Family:James Polley and Elizabeth Brown (1)

OTHER SOURCES: Henderson/Rideout Families - Wanda Adams and Mary Glenn

Henderson married Elizabeth Brown in Davies County Kentucky Indiana 1841, is listed with his father Peter Polley, JR. in Davies County. Kentucky 1841-1843 in Davies County. 1840, is missing. Then no longer on the Davies County Tax list. Henderson is in what is then Union County Kentucky which later bacame Webster County Kentucky. where he and his wife died. Henderson and Elizabeth lived in the Little Zion Community of Webester County, near Dixon, Kentucky The place where they lived was at first Union County Until Webster County was formed, then it became Webster County Kentucky The Barn that was built in their lifetime is still standing and one of Dorothy Shoulders Gr. sons painted a picture of it in about. 1991. The Barn is still standing across the road from Rock Style Church, and on the same side of the road as the Polley Cemetery.

Census 1850 Union County Kentucky 218-Polley, Henderson 28 farmer 100 Kentucky Polley, Elizabeth 26 Kentucky Polley, Mary Ann 7 Kentucky Polley, Lucy J. 6 Kentucky Polley, Matt 4 Kentucky Polley, John W. 5/12 Ky

This headstone marks the final resting place of Henderson Polley and his wife, Elizabeth Brown. Their graves are located in the small Polley Cemetery, a short distance from the Rock Stile Churc

Census 1850 Union County Kentucky 218-Polley, Henderson 28 farmer 100 Kentucky Polley, Elizabeth 26 Kentucky Polley, Mary Ann 7 Kentucky Polley, Lucy J. 6 Kentucky Polley, Matt 4 Kentucky Polley, John W. 5/12 Ky

This headstone marks the final resting place of Henderson Polley and his wife, Elizabeth Brown. Their graves are located in the small Polley Cemetery, a short distance from the Rock Stile Church This cemetery includes the graves of many Rideouts. Located just across the road is the Polley Cemetery. The church is vacant and unmaintained currently. It was an active Methodist church from its construction in 1889 through the 1940s. According to Ethel Spencer Chappel, the church was named after a large "sandstone block lying near the edge of the law. This rock, from which the church took its name, was the stile on which the ladies dismounted, and from which they mounted their horses when they rode to church, side-saddle of course, on the long ago Sundays. James Henderaon Polley was a horse breeder and trainer.