropublication M252, roll 6.
17. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing Will Book L, pages 292-293.
18. [S118] Betty Morris, "Pollard Family Group Sheets", compiled 1996.
19. [S473] Kristen Chepeus, "Pollard Family Group Sheets", compiled 1994.

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Descendant Chart for James Pollard
Descendant Chart for Gerrard Banks

Child of Absolom Pollard and Elizabeth Pope

William G. Pollard+ b. c 1826³

Children of Absolom Pollard and Winefred Webb

Samuel C. Pollard+ b. 15 May 1854, d. 16 Sep 1924¹
Mary E. Pollard b. 13 Apr 1857¹

Citations

1. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", compiled 13 Aug 1995.
2. [S473] Kristen Chepeus, "Pollard Family Group Sheets", compiled 1994.
3. [S22] "Absolum Pollard" household, 1850 U. S. Census, Garrard County, Kentucky, population schedule, Division 2, page 276, dwelling 141, family 151, National Archives micropublication M432, roll 201.
4. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing Kentucky Records Series, Volume 1.
5. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", citing Kathy Vockery, compiler, family group sheets by Kathy Vockery, and Bill and Kathy Vockery, compilers, Vital Statistics of Garrard County, Kentucky, Births-Marriages-Deaths, 1852-1859, 1874-1878.

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Descendant Chart for James Pollard
Descendant Chart for Gerrard Banks

     Absolom D. Pollard was born on 8 June 1833 at Missouri.^2,4 He was the son of Reuben Pollard and Rebecca Brink.^3,1 Absolom died on 11 June 1907 at age 74 years and 3 days at Missouri.⁵ He was buried at Saling Township, Audrain County, Missouri.⁶
     

Absolom was also known as Bob Pollard.²

The seventh United States census was taken in 1850. Absolom was enumerated as "Absalom Pollard", in the household of Reuben Pollard at Boone County, Missouri. His given age was 16 and his given place of birth was Missouri. He attended school in the current year, and he was a farmer.³

The eighth United States census was taken in 1860. Absolom was enumerated as "Absalom Pollard", in the household of Reuben Pollard at Boone County, Missouri. His given age was 24, and he was a carpenter.¹

Absolom enrolled for the draft in 1863 at Missouri.⁷

Absolom D. Pollard was a cograntor in the conveyance of 540 acres at Boone County, Missouri, to John Pollard on 1 March 1866. The land had been inherited by the grantors from Reuben Pollard.⁸ (Click on the icon to see the image.).

The ninth United States census was taken in 1870. Absolom was enumerated as "Absalom Pollard", in the household of John Pollard at Monroe County, Missouri. His given age was 38 and his given place of birth was Missouri. He was a farm laborer.⁹

The tenth United States census was taken in 1880. Absolom was enumerated in the household of John Pollard as his brother, "Absolum Pollard", at Union Township, at Monroe County, Missouri. His given age was 46 and his given place of birth was Kentucky. He was single, and he was a carpenter.¹⁰

Bob Pollard and his brother Six helped to build Mt. Pisgah Church. Following is a transcription of an article about the construction of this church. "In 1849 the first church was built and in 1884, it was sold and the present edifice was built, mainly by Bob and Six Pollard at a cost of $1,700. An additional 2 acres were added to the property for cemetery purposes. A unique feature of this church building was the method of improving the acoustics of the auditorium. The Pollard boys bored holes in the ceiling and took empty pint beer bottles, uncorked them and stuck them through the holes with the open ends down. This 'took the ring out of the speaker's voice and was just a contrivance of the Pollard boys especially for that purpose,', so stated Frank Owings, clerk of the church for 50 years in 1955. "There were three rows of bottles for a total of forty-two in the ceiling.¹¹

Absolom made a will on 4 September 1900 at Boone County, Missouri, in which he left property to Jackson B. Pollard . His will was proved on June 20, 1907.¹²

His obituary appeared on 13 June 1907 in the newspaper ""Sturgeon Missouri Leader" at Sturgeon, Boone County, Missouri. Jackson B. Pollard and James Perry Pollard were named as survivors.¹³ (Click on the icon to see the image.).

Citations

1. [S339] Reuben Pollard household, 1860 U. S. Census, Boone County, Missouri, population schedule, Rocky Fork Township, pages 656B-657A, dwelling 148, family 144, National Archives micropublication M432, roll 608.
2. [S432] Audrain County Area Genealogical Society, "Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Saling Township", interment list. Audrain County Area Genealogical Society, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri.
3. [S21] Reuben Pollard household, 1850 U. S. Census, Boone County, Missouri, population schedule, District 8, page 362B, dwelling 499, family 499, National Archives micropublication M432, roll 392.
4. [S21] 1850 U. S. Census, Boone County, Missouri, population schedule, District 8, page 362B, dwelling 499, family 499.
5. [S118] Betty Morris, "Pollard Family Group Sheets", compiled 1996, citing his cemetery marker.
6. [S432] Audrain County Area Genealogical Society, "Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Saling Township", interment list, Audrain County Area Genealogical Society.
7. [S497] Donna Ryan, "Pollard GEDCOM", compiled 13 Aug 1995, citing the Columbia Statesman, edition of 25 Dec 25, 1863.
8. [S587] John Pollard Deed in Boone County, Missouri, held by Cheryl Freeman, Dallas.
9. [S342] Jno Pollard household, 1870 U. S. Census, Monroe County, Missouri, population schedule, Middle Grove, Union Township, page 699, dwelling 45, family 46, National Archives micropublication M593, roll 793.
10. [S44] Jno Pollard household, 1880 U. S. Census, Monroe County, Missouri, population schedule, Union Township, ED 56, page 20, dwelling 163, family 163, National Archives micropublication T9, roll 704.
11. [S485] Audrain County Historical Society, compiler, History of Audrain County, Missouri an Update 1936-1986 (Mexico, Missouri: Audrain County Historical Society, 1986), pages 145-146, Mrs. Grady Warren, "Mt. Pisgah Primitive Church".
12. [S118] Betty Morris, "Pollard Family Group Sheets", citing Boone County Missouri Will Book H-299 5583 61.
13. [S601] Absolom "Bob" Pollard. "Robert Pollard Dead", Sturgeon Missouri Leader, Sturgeon, Missouri, 28 Dec 1905.