Jacob^ Levi Allen "Jake" Anthony, (DNA)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Franklin Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1870, Lincoln Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Lynchburg, Moore Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1900, Slidell, Wise Co, Texas
• Census: 1910, Elida, Roosevelt Co, New Mexico
• Census: 1920, Elida, Roosevelt Co, New Mexico
• Census: 1930, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico

Notes:

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"My Ancestors and Kindred Families" updated 5/20/09
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Name:
full name: Jacob Levi Allen Alexander Berry Gabbard Anthony
per another researcher

Census:
residence 124
W F Bruce 53
Sarah Bruce 48
T P Bruce 20

residence 125
J.L.A. Anthony 18 1852 TN
M.M.F. Anthony 15 1855 TN


Census:
Jacob L Anthony 49
Martha Anthony 45
Samuel A Anthony 24
James M Anthony 21
Joseph O Anthony 18
Horace F Anthony 16
Charles T Anthony 13
Pauline Anthony 8


Census:
Main Street
Anthony Jacob head 68 TN TN TN grocery merchant
Martha F wife 65 TN TN TN
Joseph O son 38 TN grocery merchant
Pauline dau 28 TN grocery clerk
Anthony Horace F son 35 TN laborer farm
Pearl dau-in-law 31 Indiana Indiana Indiana
Anthony, Ruby M dau 13 TX
Loretta dau 10 NM
Margartet 8 NM
Robert son 6 NM
Juanita dau 3 NM

Census:
1930 Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico
Bloxom William N Head 49 1881 m age 30 Texas USA USA
Bloxom Pauline Wife 38 1892 m age 29 TN TN TN
Bloxom Alton Son 9 1921 New Mexico Texas Texas
Stieg Fred A Stepson 7 1923 New Mexico Ohio TN
Stieg Martha M Stepdaughter 6 1924 New Mexico Ohio TN
Anthony Jacob L Father-in-Law 78 1852 m age 19 TN TN TN
Anthony, Martha F. mother-in-law 75 m age 15 TN TN TN

Jacob^ married Martha^ Malissa Bruce, (DNA) on 27 Oct 1869 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee. Martha^ (daughter of William Franklin^ Bruce and Sarah^ Allen) was born in Jul 1854 in Tennessee; died on 14 Jul 1935 in Elida, Roosevelt Co, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: J L A Anthony
Spouse: Mattie L Bruce
Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1869
Marriage County: Lincoln

1. William Bruce Anthony, Sr. was born in 1871 in Tennessee; died in 1933 in Norman, Cleveland Co, Oklahoma; was buried in IOOF Cem, Norman, Cleveland Co, Oklahoma.
2. Samuel Andrew Anthony was born on 27 Jan 1876 in Memphis, Shelby Co,Tennessee; died on 20 Nov 1918 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
3. James Marvin Anthony was born on 21 Apr 1879 in Sneedville, Hancock, Tennessee; died on 16 Jan 1933 in Sanger, Denton Co, Texas; was buried on 17 Jan 1933 in Bolivar Cem, Sanger, Denton Co, Texas.
4. Joseph Oscar Anthony was born in Jan 1882 in Tennessee; died on 10 May 1957 in Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico.
5. Horace Franklin^ Anthony was born on 31 Jul 1883 in Memphis, Tennessee; died on 14 Apr 1966 in Pampa, Gray Co, Texas; was buried on 16 Apr 1966 in Memory Gardens of Pampa, Pampa, Gray Co, Texas.
6. Charles Tribble Anthony was born on 29 Jul 1887 in Tennessee; died on 18 Feb 1954 in Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas; was buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas.
7. Pauline Anthony was born on 30 Sep 1891 in Tennessee; died on 07 Jul 1968 in Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas; was buried on 09 Jul 1968 in Mission Garden, Clovis, New Mexico.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: "full-blooded German"
• Religion: "old style Methodist circuit rider"
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1860, Bridgeville, Franklin Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Lynchburg, Moore Co, Tennessee

Notes:

[Alamance County_Feb 2006_backup.FTW]

From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II:
His son James and Roddy answered questionnaires regarding their CSA service, providing us with his wife's name. James Frederick Anthony stated that "my father was old style Methodist Circuit rider... had often as many as 15 churches under his charge and preached every day in the week..."
[34] This statement also declared that William Horace Anthony was born at Thompson's Creek in Bedford County but lived most of his life in Moore [formerly Franklin] County, that he and his two older sons joined the 1st Tennessee Regiment in 1861 and that he served as chaplain in 1862, when he resigned on account of being afflicted with rheumatism, contracted in camp. James Anthony's statement also declares that his father was a "full blooded German", that all four of his grandparents came from Germany, one of his grandmothers being named Shofner.

