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The marriage bond pertaining to James Oliphant and Polly Compton dated 1 Sep 1797 from the Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN. The bond is co-signed by David Beaty.
According to other researchers, Polly was the daughter of William Compton and Charity Leiper, of Culpepper Co VA. William may have been born in 1740 in Culpepper Co VA. Children listed for them include John, Walter, Thomas, William, Mary (Polly), James, Henry, and Juliana. I have thus far been unable to confirm with certainty that this is our Polly, however. Problems with assuming this include 1) there was at least one other Mary Compton (the daughter of Felix Compton), 2) there are a couple of other marriages in the same time frame to a Mary or Polly Compton. 3)There are conflicts with other sources about what William Compton's wife's name was, and what children he had. There might even be more than one William Compton in Davidson Co.
In the 1880 census, James' son Presley does indicate that his mother was from Virginia.
The History of Davidson County" by W.W. Clayton states that William Compton was "a successful trader" and lived on the Wharton Road (later called Hillsboro Pike.
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Marriages of Davidson County, TN 1789-1847
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Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution
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