AARON BURR POLLARD WAS THE SIXTH CHILD BORN TO HIS PARENTS BENJAMIN G. POLLARD AND RACHEL SARAH PARKS POLLARD IN CHEROKEE COUNTY,AL. AT THE FAMILY HOME ON POLLARDS BEND OF THE COOSA RIVER BETWEEN LEESBURG AND SLACKLAND,AL.
ON 6TH OCT 1864 AT AGE 20 AARON ENLISTED IN COMPANY A,1ST REGIMENT,ALABAMA CALVERY TO SERVE 3 YEARS OR DURING THE CIVIL WAR.HIS REGIMENT MARCHED THROUGH SO.CAROLINA AND CROSSED THE GREAT PEDEE RIVER IN NO. CAROLINA ON NOV 6TH AND HAD A SKIRMISH WITH THE ENEMY SAME DAY.THE MARCH 2ND, ROLLS SHOW HIM ABSENT,WOUNDED.AARON WAS MUSTERED OUT WITH HIS COMPANY 30TH OCT 1865 AT HUNTSVILLE,AL. THE EXACT DATE OF RECEIVING HIS WOUND WAS MARCH 3 1865 BY A GUNSHOT.HE WAS WOUNDED NEAR WADESBURY NO.CAROLINA. NO MENTION IS MADE OF HOW SERIOUS THE WOUND WAS. AARON IS STATED TO HAVE BEEN 5 FT 5 INCHES,FAIR COMPLEXION,BROWN EYES AND DARK HAIR. AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE AARON MARRIED MARGARET ELIZABETH HATFIELD ON 10 APRIL 1869 IN PALESTINE,AL.THEY SHORTLY MOVED TO LEBANON,MO WHERE THE FIRST SON, CORROUTH P. WAS BORN 22 JUN 1870.
FROM THERE THE FAMILY MOVED TO RILEY CENTER KANSAS WHERE GUS WAS BORN ON 29 JUN 1871.GEORGE HANSFORD POLLARD WAS BORN 30 DEC 1873 AND DIED 11 JAN 1874. THEN THE FAMILY MOVED TO TURNER STATION, OREGON WHERE CHARLES EVERETT WAS BORN 8 JUN 1875. NEXT CAME AULTHIA ELLEN BORN 22 FEB 1877. THE FAMILY MOVED AGAIN TO SHERIDAN,OREGON WHERE BEULAH ESTELLA WAS BORN 2 APR 1879 AND SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY MARY ARAMINTA WHO WAS BORN 22 JAN 1882. THE FAMILY MADE ANOTHER MOVE, THIS TIME TO WOODS,IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON.ANOTHER CHILD WAS BORN HERE, DAISY MILES POLLARD ON 27 FEB 1884 AND DIED 28 MAR 1884.AARONS WIFE MARGARET ELIZABETH DIED 30 NOV 1884 LEAVING HIM WITH THE CHILDREN TO FINISH RAISING.THE OLDEST WAS CORROUTH AT AGE 14 AND THE YOUNGEST MARY ARAMINTA AT AGE 2. FOR SOME TIME THE THREE GIRLS ELLEN, STELLA AND MINTA AS THEY WERE KNOWN, WERE PLACED IN THE CARE OF THE CATHOLIC SISTERS IN SHERIDAN AS IT WAS HARD TO GET A HOUSEKEEPER TO CARE FOR THEM.THE GIRLS WERE IN THE CONVENT FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.THE GIRLS WERE QUITE UNHAPPY THERE AND FINALLY CORRUTH TOLD HIS PAPA THAT IF HE DIDN'T GO BRING THE GIRLS HOME, THAT HE, CORRUTH WOULD. THEY WERE BROUGHT BACK TO THE HOME AT WOODS AND WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WERE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO GO AWAY FOR MORE EDUCATION. AARON WAS A TEAMSTER BY THIS TIME AND WAS HAULING FREIGHT OVER THE HILL INTO HEBO WHICH WOULD TAKE HIM THE BETTER PART OF TWO OR MORE DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND HOW DEEP THE MUD WAS.AFTER THE FAMILY WAS GROWN AND THE GIRLS WERE MARRIED NOT MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT AARON.THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER MINTA,MARRIED BURT MACARTHUR AND MOVED TO THE NEW ERA,OREGON AREA. THEY WERE LIVING FOR AWHILE ON A FARM OUT OF MOLLALA,OR. WHERE THERE WAS A SMALL HOUSE ON THE SAME PROPERTY AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT GRANDPA POLLARD COULD LIVE IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE. A STORY IS TOLD ABOUT ONE DAY WHEN BURT HAD BOUGHT A NEW SHOTGUN AND HE AND AARON DECIDED TO TRY IT OUT. THIS WAS A DOUBLE BARRELED SHOTGUN AND BOTH BARRELS WERE LOADED WHEN AARON TOOK THE GUN AND STEPPED UP ONTO A LOG TO SHOOT.SOMEHOW HE SET OFF BOTH BARRELS AND THE JOLT KICKED HIM BACKWARDS OFF THE LOG. HE WAS THE MADDEST LITTLE SOUTHERNER YOU EVER SAW. THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF AARONS LIFE HE SPENT IN ROSEBURG,OREGON AT THE SOLDIERS HOME THERE. HE OCCUPIED A CABIN WITH ONE OTHER VETERAN. I HAVE VISITED THIS FACILITY AND FOUND IT TO BE QUITE A PEACEFUL PLACE AS IT IS TODAY. IT WAS PROBABLY MORE IN THE COUNRTY WHEN AARON WAS THERE, LOTS OF TREES AND GRASS AND FLOWERS AROUND. AARON DIED 25 OCT 1916 AND IS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT THE SOLDIERS HOME AND HIS GRAVE HAS A MARKER SHOWING A.B. POLLARD.

• Married: 10 Apr 1869 in Palestine,Al
• Sealing Spouse: 9 Nov 1994 in PORTL

1. Corruth POLLARD birth b: 22 Jan 1870 in Lebanan,Laclede,Mo
2. Gussie POLLARD birth b: 29 Jun 1871 in Riley Center,Riley,Kan
3. George Hansford POLLARD birth b: 30 Dec 1873 in Riley Center,Riley,Kan
4. Charles Everett POLLARD birth b: 8 Jun 1875 in Turner Station,Marion,Oregon
5. Aulthia Ellen POLLARD birth b: 22 Feb 1877 in Turner Station,Marion,Oregon
6. Buelah Estella POLLARD birth b: 2 Apr 1879 in Sheridan,Yamhill,Ore
7. Mary Araminta POLLARD birth b: 22 Jan 1882 in Sheridan,Yamhill,Oregon
8. Daisy Miles POLLARD birth b: 27 Feb 1884 in Woods,Tillamook,Ore