A similar statement by Roddy Anthony declared that his father was a traveling minister in the Tennessee Conference. He made a similar statement regarding his father's ancestry. Roddy gave his father's middle name as "Harris" and James gave it as "Horace".

The move from Bedford County to Franklin County evidently occurred between the births of those two sons, each given the respective county as their own birthplace. James Anthony's statement mentions that his brother Nicholas A. Anthony also volunteered in the CSA in 1861 but was discharged after a few months with a disability.

A good deal of information on his family came from my father's correspondence with Lassie Munsey, a granddaughter of James Frederick Anthony. There is also a family Bible with all his children.
(Rootsweb - Family Tree Sandra, sansgenmail@gmail.com)


The following were answers on a questionnaire given by William Harris Anthony's son, James Frederick Anthony:

William Horace Anthony was born at Thompson's Creek, Bedford Co, TN. He lived on turkey Creek and Big Hurricane practically all his life in Moore Co., [TN]. He and his two older sons joined Peter Turney's 1st Tenn. Regiment (afterward designated "The 1st Confederate") in 1861 and he served as chaplain in 1862, when he resigned on account of being afflicted with rheumatism, contracted in camp. After serving as chaplain during the year 1861 he resigned in the spring of 1862, came home, and continued his ministerial duties to his death. William was a full blooded German - his grandmother & grandfather on both sides came from Germany. His grandmother on his father's side was a Shofner

Name:
[Alamance County_Feb 2006_backup.FTW]

From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II:
His son James and Roddy answered questionnaires regarding their CSA service, providing us with his wife?s name. James Frederick Anthony stated that ?my father was old style Methodist Circuit rider... had often as many as 15 churches under his charge and preached every day in the week...?[34] This statement also declared that William Horace Anthony was born at Thompson's Creek in Bedford County but lived most of his life in Moore [formerly Franklin] County, that he and his two older sons joined the 1st Tennessee Regiment in 1861 and that he served as chaplain in 1862, when he resigned on account of being afflicted with rheumatism, contracted in camp. James Anthony?s statement also declares that his father was a ?full blooded German?, that all four of his grandparents came from Germany, one of his grandmothers being named Shofner. A similar statement by Roddy Anthony declared that his father was a traveling minister in the Tennessee Conference. He made a similar statement regarding his father?s ancestry. Roddy gave his father?s middle name as ?Harris? and James gave it as ?Horace?. The move from Bedford County to Franklin County evidently occurred between the births of those two sons, each given the respective county as their own birthplace. James Anthony?s statement mentions that his brother Nicholas A. Anthony also volunteered in the CSA in 1861 but was discharged after a few months with a disability. A good deal of information on his family came from my father?s correspondence with Lassie Munsey, a granddaughter of James Frederick Anthony. There is also a family Bible with all his children.
(Rootsweb - Family Tree Sandra, sansgenmail@gmail.com)

Birth:
Bedford birth records:
William Horace Anthony, 8 Aug 1819 to Nicholas Anthony and Sarah Nicholson.

William married Elizabeth^ Pollock on 01 Oct 1837 in Tennessee. Elizabeth^ (daughter of John^ Pollock and Mrs. Alice^ "Alsey" (..) Pollock) was born on 31 May 1811 in Tennessee; died on 8 Jun 1888; was buried in Turkey Creek Cem, Moore Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: German
• Census: 1850, Dist 25, Bedford Co, Tennessee
• Will: 1859, Bedford Co, Tennessee

Notes:

By the late 1850s, in his late 70s, he was suffering from some form of dementia. In September 1858 a jury was appointed "to examine the lunacy of Nicholas Anthony".[7] In October the jury reported he "was a lunatic and unable to take care of his business," and the court appointed his son Laton J. Anthony as his guardian.[8] Nicholas, who would have been about 78 at this time, died within a year, as his will was proved at the October court 1859, with the widow Sally Anthony and Laton J. Anthony appointed as his administrators.[9] The will itself no longer exists, but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.

