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Descendants of William Polk, VERY??? Son Wm. Polk/Nancy Knox
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1. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "William Polk Grandson of Robert Polk and husband of Priscilla Roberts." William Polk is shown as the son of "John Polk Son of Robert." Said John Polk shown "first married Joanna Knox Second Jugga Hugg." The wrong William Polk was used in this tree. The William referred to in the tree is the son of John Polk, who was the eldest son of Robert Polk and Magdalen Tasker. The information in the family line was later corrected to reflect William Polk, son of William Polk, son of Robert Polk and Magdalen Tasker, as the progenitor of the southern Polks.
2. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, name shown is William Polk, son of William, son of Robert. This source shows his and Margaret's children in the following order: William, Deborah, Thomas, Charles, Susan, Margaret, John and Ezekiel. This order differs from that of Mary Winder Garrett (see other ref.).
3. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 195-196, show a letter dated 15 Feb 1849 from Mrs Susan (Barnett) Smart to Bishop Leonidas Polk. Susan Smart was a Polk descendant who had extensive knowledge of the family . The letter, in part, states: "Your letter enclosed in one to Mr. Alexander, I have received, and will answer it as well as I can. I never saw your great-grandfather, William Polk, but was informed by your grandfather, and my parents, that he died several years before, at least twenty-five years before the Revolutionary War. His wife was a Taylor (Margaret) and he married her at the North, in Pennsylvania, and removed to North Carolina and settled west of the Yadkin, where he died. he left the following children: Thomas, your grandfather; William, who was the oldest son; John, Charles, Ezekiel, who was grandfather of the President. The following daughters; Susan, who married Benjamin Alexander; Debora, who married Samuel McCleary, and died without issue; Margaret, who married McRee, leaving a large family, among whom is James P. McRee, of Tennessee." Other pages in this source for William Polk are 47-49, 131-132, 205 and 209.
4. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 382: "John Polk or Pollok, eldest son of Robert Bruce Polk or Pollok, and Magdaline his wife, was the progenitor of the North Carolina and Tennessee branch of the Polk family [WRONG]. He was twice married, first wife Joanna Knox; second Jugga Hugg. By his first marriage with Joanna Knox, he had two children, William, the elder, and Nancy, the younger......... William Polk, only son of John Polk, married twice -- first wife Priscilla Roberts; second wife Margaret Taylor [incorrect, WRONG William Polk] of Pennsylvania....." Pg. 383, referring to William Polk [who married Margaret Taylor], "William settled and died west of the Yadkin. He left eight children viz.: William Polk the eldest child; 2. Charles Polk; 3. Debora Polk; 4. Susan Polk; 5. John Polk; 6. Margaret Polk; 7. Thomas Polk; and 8. Ezekiel Polk." Note by Ms. Garrett at bottom of pg. 383: "From the information that I have been able to procure I would be inclined to think that Margaret Taylor was mother of all the children, she was certainly mother of the two last children, but the family claim descent from Priscilla Roberts in all eight branches."
5. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243. William Polk is referred to as "William Polk, Jr., settled first in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, then 'west of the Yadkin River' in N Carolina, b at White Hall ca 1700, m ca 1730, Margaret Taylor (who survived him)..."
6. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "William Polk II," son of "William Polk I" and "Nancy (Knox) Owens," son of "Robert Bruce Polk" and "Magdalen (Tasker) Porter." See notes.
7. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, "William Polk, Jr.," is shown as the husband of Margaret Taylor. His father is shown as "William Polk," and his mother is shown as "Mrs Nancy Knox Owens, widow." William's father is shown as "Robert Pollock or Polk, from Co. Donegal to the eastern shore of Md., d. 1699-1704." William's mother is shown as "Magdalen Tasker, who inherited Moneen, an estate in the Barony of Rafo, parish of Lyford, Donegal, will dated 7 Apr. 1726..." See notes.
8. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville."
9. Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Anson County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766 Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD., 1979), pg. 144, shows wills from Anson Co., NC., accounts in the NC Archives, C. R. 005.801.1. From page 306 of the accounts is given an undated account (it follows account number 305 which is dated 17 Jan 1757) which states: "Account of Thomas Spratt, decd, to Thomas Polk, Admr. (n. d.). Pd.: John Clerk, William Barnett, Infines (?) Neel, & Thomas Polk, legatees. Contra Cr.: George Crawford, Andrew Berry, John price, William Polk, Sen., William Polk Junr., George Derumple (Dalrymple), Thomas Polk."
10. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 107, "Taylor, Margaret, m. William Polk at Carlisle, Penn., and removed to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina (the William Polk who m. Priscilla Roberts, and died in Maryland, 1726, was another William Polk) See Vol. 1, "Notable Southern Families," by Armstrong."
11. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400, "William Polk is a descendant of a family who emigrated from Ireland about the year 1722 and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; where they resided untill about the year 1740 when they removed into the State of Pennsylvania and in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. Thomas the third son of William and Margaret, ........." See notes.
12. Dr. James H. Sasser, Professor of History, Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC., James K. Polk, A Bicentennial Salute, (DAR Magazine, Oct 1995, pp. 762-765, and pg. 769.), pg. 763, "Thomas Polk, born in 1730, moved with his father, William Polk, II, from Cecil County, Maryland to Pennsylvania to join other Pollocks. He left pennsylvania following exposure to Indian raids and settled in the wilderness known as Mecklenburg County (NC)..................."
13. Inventory of estate, Charles Polke, the Indian Trader, 5 Oct 1753, Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1751-1756 [Abstracts by V.L. Skinner, Jr.] read by Christie Russell from Microfilm Nabb Research Center, Salsbury, MD #58.99 FR [Frederick Co., MD]: Next of kin are William Polk and John Polk; see notes.
14. Letter, Josiah Lafayette Polk to William H. Winder, 5 Oct 1848, William H. Polk Collection, University of Kentucky, "At the inauguration of President Jackson we saw Col. William Polk of Raleigh who stated that all he could say of his family was that they went from Maryland to Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, and thence to Mecklenburg County N. C.; that his grandfather’s name was William and that he had understood they came to this country about the year 1722, which is about the time we have ascertained that they went from Maryland to Carlisle." See notes.
15. William A. Degregorio, The Complete Book of U. S. Presidents, (1984, 1989, 1991, 1992, Wings Books, Distributed by Outlet Book Company, a Random House Company), pg. 163, James K. Polk, 11th President, "ANCESTORS: Polk was of Scoth [sic]-Irish ancestry. The name originally may have been spelled Pollok or Polke. His great-grandfather Robert Bruce Polk emigrated from Ireland to Maryland's Eastern Shore about 1722. Subsequent generations moved near modern Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, west of Harrisburg, and later to the Mecklenburg region of North Carolina." Source for the information that the greatgrandfather was Robert Bruce Polk is Charles Grier Sellers, Jr. "James K. Polk: Jacksonian," Princeton, J. J.: Princeton University Press, 1957, pg. 355." The greatgrandfather of President James K. Polk was William Polk (who married Margaret Taylor). Robert Bruce Polk, IF he was related at all to President Polk, would have been James K. Polk's 3rdgreatgrandfather. See notes.
16. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
17. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "William Polk II" born "1700ca" in "Somerset MD White Hall" married "prior to 1725" to "Margaret Taylor" died "1757-63" in "Anson NC" reference to Note 1, which states: "The last public record for William Polk II is dated 1757, Anson County NC."
18. Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Anson County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766 Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD., 1979), pg. 144, shows wills from Anson Co., NC., accounts in the NC Archives, C. R. 005.801.1. From page 306 of the accounts is given an undated account (it follows account number 305 which is dated 17 Jan 1757) which states: "Account of Thomas Spratt, decd, to Thomas Polk, Admr. (n. d.). Pd.: John Clerk, William Barnett, Infines (?) Neel, & Thomas Polk, legatees. Contra Cr.: George Crawford, Andrew Berry, John price, William Polk, Sen., William Polk Junr., George Derumple (Dalrymple), Thomas Polk."
19. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
20. Charles Grier Sellers, Jr., "William and Mary College Quarterly," article entitled "Colonel Ezekiel Polk: Pioneer and Patriarch," January 1953: 3rd Series, Vol. X, No. 1, pg. 80. "Ezekiel's father seems to have died soon after reaching North Carolina."
21. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "William Polk II" born "1700ca" in "Somerset MD White Hall" married "prior to 1725" to "Margaret Taylor" died "1757-63" in "Anson NC" reference to Note 1, which states: "The last public record for William Polk II is dated 1757, Anson County NC." The 1757 record referred to is a purchase in the estate of Thomas Spratt, Anson Co., NC. See other reference.
22. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, referring to William Polk, son of William Polk, and grandson of Robert Pollok/Polk, he "married Margaret Taylor, who survived him."
23. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 383, "William Polk, only son of John Polk, married twice---first wife Priscilla Roberts; second wife Margaret Taylor of Pennsylvania (Priscilla Roberts was sister of Edward Roberts, who married Nancy, the sister of William Polk." This is incorrect in that William Polk, son of William Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk married Margaret Taylor. The writer confused William Polk, son of John Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk, with William Polk, son of William Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk. It was this latter William who married Margaret Taylor. A footnote at the bottom of page 383 shows the confusion about William Polk's wife. It reads, "From the information that I have been able to procure I would be inclined to think that Margaret Taylor was mother of all the children, she was certainly mother of the two last children, but the family claim descent from Priscilla Roberts in all eight branches." Later found records substantiated that William Polk, son of William Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk, married Margaret Taylor and all the children were of this couple and that the William Polk who married Priscilla Roberts was the son of John Polk, (see Angellotti, pp. 2-3).
24. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp.191-194, Pages 191-192 show a letter dated 17 Jan 1849 from Bishop Leonidas Polk to James K. Polk, President, which states, in part, "William Polk.....married a Miss Taylor, who was the mother of our grandfathers. She was one of five sisters; one other of the five married a Mr Ruse and was the mother of Rev. David Ruse. The other three married Alexanders, who were the progenitors of all those of that name in Mecklenburg." On page 193, the letter continues and states, "Since beginning this letter I remembered having on my estate an old and highly intelligent negress, who belonged in early life to my grandfather, General Thomas Polk, and upon sending for her and questioning her, she promptly informed me that she well remembered our great grandmother, Miss Taylor, that was the wife of William Polk of Maryland. She was very often at her master's, General Thomas Polk's; was a small woman and lived to a great age. Upon asking if he had a daughter named Debora, she replied in the affirmative and added that she married Sam McLeary, confirming your impression. She also stated there were two other sisters: Margurette, who married David McRee, and Mary, who married John Barnett. She does not know whether the two former had children, but knows that the latter was the mother of Mrs. Smart, the old lady I have mentioned having written to, and also of Col. Jack Barnett, a very noted man in Mecklenburg, of his day, and father of Susan Barnett, whom you may remember having seen while you were at Chapel Hill at my father's in Raleigh. She also mentioned the names of four of her master's brothers, whom she often saw with their sisters, the ladies mentioned, at her master viz: Charles, James, William, and Ezekiel. She knew them all perfectly well, as servants are in the habit of knowing the members of their master's families. She states that she remembered perfectly well the night that master Sam. Polk was married to Miss Jinny Knox. As to whether there was a brother of her master's named John, she does not know, but 'the others she knew as well as she knows me." NOTE: No brother by the name of James has surfaced in any writings, genealogies or documents; perhaps the lady was mistaken in this part of her recollection and actually meant John, the only missing male sibling in her recollection of the children of William and Margaret (Taylor) Polk. Also, the servant lady mentions a daughter Mary who married John Barnett. Mary was not the daughter of William and Margaret Taylor Polk. Mary was the daughter of Margaret Polk and Robert McRea and thus was the granddaughter of William and Margaret Taylor Polk. This Mary did marry a Barnett. Susan Smart was the eldest child of Susan Barnett, daughter of Margaret Polk and Robert McRea. It was Susan McRea who married John Barnett and their daughter Susan Barnett married Mr. Smart.
25. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, name given as "Margaret Taylor."
26. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Margaret Taylor," daughter of "James Taylor" and his wife "Hannah Williams." James Taylor and Hannah appear to be the brother of and sister-in-law of Margaret Taylor, NOT her parents. See other references.
27. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, "Margaret Taylor," is shown as the mother of "Ezekiel Polk," who is shown as the father of " Samuel Polk," who is shown as the father of "James Knox Polk." "William Polk, Jr.," is shown as the husband of Margaret Taylor." .
28. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, ""Our Heritage," a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC.," Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated Thursday, June 8, 1961; letter dated 19 Sep 1871, from Joseph Taylor to Mrs. Virginia Taylor, Mobile, AL., "James Tayor of Philadelphia had one brother in America and five sisters. The brother, Charles Taylor, never married -- he was a cripple, I believe. His sisters were married and settled in S. C. One married a Polk (Margaret md. Wm. Polk), one a Reese, one to an Alexander."
29. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Polk, Margaret Died 1763 (Probably the mother of Ezekiel Polk & the wife of Wm. Polk II, who made her home with her dau. Debora McLeary after her husband's death)." Also, "In Memory of Deborah McCleary Who died Sept. 21, 1811 Age 78 yrs. (Margaret Polk died after 1765 probably mother of Ezekiel and wife of William Polk. She made her home with her dau. Deborah McCleary after her husband's death)." NOTE: Pg. 93, "The following cemetery records taken from the pamphlet EARLY FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC." Obviously, there is a discrepancy in the above for the death year of Margaret Polk. Since the tombstone date is 1763, that date is being accepted as correct, rather than 1765.
30. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville."
31. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", William Polk married "Margaret Taylor," who died "1763NC."
32. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 107, "Taylor, Margaret, m. William Polk at Carlisle, Penn., and removed to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina (the William Polk who m. Priscilla Roberts, and died in Maryland, 1726, was another William Polk) See Vol. 1, "Notable Southern Families," by Armstrong." See notes, also.
33. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
34. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400, "William Polk is a descendant of a family who emigrated from Ireland about the year 1722 and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; where they resided untill about the year 1740 when they removed into the State of Pennsylvania and in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. Thomas the third son of William and Margaret, ........."
35. Max Perry, 2000 Harvard St., Midland, Texas, 79701, The Descendants of the Roach Family of York County, South Carolina, (compiled and published by Max Perry), Polk Family Graveyard, Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC., "Graves in cemetery: ......... 4. Margaret Polk, died 1763. (Mother of Ezekiel Polk and wife of William Polk.)" See notes, also.
36. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243. This source estimates the marriage to have occurred about 1730, however, based on the birth of the eldest child (William b. c1725), the marriage must have been around 1725.
37. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 107, "Taylor, Margaret, m. William Polk at Carlisle, Penn., and removed to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina (the William Polk who m. Priscilla Roberts, and died in Maryland, 1726, was another William Polk) See Vol. 1, "Notable Southern Families," by Armstrong."
38. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, no birth date given, birth place is "said to have been born in Philadelphia, PA."
39. Charles Grier Sellers, Jr., "William and Mary College Quarterly," article entitled "Colonel Ezekiel Polk: Pioneer and Patriarch," January 1953: 3rd Series, Vol. X, No. 1, pg. 80. "Ezekiel's father seems to have died soon after reaching North Carolina, and his mother not many years later. The boy was probably left to be brought up by Thomas, the most prosperous of the brothers."
40. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, an exact date of death of "10 Jan 1763," is given; place of death is Mecklenburg Co., NC. See source "Bulletin." It appears that Emory Murphy confused Margaret McCleary who died Jan. 10, 1763 (who she is is unknown; possibly mother of Samuel McCleary), with Margaret Polk, who also died 1763. Both buried in Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC.
41. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Polk, Margaret Died 1763."
42. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Margaret Taylor," who died "1763NC."
43. Max Perry, 2000 Harvard St., Midland, Texas, 79701, The Descendants of the Roach Family of York County, South Carolina, (compiled and published by Max Perry), Polk Family Graveyard, Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC., "Graves in cemetery: ......... 4. Margaret Polk, died 1763. (Mother of Ezekiel Polk and wife of William Polk.)."
44. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "3. William Polk (William2, Robert1), born in Maryland, probably at 'White Hall,' his father's home, about 1700, died in North Carolina, 'west of the Yadkin,' about 1753."
45. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "William Polk II" born "1700ca" in "Somerset MD White Hall" married "prior to 1725" to "Margaret Taylor" died "1757-63" in "Anson NC" reference to Note 1, which states: "The last public record for William Polk II is dated 1757, Anson County NC."
46. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 132, "So, Wm. must have been born about 1705 to 1712, a son of Col. Wm. Polk, Sr., of Somerset County, Md., by his first wife, Nancy (Knox) Owens, widow of Wm. Owens of Somerset Co."
47. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "3. William Polk.............. died in North Carolina, 'west of the Yadkin,' about 1753."
48. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, place of burial given is "Pineville Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC." See notes, also.
49. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Polk, Margaret Died 1763." See notes, also.
50. Location, Polk Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC., near Pineville (see master source), See notes, also.
51. Max Perry, 2000 Harvard St., Midland, Texas, 79701, The Descendants of the Roach Family of York County, South Carolina, (compiled and published by Max Perry), Polk Family Graveyard, Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC., "Graves in cemetery: ......... 4. Margaret Polk, died 1763. (Mother of Ezekiel Polk and wife of William Polk.)" See notes, also.
52. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243. This source estimates the marriage to have occurred about 1730, however, based on the birth of the eldest child (William b. c1725), the marriage must have been around 1725.
53. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 107, "Taylor, Margaret, m. William Polk at Carlisle, Penn., and removed to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina (the William Polk who m. Priscilla Roberts, and died in Maryland, 1726, was another William Polk) See Vol. 1, "Notable Southern Families," by Armstrong."
54. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 194, "She also stated there were two other sisters: Margurette, who married David mcRee, and Mary, who married John Barnett." See notes.
55. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "ii. Deborah, m. Samuel McLeary."
56. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
57. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "3. Debora Polk;" Vol. III, No. 1, pg. 42, corrections at bottom of page: "It should have been stated on page 392, that Debora, third child of William and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, never married."
58. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Debora Polk, second daughter of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk..."
59. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "In memory of Deborah McCleary Who died Sept. 21, 1811 Age 78 yrs. (Margaret Polk died after 1765 probably mother of Ezekiel and wife of William Polk. She made her home with her dau. Deborah McCleary after hur husband's death)." NOTE: On pg. 93, "The following cemetery records taken from the pamphlet EARLY FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC."
60. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Samuel McCleary married Deborah Polk, sister of Susanna (Polk) Alexander. Deborah died in 1811 --- age 78. After the death of her husband she made her home with Maj. Thomas Alex'r [her brother-in-law]."
61. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
62. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, birth shown is Cumberland Co., PA., but Cumberland Co., did not exist until 1750. Deborah was born in what became Cumberland Co., PA. No birthdate provided; estimate of 1733-1739 birth.
63. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "In memory of Deborah McCleary Who died Sept. 21, 1811 Age 78 yrs."
64. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Samuel McCleary married Deborah Polk, sister of Susanna (Polk) Alexander. Deborah died in 1811 --- age 78. After the death of her husband she made her home with Maj. Thomas Alex'r [her brother-in-law]."
65. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, year of death, 1811, provided; no place of death given.
66. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "In memory of Deborah McCleary Who died Sept. 21, 1811 Age 78 yrs."
67. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Samuel McCleary married Deborah Polk, sister of Susanna (Polk) Alexander. Deborah died in 1811 --- age 78. After the death of her husband she made her home with Maj. Thomas Alex'r [her brother-in-law]."
68. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "ii. Deborah, m. Samuel McLeary."
69. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
70. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Debora Polk....married Samuel McLary and left issue."
71. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Sacred to the memory of Samuel McCleary who died Dec. 11, 1798 In the 66th yr. of his age." NOTE: On pg. 93, "The following cemetery records taken from the pamphlet EARLY FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC."
72. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Samuel McCleary," born "1732," died "1811."
73. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Sacred to the memory of Samuel McCleary who died Dec. 11, 1798 In the 66th yr. of his age.
74. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 july 1959, the Bible of Major Thomas Alexander, son of Benjamin and Susanna (Polk) Alexander has the following entry: "Samuel McCleary was born June ye first, 1732. Thomas Alexander was born aug'st the 17th, 1753."
75. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Samuel McCleary," born "1732," died "1811."
76. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "In memory of Deborah McCleary Who died Sept. 21, 1811 Age 78 yrs."
77. Location, Polk Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC., near Pineville (see master source).
78. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials.
79. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Samuel McCleary died in 1798, age 66."
80. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Samuel McCleary," born "1732," died "1811."
81. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery burials, "Sacred to the memory of Samuel McCleary who died Dec. 11, 1798 In the 66th yr. of his age."
82. Location, Polk Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC., near Pineville (see master source).
83. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "4. William Polk....... born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, probably went with his father to North Carolina. He married twice, but the names of his wives and the number of his children are unknown. Children (order of births uncertain):...." NOTE: Cumberland County was formed in 1750, so he had to have been born in the area which became Cumberland County.
84. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9. Name show is "William Polk III."
85. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 195-196; also, pg. 95, "He, " in the following refers to William Polk, son of William Polk, son of Robert Bruce Pollok/Polk: "He left the following children: Thomas, your grandfather, William, who was the oldest son...." Also, on pp. 343-344 of this same source, in "Sketch of Headley Polk," a descendant of William III, Headley's daughter, Miss Annie Polk of San Marcos, TX., states: "Headley's great grandfather was William Polk, eldest son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor, and brother of General Thomas, Capt. Ezekiel, Capt. Charles and Capt. John Polk..."
86. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "William Polk, eldest son of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, was twice married, but the name of neither wife is known to me. By the second marriage he had a son called Ezekeel, and by his first marriage two sons, 1. Thomas Polk; 2. John Polk". These three children of William agrees with Angellotti's "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee." However, William Polk was not the child of William Polk and Nancy (Roberts) Polk, but the child of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk.
87. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper issued 28 Nov 1957, "The children of William Polk II were William III, ...Charles, .... Thomas 'General,' ... John, .... Ezekiel, grandfather of President James Knox Polk, ..... Susan, ...Margaret, ..... and Debora...." NOTE: Children not in order of birth.
88. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville. General Thomas Polk (signer) younger brother of Wm. III married Susannah Spratt, so, if Wm. did marry a Spratt it was a cousin and not a sister. His second wife is also unknown. He as a patriot of Rev. as he was too old to fight."
89. "Reminiscenses," a newspaper genealogy column, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct 1951, "Spratt [Thomas] had a family and Polk [Gen. Thomas] married and started one. Several of his brothers followed him down from Maryland and Virginia, and one of them, William, married another daughter of Thomas Spratt."
90. Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Anson County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766 Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD., 1979), pg. 144, shows wills from Anson Co., NC., accounts in the NC Archives, C. R. 005.801.1. From page 306 of the accounts is given an undated account (it follows account number 305 which is dated 17 Jan 1757) which states: "Account of Thomas Spratt, decd, to Thomas Polk, Admr. (n. d.). Pd.: John Clerk, William Barnett, Infines (?) Neel, & Thomas Polk, legatees. Contra Cr.: George Crawford, Andrew Berry, John price, William Polk, Sen., William Polk Junr., George Derumple (Dalrymple), Thomas Polk." .
91. Ccompiled by May Wilson McBee, Early Records of Anson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Early Records, (1978, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), pg. 119, Will Bk. No. 1, no page number, will of Thomas Sprat of Anson Co., NC. This will was abstracted from a group at the Secretary of State's office. Will is dated 15 January 1757. Shows daughters: Mary, and Ann Barnett, and Jean Neel, Susannah Polk, Martha Sprat; sons, Thomas and Thos. Polk, land on Sugar Creek and Twelve-Mile Creek (in SC). Witnesses: William Barnet, James Campbell, James Sprat (no probate). See notes under William Polk III for more discussion of his marriage (s).
92. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
93. DAR applicant's worksheet, Martha Petteway Cooper, of NC., "4. The said Mary E. Polk Little was the child of Aaron Little born on 2/1/1800 at Anson Co, N. C. died at Union Co., N. C. on 4/23/1870 and his only wife Mary (Polly) Polk born on 6/9/1810 at Union Co, N. C., died at Union Co, N. C. on 8/9/1862 married on 5/26/1825....... 5. The said Mary Polk was the child of Thomas Polk born abt. 1757 at Anson co., N. C. died at Union Co, N. C. on 5/30/1842 and his first wife Mary shelby born at Chesterfield Co., S. C. died at Union Co. N. C. on 1840 married on abt. 1782........ 6. The said Thomas Polk was the child of Capt. william Polk 3rd born abt. 1733 nr. Carlisle, Pa. died at Anson Co N. C. on bef. 1789 Division of Estates names son Thomas."
94. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Ancestry.com, Bride: Catharine Sterns Groom: William Polk Bond Date: 10 May 1806 County: Cabarrus Record #: 02 159 Bondsman: George Hise Witness: Rd. Brandon Bond #: 000009673.
95. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 376, no township shown, Line No. 1, "William Polk Senr" See notes for more census information.
96. Census, 1800, Cabarrus Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M32_29, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 697, no township shown, fourth line from top of page, "William Polk" See notes for more census information.
97. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
98. compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9. Reference states that the last record found for William Polk III was 1802, Cabarrus Co., NC. What type of record was not provided.
99. DAR applicant's worksheet, Martha Petteway Cooper, of NC., "4. The said Mary E. Polk Little was the child of Aaron Little born on 2/1/1800 at Anson Co, N. C. died at Union Co., N. C. on 4/23/1870 and his only wife Mary (Polly) Polk born on 6/9/1810 at Union Co, N. C., died at Union Co, N. C. on 8/9/1862 married on 5/26/1825....... 5. The said Mary Polk was the child of Thomas Polk born abt. 1757 at Anson co., N. C. died at Union Co, N. C. on 5/30/1842 and his first wife Mary shelby born at Chesterfield Co., S. C. died at Union Co. N. C. on 1840 married on abt. 1782........ 6. The said Thomas Polk was the child of Capt. William Polk 3rd born abt. 1733 nr. Carlisle, Pa. died at Anson Co N. C. on bef. 1789 Division of Estates names son Thomas."
100. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 195, in a letter to Leonidas Polk from Susan Smart: Referring to William Polk III, "William married a woman whose name I do not remember."
101. Ccompiled by May Wilson McBee, Early Records of Anson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Early Records, (1978, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), pg. 119, Will Book No. 1, no page number, will of Thomas Sprat of Anson Co., NC. This will was abstracted from a group at the Secretary of State's office. Will is dated 15 January 1757. Shows daughters: Mary, and Ann Barnett, and Jean Neel, Susannah Polk, Martha Sprat; sons, Thomas and Thos. Polk, land on Sugar Creek and Twelve-Mile Creek (in SC). Witnesses: William Barnet, James Campbell, James Sprat (no probate). See notes under William Polk III for more discussion of his marriage (s).
102. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville. General Thomas Polk (signer) younger brother of Wm. III married Susannah Spratt, so, if Wm. did marry a Spratt it was a cousin and not a sister. His second wife is also unknown. He as a patriot of Rev. as he was too old to fight."
103. "Reminiscenses," a newspaper genealogy column, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct 1951, "Sprat [Thomas] had a family and Polk [Gen. Thomas] married and started one. Several of his brothers followed him down from Maryland and Virginia, and one of them, William, married another daughter of Thomas Spratt."
104. International Genealogical Index, North Carolina, As Of April 1988, pg. 10,656, Batch M516034, Serial Batch 2536, name shown is "Catharine Sterns." See notes, also.
105. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville. General Thomas Polk (signer) younger brother of Wm. III married Susannah Spratt, so, if Wm. did marry a Spratt it was a cousin and not a sister. His second wife is also unknown. He as a patriot of Rev. as he was too old to fight." See notes, also.
106. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Ancestry.com, Bride: Catharine Sterns Groom: William Polk Bond Date: 10 May 1806 County: Cabarrus Record #: 02 159 Bondsman: George Hise Witness: Rd. Brandon Bond #: 000009673.
107. International Genealogical Index, North Carolina, As Of April 1988, pg. 10, 656, marriage "Polk, William to Catharine Sterns, 10 May 1806, Cabarrus," Co., NC. Cleared 7 May 1981MT, Batch No. M516034, Serial Sheet 2536. See notes under Catharine Starnes and William Polk, also.
108. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Polk, William married Sterns, Catherine on 10 May 1806 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina."
109. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Ancestry.com, Bride: Catharine Sterns Groom: William Polk Bond Date: 10 May 1806 County: Cabarrus Record #: 02 159 Bondsman: George Hise Witness: Rd. Brandon Bond #: 000009673.
110. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "4. William Polk....... born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, probably went with his father to North Carolina.........."
111. International Genealogical Index, North Carolina, As Of April 1988, pg. 10, 656, marriage "Polk, William to Catharine Sterns, 10 May 1806, Cabarrus," Co., NC. Cleared 7 May 1981MT, Batch No. M516034, Serial Sheet 2536. See notes under Catharine Starnes and William Polk, also.
112. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Polk, William married Sterns, Catherine on 10 May 1806 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina."
113. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Ancestry.com, Bride: Catharine Sterns Groom: William Polk Bond Date: 10 May 1806 County: Cabarrus Record #: 02 159 Bondsman: George Hise Witness: Rd. Brandon Bond #: 000009673.
114. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Ezekiel Polk."
115. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
116. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, death date given is "c1791."
117. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "d. 1791."
118. compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley, Marriages of Rutherford County, Tennessee 1804 -1872, (1981, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 117, name of bride is "Leah Polk."
119. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South.
120. Compiled by Brent Holcomb, Marriages of Rutherford County North Carolina, 1779 - 1868, (1986, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 117, name of groom is "Robert Orr."
121. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South.
122. Compiled by Brent Holcomb, Marriages of Rutherford County North Carolina, 1779 - 1868, (1986, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 117, Robert Orr to Leah Polk, _____Feb 1790; James Wilson and Samuel Carpenter, bondsmen.
123. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Orr, Robert married Polk, Leah on 01 Feb 1790 in Rutherford County, North Carolina."
124. Compiled by Brent Holcomb, Marriages of Rutherford County North Carolina, 1779 - 1868, (1986, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 117, Robert Orr to Leah Polk, _____Feb 1790; James Wilson and Samuel Carpenter, bondsmen.
125. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Orr, Robert married Polk, Leah on 01 Feb 1790 in Rutherford County, North Carolina."
126. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "... iii. Thomas, b. about 1730. Pg. 5. "Brig. Gen. Thomas4 Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794. He married in 1755 Susanna Spratt, daughter of Thomas, who was probably the first white settle in Mecklenburg Co., N. C."
127. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 124-131, pg. 124: "Thomas Polk, son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, was born near Carlisle, Pa., about 1730, and died at Charlotte, N. C., in 1793, where he was buried."
128. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383 and Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pp. 44-45, "Thomas Polk."
129. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, Appleton's Cyopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1888), Vol. V, pg. 56. Name given is Thomas Polk. "He was the great-grandson of Robert Polk, or Pollock, who emigrated to this country from Ireland and settled in Maryland. Thoma's father, William, removed from Maryland to Pennsylvania, while the former, in 1753, left his parents, and travelling through Maryland and Virginia, made his home in Mecklenburg County, N. C."
130. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pp. 400-410, "William Polk is a descendant of a family who emigrated from Ireland about the year 1722 and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; where they resided until about the year 1740 when they removed into the State of Pennsylvania and in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. Thomas the third son of William and Margaret.....William his eldest son was born...."
131. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Thomas," shown as the 2nd son and third child of William Polk II and wife Margaret (Taylor) Polk.
132. Tombstone, Thomas Polk and wife Susannah Spratt, Old Presbyterian cemetery, downtown Charlotte, NC., Very little of the inscription can be read; name can be made out "Thomas Polk." Picture of tombstone taken April 1992, by Bill Polk of Kansas City, MO. See other source Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, for exact info about what the tombstone shows.
133. Worth S. Ray, The Mecklenburg Signers And Their Neighbors, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982), List Of Public Officials Of Mecklenburg County (N. C.) From The Year 1775 to 1785, pg. 355, "Polk, Thomas, Colonel 1775 and 1776, commissioner of Confiscated estates in 1781; General in 1782."
134. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah Polk (nee Spratt)...."
135. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "HERE LIES INTERR'D THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GENERAL THOMAS POLK AND HIS WIFE SUSANNA POLK WHO LIVED MANY YEARS TOGETHER PURELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN THEIR MANY VIRTUES AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. THEIR SON WILLIAM POLK AS A TOKEN OF HIS FILIAL REGARDS HAS CAUSED THIS TOMB TO BE ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY."
136. "Reminiscenses," a newspaper genealogy column, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct 1951, "Three pioneers who came to western North Carolina to worship God as they saw fit, and remained to help build a State, were Thomas Spratt, who settled south of Pineville, Thomas Polk, who folled him to court his daughter, Susan......... Spratt came with an ox team, the first wheeled vehicle to cross the Yadkin river, and Polk traveled afoot........... Several of his [Thomas Polk] brothers followed him down from Maryland and Virginia ....."
137. Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Anson County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766 Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD., 1979), pg. 144, shows wills from Anson Co., NC., accounts in the NC Archives, C. R. 005.801.1. From page 306 of the accounts is given an undated account (it follows account number 305 which is dated 17 Jan 1757) which states: "Account of Thomas Spratt, decd, to Thomas Polk, Admr. (n. d.). Pd.: John Clerk, William Barnett, Infines (?) Neel, & Thomas Polk, legatees. Contra Cr.: George Crawford, Andrew Berry, John price, William Polk, Sen., William Polk Junr., George Derumple (Dalrymple), Thomas Polk." .
138. Ccompiled by May Wilson McBee, Early Records of Anson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Early Records, (1978, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), pg. 119, Will Bk. No. 1, no page number, will of Thomas Sprat of Anson Co., NC. This will was abstracted from a group at the Secretary of State's office. Will is dated 15 January 1757. Shows daughters: Mary, and Ann Barnett, and Jean Neel, Susannah Polk, Martha Sprat; sons, Thomas and Thos. Polk, land on Sugar Creek and Twelve-Mile Creek (in SC). Witnesses: William Barnet, James Campbell, James Sprat (no probate).
139. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
140. The Quarterly, a periodical, published in June, September, December and March, by The York County Genealogical and Historical Society, Rock Hill, SC., Vol. XII, Dec 2000, No. 3, pp. 3-5, articled entitled "JEAN SPRATT NEEL --- AN ELUSIVE YORK COUNTY ANCESTOR By Elisabeth Whitman Schmidt, CLS:" "....Thomas Spratt..... his will signed 15 January 1757.........While no probate date has been located, Thomas Polk was acting as administrator of the estate by 20 April 1758." Source cited: "Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co., NC, 1758-1762 by J. W. Linn, p. 89."
141. Dr. James H. Sasser, Professor of History, Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC., James K. Polk, A Bicentennial Salute, (DAR Magazine, Oct 1995, pp. 762-765, and pg. 769.), pg. 763, "Thomas Polk, born in 1730, moved with his father, William Polk, II, from Cecil County, Maryland to Pennsylvania to join other Pollocks. He left pennsylvania following exposure to Indian raids and settled in the wilderness known as Mecklenburg County (NC)..................."
142. Edited by Michael Pollock, Pollock Potpourri (a periodical), Lineage Search Associates, Vol. 1, 1992, pg. 5, rejected pension application of "Charles Polk, North Carolina, R8301" He mentions his uncles Major Charles and Col. Thomas. See notes under Charles Polk for information on file R8301.
143. Herman W. Ferguson, Abstracts of Deed Books 15-23, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1794 - 1830, (2001, published by author), pg. 116, Deed Book 18, No. 2744, pg. 323: "7 Sep 1801. Martha Brevard of Raleigh to Adam Springs for $262, part of lot No. 1 in the Town of Charlotte measuring six poles on each side on the east side of Tryon St conveyed by her grandfather Thomas Polk to her father Ephraim Brevard, and at his death the lot descended to the grantor. Wit: Will. Polk & Sarah Polk. Proven by the clerk who proved the signature of Will. Polk at July Term 1807, test Isaac Alexander, CMC. Reg 25 Sep 1807."
144. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 94, Deed Book, 13, No. 1580, pg. 791, 27 Jul 1790: "Gen. Thos. Polk to Ezekiel Polk, Senr, for [English pound sign]200, 1,286 A on both sides of Richland Cr in the Middle Dist [TN] near the south boundary line. Sd land is part of a 5,000 A state grant to Gen. Polk. Wit: John Springs and John Davidson. Prvd in Jul 1790 Ct. Isaac Alexander, CMC."
145. "Thomas Dryden Spratts Recollections of His Family," July, 1878, Univ. of NC, Charlotte, Spratt Family Papers 1835-1988, Manuscript Collection No. 140, see notes under Thomas Spratt.
146. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 354, no township shown, 15th line from bottom of page, "Thomas Polk" See notes for more census information.
147. Leonidas Polk Bishop and General, Vol. I & II, (1893; republished 1915 by Longmans, Green, and Co., Fourth Ave. & 30th St., New York), Vol. I, pg. 34, "Thomas Polk........ He died at Charlotte January 26, 1794, and is buried in the Presbyterian churchyard."
148. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. III: 1821-1830, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1998), 1826, November Session, Pg. 170, Deeds: "Thomas J. Polk & Charles J. Polk by his agent William J. Polk to William Polk for all the right, Title, interest & Claim to the lands on the East & North Side of the Tennessee River in the State of Tennessee as the only Heirs at Law of Charles Polk, Descending to him by the death of his father Thomas Polk Bearing date the 18th day of January 1825, [proved] by Thomas G. Polk Acknowledged by the Grantor." [William J. Polk appears to be William Julius Polk. William Polk appears to be Col. Wm. Polk, father of William Julius Polk. Thomas J. (actually an I.) is Thomas Independence Polk. Charles J. Polk is Charles James Polk].
149. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Brig. Gen. Thomas4 Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794."
150. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, Appleton's Cyopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1888), Vol. V, pg. 56. Birth date given is "about 1732."
151. Archibald D. Murphey, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphy, article " Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400. "Thomas the third son of William and Margaret, a young man of great athletickness, of much energy of both mind and body; could not bear the dull persuit of a Pennsylvania farmer, especially in a section where nothing was presented which promised to better his situation; left his parents about the year 1753 to seek his fortune in a country that furnished greater scope to his active mind. In company with several young men, he traversed the country bordering on the East of the Blue ridge crossing the Dan and Yadkin untill he fell in upon Sugau or Sugar creek a branch of the Catawba River; in the neighborhood of which there were a few settlements. Here he made a permanent location of himself."
152. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, place of birth shown as "Cumberland Co., PA." Cumberland County did not exist until 1750. Thomas was born in that area that became Cumberland County.
153. Dr. James H. Sasser, Professor of History, Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC., James K. Polk, A Bicentennial Salute, (DAR Magazine, Oct 1995, pp. 762-765, and pg. 769.), ph. 763, "Thomas Polk, born in 1730, moved with his father, William Polk, II, from Cecil County, Maryland to Pennsylvania to join other Pollocks. He left pennsylvania following exposure to Indian raids and settled in the wilderness known as Mecklenburg County (NC)..................."
154. Mary Polk Branch, Memoirs of a Southern Woman, Between The Lines, (1912, Chicago, the Joseph G. Branch Publishing Co.; reprinted electronically by Univ. of NC.), pg. 55, 1. General Thomas Polk married Susan Spratt. Said Thomas Polk was the son of William Polk, and his wife Priscilla Roberts, who was the son of John Polk, and his wife Joanna Knox, who was the son of Robert Polk, the emigrant, and his wife Magdalena Tasker, of Moening Hill, Ireland....... 1732. Born in Carlisle, Pa." .
155. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 124, "Thomas Polk, son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, was born near Carlisle, Pa., about 1730, and died at Charlotte, N. C., in 1793, where he was buried."
156. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. V, pg. 56, "d. in Charlotte, N. C., in 1793." See other sources showing a 1794 year of death. The basis for 1794 as the year is not provided in those other sources, and is apparently wrong. See notes.
157. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), pg. 138, 1793, October session, Bk. 3, pg. 143 and pg.139, 1794, January session, Bk. 3, pg. 149........ see notes for text of these minutes and conclusions about the death date of Thomas Polk..
158. Dr. James H. Sasser, Professor of History, Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC., James K. Polk, A Bicentennial Salute, (DAR Magazine, Oct 1995, pp. 762-765, and pg. 769.), pg. 763, "Thomas died in 1793."
159. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 124, "Thomas Polk, son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, was born near Carlisle, Pa., about 1730, and died at Charlotte, N. C., in 1793, where he was buried."
160. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Brig. Gen. Thomas4 Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794. He married in 1755 Susanna Spratt, daughter of Thomas, who was probably the first white settle in Mecklenburg Co., N. C."
161. Tombstone, Thomas Polk and wife Susannah Spratt, Old Presbyterian cemetery, downtown Charlotte, NC. Very little of the inscription can be read; this researcher (Bill Polk of Kansas City, MO.) could not make out the the full name of Susanna, being able to read only ".... anna Polk.". See other source Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, for exact info about what the tombstone shows.
162. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, referring to Thomas Polk, "He married Susan Spratt, the daughter of Thomas Spratt."
163. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400, "In 1775 he married Susanah Spratt the daughter of a respectable farmer, who had emigrated from Pennsylvania about the same time, by whom he had nine children."
164. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Susannah Spratt."
165. Compiled from original and recorded wills in the Office of the Secretary of State by J. Bryan Grimes, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, 1690 - 1760, (Originally pub. 1910, Raleigh, NC.; 1967, Genealogical Publishing Co.), Will of Thomas Sprot, Anson Co., 15 Jan., 1757, one of the daughters is "Susannah Polk."
166. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah Polk (nee Spratt)...."
167. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "Gen'l Thomas Polk, .... married Susan Spratt, a daughter of Thomas Spratt, a prominent citizen of Mecklenburg County..." Pg. 196, letter of Susan Smart: "My aunt, Susan Spratt, who married your grandfather General Thomas Polk, was the daughter of Thos. Spratt...."
168. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "HERE LIES INTERR'D THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GENERAL THOMAS POLK AND HIS WIFE SUSANNA POLK WHO LIVED MANY YEARS TOGETHER PURELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN THEIR MANY VIRTUES AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. THEIR SON WILLIAM POLK AS A TOKEN OF HIS FILIAL REGARDS HAS CAUSED THIS TOMB TO BE ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY." Draper MSS 3-GG-84,85, info from W. W. Grier to Draper..... Grier said he visited Thomas Polk’s gravesite and the inscription on the tombstone read: "Here lies interred the earthly remains of General Thomas Polk, and his Wife Susanna Who lived many years together, justly beloved and respected for their many Virtues, and died universally regretted by all who had the pleasure of their acquaintance. Their son William Polk as a token of his filial regard hath caused this Stone to be Erected to their memory." .
169. "Reminiscenses," a newspaper genealogy column, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct 1951, "Three pioneers who came to western North Carolina to worship God as they saw fit, and remained to help build a State, were Thomas Spratt, who settled south of Pineville, Thomas Polk, who folled him to court his daughter, Susan......... Spratt came with an ox team, the first wheeled vehicle to cross the Yadkin river, and Polk traveled afoot........... Several of his [Thomas Polk] brothers followed him down from Maryland and Virginia ....."
170. Ccompiled by May Wilson McBee, Early Records of Anson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Early Records, (1978, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), pg. 119, Will Bk. No. 1, no page number, will of Thomas Sprat of Anson Co., NC. This will was abstracted from a group at the Secretary of State's office. Will is dated 15 January 1757. Shows daughters: Mary, and Ann Barnett, and Jean Neel, Susannah Polk, Martha Sprat; sons, Thomas and Thos. Polk, land on Sugar Creek and Twelve-Mile Creek (in SC). Witnesses: William Barnet, James Campbell, James Sprat (no probate).
171. "Thomas Dryden Spratts Recollections of His Family," July, 1878, Univ. of NC, Charlotte, Spratt Family Papers 1835-1988, Manuscript Collection No. 140, see notes under Thomas Spratt.
172. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Brig. Gen. Thomas4 Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794. He married in 1755 Susanna Spratt, daughter of Thomas, who was probably the first white settle in Mecklenburg Co., N. C."
173. Archibald D. Murphey, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphy, article " Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400. Only the year of marriage is provided (1755).
174. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 124, "In 1755 Thomas Polk married Susan Spratt, a daughter of Thomas Spratt."
175. Leonidas Polk Bishop and General, Vol. I & II, (1893; republished 1915 by Longmans, Green, and Co., Fourth Ave. & 30th St., New York), Vol. I, pg. 34, "Thomas Polk........ He died at Charlotte January 26, 1794, and is buried in the Presbyterian churchyard."
176. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Brig. Gen. Thomas Polk ........born in cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794."
177. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, shows death "26 Jun 1794 Charlotte M'burg NC." .
178. Tombstone, Thomas Polk and wife Susannah Spratt, Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, downtown Charlotte, NC., located in the Old Presbyterian Church Graveyard in downtown Charlotte, NC. As of 1992 visit by Bill and Alicia Polk of Kansas City, MO., the tomb of Thomas Polk and his wife Susannah was in fair condition with the inscription still somewhat readable. See other source Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, for exact info about what the tombstone shows. Picture of tombstone taken April 1992, by Bill Polk of Kansas City, MO.
179. Location, Presbyterian Burying Ground, AKA Old Settlers' Cemetery (see master sources), some sources call this the "Old Settlers' Cemetery." Othe sources call it the Old Presbyterian Church Graveyard, or the Presbyterian Burying Ground.
180. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 124, "Thomas Polk, son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, was born near Carlisle, Pa., about 1730, and died at Charlotte, N. C., in 1793, where he was buried."
181. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "HERE LIES INTERR'D THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GENERAL THOMAS POLK AND HIS WIFE SUSANNA POLK WHO LIVED MANY YEARS TOGETHER PURELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN THEIR MANY VIRTUES AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. THEIR SON WILLIAM POLK AS A TOKEN OF HIS FILIAL REGARDS HAD CAUSED THIS TOMB TO BE ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY."
182. Charles A. Hanna, The Scotch-Irish or The Scot In North Britain, North Ireland, and North America, (Ancestry.com; Vol. 1, published by G. P. Putnam, NY, 1902), Chapter, 1, The Scotch-Irish and the Revolution, pg. 1011, "........The infantry establishment of 1776 consisted of twenty-seven regiments of "Continentals" so-called, composed of ............ North Carolina Line, nine regiments: 1st, Colonels James Moore and Francis Nash; 2d, Colonels Robert Howe and Alexander Martin; 3d, Colonel Jethro Sumner; 4th, Colonel Thomas Polk ; 5th, Colonel John A. Lillington; 6th, Colonel Edward Buncombe; 7th, Colonel James Hogan; 8th, Colonel James Armstrong; 9th, Colonel Abraham Shephard; ....."
183. Tombstone, Thomas Polk and wife Susannah Spratt, Old Presbyterian Cemetery, downtown Charlotte, NC., located in the Old Presbyterian Church Graveyard in downtown Charlotte, NC. As of 1992 visit by Bill and Alicia Polk of Kansas City, MO., the tomb of Thomas Polk and his wife Susannah was in fair condition with the inscription still somewhat readable........ this researcher (Bill Polk) could not find any date of death on the tombstone. See other source Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, for exact info about what the tombstone shows.
184. Location, Presbyterian Burying Ground, AKA Old Settlers' Cemetery (see master sources), some sources call this the "Old Settlers' Cemetery." Other sources call it the Old Presbyterian Church Graveyard, or the Presbyterian Burying Ground.
185. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "HERE LIES INTERR'D THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GENERAL THOMAS POLK AND HIS WIFE SUSANNA POLK WHO LIVED MANY YEARS TOGETHER PURELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN THEIR MANY VIRTUES AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. THEIR SON WILLIAM POLK AS A TOKEN OF HIS FILIAL REGARDS HAD CAUSED THIS TOMB TO BE ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY." These pages plus a few others listing some names and dates of the tombstones in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in downtown Charlotte were found by Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 1992, in a folder in Charlotte Public Library (downtown). On the first page of this item the following: "Excerpt's from this Article copied from the North Carolina Booklet. Published by the North Carolina Society Daughters of the Revolution, Raleigh, N.C. January, 1917, Vol. XVI -- no. 3." On the back page is the following: "Names, dates, and epitaphs copied by Mrs. James Perrin Quarles, Chapter Chairman, (Anne Dowd Gilleylen Quarles), The Mecklenburg Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution for genealogical records, February 1936."
186. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Brig. Gen. Thomas4 Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, about 1730, died at Charlotte, N. C., 26 June 1794. He married in 1755 Susanna Spratt, daughter of Thomas, who was probably the first white settle in Mecklenburg Co., N. C."
187. Archibald D. Murphey, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphy, article " Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 400. Only the year of marriage is provided (1755).
188. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 124, "In 1755 Thomas Polk married Susan Spratt, a daughter of Thomas Spratt."
189. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "Thomas Polk," is shown as the first child."
190. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "Thomas Polk, eldest child of General Thomas Polk, and Susan (Spratt) Polk..." Pg. 196, the letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ..... had the following children: Your father, Thomas, who was killed at the battle of Eutaw, by the side of my brother, John Barnett;..." Susan Smartt was incorrect in stating that Bishop Polk's father was Thomas, son of Thomas, as the Bishop's father was William Polk, another son of the senior Thomas Polk.
191. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
192. Sara Sullivan Ervin, South Carolians in the Revolution, With Service Records & Miscellaneous Data - Also Abstractf os Wills, Laurens Co. (Ninety Six Dist) 1775-1855, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1965), "Polk, William Lieutenant. Killed Eutaw, 8 September, 1781. " [" indicating 10th Regiment, new acquisition......same regiment in which his uncle Ezekiel Polk is shown in this same source as having served] [information per] Jour. Coun Safety, 4 Nov. '75. Gibbes's Doc. Hist." [ADDED NOTE: This record is incorrect in that the name of this Polk was Thomas Polk, not William Polk, said Thomas Polk the son of Lt. Col. Thomas Polk. Lt. Col. Thomas Polk did have a son named William Polk who fought in the Rev. War, but was not killed in the Revolution].
193. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 777, "Polk, Thomas While serving as a lieutenant in the light dragoons under Capt. Samuel Martin, Lt. Col. Polk and Gen. Sumter, he was killed during September 1781. Salley, Doc., p. 89; M527." This same source, also pg. 777, shows the following information for William Polk [This information is incorrect and should be for Thomas Polk, aforementioned, son of Lt. Col. William Polk]: "Polk, William He served as a lieutenant in the state troops and killed in the battle at Eutaw Springs. Heitman, p. 445; Council of Safety, 4 November 1775 [This makes no sense as the Battle of Eutaw Springs took place in 1781]; Yearbook, 1893."
194. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re the letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ..... had the following children: Your father, Thomas, who was killed at the battle of Eutaw, by the side of my brother, John Barnett;..." Susan Smartt was incorrect in stating that Bishop Polk's father was Thomas, son of Thomas, as the Bishop's father was William Polk, another son of the senior Thomas Polk. See notes, also.
195. Sara Sullivan Ervin, South Carolians in the Revolution, With Service Records & Miscellaneous Data - Also Abstractf os Wills, Laurens Co. (Ninety Six Dist) 1775-1855, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1965), pg. 777, "Polk, Thomas While serving as a lieutenant in the light dragoons under Capt. Samuel Martin, Lt. Col. Polk and Gen. Sumter, he was killed during September 1781. Salley, Doc., p. 89; M527."
196. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 777, "Polk, Thomas While serving as a lieutenant in the light dragoons under Capt. Samuel Martin, Lt. Col. Polk and Gen. Sumter, he was killed during September 1781. Salley, Doc., p. 89; M527." This same source, also pg. 777, shows the following information for William Polk [This information is incorrect and should be for Thomas Polk, aforementioned, son of Lt. Col. William Polk]: "Polk, William He served as a lieutenant in the state troops and killed in the battle at Eutaw Springs. Heitman, p. 445; Council of Safety, 4 November 1775 [This makes no sense as the Battle of Eutaw Springs took place in 1781]; Yearbook, 1893."
197. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108.
198. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "Margaret" married Nathaniel Alexander.
199. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Margaret" Polk, born "1770ca."
200. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 29, under marriages, North Carolina: "Moses Alexander and wife, Sarah Taylor Alexander, m. in Cecil Co., Maryland (she dau. of William Alexander and wife, Jane Taylor.) They removed to N. C., about 1750; resided in Anson, Rowan and Mecklenburg Cos., and had following children to marry........Alexander, M. D. Nathaniel, (Governor of North Carolina,) m. Polk, Margaret (no issue), (she dau. of Gen. Thomas Polk and wife, Susannah Spratt)." See notes under Nathaniel Alexander for text of his will.
201. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), page 168, 1796 April session, Bk. 3, pg. 326, "Then was the undernamed Deeds &c proven and acknowledged in Open Court and Admitted to record, Viz: ......... 36. William Polk, Charles Polk, & James Green Polk to Nathaniel Alexander & Margaret, his wife for 278 Acres of Land, a Deed of Gift Dated 10th Day of August 1795, [proved] by Isaac Alexander." .
202. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "gen'l Thomas Polk, ........... married Susan Spratt, .......... by whom he had: ..... 5Margaret, ..." Pg. 196, re the letter of Mrs. Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk discussing the children of General Thomas Polk: "Margaret, the second daughter, married Governor Nathaniel alexander, and died without children;..."
203. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
204. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, There is apparently only part of the inscription in this source, whether part was inadvertantly left off in the printing of the information or if part of the tombstone was unreadable, is unknown: "THOMAS & SUSANNAH POLK WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPT 1800 IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE." There is little doubt, based on the information shown that this tombstone is for Margaret Polk who m. Nathaniel Alexander. See notes.
205. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "THOMAS & SUSANNAH POLK WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPT 1800 IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE." Apparently, part of the inscription is missing (the name of the person buried). This appears to be the tombstone of Margaret Polk. See notes.
206. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.).
207. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Nathaniel Alexander."
208. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "Margaret" Polk married "Nathaniel Alexander, Governor of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807. No issue.
209. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. I, pg. 47, "Alexander, Nathaniel, physician, b. in Mecklenburg, N. C., in 1756; d. in Salisbury, 8 March 1808."
210. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 29, under marriages, North Carolina: "Moses Alexander and wife, Sarah Taylor Alexander, m. in Cecil Co., Maryland (she dau. of William Alexander and wife, Jane Taylor.) They removed to N. C., about 1750; resided in Anson, Rowan and Mecklenburg Cos., and had following children to marry........Alexander, M. D. Nathaniel, (Governor of North Carolina,) m. Polk, Margaret (no issue), (she dau. of Gen. Thomas Polk and wife, Susannah Spratt)." See notes for text of the will of Nathaniel Alexander.
211. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), page 168, 1796 April session, Bk. 3, pg. 326, "Then was the undernamed Deeds &c proven and acknowledged in Open Court and Admitted to record, Viz: ......... 36. William Polk, Charles Polk, & James Green Polk to Nathaniel Alexander & Margaret, his wife for 278 Acres of Land, a Deed of Gift Dated 10th Day of August 1795, [proved] by Isaac Alexander." .
212. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 62, Deed Book 13, No. 999, pg. 25: "16 Sep 1784. Samuel Lusk, planter, of Craven Co., SC, to William Matthews, planter, for [English pound sign]320 proc, 330A on Sixmile Cr being part of two tracts viz: (1) part from a tract patented to John Clark 13 Mar 1753, then conveyed by Thomas Clark, son and heir of John Clark, to Thos. Polk, and deeded 15 Jan 1772 by Polk to Lusk, and (2) part from a tract patented 22 Nov 1771 to Moses Alexander, then conveyed by Nathaniel Alexander, his son and heir, to Lusk 10 Oct 1779. Wit: Thos. Downs and Arthur Starr. Prvd in Dec 1786 Ct by oath of Arthur Starr. Sam Martin, CMC."
213. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re the letter of Mrs. Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk discussing the children of General Thomas Polk: "Margaret, the second daughter, married Governor Nathaniel alexander, and died without children;..."
214. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. I, pg. 47, "Alexander, Nathaniel, physician, b. in Mecklenburg, N. C., in 1756; d. in Salisbury, 8 March 1808."
215. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 75, under births, Mecklenburg Co., NC.: "Colonel Moses Alexander and wife, Sarah Taylor Alexander, had following children: "Alexander, Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1756....... ."
216. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "Margaret" Polk married "Nathaniel Alexander, Governor of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807. No issue.
217. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. I, pg. 47, "Alexander, Nathaniel, physician, b. in Mecklenburg, N. C., in 1756; d. in Salisbury, 8 March 1808."
218. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Margaret" Polk, born "1770ca."
219. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, There is apparently only part of the inscription in this source, whether part was inadvertantly left off in the printing of the information or if part of the tombstone was unreadable, is unknown: "THOMAS & SUSANNAH POLK WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPT 1800 IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE." There is little doubt, based on the information shown that this tombstone is for Margaret Polk who m. Nathaniel Alexander.
220. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 148, under death records, Mecklenburg Co., NC.: "Alexander, Governor Nathaniel, d. March 7, 1808, Charlotte, N. C."
221. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "iii. Ezekiel, lost at sea."
222. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Ezekiel" Polk, "(d. before 1809, possibly in Maury Co., TN)."
223. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), pg. 126, of the 1793 January session, Bk. 3, pg. 76, "On Motion of Colo. Will. Polk, Ordered that he be & he is hereby granted letters of Administration of all & singular the goods & Chattles, Rights, & Credits of his Brother Ezekiel Polk, Deceased, who qualified as by law directed & was Bound with Security in the sum of [English pound sign]200."
224. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; ..... Ezekiel, who died at sea;...." Also, pg. 108: "Gen'l Thomas Polk, ............. married Susan Spratt, .... by whom he had: ........... 3Ezekiel, who was lost at sea, says Mrs. Smart in 1849, in a letter to Bishop Polk;."
225. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
226. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "3Ezekiel, who was lost at sea;" Also, pg. 196, re letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; ..... Ezekiel, who died at sea;...." See notes, also.
227. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Ezekiel" Polk, "(d. before 1809, possibly in Maury Co., TN)."
228. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, name shown is "Mary Polk."
229. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Brown, Daniel married Polk, Mary on 24 Dec 1794 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina."
230. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Mary" Polk married "Daniel Brown 1794."
231. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "Gen'l Thomas Polk, ......... married Susan Spratt, ........ by whom he had:.........6Mary,...." Pg. 196 re letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; ..... Polly, the fourth, married Daniel Brown, a distinguished lawyer of South Carolina. They had three children who died young."
232. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
233. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, name shown is "David Brown."
234. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Brown, Daniel married Polk, Mary on 24 Dec 1794 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina."
235. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Mary" Polk married "Daniel Brown 1794."
236. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re letter of Susan (Barnett) Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; ... "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; ..... Polly, the fourth, married Daniel Brown, a distinguished lawyer of South Carolina. They had three children who died young."
237. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Brown, Daniel married Polk, Mary on 24 Dec 1794 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina."
238. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Mary" Polk married "Daniel Brown 1794."
239. Ancestry Genealogy Library, Internet, Ancestry.Com, Early American Marriages: Atlantic South, "Brown, Daniel married Polk, Mary on 24 Dec 1794 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina."
240. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Mary" Polk married "Daniel Brown 1794."
241. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, name shown is "James Polk."
242. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "James Green" Polk, died "1798NC."
243. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), Bk. 3, pg. 326, "Then was the undernamed Deeds &c proven and acknowledged in Open Court and Admitted to record, Viz: ......... 36. William Polk, Charles Polk, & James Green Polk to Nathaniel Alexander & Margaret, his wife for 278 Acres of Land, a Deed of Gift Dated 10th Day of August 1795, [proved] by Isaac Alexander." .
244. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "Gen'l Thomas Polk, ........ married Susan Spratt, ........ by whom he had:.... 8James, ..." Pg. 196, re letter Mrs. Susan Smartt to Bishop Leondias Polk discussing the children of Gen. Thomas Polk: ........... "James who married the daughter of Col. Moore;...."
245. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
246. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "James Green" Polk, died "1798NC."
247. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, name shown is "________Moore, dau. of Colonel Moore."
248. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Miss Moore." No other information given.
249. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re letter Mrs. Susan Smartt to Bishop Leondias Polk discussing the children of Gen. Thomas Polk: ........... "James who married the daughter of Col. Moore;...."
250. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "9Debora Polk." This child is not given in "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee," by Angellotti, nor in the revised Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee of 1979, by Emory Murphy, nor in the articles of Mary Winder Garrett. Pg. 196, of PF&K, in the letter of Mrs. Susan (Barnett) Smartt, where she gives the children of Gen. Thomas Polk to Bishop Leonidas Polk "the third daughter, Debora, died at the age of fourteen."
251. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 196, re letter of Mrs. Susan Smartt to Bishop Leonidas Polk: "Your grandfather, Thomas Polk, ......... had the following children; .....The third daughter, Debora, died at the age of fourteen."
252. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "John ?" Polk. No other information given. This son is not given in any of the three main genealogies of the Polks referenced in this database for the Thomas Polk family line. Also, note that in the Autobiography of William Polk, son of Thomas Polk, the information states that the said Thomas Polk was one of nine children; adding John Polk would make 10 children, another reason to doubt John Polk was a child of Thomas Polk.
253. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "v. Susan, m. Benjamin Alexander."
254. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Susan," born 1734, Cumberland Co., PA., died 1813, Cabarrus Co., NC. Married "Benjamin Alexander."
255. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., Issue of 9 Jul 1959. Also, issue of 6 Aug 1959, "Susan Polk, b. about 1742 m. Benjamin Alexander."
256. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "William settled and died west of the Yadkin. He left eight children viz.: .......4, Susan Polk;...." Pg. 392: "Susan Polk, fourth child of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, married Benjamin Alexander, and had six children, viz.:......"
257. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Susan Polk, third daughter of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, married Benjamin Alexander, by whom she had six children: 1Thomas, 2Charles, 3Susan, 4William, 5Benjamin, 6Taylor." Pg. 195: From the letter of Mrs. Smartt - "Susan Alexander left a large family, many of whom now live in this county. She was the mother of William Alexander, a Captain, commonly called 'Black Bill,' a distinguished soldier in the Revolutionary army."
258. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, Benjamin Alexander "married ca. 1748, Susanna Polk, b. abt 1730, Cumberland Co., PA., dau of William Polk & Margaret Taylor, d. abt 1813, Mecklenburg Co., NC."
259. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Susan" Polk, born "1734PA," died "1813." This summary shows she married "1/Benjamin Alexander 2/David Reese." The second marriage to David Reese appears questionable in view of the other information from other sources. Susan Polk, dau of William Polk/Margaret Taylor appears to have been confused with Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, Jr., brother of William Polk I, and son of Robert Polk of Maryland.
260. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
261. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. I: 1780-1800, (1995, Herman W. Ferguson), pg. 44, of the 1785 June session, Bk. 1, pg. 547, "The following Deeds were proved and admitted to Record in June Court, Viz:............ Benjamin Alexander & Susannah his wife to John McGahee for 400 Acres of Land Dated June 25th 1785."
262. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Benjamin Alexander married Susanna Polk, daughter of William Polk, Jr. and Margaret Taylor. He was buried at Poplar Tent, NC. He was born before 1725. He died circa 1807. ('The Records of Benjamin Alexander and family are included with those of the descendants of William and Andrew Alexander, of Somerset County, Maryland, as a matter of record. Nothing has been found that connects Benjamin with the Somerset or Cecil County, Md., Alexander's. No record of him has been found in Penna., although it is certain that he lived and probably married, in that state.' (Stafford, 199)."
263. Census, 1810, Mecklenburg Co., NC., **HH of Susan (or Susanna) (Polk) Alexander, widow of Benjamin Alexander, "Susanah Alexander" is located on the last line of the census page. See notes for more census details.
264. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, 25 April 1855, affidavit/letter of Dan Alexander: " .... says that he is now seventy three years old was born and raised in said [Mecklenburg] county - is the son of Capt Wm Alexander who was a Captain in the Revolution and drew a pension... That Charles Polk was affiants Father's uncle..."
265. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, birthplace shown as "Cumberland Co., PA.," but that county did not exist until 1750 (she was born in that area of PA. that became Cumberland Co.) Year of birth given as 1734.
266. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, "Susanna Polk, b. abt. 1730, Cumberland Co., PA., dau of William Polk & Margaret Taylor, d. abt 1813, Mecklenburg Co., NC."
267. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Susan" Polk, born "1734PA," died "1813."
268. Census, 1810, Mecklenburg Co., NC., **HH of Susan (or Susanna) (Polk) Alexander, widow of Benjamin Alexander, age shown is over age 45.
269. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, Benjamin Alexander "married ca. 1748, Susanna Polk, b. abt 1730, Cumberland Co., PA., dau of William Polk & Margaret Taylor, d. abt 1813, Mecklenburg Co., NC."
270. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "v. Susan, m. Benjamin Alexander."
271. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Susan," born 1734, Cumberland Co., PA., died 1813, Cabarrus Co., NC. Married "Benjamin Alexander."
272. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Susan Polk, married Benjamin Alexander, by whom she had six children: 1. Thomas, 2. Charles, 3. Susan, 4. William, 5. Benjamin, 6. Taylor."
273. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, "Benjamin Alexander," 2nd child of Andrew Alexander, and probably, his first wife, Jean McKnitt; b. abt. 1725, d. abt 1807, possibly buried at Poplar Tent Cemetery, NC.. NOTE: There is substantial Alexander ancestor and descendant information in this source.
274. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Susan" Polk, born "1734PA," died "1813." This summary shows she married "1/Benjamin Alexander 2/David Reese." The second marriage to David Reese appears questionable in view of the other information from other sources. Susan Polk, dau of William Polk/Margaret Taylor appears to have been confused with Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, Jr., brother of William Polk I, and son of Robert Polk of Maryland.
275. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 392, "Susan Polk, fourth child of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, married Benjamin Alexander, and had six children, viz.:......"
276. Herman W. Ferguson, Abstracts of Deed Books 15-23, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1794 - 1830, (2001, published by author), pg. 18, Deed Book 15, No. 418, pg. 249: "1 Nov 1796. Evan Shelby & his wife Susanna (S) to Thos. Alexander for [English pound sign]300, 315 A on both side of Mallard Cr adj Will Alexander and other lands of the grantee. The land is part of two tracts, one conveyed from Henry E. McCulloh to Benjamin Alexander, and the other was patented to Benjamin Alexander 22 Dec 1786 then deeded 22 Aug 1787 to his son Andrew Alexander Wit: John Long Jr. Acknd at Jan Session 1797, test Isaac Alexander, CMC."
277. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 66, Book 13, No. 1074, pg. 166, 22 Aug 1787: "Benjamin Alexander, planter, to Andrew Alexander, his legitimate son, for paternal love, two parcels on Mallard Cr viz: (1) 216 A adj Elinor Clark being part of 300 A patented to the grantor 22 Dec 1768, and (2) 200 A adj Thos. and Wm. Alexander being part of the tract on which the grantor now lives conveyed to him by Henry Eustace McCulloh. Wit: Zacc. Wilson and Wm. Alexander. Prvd in Oct 1787 Ct by oath of Wm. Alexander. Sam Martin, CMC."
278. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Benjamin Alexander married Susanna Polk, daughter of William Polk, Jr. and Margaret Taylor. He was buried at Poplar Tent, NC. He was born before 1725. He died circa 1807. ('The Records of Benjamin Alexander and family are included with those of the descendants of William and Andrew Alexander, of Somerset County, Maryland, as a matter of record. Nothing has been found that connects Benjamin with the Somerset or Cecil County, Md., Alexander's. No record of him has been found in Penna., although it is certain that he lived and probably married, in that state.' (Stafford, 199)."
279. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., **HH of Benjamin Alexander (& wife Susan Polk), "Benjamin Alexander" is located on line No. 9 from the top of the page. See notes for more census details and discussion as to whether this Benjamin Alexander is the same man as who m. Susan Polk.
280. Census, 1800, Cabarrus Co., NC., **HH of Benjamin Alexander, "Benj Alexander" appears as the 13th person on the page from the top. See notes for more census information and discussion if this is the Benjamin Alexander who m. Susan Polk.
281. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, 25 April 1855, affidavit/letter of Dan Alexander: " .... says that he is now seventy three years old was born and raised in said [Mecklenburg] county - is the son of Capt Wm Alexander who was a Captain in the Revolution and drew a pension... That Charles Polk was affiants Father's uncle..."
282. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, pg. 9, "Benjamin Alexander," 2nd child of Andrew Alexander, and probably, his first wife, Jean McKnitt; b. abt. 1725, ..."
283. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., **HH of Benjamin Alexander (& wife Susan Polk), white male over age 16.
284. Census, 1800, Cabarrus Co., NC., **HH of Benjamin Alexander, white male over age 45.
285. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, pg. 9, "Benjamin Alexander," 2nd child of Andrew Alexander, and probably, his first wife, Jean McKnitt; b. abt. 1725, d. abt 1807, possibly buried at Poplar Tent Cemetery, NC.. NOTE: There is substantial Alexander ancestor and descendant information in this source.
286. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Benjamin Alexander married Susanna Polk, daughter of William Polk, Jr. and Margaret Taylor. He was buried at Poplar Tent, NC. He was born before 1725. He died circa 1807......."
287. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Susan," born 1734, Cumberland Co., PA., died 1813, Cabarrus Co., NC. Married "Benjamin Alexander."
288. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Benjamin Alexander married Susanna Polk, daughter of William Polk, Jr. and Margaret Taylor. He was buried at Poplar Tent, NC. He was born before 1725. He died circa 1807......."
289. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, pg. 9, "Benjamin Alexander," 2nd child of Andrew Alexander, and probably, his first wife, Jean McKnitt; b. abt. 1725, d. abt 1807, possibly buried at Poplar Tent Cemetery, NC.. NOTE: There is substantial Alexander ancestor and descendant information in this source.
290. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Benjamin Alexander married Susanna Polk, daughter of William Polk, Jr. and Margaret Taylor. He was buried at Poplar Tent, NC. He was born before 1725. He died circa 1807......."
291. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, "Andrew Alexander."
292. Herman W. Ferguson, Abstracts of Deed Books 15-23, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1794 - 1830, (2001, published by author), pg. 18, Deed Book 15, No. 418, pg. 249: "1 Nov 1796. Evan Shelby & his wife Susanna (S) to Thos. Alexander for [English pound sign]300, 315 A on both side of Mallard Cr adj Will Alexander and other lands of the grantee. The land is part of two tracts, one conveyed from Henry E. McCulloh to Benjamin Alexander, and the other was patented to Benjamin Alexander 22 Dec 1786 then deeded 22 Aug 1787 to his son Andrew Alexander Wit: John Long Jr. Acknd at Jan Session 1797, test Isaac Alexander, CMC."
293. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 66, Book 13, No. 1074, pg. 166, 22 Aug 1787: "Benjamin Alexander, planter, to Andrew Alexander, his legitimate son, for paternal love, two parcels on Mallard Cr viz: (1) 216 A adj Elinor Clark being part of 300 A patented to the grantor 22 Dec 1768, and (2) 200 A adj Thos. and Wm. Alexander being part of the tract on which the grantor now lives conveyed to him by Henry Eustace McCulloh. Wit: Zacc. Wilson and Wm. Alexander. Prvd in Oct 1787 Ct by oath of Wm. Alexander. Sam Martin, CMC."
294. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....viii. Andrew."
295. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Susan Polk, third daughter of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, married Benjamin Alexander, by whom she had six children: 1Thomas, 2Charles, 3Susan, 4William, 5Benjamin, 6Taylor."
296. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, "Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, name shown is "Charles Alexander (Pvt.), b. 4 Jan 1755, Mecklenburg Co., NC. A Patriot (S21599). I believe Virginia and Charles Alexander are correct in naming this Charles as son of Benjamin. See Alexander Kin, V. II, p. 429)." See notes.
297. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Charles, son of Benjamin and Susanna (Polk) Alexander. In his pension declaration to the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Aug. 31, 1832, Charles swore that he was born in Mecklenburg County, Aug. 18, 1762, and had lived in the same neighborhood where born since birth. He said he had a record of his birth at home." NOTE that this source conflicts with the Alexander information shown in another source, that is, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, "Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9 - two different Charles Alexanders, one b. 1755, another b. 1762, one who d. in Mecklenburg Co., NC., 1734, the other who d. in Maury Co., TN., after 1734. See notes.
298. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....4. iii. Charles, Private, married Margaret (?); born 18 Aug 1782 at NC." Also: 4. Charles Alexander, PRIVATE, a patriot (S S6488), (Benjamin1) married Margaret (--?--). He was born on 18 Aug 1762 at NC. He died on 6 Sep 1834 at age 72, will probated Nov 1834." NOTE that this information conflicts with the information from the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Bulletin of 1996 (see that source) provided by this same Richard "Dick" Alexander. Did he change his mind re the birth date of 4 Jan 1755 vs. 1762? Two different Charles Alexanders are involved - one who lived and died in Mecklenburg Co., NC., the other one who moved to TN., and died there after 1734. See notes.
299. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 106-107, Abstract No. 1776, Deed Book 14, pg. 80, 4 Aug 1779: Benjamin Alexander to Charles Alexander, for 5 sh sterling, 216 A on Mallard Cr adj Wm. Hemphill, Mathew Robison, Thos. and Wm. Alexander, and other lands of Benjamin. Sd land is part of a tract patented to Benjamin 16 Jan 1767. Wit: Georg Reed and Andw. Alexander. Ack in Jul 1792 Ct by the grantor. Isaac Alexander, CMC. See notes.
300. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9, "b. 4 Jan 1755, Mecklenburg Co., NC."
301. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Charles married Margaret ----------, who is named in his wiff [sic, s/be will]."
302. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....4. iii. Charles, Private, married Margaret (?); born 18 Aug 1782 at NC."
303. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, Margaret is mentioned in Charles' will dated 2 June 1830, and proved at the Nov. 1834 term of court.
304. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "Charles, son of Benjamin and Susanna (Polk) Alexander. In his pension declaration to the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Aug. 31, 1832, Charles swore that he was born in Mecklenburg County, Aug. 18, 1762, and had lived in the same neighborhood where born since birth. He said he had a record of his birth at home."
305. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....4. iii. Charles, Private, married Margaret (?); born 18 Aug 1782 at NC."
306. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 30 July 1959, "The will of Charles Alexander is dated June 2, 1830 and was proved at the Nov. term of court, 1834; which establishes the approximate time of his death."
307. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9.
308. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....vii. James married Isobella Alexander. He was born in 1775 at NC."
309. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9.
310. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....vii. James married Isobella Alexander. He was born in 1775 at NC."
311. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, Nol. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9.
312. Descendants of Benjamin Alexander, database of Richard B. Alexander, 4 Dec 1999, "Children of Benjamin Alexander and Susanna Polk were as follows: ....vii. James married Isobella Alexander. He was born in 1775 at NC."
313. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2, Descendants of Reverend James Alexander, by Dick Alexander, pg. 9.
314. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, "7. Capt. John4Polk (William3, William2, Robert1) born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, probably about 1739, died probably early in 1785, as on 9 Sept. of that year the Assembly of North Carolina issued Land Warrant No. 2149 'to the heirs of John Polk' for '1000 acres of land within the limit of the land reserved by law for the officers and soldiers of the Continental line of this state.'" Angellotti does not specify if John was an officer or soldier). Angellotti confused Capt. John Polk with another John Polk who appears to be the John Polk shown in "Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded By State Governments," by Loyd De Witt Bockstruck, Gen. Pub. Co., 1996, pg. 422, as John Polk, private, N. C., 9 Sep 1785 (date of the record), 640 acres to heirs. The reason for the differing amount of acreage is not known.
315. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pp. 16-17, "Certain descendants of an Eleanor Shelby and John Polk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, who are said to have married on Oct. 2, 1758, claim that this woman was a daughter of General Evan Shelby (Jr.) and that John Polk came to North Carolina from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania......"
316. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pp. 39, 51, 59, 231, 419, 421, and 424.
317. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "John Polk, fourth son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk....;" pg. 312, "Capt. John Polk, third son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk."
318. Emma Siggins White of Kansas City, MO., Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, 1600-1902, (Tiernan-Dart Printing Company, 1902), pg. 630, "Taylor Polk was a son of John Polk, a private in Captain James Watson's company of the famous 'Flying Camp" of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, commanded by Colonel James Cunningham, which participated in the New Jersey Campaign of 1776. (For reference, see Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 15, p. 631.) He was subsequently in the service of the Pennsylvania line of the Revolution, and received depreciation pay for his services from the State of Pennsylvania up to Jan. 1, 1781. (See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 13, p. 183.) .......... John Polk was the son of William, son of John, son of Robert Polk and Magdalen Tasker, his wife........" This source has the wrong John Polk.
319. Census, 1790, York Co., SC., Camden District, HH of John Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, M637_11, unknown township, pg. 193, 14th name from bottom of page, "John Polk" See notes for more census information.
320. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "John Polk" shown on this tree as the son of "William Polk grandson of Robert and [wife?... difficult to read]....Priscilla Roberts" William Polk is shown as the son of "John Polk" and John Polk is shown as the son of "Robert."
321. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, also, pg. 386: "John Polk, fifth child of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk was a soldier in the revolution. He married Eleanor Shelby, and his children were: 1. Shelby Polk; 2. Charles Polk; 3. John Polk; 4. Taylor Polk; 5. Eleanor Polk. This list of children agrees with those listed in Angellotti's "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee." John Polk, however, was not descended from Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, but from William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk as given in Angellotti's book. Vol. III, No. 1, Jan 1898, pg. 42, corrections at bottom of page: "The succession of the children of William Polk, page 383, should be corrected to read: '5, John; 6, Margaret.'."
322. Brent Holcomb, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I: 1763-1768, (1976), pg. 11. There are two entries for John Polk: (1) pp. 274-275 - - "25 June 1764, DOBBS & wf to John Polk of Meck., for L6 s10...65 A on both sides Rockey River...Wit: JOHN DAVIS, JUNR; ARTHUR MACKAY." (2) pp. 276-277 - - "28 June 176_, John Polk & wf Elinor to JOHN POWELL, all of Meck., for L8 s13 d8....65 A on both sides Rockey River, purchased of ARTHUR DOBBS....JOHN POLK (SEAL), ELENER POLK (O), Wit: ADAM ALEXANDER, REES SHELBY."
323. Charles Grier Sellers, Jr., "William and Mary College Quarterly," article entitled "Colonel Ezekiel Polk: Pioneer and Patriarch," January 1953: 3rd Series, Vol. X, No. 1, pg. 85. "The Mecklenburg Polks had been in the very forefront of the Revolutionary movement. Thomas and his son William had received continental commissions as colonel and major, while Ezekiel's other brothers Charles and John, served as captains in various campaigns."
324. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "7John" b. "1739" in "Cumberland PA" married "2 Oct 1758" to "Eleanor Shelby" in "Anson NC" died "1802" in "York SC."
325. Worth S. Ray, The Mecklenburg Signers And Their Neighbors, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982), List of Public Officials of Mecklenburg County (N. C.) From The Year 1775 To 1785, pg. 355, "Polk, John, road overseer in 1778."
326. Will and Estate Inventory, John Polk, York Co., SC., Wills, Will BK. A, pg. 119, Case No. 61, File No. 354, ".... I John Polk of York County in the State of South Carolina ...... do bequeath to my beloved wife Eleanor Polk all my personal Estate,......"
327. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
328. Edited by Michael Pollock, Pollock Potpourri (a periodical), Lineage Search Associates, Vol. 1, 1992, pg. 5, rejected pension application of "Charles Polk, North Carolina, R8301" Pension material shows Charles served under his father Captain John Polk. See notes under Charles Polk for information on file R8301.
329. Census, 1800, York Dist. (County), SC., HH of John Polk, son of William Polk/Margaret Taylor, M32_49, pg. 968, "John Polk" See notes for details about census.
330. History of Little Cove, Franklin County Pennsylvania, (Harry E. Foreman, 1967), pg. 152, "The Polk name is definitely one of the earliest in the Little Cove, also one of the earliest to migrate. The name of John Polk is on the List of 1750...." "List of 1750" referring to pg. 4, a petition of 1750 by 21 settlers of the Little Cove area, asking that they be allowed to continue to live on the lands they had settled [they settled as squatters on Indian land]........ among the signers was John Poolk and Rees Shelby [likely brothers-in-law, as this appears to be the John Polk who m. Rees Shelby's sister, Eleanor Shelby].
331. Inventory of estate, Charles Polke, the Indian Trader, 5 Oct 1753, SOURCE: Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1751-1756 [Abstracts by V.L. Skinner, Jr.] read by Christie Russell from Microfilm Nabb Research Center, Salsbury, MD #58.99 FR [Frederick Co., MD]: Next of kin of Charles Polke are William Polk and John Polk. See notes.
332. John Polk, Will and Estate Inventory, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Will Bk. "A" P-119, Case No. 61, File No. 354. Will dated 25 Aug 1802 and probated 11 Apr 1803. Inventory of estate signed 14 May 1803. John probably died shortly before the probation date. Note that Emma Angellotti, in her "Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, pg. 7, has this John Polk confused with another John Polk whose heirs received Land Warrant No. 2149 in 1785.
333. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7: This source has Eleanor as the daughter of Evan Shelby who died in 1794. Most researchers of the Polk and Shelby families believe that the evidence points to Evan Shelby (the immigrant) as the father of Eleanor. Some believe that Rees Shelby, son of Evan the immigrant, is the father of Eleanor Shelby. The Evan Shelby that Emma Angellotti shows as the father of Eleanor is a son of the immigrant.
334. Church records, Shelby family, St. Caron's Church, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, (copied from St. Caron's Church Parish Register, 30 Jan 1970, by E. J. Edwards, Vicar's Warden), baptismal records, children of Evan Shelby and Matherine Morgan, "Elinora Shelby July 10 1730."
335. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pp. 16-17, "Certain descendants of an Eleanor Shelby and John Polk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, who are said to have married on Oct. 2, 1758, claim that this woman was a daughter of General Evan Shelby (Jr.) and that John Polk came to North Carolina from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania......"
336. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pp., 3, 39, 144, 204, 231,237,243,409.419, and 421.
