Edward Polly served for 18 mts as a private in Virgina Line during
the Revolutionary War. He, along with Joshua Mullins and William Buckner,
enlisted in a company headed by Captain Burton, in a regiment led by Colonel
Gibson.
They enlisted in September 1780, and were discharged February 28,
1781. Edward was transferred to a company led by Isaac Webb. He applied for a
pension November 17, 1825. At the time he was living in Perry Co. KY. His
pension, begun in February 1828, was $8.00 a month. When applying for the
pension, he listed as property: 1 horse ($30), 8 cattle/2 pigs ($40), 8 sheep
($8), 4 barrows/16 pigs ($14), 50 acres of poor land, and owed to him the sum of
%5.50. The total estimated value of his estate was $142.50.
After eight yrs in VA, Edward and Mary moved west to carter Co., in
Eastern Tennessee, where they lived for thirteen yrs. They then moved to Floyd
Co., KY where they lived until Edward died in 1845. They were living in Perry
Co., which was formed from part of Floyd Co. at the time of his application for
a pension.
The part of Perry Co. where he lived became part of Letcher county
when it was formed in 1842. Mary Mullins Polly applied for a widow's pension
June 7, 1847 in Letcher Co.,KY (Edward had died May 19, 1845). She was living
then with Randolph Polly, her grandson. In her application she stated that she was married by a Baptist minister named Bailey, but that no record was made of the marriage. Mary also said that they lived in Pittsylvania Co., VA for eight yrs before moving west. (This information was compiled by Joel Logsdon)
Contributor: Carolyn Shelhamer (47440073) • [email protected]∼Son of David POLLEY/POLLY and Agnes ADKINS.
Husband of Mary Agnes MULLINS.
This cemetery is Hall Cemetery, Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher County, KY.
Edward Polly served for 18 mts as a private in Virgina Line during
the Revolutionary War. He, along with Joshua Mullins and William Buckner,
enlisted in a company headed by Captain Burton, in a regiment led by Colonel
Gibson.
They enlisted in September 1780, and were discharged February 28,
1781. Edward was transferred to a company led by Isaac Webb. He applied for a
pension November 17, 1825. At the time he was living in Perry Co. KY. His
pension, begun in February 1828, was $8.00 a month. When applying for the
pension, he listed as property: 1 horse ($30), 8 cattle/2 pigs ($40), 8 sheep
($8), 4 barrows/16 pigs ($14), 50 acres of poor land, and owed to him the sum of
%5.50. The total estimated value of his estate was $142.50.
After eight yrs in VA, Edward and Mary moved west to carter Co., in
Eastern Tennessee, where they lived for thirteen yrs. They then moved to Floyd
Co., KY where they lived until Edward died in 1845. They were living in Perry
Co., which was formed from part of Floyd Co. at the time of his application for
a pension.
The part of Perry Co. where he lived became part of Letcher county
when it was formed in 1842. Mary Mullins Polly applied for a widow's pension
June 7, 1847 in Letcher Co.,KY (Edward had died May 19, 1845). She was living
then with Randolph Polly, her grandson. In her application she stated that she was married by a Baptist minister named Bailey, but that no record was made of the marriage. Mary also said that they lived in Pittsylvania Co., VA for eight yrs before moving west. (This information was compiled by Joel Logsdon)
Contributor: Carolyn Shelhamer (47440073) • [email protected]∼Son of David POLLEY/POLLY and Agnes ADKINS.
Husband of Mary Agnes MULLINS.
This cemetery is Hall Cemetery, Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher County, KY.