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ee esse ez MENT RYCHMOND(. AND ‘VICINITY = ae = = = — Se .— So Ee EES Colonies. A section from the resolutions reads, ‘‘We are free men; we have a right to be so. . . . Let it suffice, to say once for all, we will never be taxed but by our own representatives. ... We will heartily join in such measures as the majority of our countrymen shall adopt for securing the public liberty.” William Pollard, the second, was born in 1760 at Buckeye, and at the age of twenty-one took up the duties of clerk, having been in the office with his father since his eighteenth year. He grew to be a’man of such accurate business methods in his work that he was called “Billy Particular.” His farm at Williamsville of over one thousand acres, was so well managed that he became one of the richest farmers in Virginia for the time in which he lived. - William Pollard was a revolutionist in mind, heart, and soul. Tradition says that many a patriot of those early days of the republic enjoyed his hospitable roof. Here were entertained Edmund Pendleton, first judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, who had married Sarah Pollard; and also Edmund Pendleton, the second, colonel in the Revolutionary Army, who had married Mildred Pollard. Both were kinswomen of the owner of Williamsville. John Taylor, of Caroline County, who was United States Senator, was his first cousin, being the son of Anne Pollard, his father’s sister. “These were all members of the family group who gathered at Williamsville to talk of political affairs when the nation was in its infancy. From this family of Pollards are descended Senator Underwood, of Alabama; John Garland Pollard, former AttorneyGeneral of Virginia, and Henry R. Pollard, attorney for the city of Richmond for many years. During these history-making days, Williamsville had two mistresses—not simultaneously, of course, but consecutively—for William Pollard was married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Dabney, widow of Isaac Dabney, and formerly Elizabeth Smelt, whom he married in 1786. The second wife of William Pollard was Elizabeth Shackle[ror]
