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Descendants of Severn Pollitt

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH³ POLLITT (SEVERN², JONATHAN¹) was born Abt. 1802 in Maryland. She married AUSTIN B. DEATLEY Feb 25, 1823 in Fleming Co., KY (Source: Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17). He was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia, and died Aft. Jun 1870.

Notes for ELIZABETH POLLITT:
1. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17, lists subjects name as "Hully Pollitt."

2. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17, lists husband's name as "Austin B. Deatly."

3. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.
Record identifies subject as "Sally Pollitt."
Record states that "Austin Deatley married Sally Pollitte, a sister of Tom and George. . .Tom Pollitte and Sally Pollitte died, and Austin Deatley married Tom Pollitte's widow, Martha, and they begat Harrison, Martha, and Terry."

4. See record #500-P: Olivet Methodist Cemetery, headstone inscriptions copied by Wm. M. Talley and son, Paul, August, 1969. Copy on file at Mason County Genealogical Museum, submitted by Lula Reed Boss. "This cemetery is beside the Olivet Methodist Church near the Mason and Lewis County line. This cemetery is divided into two sections and the names here represent the oldest stones, primarily those persons born before the 1890's. There are many stones of a later date for persons by the same name as those listed below. The cemetery is approximately 3 miles northeast of Orangeburg, Mason County." 7 pp.
Record states "Elizabeth, wife of A. D. Deatley (stone broken - parts missing).

More About ELIZABETH POLLITT:
Buried At: Olivet Methodist - Mason Co., KY

Notes for AUSTIN B. DEATLEY:
1. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17, lists wife's name as "Hully Pollitt."

2. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17, lists subject's name as "Austin B. Deatly."

3. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.
Record states that "Austin Deatley married Sally Pollitte, a sister of Tom and George. . .Tom Pollitte and Sally Pollitte died, and Austin Deatley married Tom Pollitte's widow, Martha, and they begat Harrison, Martha, and Terry."

4. 1870       Lewis County, KY Census            Poplar Flat District
      NAME            AGE      BORN      OCCUPATION
      Deatly, Austin B.      68      Va      Farm Laborer
      Deatly, Elizabeth      67      Md      Keeps House
      Deatly, Irvine Robert 12      Ky      At Home

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH POLLITT and AUSTIN DEATLEY:
1. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17 indicates that license was obtained in Lewis County.

2. See record #110-P, record of Fleming Co. Marriages 1798-1851 (pp. 26); gives date of marriage as February 25, 1823.

Children of ELIZABETH POLLITT and AUSTIN DEATLEY are:

8.	i.	EVALINE PEPPER⁴ DEATLEY, b. Abt. 1824; d. May 18, 1867.
9.	ii.	WILLIAM R. DEATLEY, b. Abt. 1825, Kentucky.
	iii.	SEVERN P. DEATLEY, b. Abt. 1826, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH <UNKNOWN>; b. Abt. 1847, Kentucky.

Notes for SEVERN P. DEATLEY:
1. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate. Record lists subject's name as "Pea Deatley."

2. See record #902P - Family Genealogical Research of Mr. Bernard B. Pollitt; record lists subject's name as "Severn" Deatley.

3. 1870 Lewis County, KY Census Tollesboro District
FAM# NAME AGE BORN OCCUPATION STATUS
Deatley, S. P. 44 Ky Farmer - $1200/1500
Deatley, Elizabeth 23 Ky K. House

Notes for ELIZABETH <UNKNOWN>:
1. 1870 Lewis County, KY Census Tollesboro District
FAM# NAME AGE BORN OCCUPATION STATUS
Deatley, S. P. 44 Ky Farmer - $1200/1500
Deatley, Elizabeth 23 Ky K. House

iv.

JAMES DEATLEY.

Notes for JAMES DEATLEY:
1. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate. Record lists subject's name as "Jim Deatley."

2. See record #902P - Family Genealogical Research of Mr. Bernard B. Pollitt; record lists subject's name as "James" Deatley.

MARY FRANCIS DEATLEY, m. <UNKNOWN> ROWLAND.

Notes for MARY FRANCIS DEATLEY:
1. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.

2. See record #902P - Family Genealogical Research of Mr. Bernard B. Pollitt; record lists subject's name as "Mary Francis" Deatley.

3. Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. OO, Page 17 lists subject's name as "Mollie Deatley.

Notes for <UNKNOWN> ROWLAND:
1. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.

10.

vi.

SUSAN DEATLEY, b. Abt. 1832; d. Aft. Apr 1877.

3. SAMUEL³ POLLITT (SEVERN², JONATHAN¹) was born Abt. 1807 in Kentucky, and died Mar 13, 1874. He married CAROLINE DEATLEY 1830 in Lewis Co., KY (Source: Lewis Co. Supl. Index - Vol. B, Page 191). She was born Jul 15, 1809 in Kentucky, and died Aug 15, 1880.

Notes for SAMUEL POLLITT:
1. See record #500-P: Olivet Methodist Cemetery, headstone inscriptions copied by Wm. M. Talley and son, Paul, August, 1969. Copy on file at Mason County Genealogical Museum, submitted by Lula Reed Boss. "This cemetery is beside the Olivet Methodist Church near the Mason and Lewis County line. This cemetery is divided into two sections and the names here represent the oldest stones, primarily those persons born before the 1890's. There are many stones of a later date for persons by the same name as those listed below. The cemetery is approximately 3 miles northeast of Orangeburg, Mason County." 7 pp.
Record gives death date as March 13, 1871.

2. (Note: see record #501-P)

3. (Note: see record #502-P)

4. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.

5. Will:
January 16, 1849      Knowing that my brother Albert J. Pollitte was very ill and believing from his former dictations that he wished to make some disposition of his property, his brother George W. Pollitte asked him in my presence, as he was very ill, if he wished and (he) George, believing that he would die; if he wished his mother and sisters to have his property, and then my brother Albert J. Pollitte replied to me � that he wished his son Albert C. Pollitte son of G. W. Pollitte to have all of his property after paying all of his just debts.
                                    Mary A. Pollitt
Mason County Sct.                              March Court 1849      The non-cupative will of Albert J. Pollitt was further proved by the testimony of George W. Pollitt, who swore that the written paper already filed and sworn to as the non-cupative will of said Albert J. Pollitt by Mary A. Pollitt, contained and truly set forth the disposition of his property as declared by himself during his last illness in January 1849 at his residence. And that the same was committed to writing by Mary A. Pollitt at his request prior to his death, and testimony was also produced proving notice to all the next of kin of the present motion: whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Administration of the estate of Albert J. Pollitt decd. with his non-cupative will annexed, is granted to George W. Pollitt who made oath and executed and acknowledged bond with Samuel Pollitt as his security in the penalty of four hundred dollars conditioned as the law requires. And on his motion it is ordered that a certificate be granted him for obtaining letters of administration thereof in due form.
                        Attest - John James Key, Clerk
(Note: Subject�s middle initial is unclear.)

6. 1870      Lewis County, Ky. Census      Tollesboro District                  Name            Born      Occupation      Age
0079      Pollitt, Samuel      Ky      Farmer            63      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Caroline      Ky      Keeps House      60      w/f
0079      Pollitt, James      Ky      Minister            33      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Mary W.      Ky      Home            23      w/f
0079      Pollitt, Geo.      Ky      Laborer            21      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Wm.      Ky      Laborer            19      w/m
0079      Jones, Martha      Ky      Domestic            13      b/f

7. 1850      Lewis County, Ky. Census                              District #2       (pp. 348)
      Name            Born      Occupation      Age
0272      Pollett, Samuel      Ky      Farmer            42
0272      Pollett, Caroline      Ky                  40
0272      Pollett, Lytia A.      Ky                  18
0272      Pollett, B. D.      Ky                  16
0272      Pollett, James      Ky                  13
0272      Pollett, Mary      Ky                  4
0272      Pollett, George W.      Ky                  2

[Does this apply?:
1860      Mason County, Ky. Census                              District #2       Orangeburg      (pp. 123)
      Name                  Occupation      Age
0865      Pollitt, Samuel W.            Day Laborer      51                                    living w/ Mattingly Family]

8. "April Term of the Court of 1834 -
"Samuel Pollitt [appointed overseer] on the Clarksburg and Williamsburg Road. . ."
(See record #901-P, History of Lewis County, Kentucky, Rev. O. G. Ragan, 1912; pp. 326.)

9. See record #507-P: "[Mount] Olivet Cemetery," headstone inscriptions recorded by the Mason County Genealogical Society members Molly R. Kendall, Fannie B. Smith, Agatha Slattery, Robert Smith, Frank Long, Winn Atkinson, June Staker and Edith Ryan, 1988. The cemetery is located in eastern Mason County, Kentucky, near Rectorville, off KY Highway 1234 at the Olivet United Methodist Church.
States "(From broken tombstone) died Mar. 13, 1874."

