Elizabeth^ Pollock

Elizabeth^ married William Horace^ Anthony on 01 Oct 1837 in Tennessee. William (son of Nicholas^ Anthony and Sarah^ "Sally" Nicholson) was born on 06 Aug 1819 in Thompson's Creek, Bedford Co, Tennessee; died about 1884; was buried in Turkey Creek Cem, Moore Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Henry Anthony was born on 02 Jul 1838 in Bedford Co, Tennessee; died on 30 Jan 1909.
2. Rod S Anthony was born on 11 Apr 1841 in Thompson's Creek, Bedford Co, Tennessee; died after 1922.
3. Nicholas Anthony was born on 11 Aug 1843 in Bedford Co, Tennessee; died after 1843.
4. James Frederick Anthony was born on 09 Mar 1846 in Franklin Co, Tennessee; died after 1922.
5. Peter Laton Jasper Anthony was born on 27 Jul 1848 in Franklin Co, Tennessee; died on 01 Apr 1911 in Washita Co, Oklahoama.
6. Jacob^ Levi Allen "Jake" Anthony, (DNA) was born on 19 Apr 1851 in Franklin Co, Tennessee; died on 26 Jan 1931 in Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico; was buried on 27 Jun 1931 in Mission Garden Cem, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico.

Notes:

The earliest record found for one of Robert Pollock's sons was that of John Pollock who in 1790 appeared on the muster roll of a military unit composed of men from Washington, Sullivan, Green and Hawkins Counties. John Pollock also appeared on he militia roster of the Jefferson Regiment from Hamilton District in 1794 and a Jesse Pollock was on the Green Regiment roster from Washington District. Assuming that John Pollock was a young man about 20 years old in 1790, this would make him born about 1770. This approximation is corroborated by other evidence of his age: on the 1820 census of Bedford Co, TN he was listed as over 45 years of age (born before 1775).

Since no other Pollock men, except for the previously mentioned Jesse, seemed to have served in these units, it seems likely that John was the oldest son of Robert Pollock. This Jesse Pollock was probably from North Carolina and not related. He may have been the Jesse in Seriven Co, GA, in 1806. Robert's younger sons seem to have been born by 1785, judging from their appearance on tax rolls around 1805. This would perhaps set Robert's birth date at about 1740. By May, 1808, Robert's sons appear in the civil records of White Co, TN.

Son John Pollock removed to Bedford Co, TN, although just when is not certain. A William Polk had entered a land claim in Bedford Co. in 1807 on Big Flat Creek, the very area where John Pollock eventually settled, and perhaps this was the son William who had recently fled Anderson Co. John, however, was not listed on a tax roll taken in 1812, unless the John Polk shown was actually him. Joseph Hastings was listed on the 1812 tax roll, however, along with many of his North Carolina kinsmen. John was surely there by 1815 when his son Samuel married Susanna Hastings, although no records were found before February, 1819, when the heirs settled the estate of her father, Joseph.

According to family tradition, John Pollock manufactured gun powder on the Duck River. As previously discussed, he appeared on the 1820 census of Bedford Co, TN. He was listed between the households of Samuel Pollock and James Pollock. Robert Pollock was two households down from him. John's age was listed as over 45 (born before 1775) and the others were young men in their 20's or late teens. They are assumed to be his sons and there were also four other boys in his household, along with two girls and his wife. One of these boys may have been the William Pollock who purchased a tract of land in 1830 in Bedford Co. In 1830 John (listed as John Polk) was shown on the census as a man in his 50's and, therefore, born 1771-1780. This, in combination with the 1820 census, puts his birth in the period 1771-1774.

John Pollock's place of birth is subject to considerable debate. In 1837 in Bedford Co., his daughter Elizabeth married William H. Anthony, a Methodist minister of German descent. Their son, Roddy Anthony, stated that his mother's people (the Pollock's) came from Pennsylvania. He, as well as his brother James Frederick Anthony, said that their Pollock grandmother's name was Alsey. They said their mother had three brothers: John, Benjamin and Robert Pollock with no mention of a Samuel or James. Three of the children of John and Alsey were located in the very important 1880 census which asks the birthplace of a person's parents. The oldest sibling, Robert Pollock, age 81, was living in Bedford Co. He was listed in the household of his daughter Alcie Pollock Longley and he stated that both his father and mother were born in Ireland. His sister, Elizabeth Pollock Anthony, age 68, was living in Moore Co, TN, in 1880. She said that her parents were both born in North Carolina. Her brother Benjamin Pollock, age 77, was also in Moore Co. He said that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother had been born in North Carolina.

So, we have three siblings and three different places of birth for their father, John Pollock. Of course, this seems absurd, but it is not that unusual in genealogy where evidence is collected from older folks with their failing memories. The daughter's response of born in North Carolina, of course, contradicts evidence given by her sons as shown above. Discounting the North Carolina answer due to the contradiction, this surely means that the Pollock family was originally from Ireland and that they emigrated to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. John was probably born near the time of the move, but whether in Ireland or in America cannot now be determined. Since they were Protestants, it is likely that they were of Scots-Irish descent from Northern Ireland and probably made their way down the Virginia valley from Pennsylvania perhaps staying in Virginia and/or North Carolina for a while.

John Pollock's wife was named Alsey (spelled variously as Alcie or Alcy) which at the time was a common nickname for Alice. Her maiden name is not known. Estimates of her age from census records are the same as her husband: born 1771-1774. Two of her children listed her birthplace as North Carolina which seems entirely consistent with the other evidence. If this were the case with the common migration patterns being what they were, then she and John were almost surely married sometime around 1790 in what is now eastern Tennessee. This would imply that she came to this area when her family went west from the Carolinas. John and Alsey Pollock were probably in Sullivan Co. when their oldest child John Pollock was born.

Among John Pollock's sons and grandsons, there seemed to be fewer farmers than would be expected and many more carpenters and skilled craftsmen, with the novel occupation of wagon maker (or wagon wright) occurring several times. The occupation of wagon maker was extremely rare in the census records of small Tennessee towns of the mid-1850's. Pollock wagon makers found on the census so far are as follows: John Pollock (Robert, Sr's g-g-grandson), Joseph H. Pollock (Robert, Sr's g-g-grandson), and Benjamin Pollock (g-grandson to Robert, Sr.). It would be most interesting to learn the occupation of John's son Samuel since two of the wagon makers were his sons.
(A portion of "Descendants of Robert Pollock of Early Eastern Tennessee" by John C. Barron)

From the Seibel Family Genealogy the following was found:
John was found with Robert Pollock Esq., Robert Pollock, Jr., Benjamin Pollock and Joseph Pollock. A son-in-law said the Pollocks were from Pennsylvania. John began military service in 1790 performing service in 1790 against the Chickamouga Indians and in a group from Washington, Sullivan, Green and Hawkins counties. In 1793 he was in Gen. John Sevier's Etowah Campaign in Capt. Samuel McGaughey's company. In 1798 in Knoxville, TN, John and Philimon Higgins received a passport to go with their families from Knoxville to Stogdon's Valley [Stockton's Valley?] on the Cumberland River by way of Johnson's ferry on the Clinch River. In 1801 and 1806 he is listed as living in Anderson Co., TN; in 1812 he lived in Bedford Co., TN. He served in the War of 1812 as a corporal in Capts. Wm. Corothers & James Shenaults Bedford Co. inf companies under Col. John Winn and Robert Steel. [http://seibelfamily.net/John1771.htm]

John^ married Mrs. Alice^ "Alsey" (..) Pollock about 1790 in Tennessee. Alice^ was born about 1771 in North Carolina; died before 1850 in Bedford Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Before it became a state in 1796, the territory that is now Tennessee was home to at least two Pollock families: one in the extreme east and the other on the western frontier. Another large, seemingly unrelated group led by Henry Pollock who ws supposedly from Maryland settled by 1820 in Lawrence Co. Determining the ancestors and descendants of these groups is a trying process. For one thing prior to statehood, the jurisdiction of these locales was in dispute with North Carolina and Virginia both claiming portions. The weak federal government mostly stood back and let the individual states deal with the consequences. This confusion compounded the problems of keeping records on the frontier. What few records that can be found are isolated and incomplete.

