Person:Lattamore Pollard (1)

Biography of Lattamore M Pollard

Lattamore was born 21 May 1831 in Greenville, South Carolina the sixth child of John W Pollard and Barbara Stone. The family moved to Cherokee County, Alabama before 1840 where they are found on the 1840 and 1850 Cherokee Alabama Census.

Civil War Record

When the civil war broke out, he enlisted with two brothers, Wiley Pollard,and Luallen G Pollard, and two brothers-in-law, John W Brooks, and Henry W Stokes, all serving together. They served in the same C.S.A. unit, Company B, 41st Alabama Infantry, throughout the war^S2. Later, a fourth brother, John R Pollard, joined them. Lattamore was wounded in the trenches at Petersburg, Va. Wiley and Lattamore were both captured at Amelia Courthouse and imprisoned as a POW at Point Lookout, MD prison for about two months. They took their Oath of Allegiance together on 16 June 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland and released. His Oath of Allegiance card states he had a light complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. He was 5'7-1/2" tall. He resided in Cherokee County, Alabama. He most likely helped his badly injured brother, Wiley, walk home from Virginia to Alabama where the families lived. A family story related to one family member said it took six months for Lattamore to walk home from Virginia to Alabama. When he arrived home, his wife, Jane, did not recognize him (see atrocities and treatment of prisoners at Point Lookout, MD prison). She insisted that he remain outside while she prepared him a bath in a washtub, made him strip off his clothes, and scrub in the bath. Meanwhile, she burned his clothes he had worn home (probably the same clothes he had worn for the six months).

For a more in depth review of Lattamore's Confederate Service please click here: Lattamore M Pollard Confederate Service

After the War

Lattamore and his family later moved from Cherokee County to Etowah County, Alabama. Lattamore received a Homestead in Ballplay, Etowah, Alabama, Certificate No 11534 for 39.95 acres of land, NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec 21, Twp 11S, Range 8E of Huntsville Meridian on 31 May 1899.

Lattamore passed away in 1913 of "Acute Brights Disease" (chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys). He and Jane are buried at Mount Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery in Ball Play, Etowah, Alabama. See Lattamore at Find A Grave

John W Pollard Family Bible,
Lattamo Pollard was born May 21st A. D. 1831

1. ↑ Lattimony Pollard, in Cherokee, Alabama, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
   Roll M432_3, P 102B.

   John Pollard, b abt 1801, South Carolina, District 27, Mechanic
   John Pollard, M. age 29, b. SC; Barbara Pollard, F., age 47, b. SC; Ludllen Pollard, M, age 26, b SC, Agr; Mary Pollard, F., age 25, b. SC; Nancy Pollard, F., age 20, b. SC; Lattimony Pollard, M. age 19, b. SC, Agr.; John Pollard, M. age 18, b. SC, Agr; Margaret Pollard, F. age 16, b. SC; Barbara Pollard, F. age 14, b. SC; Emily Pollard, F. age 9, b. AL; Wiley Pollard, M. age 5, b. AL.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Lattamore M Pollard Confederate Service
   Dec 1862.

   Enlisted, Fayette County Alabama, March 22, 1862

3. ↑ Pickens, Alabama, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Roll M653_20; Page 943.

   L. M. Pollard, b. abt 1833, South Carolina, 1860 Palmetto, Pickens, Alabama U. S.
   Census
   L. M. Pollard, M. age, 27; Jane E. Pollard, F. age 25, b. N.C.; Barbara E. Pollard, F. age 7, b. AL; Leona V. Pollard, F. age 3, b. AL; Emily R Pollard, F. age 3/12, b. AL.

4. ↑ Cherokee, Alabama, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
   Roll M593_7; P272A.

   L.M. Pollard, b. abt 1832, SC, Township 10 Range 8, Cherokee, Alabama
   L. M. Pollard, M. age 38, b. SC, Farm Hand; Jane E Pollard, F. age 35, b. SC; Barbery E Pollard, F. age 14, b AL; Frances L Pollard, F, age 12, b AL; Thomas L Pollard, M. age 7, b AL; Sarah A Pollard, F. age 3, b AL; Mary V Pollard, F. age 1, b AL.

5. ↑ Cherokee, Alabama, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
   Roll 6, Page 390C.

   Latimer Pollard, b. abt 1832, SC, Cherokee, Alabama, Loging
   Latimer Pollard, M. age 48, b. SC.; Jane E. Pollard, F. age 44, b. GA; Thomas Pollard, M. age 18, b. Al. Loging; Salla Pollard, F. age 12, b. Al; Mary Pollard, F. age 10, b. Al; William Pollard, M. age 7, b. Al; James A. Pollard, M. age 3, b. Al.

6. ↑ Etowah, Alabama, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
   Roll T623_16, Page 4B.

   Latamare Pollard, b. May 1827 SC, Ball Play, Etowah, Alabama
   Latamore Pollard, M, age 43, Married 48 yrs.; Jane E Pollard, F age 47, b. Dec 1832, SC; William P Pollard, M, age 27, b. Sept 1872, b. AL; Mary E. Pollard, F. b. May 1879, NC (Dau-in-law).

7. ↑ Etowah, Alabama, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T624)
   Roll T624_13; Page 8A.

   Lattimore M Pollard, b. abt 1832, South Carolina, Enumeration District 62,
   Lattimore M Pollard, m. age 78, b. SC, Father b. SC, Mother b. VA, occ. retired farmer, Confederate Veteran; Jane E Pollard, F. age 76, b. abt 1834 SC, father b. SC, mother b. SC can't read or write.

8. ↑ Lattimore M Pollard, in Etowah, Alabama, United States. Alabama Death Records, 1908-1959. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2000)
   Vol 9, Cert: 559, Roll 1, 6 Jan 1913.
9. ↑ Homestead Certificate No: 11534
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Lattamore M Pollard , May 12 1832 - Jan 6 1913, Mount Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Lattamore M Pollard, Death Certificate
12. ↑ John W Pollard Bible Transcript p1
13. ↑ John W Pollard Bible Transcript p2