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Mary "Polly" COUNCIL 1786–1845 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1786

Birth Location: Southeastern NC

Death Date: Aft. 20 Aug 1845

Death Location: Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC

Father: 1st CHARLESTOWN]

Mother: Elizabeth CLARK\CLARCK

Spouse(s): Col. Rhodes

Children(s): Emily Rhodes

Mary "Polly" COUNCIL was born in 1786 in Southeastern NC, the child of 1St Husband Captain Robert Council Also Councill Or Counsell Esquire Planter 1783 1796 Patriot Signed Liberty Point Resolves 1775 Continental Pow 1780 Siege Of Charlestown And Elizabeth Clark Clarck. Mary "Polly" COUNCIL married Col Jacob Thomas Rhodes, and had children including Emily Council Rhodes. Mary "Polly" COUNCIL passed away in 1845 in Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC.

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Biography

  • Mary "Polly" COUNCIL was born in 1786 in Southeastern NC, the child of 1St Husband Captain Robert Council Also Councill Or Counsell Esquire Planter 1783 1796 Patriot Signed Liberty Point Resolves 1775 Continental Pow 1780 Siege Of Charlestown And Elizabeth Clark Clarck.
  • Mary "Polly" COUNCIL married Col Jacob Thomas Rhodes, and had children including Emily Council Rhodes.
  • Mary "Polly" COUNCIL passed away in 1845 in Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC.

Immediate Family

Parents

1st CHARLESTOWN]
1750–1796
Birth Location: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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Elizabeth CLARK\CLARCK
1750–1830
Birth Location: Bladen Co., NC Colony
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Spouses(s)

Col. Rhodes
1761–1824
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Emily Rhodes
1806–1881
Birth Location: Lumberton, North Carolina
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Mary COUNCIL's Ancestors

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Mary COUNCIL
1786–1845
Birth Place: Southeastern NC
Parents
1st Husband CAPTAIN ROBERT COUNCIL[also COUNCILL OR COUNSELL] ESQUIRE(PLANTER,1783-1796)[PATRIOT-signed LIBERTY POINT RESOLVES-1775} [CONTINENTAL][POW,1780,SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN]
1750–1796
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Elizabeth CLARK\CLARCK
1750–1830
Bladen Co., NC Colony
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary COUNCIL's Descendants

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Mary ("Polly") COUNCIL (Abt. 1786–Aft. 20 Aug 1845) m. Col. (Jacob Thomas) Rhodes (1761–12 Sep 1824)
  1. 1. Emily (Council) Rhodes 1806–1881 m. Enoch Ward 1799–1871
    1. 1. Enoch (Benjamin) Ward 1839–1904 m. Elizabeth (Catherine) Gaddy 1835–1906
      1. 1. Susan ("Susie" Julia) Ward 1859–1895 m. William (James) McGirt 1849–1928
        1. 1. Kate (Bright McGirt) Smith 1882– m. Wm. (Henry) Smith 1875–1956

Mary COUNCIL's Timeline

2 Records

1786
Abt. 1786
Birth of Mary "Polly" COUNCIL in Southeastern NC
Southeastern NC
1845
Aft. 20 Aug 1845
Age 59
Death of Mary "Polly" COUNCIL in Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC
Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1786
    Event Place: Southeastern NC

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 20 Aug 1845
    Event Place: Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC
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