In the west, the first Pollock record was a land purchase made by William Barkley Pollock in 1785 on East Titus Creek in Davidson Co. (Fulcher. 1987. "1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements" page 96-7). He was the progenitor of the western group and had received a land grant in what is now Lincoln Co., Kentucky, in 1784 (Jillson. 1969. "Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds"). There is also some reason to believe that he was a member of the very prominent Pollock family of the North Carolina tidewater country. The immigrant ancestor of this line, Thomas Pollock, came to America in 1683 (Ray. 1947. "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" page 130) and served as governor of North Carolina. William Barkley Pollock held various county offices over the years and was a surveyor and probably a land speculator. His descendants were in Montgomery Co, TN, as late as 1850.

On the other hand, Robert Pollock was the earliest of the family found in the eastern part of the territory. It is not known when he first arrived in the area, but he was there before the end of the Revolutionary War as he received a general purchase grant in Sullivan Co. in 1782. These authors listed four types of grants from this period: general purchase, pre-emption, military service and as payment for survey and guard duty. Pollock (under the name of Robert Poge) received 150 acres of land described as "on Young's run joining Cochran's lines." A grant was also made to a John Cochran at this same time and place for 250 acres "on Young branch the north side of Holstein." Other evidence that Robert was in what is now Tennessee as early as 1785 came from a census listing for his assumed son Benjamin.

In June, 1789, Robert was evidently still in Sullivan Co. (now TN) and along with John Long and Henry Roberts witnessed a deed between John Cochran and wife Caty, of Sullivan Co., and David Ross of Fluvanna Co, VA. As was the practice in those days, witnesses to documents were often relatives of the wife and sought to protect her interest in the property. Research into the relationship of Pollock to these people might help locate him prior to this time, and it could well be that Caty Cochran was Robert's sister.

Robert Pollock was a man of some importance; he may well have been a lawyer by profession since he seemed to be associated with the courts everywhere he went. In July, 1792, he was appointed one of the first constables of Jefferson County. That same year he served on a committee to divide the county. The populace considered themselves to be living in North Carolina after the collapse of the failed state of Franklin. In July, 1794, in the newly created county of Sevier, Pollock held the office of Justice of the Peace and was a magistrate during the first court. The next year he served on a grand jury in the nearby town of Knoxville and afterwards returned to Sevier Co. and was a justice in the first court held under the state constitution in July, 1796.

It seems likely that Robert was back in Knoxville in April, 1798. At that time his son John applied to governor John Sevier for a passport through the Indian land. John and Philemon Higgins were granted permission to travel with their families from Knoxville to Stogdon's (Stockton's?) Valley on the Cumberland River by way of Johnson's ferry on the Clinch River. However by 1801. father and sons (including John who had evidently returned from the frontier) all seemed to be together in Anderson Co, TN. In March, 1802, Robert Pollock, Esq., was ordered by the court to oversee road construction and to take property tax lists in Captains Stel and Graham's companies. At this same time Thomas Worthington served on a jury there in June, 1802. Forty years later Worthington and Pollock descendants would rejoin each other in Benton Co, AL, and form a family association strong to this day.

Between the years 1802 and 1805, Robert served Anderson County as a magistrate, jury member and attorney. Strangley though except for the following, no Pollock's seemed to have purchased land in Anderson Co. as none appear in the deed indices. However, in June, 1804, William Pollock was cited by the sheriff for non-payment of tax on a town lot in 1803. It appears that Robert Pollock neither bought land to put down roots like the familiar rural settlers of the south nor did he seem to be involved in the usual land speculation of the leading citizens.

In 1805 in Anderson Co., Robert Pollock and his apparent sons John, Joseph and Robert, Jr. were all listed on the tax roll. An unnamed Pollock was delinquent on the 1805 poll tax and assumed to be the above William. In August, 1806, several Pollock men signed a petition in Anderson Co. Only one Robert Pollock was shown along with the following Pollock brothers: Benjamin, Joseph and John. This may mean that Robert Pollock, the elder, was dead by this time. A William McGuire was also shown in their midst who may have been the same man who had married Sarah Pollock in March 1792 in Green Co. (now TN). William Pollock who is assumed to be a son of Robert must have left the area due to his debt trouble and does not appear with the family until perhaps later. (A portion of "Descendants of Robert Pollock of Early Eastern Tennessee" by John C. Barron)

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Robert^ married Elizabeth^ Cowan, (Immigrant) on 12 Jun 1770 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth^ was born about 1740 in Ireland; died between 1830 and 1840 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Around May, 1808, a widow, Elizabeth Pollock, was also a resident of White Co. where she recorded a deed of gift to her daughter Elizabeth 'Betsy' Pollock, single woman. This deed was rescinded later that year, an example, perhaps, of problems he was having with settling the estate. It seems reasonable that this woman was the widow of Robert Pollock, the elder.

Throughout the years 1808 and 1809, the Pollock brothers appeared regularly in the civil court records of White Co. Not only did they frequently serve on juries, but they were involved in lawsuits consistent with those made by persons in business. Benjamin, Robert, John and Joseph Pollock all served on various juries at the quarterly court sessions during this time. In August, 1809, John Pollock was sued by Philip Usrey over non-payment of a debt. Pollock was found not guilty. During that same session, Robert Pollock was sued by Hannah Rule, widow of George. Pollock was ordered to keep a disputed wagon and pay the widow $25.00. During these trials, the Pollock men who had been serving on the jury for that session were excluded, solidifying the premise that they were brothers. In that same session, the following very interesting entry was found: Pleasant Wallen was discharged as overseer of a road from Pollock's ford to Hickory Valley. The location of these places need to be researched to help locate their property. No more Pollock records were found in White Co. after November, 1809.

Most of the Pollock family left White Co. about 1810 and moved south to the Lincoln Co., TN area. At least two of the sons, Robert and Joseph, were there and son John was probably in the adjoining county of Bedford by then. Elizabeth Pollock, thought to be the widow of Robert, was listed on the 1820 census of Lincoln Co. as a woman over 45 years old. Listed in her household was a girl aged 16 to 21, probably a granddaughter but perhaps the above mentioned daughter, Betsy. A Philimon Higgins was also listed on the 1820 census of Lincoln Co. A man with this same name had accompanied John Pollock to the Cumberland River frontier (probably in Kentucky) in 1798, although this must have been his son since only a young couple was shown in the family.

Elizabeth Pollock was still in Lincoln Co. in 1830 where she was shown on the census to be a woman 80-89 years of age. This would, of course, mean that she was born in the 1740's matching closely the assigned age of her husband Robert (b. 1740). In Dec, 1829, Elizabeth had bought a tract of land on Kelly's Creek from John H. Norton. A few years afterward Mary, daughter of Isaac James Norton, was shown in the records in Limestone Co, AL, as the wife of John Pollock, probably (John [3], John [2], Robert [1]). Elizabeth 'Betsy' Pollock was probably the woman on the 1840 census of Lincoln Co, but her mother was not shown and must have died. (A portion of "Descendants of Robert Pollock of Early Eastern Tennessee" by John C. Barron)
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-Elizabeth Cowan was born between 1741 and 1750 (from census data).
-She executed a deed on 12 May 1808 White Co., TN
(deed of gift to daughter Elizabeth Pollock) (Joyce M. Murray, White County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1801-1820 (Dallas, TX: J.M. Murray, c1992), p 187.).
-She appeared on the census of 1820 p 150, Lincoln Co., TN (Elizabeth Polloc, 000000-00101 (age over 45 years)).
-She executed a deed on 13 Dec 1829 Lincoln Co., TN (said Elizabeth Pollock to Jno H Norton, tract on headwaters of
Kelly's Creek, 65 ac. Lincoln Co. TN Deed Index, book H-1, p 610).
-She appeared on the census of 1830 Lincoln Co., TN ((p 257)

Descendants of Robert Pollock
Generation One
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