Mary Agnes (Mullins) Polly (abt. 1766 - 1854)

Born about 1766 in Halifax County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Polly Sr. — married 1784 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1854 at about age 88 in Letcher County, Kentucky

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Biography

Mary Agnes Mullins married Edward Polly (1758-1845) in 1784 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She began receiving a Revolutionary War Widows pension of $30 on 19 May 1845. The payment schedule shows it was paid through at least March 1848.

Mary Agnes was called both Mary and Agnes.

On 26 May 1829 Edward Polly, Sr. was living in Pike County, Kentucky. On 7 June 1847 Mary Polly, about 80, of Letcher County, Kentucky, applied for a pension stating that she married Edward Polly in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, before he was discharged from the army, and he died 19 May 1845. Joshua Mullins deposed that Mary Polly was his sister, that he was about 100 years old (but see his pension application) and two or three years older than his sister. In this and other documents Edward Polly is referred to as David Polly, and Mary Polly is referred to as Agnes Polly. On 4 Mar 1850 Mary Polly, 82, applied again for a pension, stating that she was married to Edward Polly in 1784 by a Baptist minister named Bailey. The file includes a copy of a deed dated 16 Apr 1787 by which Edward and Agnes Polly sold to Daniel Witcher 250 acres in Pittsylvania County. In certifying this deed Mary Polly stated on 6 Mar 1851 that she and Edward Polly were married in 1784 and had 12 children as follows, the first five of whom were born before 1794: Sally, Andrew, Polly, Agnes, Henry, Raney, Joseph, Edward, Vina, Nancy, Susanah, and David. In a document dated 6 Mar 1851 David Polly of Letcher County is said to have been 42 years old.

Please see her husband's profile for more information about her. Her birth year is estimated from the 1850 census (age 85) and the birth of her last child in 1810.

A researcher claimed she later remarried a Hall. This was looked into and no proof was found to support this information. So the Hall name have been removed from the profile.

Sources

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-R8HM : accessed 2 October 2016), Mary, 19 May 1845; citing Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,319,398.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M658-DTZ : 9 November 2014), Mary Polly in household of Randolph Polly, Letcher county, part of, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing family 104, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-R8HM : accessed 2 October 2016), Mary, 19 May 1845; citing Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,319,398.