Key Facts

Parents:	366William Chambers Her mother's identity is uncertain.
Born:	circa 1804 Georgia
Died:	in or after 1850, and probably before 15 February 1856 probably Warren County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

183Mary "Polly" Chambers was born circa 1804 in Georgia.1 Her father is 366William Chambers, as explained on a separate page. Her mother may have been Martha Robertson, but this is uncertain, as also explained on the same separate page.

The earliest record I've found of 183Polly is her marriage record, which shows that she married 182Roderick Johnson-Sutton in Wilkinson County, Georgia on 4 April 1824.2

Rodie Johnson-Sutton's and Polly Chambers' marriage record. Full page.2

In 1830 her husband seems to have resided in militia district 332 (map), Wilkinson County,3 so 183Polly probably resided there, too.

After 1830, both 183Polly and her husband are strangely absent from records where one would expect to find her/them. Her whereabouts are unknown until 1849, when she re-surfaces as an apparent widow in a tax digest for Warren County, which shows that she owned 130 acres in militia district 151.4

The census the following year (1850) shows her family still in Warren County, and again suggests that she was a widow. Although not included in the excerpt below, the full census sheet notes that her 6 year-old son Henry was "Idiotic." Considering 183Polly's advanced age (40) when Henry was born,1 it's likely that he had Down syndrome, although this is merely an educated guess. Making arrangements for his care resulted in extra court records, which in turn helped me to prove that 183Mary had a daughter 91Elizabeth, as I've explained elsewhere.

1850: 183Polly's family in Warren County, Georgia. Full page.1

The above 1850 census entry is the last record I've found of 183Polly. She probably died by 15 February 1856, when her daughter 91Elizabeth (rather than 183Polly herself) was notified by Warren County's Inferior Court of an upcoming trial to have her brother Henry committed to a lunatic asylum.5

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Warren County, Georgia. Page 13 or 204, dwelling 98, family 98, Mary Sutton household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 86. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XCMK-F2>.

2: Wilkinson County, Georgia. Marriage records book #9 (1823-1828), page 14, the marriage of Rodie Johnson Sutton and Polly Chambers. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C919-PQWB-1?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ21Z-VTCR>, accessed 13 April 2023.

3: Georgia Surveyor-General's Office. Land lottery grants, 1827, Lee County, book for districts 7 and 8, page 61. FamilySearch (microfilm 519041, image 654 of 1100), <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34P-NW93-F?i=653&cat=73628>. FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here. See also: Martha Lou Houston, compiler, Reprint of Official Register of Land Lottery of Georgia 1827, page 154, section for Wilkinson County, entry for Roderick Sutton.

4: Warren County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1849, section for Kent's district 151, page 14, entry for Mary Sutton. Ancestry.com ("Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892" / Warren / 1849 / images 29 and 30 of 122), accessed 21 July 2023.

5: Warren County, Georgia. Inferior Court book for the years 1848-1861, page 155. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-49CV-K?i=237&cat=214790>, accessed 10 February 2020.