Pollie was a mid wife, her grandson Roy Garrett told of his dad Lucius telling of Polly riding 7 or 8 miles on horseback in the middle of the night to deliver a baby. In the 1880 census Polly is a widow and has Nancy 15, Jordan 12, Lucius 12, Melinda 9 and Johnson 6 living with her. Polly's mother Ann Johnson was the daughter of a Rev. soldier named James Johnson, died Henderson Co. N.C. 185?,