Hello List Members, I have just joined the POLLARD list though I have been doing genealogy research for over 37 years and am on a number of other e-mail lists. I have been "stuck" on my POLLARD line in Georgia for over 30 years in Taliaferro County, Georgia. My James M. (Monroe?)Edmonds/Edmunds m. Sarah Pollard in Wilkes County Georgia, in 1849. They are listed on the 1850-60-70-1880-1900 censuses of Wilkes County, Georgia. They are buried in the cemetery at Rayle, Wilkes County, Georgia, which seems to have gone by a variety of names including the Silvey Cemetery. His sister married Dolphus Silvey. I think that Sarah M. _?_ and Seaborn Pollard were the parents of my Sarah Pollard. They were members of Bethesda Baptist Church in adjoining Greene County, Georgia. From various internet postings of others Seaborn Pollard has a birthday of c. 1790 son of William Pollard and Jame Thompson. Where is the proof of this? On the familysearch.org/Mormon site page I found definite death dates, but no names of the submitters and no original source for the death dates. I have a copy of Lunceford's book of Taliaferro County, Georgia, records. It includes just about everything except the estate records where there was no will. I was in the courthouse at Crowfordville in July. Could not find any estate records for these Pollards if the records were there. Seaborn Pollard d. July 2, 1841 Elizabeth Pollard d. January 5, 1844 (Listed as a daughter at family search. org) Seaborn J. Pollard d. July 18, 1843 (Listed as a son at family search.org) These Pollards seem to have ranged over Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and Greene County, Georgia, making them hard to trace. Taliaferro County was formed c. 1827 by taking slices out of adjoining counties including Wilkes, Greene and Oglethrope Counties, Georgia. What is the source/reference for these death dates. I have no family tradition or oral history on this branch of the family. Only going by records as I find them that seem to match. POLLARD verical file folder at the new Georgia Archives at Morrow, Georgia, was not helpful either. I will see this this posting works. Something seems to be wrong with my e-mail lists at rootsweb. My posting to the lists are not coming back to me so I don't know what else I am missing. If it does work, I will post more information later from the family group sheet I have compiled on this family. Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 1-936-858-3801 http://www.inu.net/vcates

Do you have any information on African American Pollards i.e. Pollards of African descent? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivian Toole" <vtoole@inu.net> To: <POLLARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: [POLLARD] SEABORN POLLARD/EDMO(U)NDS 1840's TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GEORGIA > Hello List Members, > I have just joined the POLLARD list though I have been doing genealogy > research for over 37 years and am on a number of other e-mail lists. I have > been "stuck" on my POLLARD line in Georgia for over 30 years in Taliaferro > County, Georgia. > My James M. (Monroe?)Edmonds/Edmunds m. Sarah Pollard in Wilkes County > Georgia, in 1849. They are listed on the 1850-60-70-1880-1900 censuses of > Wilkes County, Georgia. They are buried in the cemetery at Rayle, Wilkes > County, Georgia, which seems to have gone by a variety of names including > the Silvey Cemetery. His sister married Dolphus Silvey. > I think that Sarah M. _?_ and Seaborn Pollard were the parents of my Sarah > Pollard. They were members of Bethesda Baptist Church in adjoining Greene > County, Georgia. From various internet postings of others Seaborn Pollard > has a birthday of c. 1790 son of William Pollard and Jame Thompson. Where > is the proof of this? > On the familysearch.org/Mormon site page I found definite death dates, but > no names of the submitters and no original source for the death dates. I > have a copy of Lunceford's book of Taliaferro County, Georgia, records. It > includes just about everything except the estate records where there was no > will. I was in the courthouse at Crowfordville in July. Could not find any > estate records for these Pollards if the records were there. > Seaborn Pollard d. July 2, 1841 > Elizabeth Pollard d. January 5, 1844 (Listed as a daughter at family > search. org) > Seaborn J. Pollard d. July 18, 1843 (Listed as a son at family search.org) > These Pollards seem to have ranged over Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and > Greene County, Georgia, making them hard to trace. Taliaferro County was > formed c. 1827 by taking slices out of adjoining counties including Wilkes, > Greene and Oglethrope Counties, Georgia. What is the source/reference for > these death dates. I have no family tradition or oral history on this > branch of the family. Only going by records as I find them that seem to > match. > POLLARD verical file folder at the new Georgia Archives at Morrow, Georgia, > was not helpful either. > I will see this this posting works. Something seems to be wrong with my > e-mail lists at rootsweb. My posting to the lists are not coming back to me > so I don't know what else I am missing. If it does work, I will post more > information later from the family group sheet I have compiled on this > family. > Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 1-936-858-3801 > http://www.inu.net/vcates > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >