Elizabeth^ Cowan, (Immigrant)

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 This deed was rescinded later that year, an example, perhaps, of problems he was having with settling the estate.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
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jcbarron/Pollock/pollock.pdf

Elizabeth^ married Robert^ Pollock, (immigrant) on 12 Jun 1770 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Robert^ was born about 1740 in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died between 1806 and 1808 in Anderson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John^ Pollock was born about 1771 in Ireland or Pennsylvania; died between 1843 and 1850 in Bedford Co, Tennessee.
2. Sarah Pollock was born about 1772; died after 1792.
3. Robert Pollock, Jr was born about 1780; died between 1828 and 1830 in Limestone Co, Alabama.
4. William Pollock was born about 1782; died after 1782.
5. Joseph Pollock was born about 1783; died about Nov 1816 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee.
6. Benjamin Hamilton Pollock was born in 1785 in Tennessee; died after 1833.
7. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Pollock was born about 1793 in Tennessee; died after 1794.