Could someone help me to identify a portrait which is said to have been hanging in Williamsville? I cannot attach the portrait to this message for Rootsweb but would be glad to send it by request as an attachment in a regular email. This copy of a portrait was sent to me by a Pollard cousin in Maryland with the identification that it was "Elizabeth Dabney Pollard". Would anyone know which wife of William Pollard, II of Williamsville this may have been since he married two different Elizabeth Dabneys? William Pollard II was the Clerk of Hanover county from 1781 to 1824 and succeeded his father William Pollard of Buckeye (1726-1781). William Pollard, II, also built Williamsville in 1803. Therefore, it might be assumed that the Elizabeth Smelt (Dabney) Pollard who died in 1811 lived in Williamsville for the 8 years preceding her death. First wife of William Pollard II: Elizabeth Smelt (Dabney) (Pollard) widow of Captain Isaac Dabney and daughter of The Reverend John Smelt and his wife Anna Waring of Essex County, Virginia. Died Mrs. Elizabeth Pollard consort of William Pollard, Esq. Clerk of Hanover County on Tuesday the 5th inst. (p. 3, c. 5.) Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1811. Available on microfilm Library of Virginia Film 23a. Bernard Henley. Both obituaries confirm that Elizabeth Pollard died Tuesday, November 5, 1811. She was survived by two daughters and a husband. The references are: The Enquirer (Richmond), Vol. 8 No. 54, November 12, 1811. Virginia Argus (Richmond), Vol. XIX, No. 1922, November 7, 1811. or Second wife of William Pollard II Elizabeth Dabney (Shackelford) (Pollard) widow of Lynne Shackelford mother of George Pollard. ************************************ I am descended from William Pollard II and his first wife, Elizabeth Smelt (Dabney)(Pollard) through their daughter Mary Anderson Pollard (b. Hanover Co., May 8, 1787 d. October 10, 1858) who married John Darracott in Hanover County in 1802. John Darracott was the owner of "Darracott's Mill" (later Ellett's Mill now Ashland Mills on Route 1 in Hanover County) until his death in 1837. Will dated 8 Aug. 1835, probated In Hanover County, 28 May 1837 "I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Mary A. Darracott all my Estate....."John Darracott's father William Darracott or his grandfather John Darracott built Montevideo near the mill.(still standing)After John Darracott's death, his widow Mary A. and children, on June 1839 sold to Robert Ellett a tract of 50 acres called Darracott Mills for $4.000, on South Anna River, R.F.&P-Ry., and adjoining William D. Winston. I would appreciate any help that someone could give me in identifying this portrait of Elizabeth Pollard. My email address is [email protected] Mary Jane Thomas Stokes Powhatan, Virginia