Grave of Oliver Pollock. Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish New Orleans, served in that city as Commercial Agent for the Continental Congress & helped finance the American Revolution with his fortune. He died at Pinckneyville, 1832. Episcopal Church Cemetery , Pinckneyville, MS Colour: green Wikimedia: Flickr: [geolocate this address] See also... Oliver Pollock 1737-1823 merchant, American patriot, credited with devising the dollar ... Oliver Pollock lived here