The widow, Sarah, appears in the 1860 and 1870 censuses in the household of her son Laton J. Anthony. She evidently died sometime in 1873. A statement filed by George T. Anthony on 1 October 1872 states that his father Nicholas Anthony died in 1858 and his widow still resided on the property where he died.[10] An offer to auction the home place land date 4 February 1873 also mentions the land ?on which his widow resides.?[11] But a document dated 29 September 1873 speaks of the ?estate of our grandmother Sallie Anthony?, implying she was dead.[12] The settlement of her estate by her son Laton J. Anthony occurred after Nicholas Anthony?s death.[13] I failed to note the date.

At his death, Nicholas owned two pieces of property: 114 acres on Thompson's Creek in the 24th Civil District of Bedford County, and the home place of 198 acres in the 25th Civil District in Roseville. The 1860 and 1870 censuses show Sarah Anthony living in the 25th Civil District, and his children later stated that Nicholas (and later Sarah) lived on that property in Roseville. Nicholas Anthony?s lost will must have left the 114 acre tract in equal shares to his children, for they engaged in a protracted court case over the distribution of that land in the 24th District. Six of the children wanted to sell the property and divide the proceeds, while the rest preferred to partition the land. The records of this case clearly show the children (or their heirs) were splitting the property 13 ways because, before the case was settled, several shares and parts of shares were sold, in each case the shares being 1/13. For example, Henry Anthony sold his 1/13 share to George Thomas Anthony prior to settlement.[14] The case was in court before 2 November 1869 because on that date the court acted on the recommendation of a commission it had appointed to consider a partition of the property. The commission laid out a 2/13 partition for George T. Anthony (19 1/2 acres), who owned his own share and Henry Anthony?s share, and recommended the remaining 94 1/2 acres be sold.[15] The land was then sold to William Shofner for $3,780 and the proceeds divided 11 ways -- $341.39 apiece after expenses. George T. Anthony then immediately sold his 19 1/2 acres to the same William Shofner, completing the transfer of all 114 acres.[16] The case was settled on 1 September 1873 when the court clerk recorded that he was holding the money for each of the heirs.[17]

After Sally Anthony?s death (probably in 1875), the division of the 198 acre home place in the 25th District prompted a similar protracted court case, with the petition filed 4 November 1875. It stated that the land contained ?the home in which Sally Anthony had resided at her death and for years before.? Again, some legatees wanted to partition the land and others wanted to sell it and divide the proceeds. This time around, the children traded their shares beginning in 1870, with some shares changing hands more than once. By the time the petition was filed, Layton J. Anthony had acquired the interests of Frederick, Roddy, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Young Anthony, giving him a 7/13 share, and argued for a partition.[18] He eventually succeeded and ended up owning the family home which he apparently had never left. Note that there were a smaller number of litigants in the 1875 case, with only three of the Anthony children participating.

From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II:
(Rootsweb Family Tree - Sandra "My Ancestors and Kindred Families" sansgenmail@gmail.com)

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From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II: A statement filed in Bedford County on 16 November 1870 by Riley E. Stubblefield and wife Sarah E. Stubblefield stated that Sarah E. Stubblefield was a granddaughter of Nicholas and Sally Anthony and one of the surviving children of William Neese and his deceased wife Betsey Anthony.

A similar statement filed 3 August 1872 stated L. W. Yates, M. C. Yates, Mellissa Neese, and Cornelia Neese were grandchildren of Nicholas Anthony and children of William and Elizabeth Neece, both deceased.

A William and Elizabeth Neese appear in the 1850 census of Henry County, Tennessee with Elizabeth age 43 and children named Sara E., Margaret, Mary C., Rebecca, Melissa, Jasper J. Bathara, Eliza, and Emily

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sans%5Fancestry&id=I55015


Census:
Nicholas Anthony Age 70 farmer 3500 NC
Sarah, 67 f NC
Katharine 27 f TN
Loten (sp) 24 m TN
Jasper 21 m TN

(Jacob Anthony two doors prior)

Will:
October Court 1859, widow Sally Anthony and Laton J Anthony appt administrators. Will no longer exists but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.

