Mary W (Polly) Jolley was born on October 3, 1838 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, the daughter of Jesse Jolley and Sarah (Hughes) Jolley. She was the sister of Britt A. Jolley, William A. Jolley, James Jolley, Stanford Jolley, Arcena Jolley, Jesse L. Jolley, Nancy C. Jolley, Kissiah E. (Jolley) Hawkins, Crawford D. Jolley, Elizabeth Jolley, Lucinda Jolley, Leona J. (Jolley) Hamrick and Susannah (Jolley) Hamrick
Polley married James Crowder Pruett. They had at least the following children:
Margaret Madora Pruett McSwain
Roseline Pruett Jolley
Polly died on December 17, 1925 and was buried at home.[1]
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4YB-GK7 : accessed 20 December 2014), Polly M Jolly in household of Jesse Jolly, Cleveland county, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing family 321, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
James and Kisiah JolleyFootprints Left Behind. Author; Ann Jones Thompson. Publishers; Broad River Genealogical Society, 1999.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3DH-9VM : 10 February 2018), Polly Pruett, 17 Dec 1925; citing Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina, reference fn 994 Page 328, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,894,033.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly: