Chatten D. Pollard applied for revolutionary pension while living in Franklin County, Va., in January 1833. He was born in Culpepper County, Va., moved to Frederick County, Va., then to Franklin County Va., and from that county, after he had secured his pension, to Bledsoe County, Tenn., where he died, Oct. 3, 1843. He stated that all of his children had moved to Bledsoe County. He enlisted in the army in 1780 and guarded prisoners. He was in the Siege of Yorktown and aided in the capture of Cornwallis. His widow, Mary Greer Pollard, applied for widow’s pension while living in Bledsoe County, in 1843. She states that their marriage took place in Franklin County, Va., Sept. 16, 1790. Her brother, John F. Greer, was Justice of the Peace in Bledsoe County, in 1843. The widow mentions a son, Chatten Pollard and other children whose names she does not list.
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Revolutionary War Pension Application Information for Chattin Pollard and Mary (Greer) Pollard:
On 7 Jan 1833, in Franklin County, Virginia, Chattin Pollard, formerly of Frederick County, appeared. He was 70 on 10th of October last. In the winter of 1783 or 1784 he went to Kentucky and volunteered. He said he was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, and was removed to Frederic County same state where lived many years.
On the 6 Mar 1845 Mary Pollard appeared in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Chattin died 23 Oct 1843.
On 6 Mar 1845 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Chattin T. Pollard appeared. He says Chattin Pollard died 23 Oct 1843 in Monroe County, Missouri, and he was present at the funeral.
Chattin Pollard and Molley Greer were married September 16, 1790.
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