Henry County, KY - Bios:  Pollard, James I.
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James I. POLLARD 3066, Henry Co. 

Surname: Pollard, Ireland, Smith, Guthrie, Gray, Clifford

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Henry Co.

JAMES I. POLLARD was born in Frederick County, Va., October 2, 1808, the third of eight 
children born to Elijah and Nancy (Ireland) Pollard. The father was a native of Virginia, 
but immigrated to Kentucky in 1809, settled in Jessamine County, where he remained five 
years, moving thence to Henry County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock 
raising. He was a carpenter by trade but did not follow it after coming to Kentucky. Mrs. 
Nancy Pollard was born in Virginia, a daughter of the distinguished Rev. James Ireland, who 
was born and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland; was one of the Baptist preachers persecuted in 
Virginia for preaching Baptist doctrine; was put in prison and dealt very unpleasantly with 
for some time. James I. Pollard was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. 
He has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and owns 150 acres of land near Eminence. 
He bought hogs for several different men for about twenty years, and has made a few shipments 
for himself of cattle and hogs to Louisville. He used to make a business of feeding cattle 
for the markets. He married, October 14, 1830, Eliza Smith, of Henry County, Ky., daughter 
of N. Smith of Virginia. Eleven children were born to this union, seven living: Kizzie I
 Guthrie, born August 20, 1831; Elijah B., born August 2, 1835; James W., born December 25, 
1840; Martha A. Gray, born May 7, 1842; George T., born April 20, 1844; Mary L. Clifford, 
born September 16, 1848; and John F., born March 8, 1859. Mrs. Pollard died January 13, 1870, 
a member of the Baptist Church, of which Mr. Pollard is also a member. He has lived through 
an eventful period, and though advanced in years has a clear mind and is a very entertaining 
gentleman.