10. Obituary - [Maysville Evening Bulletin, Saturday, January 14, 1899]:
"Mrs. Kate Kennan, of Orangeburg, Falls a Victim to Consumption -
"The Angel of Death has been abroad in the land, leaving sorrow and tears in his pathway.
"Friday another home was darkened by his visit, the faithful wife and devoted mother being taken.
"Mrs. Kate Kennan, of Orangeburg, died Friday morning about 2 o'clock, of that dread disease, consumption. She was a daughter of Mr. Samuel Pollitt, and was born in Lewis County March 28th, 1846. She was married December 21st, 1871, to Mr. Franklin Kennan, who, with one son, survives her. She leaves two brothers,--Messrs. William and Basil Pollitt, of Lewis County, and one sister, Mrs. Robert Pollitt, of Dover. Rev. F. S. Pollitt, Presiding Elder of the Danville District, M. E. Church, South, is a nephew of the deceased.
"The funeral will occur to-day at 1 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Jones officiating. Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery."

More About SAMUEL POLLITT:
Buried At: Olivet Methodist Church, Mason Co., KY
Death Verif: Mar 13, 1874, Olivet Cemetery Headstone

Notes for CAROLINE DEATLEY:
1. See record #500-P: Olivet Methodist Cemetery, headstone inscriptions copied by Wm. M. Talley and son, Paul, August, 1969. Copy on file at Mason County Genealogical Museum, submitted by Lula Reed Boss. "This cemetery is beside the Olivet Methodist Church near the Mason and Lewis County line. This cemetery is divided into two sections and the names here represent the oldest stones, primarily those persons born before the 1890's. There are many stones of a later date for persons by the same name as those listed below. The cemetery is approximately 3 miles northeast of Orangeburg, Mason County." 7 pp.
Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery headstone inscription: "Caroline, wife of Samuel Pollitt, born July 15, 1809, died Aug. 15, 1880."

2. (Note: see record #501-P)

3. (Note: see record #502-P)

4. 1880      Mason County, Ky. Census      Orangeburg                   Precinct 9      Page 0045
0419      Pollitt, Caroline      Widow      age 71      head
0419      Burr, Anna            age 14      daughter

5. 1870      Lewis County, Ky. Census      Tollesboro District                  Name            Born      Occupation      Age
0079      Pollitt, Samuel      Ky      Farmer            63      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Caroline      Ky      Keeps House      60      w/f
0079      Pollitt, James      Ky      Minister            33      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Mary W.      Ky      Home            23      w/f
0079      Pollitt, Geo.      Ky      Laborer            21      w/m
0079      Pollitt, Wm.      Ky      Laborer            19      w/m
0079      Jones, Martha      Ky      Domestic            13      b/f

6. 1850      Lewis County, Ky. Census                              District #2       (pp. 348)
      Name            Born      Occupation      Age
0272      Pollett, Samuel      Ky      Farmer            42
0272      Pollett, Caroline      Ky                  40
0272      Pollett, Lytia A.      Ky                  18
0272      Pollett, B. D.      Ky                  16
0272      Pollett, James      Ky                  13
0272      Pollett, Mary      Ky                  4
0272      Pollett, George W.      Ky                  2

7. See record #900-P, "Family Notes of Albert Webster Pollitte;" written by AWP prior to his death on November 1, 1953. AWP was a school teacher, public accountant, and insurance agent. It is difficult to determine exactly when or over what period these notes were compiled, but perhaps as early as the early 1930's (see appendix A for additional background). These notes, where verified, have proven extremely accurate.

8. See record #507-P: "[Mount] Olivet Cemetery," headstone inscriptions recorded by the Mason County Genealogical Society members Molly R. Kendall, Fannie B. Smith, Agatha Slattery, Robert Smith, Frank Long, Winn Atkinson, June Staker and Edith Ryan, 1988. The cemetery is located in eastern Mason County, Kentucky, near Rectorville, off KY Highway 1234 at the Olivet United Methodist Church.

More About CAROLINE DEATLEY:
Birth Verif: Jul 15, 1809, Olivet Cemetery Headstone
Buried At: Olivet Methodist Church, Mason Co., KY
Death Verif: Aug 15, 1880, Olivet Cemetery Headstone

Children of SAMUEL POLLITT and CAROLINE DEATLEY are:

11.	i.	LYTIA ANN⁴ POLLITT, b. 1833, Kentucky; d. 1900.
12.	ii.	BASIL DUKE POLLITT, SR., b. Abt. 1835, Kentucky; d. Jan 2, 1918, Lewis Co., KY.
13.	iii.	REV. ROBERT JAMES POLLITT, b. May 20, 1837, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1872.
14.	iv.	MARY W. POLLITT, b. Mar 28, 1846, Lewis Co., KY; d. Jan 13, 1899, Orangeburg, Mason Co., KY.
15.	v.	GEORGE WILL POLLITT, b. 1848, Kentucky; d. 1897.
16.	vi.	LYCURGUS WILLIAM POLLITT, b. 1851, Kentucky; d. Jan 13, 1933, Lewis Co., KY.

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