Nicholas^ married Sarah^ "Sally" Nicholson about 1803 in Orange Co, North Carolina. Sarah^ was born in 1783 in Almance, Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1870 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: German
• Census: 1850, Bedford Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Possibly Sarah and Elizabeth are one and the same. However, since Archibald Nicholson left to grandson Young Anthony, named his daughters, indicates Elizabeth, mother of Young, was already deceased in 1821 and Sarah was a different wife. But Sarah was not a named mentioned in Archibald's will; so prob not a sister to Elizabeth; in fact, not sure were researchers even found her name to be Nicholson.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: German

Notes:

A letter written by Ephraim M. Anthony (1836-1908), a son of Adam Anthony and grandson of Jacob Anthony, on 30 July 1902 to Thomas Shofner, and published in the Shoffner Family History, confirms the marriage and lists some of the children.

My grandmother was Magdalena Shofner, married to my grandfather Jacob Anthony in North Carolina. She was a full sister to Martin and Peter Shofner. The children were Henry Anthony, Jacob Anthony, Nicholas Anthony, Adam Anthony, and Paul Anthony. Henry Anthony remained in North Carolina, Jacob settled in Lincoln County, Tennessee; Nicholas lived on a large farm where Chris Shofner now lives. Adam Anthony lived on a big farm on which brother Peter S. Anthony now lives. Paul Anthony lived in Nordaway County, Mo. In my grandfather's family there were five sisters who remained in North Carolina.
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Also from Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet:
Jacob Anthony's will, dated 31 July 1828 and proved May 1835 in Orange County, North Carolina, states ?I was born the first day of May 1745?.[13] He gave "to my daughter Mary Moser my plantation where I now live on containing 145 acres...subject to the following condition, to wit, by my daughter Mary Moser paying to each of my other twelve children, them or their heirs, the sum of fifty dollars apiece, paying the first payment within one year after my death to my eldest son Jacob, then each in succession according to seniority annually until the whole of my twelve children receive the sum of fifty dollars apiece.? He appointed his son Henry Anthony and Adam Wrightsel executors. He further stated he wished his household and stock be "sold and divided equally amongst my thirteen children." The will was signed by Jacob Anthony with his mark, with A. W. Albright the only witness. I found no further reference to the administration of the estate.
From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II (http://www.genfiles.com/anthony/anthonyjacob.htm)
(Rootsweb - Family Trees - Sandra)


The children of Jacob Anthony and Magdalena Shofner are not entirely certain. His will speaks of thirteen living children but names only three. The above mentioned letter by his grandson mentions only five sons and five unnamed daughters. The Shofner history identifies one of the five daughters as ?Magdalena?, but it lists a total of seven sons (adding a George and a Peter).[14] To confuse matters more, in 1950 a Mrs.. Glenn P. McPherson supplied the author of a Bedford County, Tennessee book with a list of eleven children of Jacob Anthony and Magdalena Shofner, along with their spouses.[15] She listed only three sons: Henry, Adam, and Nicholas but gave the names of eight daughters: Dorothy, Margaret, Sallie, Betsy, Eve, Katie, Mary, and Barbara ? omitting her evidence in each case

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(Rootsweb Brenda Thomas (bcthomas@usit.com)
Orange County NC; Will Book E, Page 338
Will dated 31 July 1828
Will Proved May Court 1835

Daughter Mary Moser; "My other twelve children" [ names not stated] ; eldest son Jacob Anthony; " I was born the first day of May 1745"; Executors, Son Henry Anthony, Adam Wrightsel; Witnesses A.W. Albright.


Jacob Anthony owner land on Varnell's Creek and lived on another farm between Almance Village and Bellemont. He deeded this farm to his daughter Mary. Jacob mentioned 13 children in his will, only naming Mary, Jacob and Henry by name.They have been identified on census records.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arnold1946&id=I077930

Jacob^ married Mary Magdalena^ Shoffner, (immigrant) about 1773. Mary (daughter of Michael Christian^ Shoffner, (immigrant) and Ann Margaretha^ Fogleman (Vogleman), (immigrant)) was born in 1757 in Frankford, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; died on 26 Mar 1827 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Ch, Alamance Co, North Carolina. [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)

website that contains this line:
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Printed on: 28 Oct 2004
Prepared by:
John C. Barron
820 Dobbins Road
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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
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jcbarron/Pollock/pollock.pdf