Mary (Bartley) Compton (abt. 1785 - abt. 1835)

Descendants

Died about 1835 at about age 50 in Williamsburg, Virginia

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Biography

Polly Bartley ... She passed away about 1835. ^[1]

Jeremiah is married by the time he arrived in Russell County. Little is known of this woman, our ancestral grandmother. We do know her name was Polly so likely her birth name was Mary. Her last name is forever lost to the sands of time. I have speculated her last name could have been Bartley because of the name of her eldest son, Bartemus Bartley Compton. Polly is the mother to all of Jeremiah's children, including our ancestor Jeremiah Compton Jr. Jeremiah and Polly have a total of eight children; three sons and five daughters. The sons were named Bartemus, Jeremiah Jr., and James (another clue that Rev. War James could be Jeremiah's father). The daughters have been harder to track but we know one was named Parcidy (had children with John Yates Jr.) and one named Mary (who married Joseph Yates).

Until recently no one has known exactly what happened to Jeremiah's first wife Polly. A recent discovery from the Russell County Law Order Book from May 1832 provides information as to her fate. These records state Polly Compton was picked up by the local constable and taken to the county jail on grounds of insanity. She is still found in the local jail at Lebanon in early 1833 awaiting transport to the mental hospital in Williamsburg. The Eastern State Mental Hospital in Williamsburg has records of receiving a Polly Compton in 1833. No other records exist and she likely died shortly thereafter due to the brutal conditions in this type of hospital at that time.

Sources

No sources. The events of Polly's life were either witnessed by John Johnson or John plans to add sources here later.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by John Johnson, Monday, July 22, 2013.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Johnson for creating Bartley-416 on 22 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by John and others.

Thanks to Sheila Compton Ramsey for starting this memorial and her uncle Major Frelin R. Compton for creating the plat of Jeremiah's land found above. https://earlycomptonfamilyrussellcounty.weebly.com/ written by Brett Compton found on Find a Grave Memorial 55013661