337. Emma Siggins White of Kansas City, MO., Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, 1600-1902, (Tiernan-Dart Printing Company, 1902), pg. 630, "John Polk married Eleanor Shelby, daughter of Evan Shelby and his wife, Letitia Cox, of Fort Frederick, Maryland, afterwards of Bristol, Tennessee, the 'King's Meadows' of Colonial days. Eleanor was a sister of Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky."
338. Brent Holcomb, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I: 1763-1768, (1976), pg. 11. Refer to sources for Eleanor's husband John Polk (same title as above) for details.
339. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "7John" b. "1739" in "Cumberland PA" married "2 Oct 1758" to "Eleanor Shelby" in "Anson NC" died "1802" in "York SC."
340. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, referring to John Polk, "He married Eleanor Shelby, a daughter of Major Evan Shelby, son of Gen'l Evan Shelby. Eleanor was a kinswoman of Mary Shelby, who married Col. Thomas Polk. John Polk and his wife Eleanor (Shelby) Polk had issue: 1. Charles, 2. Shelby Polk, 3. Taylor Polk, 4. John Polk, 5. Eleanor." Pg. 195, "John Polk married Eleanor Shelby, a daughter of Col. Isaac Shelby. He had three sons and one daughter; the sons by name: Charles, John and Taylor; the daughter Eleanor. Those now living, belonging to the family, reside in the West."
341. John Polk, Will and Estate Inventory, John Polk, York Co., SC., Wills, Will BK. A, pg. 119, Case No. 61, File No. 354, ".... I John Polk of York County in the State of South Carolina ...... do bequeath to my beloved wife Eleanor Polk all my personal Estate,......"
342. Howard S. Galloway, The Shelby Family, (1964, Gill Printing Co., Mobile, AL.), "Adam Alexander lived in Frederick County, Maryland at the time he married Mary Shelby, whidch was the first of many intermarriages of the Shelbys and Alexanders. The two families owned much land in Frederick County as disclosed by the records. His grandfathr's estate was administered May 17, 1751, and it is most [likely?]that he, his father, William, Uncle Abraham, etc., then moved to Catawba section of North Carolina that subsequently became Mecklenburg County. This exodus also included his wife's brothers, Moses and Rees, and her sister, the wife of John Polk."
343. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court, Case No. 61, File No. 350, Will Book "A", P-129; settlement of the estate is recorded in Bk. B, pp. 474 and 550 (or 551) and is dated 1 Apr 1806, "Be it known and remembered that I Eleanor Polk of York County in the State of Sourth Carolina, do make this my last Will and Testament Viz ----- .... [See complete will text in notes; also, see image of will in genealogy files].
344. Church records, Shelby family, St. Caron's Church, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, (copied from St. Caron's Church Parish Register, 30 Jan 1970, by E. J. Edwards, Vicar's Warden), Baptismal records, children of Evan Shelby and Catherine Morgan, "Elinora Shelby July 10 1730" It is assumed that Elinora Shelby was born not long before she was baptized.
345. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Case No. 61, File No. 350, Will Bk. "A" P-129 (settlement of estate is recorded in Bk. B, pp. 474 and 550 (or 551)., Will is dated 6 May 1803 and was probated 31 Oct 1803. Eleanor probably died shortly before the probation date of her will.
346. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, "7. Capt. John4Polk (William3, William2, Robert1) born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, probably about 1739, died probably early in 1785,......... Text shows all the children of William and Margaret (Taylor) Polk were "born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle." Cumberland Co., PA., was not formed until 1750.
347. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 100, 191, and 312, pg. 312, "Capt. John Polk, third son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk, was born somewhere close to 1740 as he was several years older than his brother Ezekiel, who was born in 1747." On page 191 of this reference, in a letter from Leonidas Polk to President James K. Polk, John Polk is referred to as follows: "You are right in saying that William Polk, our great grandfather, had sons named Charles and John...." On page 100 of this ref: "John Polk...was born near Carlisle, Pa., about 1740---possibly earlier. He was a soldier in the Revolution and acqauitted himself with gallantry."
348. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "7John" b. "1739" in "Cumberland PA" married "2 Oct 1758" to "Eleanor Shelby" in "Anson NC" died "1802" in "York SC" Cumberland Co. did not exist until 1750. This source would indicate that John was born in that part of PA. that became Cumberland Co. in 1750.
349. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, "Capt. John Polk........... born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, probably about 1739, died probably early in1785, as on 9 Sept. of that year the Assembly of North Carolina issued Land Warrant No. 2149 'to the heirs of John Polk' for 1000 acres of land within the limits of the land reserved for the officers and soldiers of the Continental line of this State.'" Angellotti has confused John Polk of York Co., SC., who d. in 1803 with this other John Polk, whoever he is.
350. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "7John" b. "1739" in "Cumberland PA" married "2 Oct 1758" to "Eleanor Shelby" in "Anson NC" died "1802" in "York SC."
351. Church records, Shelby family, St. Caron's Church, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, (copied from St. Caron's Church Parish Register, 30 Jan 1970, by E. J. Edwards, Vicar's Warden), pg. not given, The church record shows Elinora Shelby, daughter of Evan and Catherine Shelby, was christened July 10, 1730. A copy of the notes signed by the Vicar's warden is in the possession of Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO. It was made available through "the Shelby Exchange," a quarterly publication from Judith A. Trolinger of Ingram, TX.
352. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, name shown is "Eleanor Polk."
353. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 421, name shown is "Eleanor Polk."
354. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court, Case No. 61, File No. 350, Will Book "A", P-129; [settlement of the estate is recorded in Bk. B, pp. 474 and 550 (or 551) and is dated 1 Apr 1806]: From pg. 1 of will...... "Imprimiss--I give and bequeath to my Daughter Eleanor Polk all my personal property devised to me by the last will of late husband...." .
355. Jency Polk Anderson, daughter of Taylor Polk, Letter (undated), Jency (Polk) Anderson, (never published), Vernell Endicott, Drumright, OK. See notes under Taylor Polk (Sr.) for some detailed information about the letter. Jency Polk Anderson dictated this letter about her siblings and her father's siblings to her son before her death. It was supposedly for Emma Angellotti, the author of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee," but was never mailed to her. The letter was kept and handed down through the descendants. The letter reads: "My father's name was Taylor Polk. My mother's maiden name was Jincy Walker. Their first born was a boy his name was Ben, the second a boy Taylor, the third a boy, Jim, the fourth a boy Cumberland - fifth a girl Patsy, the sixth a boy William, seventh girl Jincy, eighth a boy Alfred. My father Taylor Polk's second wife's name was Polly Warren, their first child a girl was Nelly second a boy Washington third Warnell ---My father had three bros. John, Charley, William one sister Ellen." At bottom of letter is "Copy of letter from grandma written by Papa it was never sent to Emma Angelotti." .
356. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 386, name shown is "Eleanor Polk."
357. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eleanor" Polk, born "1762NC," died "1803-6."
358. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "John Polk and his wife Eleanor (Shelby) Polk had issue: 1Charles Polk, 2Shelby Polk, 3Taylor Polk, 4John Polk, 5Eleanor."
359. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 386, "John Polk, fifth child of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, was a soldier in the revolution. He married Eleanor Shelby, and his children were 1. Shelby Polk; 2. Charles Polk; 3. John Polk; 4. Taylor Polk; 5 Eleanor Polk."."
360. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eleanor" Polk, born "1762NC," died "1803-6." See notes.
361. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court Case No. 61, File No. 350; Book B, pp. 474 and 550 [or 551], On pg. 550 [0r 551] the following: "Robert Harris Settlement on the Estate of Elinor Polk Deceased as Exc. for the years 1804, 1805, 1806---- Amount of Estate as per Inventory ----- $487.50. Produced a Receipt from under the Hand of John Thomson Heir in Right of his wife Elinor Late Elinor Polk Sole Heir of the Deceased acknowlidging himself satisfied and fully paid by Robert Harris Ext. the full amount of the Legacy left to his wife agreeable to the will of the Deceased. Sworn to before me April 1st 1806 ------- ? Moore ...." See notes for discussion.
362. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eleanor" Polk, born "1762NC," died "1803-6." Refer to other source [will and estate settlement of Eleanor Shelby Polk].
363. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court, Case No. 61, File No. 350, Will Book "A" Settlement of estated recorded in Bk. B, pp. 474 and 550 (or 551) and is dated 1 Apr 1806, On the final settlement the following: "Produced a Receipt from under the Hand of John Thomson Heir in Right of his Wife Elinor Late Elinor Polk Sole Heir to the Deceased......."
364. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "John Thomson." No other information given.
365. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court Case No. 61, File No. 350; Book B, pp. 474 and 550 [or 551]: From pg. 474, the following: "Robert Harrs [? word] Settlement on the Estate of Elinor Polk as Exc. for 180?--- Produced a Receipt in full from John Thomson in behalf of his wife Elinor Polk legatee for her share or legacy of sd. Estate from Robert Harris Exc. Dated March 23rd 1806. From page 550 [or 551]: "Robert Harris Settlement onf the Estate of Elinor Polk Deceased as Exc for the years 1804, 1805, 1806----- Amount of Estate as per Inventory ....... $487.50. Produced a Receipt from under the Hand of John Thomson Heir in Right of his wife Elinor Late Elinor Polk Sole Heir to the Deceased acknowlidging himself satisfied and fully paid by Robert Harris Exc. the full amount of the Legacy left to his wife agreeable to the will of the Deceased...... Sworn to before me April 1st 1806....?? Moore...." Since in the will of her mother dated 6 May 1806, Eleanor Polk [the daughter] was called "Eleanor Polk," not Eleanor Thomson, and in the above documents, Eleanor is referred to as the wife of John Thomson, it is logical to conclude that Eleanor Polk and John Thomson were married sometime between 6 May 1803 and 23 March 1806.
366. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, Probate Records, York Co., SC., final settlement of Eleanor Polk's estate, Bk. B, pg. 550 (or 551), dated 1 Apr 1806. Robert Harris, Administrator of the Estate of Eleanor Polk, Decd, shows that the estate is settled by receipt from John Thomson (of proceeds of estate) , Heir in Right of his wife Wlinor late Elinor Polk, sole heir to the deceased. This receipt is dated 28 March 1806 and is recorded in Book B, pg. 474. John Thomson would have to have died after 27 Mar 1806.
367. Will, Inventory of Estate, Final Settlement, Eleanor (Shelby) Polk, York Co., SC., Probate Records, Court Case No. 61, File No. 350; Book B, pp. 474 and 550 [or 551]: From pg. 474, the following: "Robert Harrs [? word] Settlement on the Estate of Elinor Polk as Exc. for 180?--- Produced a Receipt in full from John Thomson in behalf of his wife Elinor Polk legatee for her share or legacy of sd. Estate from Robert Harris Exc. Dated March 23rd 1806. From page 550 [or 551]: "Robert Harris Settlement onf the Estate of Elinor Polk Deceased as Exc for the years 1804, 1805, 1806----- Amount of Estate as per Inventory ....... $487.50. Produced a Receipt from under the Hand of John Thomson Heir in Right of his wife Elinor Late Elinor Polk Sole Heir to the Deceased acknowlidging himself satisfied and fully paid by Robert Harris Exc. the full amount of the Legacy left to his wife agreeable to the will of the Deceased...... Sworn to before me April 1st 1806....?? Moore...." Since in the will of her mother dated 6 May 1806, Eleanor Polk [the daughter] was called "Eleanor Polk," not Eleanor Thomson, and in the above documents, Eleanor is referred to as the wife of John Thomson, it is logical to conclude that Eleanor Polk and John Thomson were married sometime between 6 May 1803 and 23 March 1806.
368. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "William" Polk, born "1774NC." See notes, also.
369. Jency Polk Anderson, daughter of Taylor Polk, Letter (undated), Jency (Polk) Anderson, (never published), Vernell Endicott, Drumright, OK. See notes under Taylor Polk (Sr.) for some detailed information about the letter. Jency Polk Anderson dictated this letter about her siblings and her father's siblings to her son before her death. It was supposedly for Emma Angellotti, the author of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee," but was never mailed to her. The letter was kept and handed down through the descendants. The letter reads: "My father's name was Taylor Polk. My mother's maiden name was Jincy Walker. Their first born was a boy his name was Ben, the second a boy Taylor, the third a boy, Jim, the fourth a boy Cumberland - fifth a girl Patsy, the sixth a boy William, seventh girl Jincy, eighth a boy Alfred. My father Taylor Polk's second wife's name was Polly Warren, their first child a girl was Nelly second a boy Washington third Warnell ---My father had three bros. John, Charley, William one sister Ellen." At bottom of letter is "Copy of letter from grandma written by Papa it was never sent to Emma Angelotti." .
370. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 386, "John Polk, fifth child of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, was a soldier in the revolution. He married Eleanor Shelby, and his children were 1. Shelby Polk; 2. Charles Polk; 3. John Polk; 4. Taylor Polk; 5 Eleanor Polk."."
371. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "William * ........ married "Elizabeth McLanahan," born "1783." See notes under William (Shelby?) Polk.
372. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "Elizabeth McLanahan," born "1783."
373. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "William" Polk, born "1774NC."
374. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 4 and 6, "Capt. Charles Polk...., born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 9 July 1732......"
375. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Charles," the fourth child of William Polk/Margaret Taylor.
376. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, "Our Heritage," a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC.," Issue of 16 Jan 1958.
377. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "2. Charles Polk." Pg. 391: "Charles Polk, second son of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk......"
378. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, "Charles Polk, second son of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk...." Page 192: In a letter dated Jan. 17, 1849, from Leonidas Polk to President James K. Polk, Charles Polk is referred to as follows: "You are right in saying that William Polk, our great grandfather, had sons named Charles and John..."
379. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, names used throught the file are "Charles Polk, Capt. Charles Polk, Charley Polk."
380. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. III: 1821-1830, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1998), 1826, February Session, pg. 129, Deeds: "Michael Polk, John Brooks, Gideon Freeman, Charley Polk, William Polk, George Polk, Thomas Love, Moses Shelby, & Phebe Polk, Heirs of Charles Polk, senr., Deceased, to Hugh Rogers, for 49 acres of Land Bearing date 27th day April 1825, [proved] by Hugh W. Rogers."
381. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
382. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Name shown is "Charles Polk, Sr."
383. Edited by Michael Pollock, Pollock Potpourri (a periodical), Lineage Search Associates, Vol. 1, 1992, pg. 5, rejected pension application of "Charles Polk, North Carolina, R8301" He mentions his uncles Major Charles and Col. Thomas. See notes under Charles Polk for information on file R8301.
384. Juanita Enterkin Fox, Capt. Charles Polk of Mecklenburg Co., N.C. and Descendants, (8 March 1981, booklet; copy provided to the Public Library, Charlotte and Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte, NC.), "CHARLES POLK, Sr., son of William Polk (II) and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, (great-grandparents of President James K. Polk)........"
385. Harriette M. Wheeler of Grosse Pointe, MI., A Polk Family of Georgia, Detroit Society For Genealogical Research Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring, 1976, pp. 173-174, "Charles Polk, the son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk, ...." See his notes for a bit of information about the source of the information in "A Polk Family of Georgia."
386. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
387. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 376, no township shown, Line No. 2, "Capt Charles Polk" See notes for more census information.
388. Census, 1810, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M252_42, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 46 (pg. no. 46 is from index; the census page number shown on the left side of the page is 45), Census Pg. No. 502, Line No. 10 from the bottom of page, "Charles Polk" See notes for more census information.
389. Census, 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com - Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; .Roll: 33; Page: 574; Image: 117., M32_33, Census Pg. No. 574, no township shown, Line No. 13, "Charles Polk Sen" See notes for more census information.
390. Census, 1820, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, M33, Microfilm Roll No. 84, Pg. No. 183, enumerated on 15 Nov 1820, "Charles T. Polk" located on census page immediately above W. W. Polk and Charley Polk, his two sons ........ Composition of HH is as follows: 1 male 16-26; 1 male age 45 and up; 1 female age 45 and up; 1 engaged in agriculture; 1 slave under 14 years; 2 slaves 14-and under 26; 1 slave 45 and up. This is the last census upon which Capt. Charles Polk appears as he died in 1821.
391. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "Capt. Charles Polk...., born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 9 July 1732......"
392. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, date of birth shown is "7 Jul 1732, Cumberland Co., PA."
393. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, Letter 10 Feb 1855, from W. Davidson to Hon. L. P. Waldo: "Charlotte N. C. Feb. 10th, 55 Hon. L. P. Waldo, Com of Pensions Sir Enclosed I send the balance of the family record of old Capt Charles Polk --- It also contains the family record of his son George, the present applicant, in whose possession it has been since the death of his parents ------ Very respectfully, Your Obt Serv. W. F.? Davidson Hon. L. P. Waldo, Washington City." Apparently the family record for Charles Polk and his family was forwarded to prove his wife, children, etc. This family record is not in this pension file. Evidently the information from this family record was used to answer inquiries from the public about the descendants of Charles Polk. There are several letters in the file from the commissioner of pensions, typewritten, to individuals inquiring about the facts in the file, such letters providing the family line from Charles Polk to his children and for George W. Polk's family. These letters all provide basically the same information as follows: Charles Polk, b. 29 July 1732..........."
394. Census, 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com - Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; .Roll: 33; Page: 574; Image: 117., white male, over age 45; see notes for more census information.
395. Census, 1810, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Charles Polk, Son Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age over 45; see notes for more census information.
396. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
397. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6.
398. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
399. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk.
400. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
401. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, name shown is "Mary Clark."
402. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 100, referring to Charles Polk, "was married in 1750 (the year the family emigrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) to Polly Clark, by whom he had five sons, viz: 1. Thomas Polk, 2. Charles Polk, 3. Shelby Polk, 4. William Polk, 5. Mike Polk."
403. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, name shown is "Mary Clarck."
404. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 391, "Charles Polk, second son of William Polk and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, married in 1750, Polly Clark, had five children, viz.:............"
405. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
406. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, place of marriage not given; assumed to be NC.
407. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
408. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of marriage provided.
409. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
410. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6.
411. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk.
412. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
413. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6.
414. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, no place of death provided.
415. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of death provided.
416. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
417. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "6. Capt. Charles Polk........ married....... secondly, 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms, born 10 June 1764, died 12 Jan. 1849."
418. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Phoebe Helms."
419. Family group sheets, Polk and Roach family ancestors of James Michael Roach, name shown is "Philopena Helms Polk," daughter of George Helms, Sr., and his wife Mary Margaret Falkenborough Helms.
420. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, names used throughout the file are: "Philipena, Philopena Polk, Philipena Helms, Philipena Polk." See notes under her spouse Charles Polk, for more information from the pension file.
421. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. III: 1821-1830, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1998), 1826, February Session, pg. 129, Deeds: "Michael Polk, John Brooks, Gideon Freeman, Charley Polk, William Polk, George Polk, Thomas Love, Moses Shelby, & Phebe Polk, Heirs of Charles Polk, senr., Deceased, to Hugh Rogers, for 49 acres of Land Bearing date 27th day April 1825, [proved] by Hugh W. Rogers."
422. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. "I will to my wf Phebe........".
423. Census, 1830, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Philopena "Phoebe" (Helms) Polk, Ancestry.com census images, M19_122, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 311, no township shown, Line No. 4, "Ferby Polk" See notes for more census information.
424. Juanita Enterkin Fox, Capt. Charles Polk of Mecklenburg Co., N.C. and Descendants, (8 March 1981, booklet; copy provided to the Public Library, Charlotte and Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte, NC.), "Philapina (Phebe) Helms, daughter of George Helms of the High Hill section, married Charles Polk, 5 Feb 1872..."
425. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "6. Capt. Charles Polk........ married....... secondly, 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms, born 10 June 1764, died 12 Jan. 1849."
426. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
427. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of marriage provided.
428. Juanita Enterkin Fox, Capt. Charles Polk of Mecklenburg Co., N.C. and Descendants, (8 March 1981, booklet; copy provided to the Public Library, Charlotte and Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte, NC.), "Philapina (Phebe) Helms, daughter of George Helms of the High Hill section, married Charles Polk, 5 Feb 1872..."
429. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "6. Capt. Charles Polk........ married....... secondly, 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms, born 10 June 1764, died 12 Jan. 1849."
430. Family group sheets, Polk and Roach family ancestors of James Michael Roach.
431. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of birth provided.
432. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "6. Capt. Charles Polk........ married....... secondly, 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms, born 10 June 1764, died 12 Jan. 1849."
433. Family group sheets, Polk and Roach family ancestors of James Michael Roach.
434. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of birth provided.
435. Compiled & Indexed By Clara Laney, Union County Cemeteries 1710-1914 and Roster of Confederate and Revolutionary Soldiers, (1958, North Carolina Historical Survey), pg. 223, "Polk, Charles, Captain N. C. MIl. Rev. War March 10, 1821 Buried at his home place on Concord Highway #601. Government Marker is placed near the highway." [Marker is not there any longer; see the notes for more information on Charles Polk's grave and DAR marker].
436. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of 28 Nov 1957, "Charles Polk and his first wife were buried at his home place. A government marker was placed near highway 601 at Brief. Phebe Helms Polk was buried at old High Hill cemetery." [See notes for more information about Charles Polk's grave and tombstone].
437. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6.
438. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of 28 Nov 1957, "Charles Polk and his first wife were buried at his home place. A government marker was placed near highway 601 at Brief. Phebe Helms Polk was buried at old High Hill cemetery."
439. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6.
440. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, place of marriage not given; assumed to be NC.
441. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
442. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of marriage provided.
443. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 in Cumberland Co., Pa., d. 10 mar 1821 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744, d. 8 Oct 1776."
444. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of 28 Nov 1957, "Charles Polk and his first wife were buried at his home place. A government marker was placed near highway 601 at Brief. Phebe Helms Polk was buried at old High Hill cemetery."
445. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "6. Capt. Charles Polk........ married....... secondly, 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms, born 10 June 1764, died 12 Jan. 1849."
446. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
447. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of marriage provided.
448. Juanita Enterkin Fox, Capt. Charles Polk of Mecklenburg Co., N.C. and Descendants, (8 March 1981, booklet; copy provided to the Public Library, Charlotte and Mecklenburg Co., Charlotte, NC.), "Philapina (Phebe) Helms, daughter of George Helms of the High Hill section, married Charles Polk, 5 Feb 1872..."
449. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "i. Peggy, b. 25 Dec. 1764; m. William Freeman, b. 24 June 1765."
450. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, see notes under Peggy's father Charles for information from the pension file.
451. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Peggy is not mentioned by name, but her husband "William Freeman," is designated as a son-in-law, and given $5.00.
452. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 .... m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744...Children Peggy b. 25 Dec 1764 (m. Wm. Freeman)..."
453. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "i. Peggy, b. 25 Dec. 1764; m. William Freeman, b. 24 June 1765."
454. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, no place of birth provided.
455. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 .... m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744...Children Peggy b. 25 Dec 1764 (m. Wm. Freeman)..."
456. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "i. Peggy, b. 25 Dec. 1764; m. William Freeman, b. 24 June 1765."
457. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, see notes under Charles Polk for information from the pension file.
458. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Peggy is not mentioned by name, but her husband "William Freeman," is designated as a son-in-law, and given $5.00.
459. Lester, Old Southern Bible Records, pg. 256, "Charles Polk b. 9 July 1732 .... m. Mar 1762 to Mary (Polly) Clark b. June 1744...Children Peggy b. 25 Dec 1764 (m. Wm. Freeman)..."
460. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 34, No. 243, pg. 78: Will of Allen Freeman, 24 Jan 1807, probated in April 1807 court. ".... son William Freeman..." See notes under Allen Freeman for abstract of the will.
461. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "i. Peggy, b. 25 Dec. 1764; m. William Freeman, b. 24 June 1765."
462. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk.
463. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, "Children by second wife: ......x. Ezekiel, b. 9 June 1791. He migrated to Hardeman Co., Tenn."
464. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, name shown is "Ezekiel Washington." See notes under Ezekiel's father Charles for more information from the pension file.
465. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Ezekiel Washington Polk is not mentioned in the will of his father written on 1 Nov 1820. See notes.
466. Harriette M. Wheeler of Grosse Pointe, MI., A Polk Family of Georgia, Detroit Society For Genealogical Research Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring, 1976, pp. 173-174, "John Polk, William Polk, Thomas Polk, and Ezekiel Washington Polk, sons of Captain Charles Polk, emigrated to the State of Tennessee early in the nineteenth century."
467. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, "Children by second wife: ......x. Ezekiel, b. 9 June 1791." See notes, also.
468. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, born June 9, 1791, no place of birth given. See notes, also.
469. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Ezekiel Washington Polk is not mentioned in the will of his father. See notes.
470. Harriette M. Wheeler of Grosse Pointe, MI., A Polk Family of Georgia, Detroit Society For Genealogical Research Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring, 1976, pp. 173-174, "John Polk, William Polk, Thomas Polk, and Ezekiel Washington Polk, sons of Captain Charles Polk, emigrated to the State of Tennessee early in the nineteenth century."
471. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, name shown is "Eleanor Polk."
472. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, name shown is "Eleonora." See notes under Eleanora's father Charles for more information from the pension file.
473. Will abstract, Charles Polk, of Mecklenburg Co., NC., Original will is in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh NC. Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. F, pg. 97, No. 589. Eleanor is not mentioned in her father's will. See notes.
474. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 7, born 16 Jan 1804; no place of birth provided.
475. Widow's Pension File, W5571, Philipena Polk, widow of Charles Polk, born 16 Jan 1804; no place of birth provided.
476. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eleanor" Polk, born "1804NC."
477. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "vi. Margaret, m. Robert McRee of Mecklenburg Co., N. C........"
478. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Margaret," sixth child of William Polk II and Margaret Taylor.
479. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "5. Margaret." Vol. III, No. 1, Jan 1898, pg. 42, corrections at bottom of page: "The succession of the children of William Polk, page 383, should be corrected to read: '5, John; 6, Margaret.' Vol. III, No. 1, Jan 1898, pg. 43: "Margaret Polk, sixth child of William Polk and Priscilla, his wife, married Robert McKree, and had eleven children ---- viz.:........"
480. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 106, "Margaret Polk, sixth child of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk.... Pg. 194: "Marguerett, who married David McRee, ...." Pg. 194: Referring to children of William Polk/Margaret Taylor: "She also stated there were two other sisters: Margurette, who married David McRee, and Mary, who married John Barnett."
481. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. II: 1801-1820, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1997), 1802, July Session, Pg. 355, see notes.
482. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
483. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, birth shown in "Cumberland Co., PA." No year given. Birth occurred in that part of PA. that became Cumberland Co. in 1750.
484. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. II: 1801-1820, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1997), 1802, July Session, pg. 355: Margaret was alive as of the July session of court, and in the January 1805 session, her will was proven; see notes for more information.
485. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "vi. Margaret, m. Robert McRee of Mecklenburg Co., N. C........"
486. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, January 1898, pg. 43, "Margaret Polk, sixth child of William Polk and Priscilla, his wife, married Robert McKree, and had eleven children ---- viz.:........"
487. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Robert McRee."
488. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 106, "Margaret Polk, sixth child of William Polk and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, married Robert McRea, of North Carolina, and had eleven children: 1. William, 2. Debora, 3. James P., 4. Susan, 5. Dinah, 6. Margaret, 7. Thomas, 8. Harriett, 9. Richard (NOTE: mistake, s/b Rachel), 10. William, 11. Mary."
489. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. II: 1801-1820, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1997), 1802, July Session, Pg. 355, see notes.
490. Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. II: 1801-1820, (Herman W. Ferguson, 1997), see notes.
491. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, 2nd of two William McRees shown, "10. William."
492. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "William McKree, tenth child of Robert McKree and Margaret (Polk) McKree, never married."
493. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, Ezra Who died July 6, 1880 (1880 year is obvious error, should be 1800 per notes) Aged 60 yrs. Alexander, Mary Sept. 8, 1814 Aged 70 yrs. (Double headstone bears emblems of rising sun and moon)." Ezra Alexander would not have been quite 60 ears of age if 3 Dec 1720 (see notes) is his correct birth date (another possibility is that the death year may be incorrectly given in this source).
494. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: :.... I give to my wf [not named]..." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
495. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, Ezra Who died July 6, 1880 (1880 year is obvious error, should be 1800 per notes) Aged 60 yrs. Alexander, Mary Sept. 8, 1814 Aged 70 yrs. (Double headstone bears emblems of rising sun and moon)." Ezra Alexander would not have been quite 60 ears of age if 3 Dec 1720 (see notes) is his correct birth date (another possibility is that the death year may be incorrectly given in this source).
496. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800. See notes for complete abstract of will.
497. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, Ezra Who died July 6, 1880 (1880 year is obvious error, should be 1800 per notes) Aged 60 yrs. Alexander, Mary Sept. 8, 1814 Aged 70 yrs. (Double headstone bears emblems of rising sun and moon)." Ezra Alexander would not have been quite 60 ears of age if 3 Dec 1720 (see notes) is his correct birth date (another possibility is that the death year may be incorrectly given in this source).
498. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800. See notes for complete abstract of will.
499. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, Ezra Who died July 6, 1880 (1880 year is obvious error, should be 1800 per notes) Aged 60 yrs. Alexander, Mary Sept. 8, 1814 Aged 70 yrs. (Double headstone bears emblems of rising sun and moon)." Ezra Alexander would not have been quite 60 ears of age if 3 Dec 1720 (see notes) is his correct birth date (another possibility is that the death year may be incorrectly given in this source).
500. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, James Oct. 18, 1804 Age 39 Son of Ezra Alexander."
501. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my son James Alexander...." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
502. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1994, Polk Cemetery, pp. 95-96, "Alexander, James Oct. 18, 1804 Age 39 Son of Ezra Alexander."
503. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my dau Dorcas Alexander...." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
504. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my son Abdon Alexander...." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
505. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my son Augustus Alexander...." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
506. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my daus Redemption and Polly Ann....." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
507. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my son Paris Alexander...." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
508. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... to my daus Redemption and Polly Ann....." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
509. Charles Grier Sellers, Jr., "William and Mary College Quarterly, article entitled 'Colonel Ezekiel Polk: Pioneer and Patriarch,'" January 1953: Third Series, Vol. X, No. 1, pp. 80-98. Name used throughout article is Ezekiel Polk. "Ezekiel Polk's early years were spent following the advancing frontier. His Scotch-Irish father had settled in Maryland in the 1720's, and some time before 1740, had followed the lure of land to the Cumberland valley of Pennsylvania."
510. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5: "viii. Col. Ezekiel Polk, b. 7 Dec. 1747." Pg. 8: "Col. Ezekiel Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 7 Dec. 1747, died near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn., 31 Aug. 1824, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery."
511. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Ezekiel" Birth "7 Dec 1747 (or 1741) Cumberland PA" Death "31 Aug 1824 Hardeman TN" Burial "Riverside Cemetery, Bolivar TN (on Hatchie R.)."
512. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. II, No. 4, Oct. 1897, pg. 383, "Ezekiel Polk."
513. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243. Ezekiel is referred to as "Colonel Ezekiel Polk...b in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 7 Dec 1747, m 1st ca 1769, Mary (d 1791, bur Polk Cemetery, nr Pineville, n Carolina), dau of Samuel Wilson, of Mecklenburg County, N Carolina,.....He m 2ndly in N Carolina ca 1792, Bessie Davis; and 3rdly in Maury County, Tennessee ca 1812, Sophia, widow of ---Leonard, .....and d at Bolivar, Tennessee 31 Aug 1824."
514. Tombstone, Ezekiel Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., "Col. Ezekiel Polk Born 7th December 1747 and died 31 of August 1824 aged 76 years 8 months and 24 days Epitaph written by himself in the 74th year of his age."
515. Worth S. Ray, The Mecklenburg Signers And Their Neighbors, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982), List Of Public Officials Of Mecklenburg County (N. C.) From The Year 1775 To 1785, pg. 355, "Polk, Ezekiel, tax assessor in 1778, J. P., tavern keeper and Sheriff in 1782."
516. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 364, William Harrison Polk received a letter dated June 5, 1876, from William A. Polk, of Oaktown, Indiana where the latter states that his greatgrandfather "Capt. Charles Polke was born in 1744 or 45 and was at Braddock's Defeat." Also that "he was a first cousin of Ezekiel Polk, who was the grandfather of James K. Polk." Being first cousins means that Ezekiel's father (William Polk) and Charles Polke's father, Charles Polke, were brothers.
517. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
518. Will, Robert Campbell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. B, pg. 22, see notes under Robert Campbell for content of will (Ezekiel Polk is mentioned as a son-in-law).
519. Will, Ezekiel Polk, son of William and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., Wills, Bk. 1, pp. 9-12, "Be it known and remembered that I Ezekiel Polk of Hardeman County in the state of Tennessee........" See notes for complete text of will.
520. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 94, Deed Book, 13, No. 1580, pg. 791, 27 Jul 1790: "Gen. Thos. Polk to Ezekiel Polk, Senr, for £200, 1,286 A on both sides of Richland Cr in the Middle Dist [TN] near the south boundary line. Sd land is part of a 5,000 A state grant to Gen. Polk. Wit: John Springs and John Davidson. Prvd in Jul 1790 Ct. Isaac Alexander, CMC."
521. Census, 1820, Maury Co., TN., HH of Ezekiel Polk, son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M33_124, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 59, Town of Columbia, Line No. 6, "Ezekiel Polk" See notes for more census information.
522. Census, 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Ezekiel Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M32_33, Census Pg. No. 544, no township shown, Line No. 2, "Ezekiel Polk" See notes for more census information.
523. Brent H. Holcomb, North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986), pg. 148-149, Tryon County, "POLK, EZEKIEL File no. 468; Grant no. 88; Bk. 22, p. 22 Plat: Surveyed for Ezekiel Polk 200 A on the head branches of Bullocks and Allison's Creek and on Both Sides of the wagon Road leading from the So fork of the Catawba River to Charlestown..... Charles McCleans line...20 April, 1772 Jno Kirconnell Surv. Samuel Wilson & John Moffett, C B Grant issued 15 May 1772."
524. Sara Sullivan Ervin, South Carolians in the Revolution, With Service Records & Miscellaneous Data - Also Abstractf os Wills, Laurens Co. (Ninety Six Dist) 1775-1855, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1965), "Polk, Ezekiel " [" indicating rank of captain] Colonel, Militia Rangers, Volunteers, 10th Regiment, new acquisition, [per] " [" indicating Journal of Council of Safety, 4 Nov. 1775. (1781)."
525. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 776, "Polk, Ezekiel d. 1824 In June 1775, he was elected as a captain in the Rangers and was commissioned on 18 June. He recruited a company and joined Maj. James Mayson in his camp at Ninety Six on Sunday, 23 July 1775. On Saturday, 29 July 1775 he sent his men home and wrote Mayson informing him he had quit the service. He satisfactorily explained his conduct to William Henry Drayton and was reinstated to the command of a ranger company in the New Acquisition independent of the Third Regiment, but still under the command of Col. Thomson. At one time, he was under Col. Richardson and subsequently served as a lieutenant colonel in the militia. S.C.H.&G., 1, 120; III, 3; Heitman, p. 444; Yearbook, 1893; Council of Safety, 4 November 1775."
526. Raymond M. Deming, Master of Arts, George Peabody College for Teachers, An Abstract of Hardeman County: Its Origin and Economic Development, (Dissertation submitted for requirements for degree of doctor of divinity, August 1958), pg. 38, "Settlements began in Hardeman County in 1819. The first notable settlement was made in 1821, by Colonel Ezekiel Polk, grandfather of President James K. Polk; William Polk, son of Colonel Ezekiel Polk; Thomas McNeal, son-in-law of Colonel Ezekiel Polk; Thomas J. Hardeman and his grandson, Rufus P. Neely" Information footnoted for reference: "Austin P. Foster, Counties of Tennessee (Nashville: Department of Education, Division of History of State of Tennessee, 1923), p. 109."
527. Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts - 1791-1868, Books A-J - Tax Lists, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1806, & 1807, (1993, Herman W. Ferguson; second printing 1998), pg. 1, 2. pg. 14, Will of Ezra Alexander, 16 Feb 1798, probated in July court 1800: .... Exrs: son James Alexander and friend Ezekiel Polk. Wit: Sam and William Polk." See notes under Ezra Alexander for complete abstract of will.
528. Deed, Ezekiel Polk to John Polk, 25 Dec 1806 (registered 27 April 1811), Maury Co., TN., (Maury Co., TN., Deeds Bk C, D, Nov 1809-April 1815 - Deed Bk. D, pg. 304, No. 403; Microfilm Roll No. 206, Maury County Archives), "This Indenture made the 25th day of December the year of our Lord, one thousand eight of six - Witnesseth, that Ezekiel Polk of Williamson County, in the State of Tennessee, hath given, and by these presents doth give unto his nephew John Polk of the same place, a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the said County of Williamson, on the Waters of Carter's Creek - Beginning at a stake, William Polk's So West corner, on Col. William Polk's North boundary line, & running thence So 83 West with said William Polk's line [889? or 89? Likely 89] poles to his the said Ezekiel Polk's & William Polk's corner- Thence North 70 poles with said Ezekiel Polk's line to a stake - Thence East 389 poles to a stake in William Polk's line, & thence to the beginning, containing by calculation 170 acres, be the same more or less-- [Rest of the deed is normal wording for a deed.].
529. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
530. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5: "viii. Col. Ezekiel Polk, b. 7 Dec. 1747." Pg. 8: "Col. Ezekiel Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 7 Dec. 1747, died near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn., 31 Aug. 1824, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery."
531. Tombstone, Ezekiel Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., "Col. Ezekiel Polk Born 7th December 1747 and died 31 of August 1824 aged 76 years 8 months and 24 days."
532. Charles Grier Sellers, Jr., "William and Mary College Quarterly, article entitled 'Colonel Ezekiel Polk: Pioneer and Patriarch,'" January 1953: Vol. X, No. 1, pg. 80. Referring to Ezekiel's birth in Pennsylvania, "It was here, on December 7, 1747, that Ezekiel was born, the next youngest of five boys and three girls. By the time he was six, the Cumberland country was filling up so rapidly that good lands for the older children were scarce and expensive. Consequently, the entire family packed up its belongings and joined the thousands who were pouring southwestward through the Valley of Virginia. The Polks did not stop until they reached the very limits of settlement, on the southern boundary of North Carolina in what was to be Mecklenburg County."
533. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Ezekiel" Birth "7 Dec 1747 (or 1741) Cumberland PA" Death "31 Aug 1824 Hardeman TN" Burial "Riverside Cemetery, Bolivar TN (on Hatchie R.)."
534. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testatment, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk, born in Pa 7 Dec 1747, died 31 Aug 1824 near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn."
535. Census, 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Ezekiel Polk, Son William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, over age 45; see notes for more census information.
536. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
537. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5: "viii. Col. Ezekiel Polk, b. 7 Dec. 1747." Pg. 8: "Col. Ezekiel Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 7 Dec. 1747, died near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn., 31 Aug. 1824, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery."
538. Tombstone, Ezekiel Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., "Col. Ezekiel Polk Born 7th December 1747 and died 31 of August 1824 aged 76 years 8 months and 24 days."
539. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Ezekiel" Birth "7 Dec 1747 (or 1741) Cumberland PA" Death "31 Aug 1824 Hardeman TN" Burial "Riverside Cemetery, Bolivar TN (on Hatchie R.)."
540. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk, born in Pa 7 dec 1747, died 31 Aug 1824 near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn."
541. Bible, Samuel Polk, (1967, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. 1, pp. 227-229), "Ezekiel Polk died August 31, 1824, 78 years."
542. Will, Ezekiel Polk, son of William and Margaret (Taylor) Polk, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., Wills, Bk. 1, pp. 9-12, will dated 22 May 1824, and recorded 2 Dec 1924.
543. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 776, "Polk, Ezekiel d. 1824 ......"
544. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, name shown is "Mary Wilson."
545. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, Lineage of President Polk, name shown is "Mary Wilson."
546. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Mary Wilson."
547. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 195, "Ezekiel married Nanny Wilson, the mother of Samuel Polk, and the grandmother of the President, and after her death was married twice."
548. Bible, Samuel Polk, (1967, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. 1, pp. 227-229), "Mary Polk died November ___1791, 42 years."
549. Gen Forum postings, "Polk" about William Polk and his wife Susanna Gamble [Gambill], Internet; http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/polk/messages, name shown is "Mary Winslow Wilson."
550. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, NC., "Polk, Maria Wilson 29th Nov. 1791 --45 years. (grandmother of James K. Polk)." NOTE: From pg. 93: "The following cemetery records taken from the pamphlet EARLY FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC."
551. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1993, Vol. 11, No. 1, Samuel Wilson of England and Mecklenburg, pg. 40, "Samuel Wilson, b. 1710, d. Mar. 13, 1778, was a native of Leeds, England. He lived for several years in Lunenburg, Va., and moved from there to what is now Mecklenburg Co., N. C., where he settled in the autumn of 1750. He is buried in Baker's Graveyard near Davidson, N. C. Mar. 1st: Mary Winslow, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Winslow." The couple's third child was "Mary Winslow Wilson, b. 1746, d. Nov. 29, 1791, buried in the Polk graveyard near Pineville, N. C. Mar. Ezekiel Polk." Source for the above given as "Wilson Genealogy, by: Anna Morrison Wilson - 1856." NOTE: There is much more information here about the Wilson line.
552. Polk family information, Blanca Esther Oviedo, of Los Angeles, CA., July 2004, http://www.geocities.com/genbuff2002/McCulley-Oviedo.html, "43. Ezekiel Polk, b. DEC. 7, 1747, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa. He married (1) Mary Jane Wilson, CA. 1769, in Mecklenburg Co., NC, b. ABOUT 1746, Sumter, SC, (daughter of Samuel Wilson and Mary Osbourne Winslow)....."
553. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, "He married first, in Mecklenburg County, N. C., about 1769, Mary Wilson....."
554. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testatment, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk married /1. Mary Wilson 1767 - 69 (DAR paper)."
555. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "1/ Mary Wilson 1769," born "1746," died "1791NC."
556. Bible, Samuel Polk, (1967, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. 1, pp. 227-229), "Mary Polk died November ____ 1791, 42 years."
557. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, "Mary Wilson who died probably before 1790..."
558. Bible, Samuel Polk, (1967, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. 1, pp. 227-229), "Mary Polk died November ___ 1791, 42 years."
559. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, NC., "Polk, Maria Wilson 29th Nov. 1791 -- 45 yrs. (grandmother of James K. Polk)."
560. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "1/ Mary Wilson 1769," born "1746," died "1791NC."
561. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, name of second wife is "probably Bessie Davis, although some say that her name was Polly Campbell."
562. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243. This source makes no mention of Polly Campbell, it states second marriage was to Bessie Davis, c1792.
563. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, second marriage shown as occurring in 1793 to Bessie Davis.
564. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk married/2. Bessie 'Polly' Campbell Davis." This is the only source located by this researcher (as of Sept 1998), that puts the two names Bessie Davis/Polly Campbell together. She appears to have been a Campbell (see "Maury County Cousins" source), and then married a Davis, then married Ezekiel Polk.
565. Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Vol. II, Bible Records and Other Records, (1971), pg. 246, Campbell Records and notes of Mr. Charles Sheppard, Springfield, MO., 1971, "I have found that Ezekiel Polk married second Polly Campbell (after his first wife Mary Wilson died), and this said Polly Campbell was John Campbell's sister -- the same John Campbell who in 1792 became Ezekiel Polk's son-in-law..."
566. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 195, "Ezekiel married ...........By his second wife he had no children that lived any time..."
567. Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1997, Vol. 15, No. 1, Campbell Family Group Records, by C. Doyce Hester, pg. 19. Also, pp. 23-24: Polly Campbell, the sixth child, married Ezekial polk, who is named as a son-in-law in Robert Campbell's will. She was his second wife. There is some problem distinguishing between the several Ezekial Polks who lived roughly contemporaneously in Mecklenburg Co. Polly's husband is believed to be Col. Ezekial Polk, grandfather of James Knox Polk, 11th U. S. president. Since Col. Ezekial Polk married for the third time abt. 1812/13, Polly was apparently dead by that time."
568. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "2/ Bessie Davis 1793 "*some sources say this marriage was to Mary Campbell, daughter of Robert Sr."
569. Will, Robert Campbell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Bk. B, pg. 22, Ezekiel Polk is called son-in-law; see notes under Robert Campbell for full text of will.
570. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, no marriage date or location provided.
571. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
572. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, second marriage date shown is "1793." .
573. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, name shown is "Sophia (Neely) Lennard, daughter of James Neely.
574. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
575. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, name shown is "Sophia Lennard."
576. Hardeman County Historical Commission, Hardeman County Historical Sketches, (1979, Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, TX.), pg. 236, "Ezekiel (Polk) in 1812 married third Charles Rufus Neely's older widowed sister, Sophia Neely Lennard."
577. Copied and compiled by: Mrs. Robert S. Owens; Mrs. Ed Knox Boyd; Mrs. Howell Lee Davidson, The Cemetery Records of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Vol. II, (1971, Century Enterprises Genealogical Services, P. O. Box 312, Huntsville, AR.), pg. 11, Polk Cemetery (Bolivar), Lot # 15, Polk, "POLK, Sophia, wf. of Ezekiel, died 24 Dec. 1851, age 75 years."
578. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Sophia Neely, daughter of J Neely -- James Neely -- married /1. Mr. Leonard, 2nd. Ezekiel Polk." James Neely, son of James, married Catharene (Dogwood) Evans. James Neely married Jane ________, Born in Ireland."
579. Compiled by Virginia Wood Alexander and Rose Harries Priest, Maury County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1807 - 1837, (April 1962), Marriage Bonds, pg. 16, Ezekiel Polk to Sophia Leanard, 24 Nov 1810.
580. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 195, Ezekiel married ......... by his third wife, whom he married in Tennessee, I am informed he had several children."
581. Compiled and edited by Hon. William S. Speer of Nashville and Albert B. Tavel, Sketches Of Prominent Tennesseans, (originally pub. 1888; reprinted 1978 from an original in the possession of Jill K. Garrett, Columbia, TN., by Southern Historical Press, 1978, Rev. Silas Lucas, Jr.), pg. 109-110, biographical sketch of "GEN. RUFUS POLK NEELY. Bolivar", ".... The Neely family is of Irish blood, and has a most interesting history, numbering, as it does, among its members some of the most distinguished and worthy people of Tennessee. Gen. Neely's grandfather was born of Irish parentage in Virginia, settled in Middle Tennessee, in Maury county, and moved to Franklin county, Alabama, near Tuscumbia, where he died at an advanced age, leaving five sons and four daughters: (1) Samuel Neely, who died in his one hundredth year in Franklin County, Alabama. (2). George Neely. (3). James Neely. (4). Pallas Neely. (5). Charles Neely, father of the subject of this sketch. (6). Sophia Neely, who married first Maj. Leonard of the United States army; and secondly, Col. Ezekiel Polk, grandfather of James K. Polk, tenth president of the United States. (7). Catherine Neely, who married St. Stephen Doxy. (8). Rhoda Neely, who married first Col. Frazer, first sheriff of Franklin county, Alabama; and secondly, Dr. Stout. (9). Jane Neely, who married Thomas J. Frierson, of Maury county, Tennessee."
582. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "3/ Mrs. Sophia Lennard 1810," born "1776VA, died "1851TN."
583. Census, 1850, Hardeman Co., TN., HH of Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, M432, Microfilm Roll No. 881, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 86, Enumerated on 31 Aug 1850, Line No. 28, Dwelling No. 249, Family No. 249, "Sopha Polk," female.
584. Tombstone, Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN., "Sophia Polk Wife of Ezekiel Polk Died Dec. 24, 1851 Aged 75 years." Beside the stone is a plaque placed by the Hermitage Chapter of the DAR which reads: "Wife of Revolutionary Soldier 1776 1851."
585. Census, 1830, Hardeman Co., TN., HH of Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Widow of Ezekiel Polk, Ancestry.com census images, M19_176, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 339, Census Pg. No. 3, no township shown, Line No. 9, "Sophia W. Polk" See notes for more census information.
586. Census, 1840, Hardeman Co., TN., **HH of Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Widow Ezekiel Polk, Ancestry.com - Year: 1840; Census Place: , Hardeman, Tennessee; Roll: 522; Page: 276..
587. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8.
588. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, Marriage date given as c1812 in Maury Co., TN.
589. Tennessee Marriage Records, Vol. III, 35000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds, 1783-1970.
590. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
591. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk married /3. Soffia Neely, (widow of Mr. Leonard)..."
592. Compiled by Virginia Wood Alexander and Rose Harries Priest, Maury County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1807 - 1837, (April 1962), Marriage Bonds, pg. 16, "Ezekial Polk to Sophia Leanard, 24 Nov 1810; bondsman Horatio DePriest.
593. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "3/ Mrs. Sophia Lennard 1810," born "1776VA, died "1851TN."
594. Copied and compiled by: Mrs. Robert S. Owens; Mrs. Ed Knox Boyd; Mrs. Howell Lee Davidson, The Cemetery Records of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Vol. II, (1971, Century Enterprises Genealogical Services, P. O. Box 312, Huntsville, AR.), pg. 11, Polk Cemetery (Bolivar), Lot # 15, Polk, "POLK, Sophia ......... died 24 Dec. 1851, age 75 years."
595. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "3/ Mrs. Sophia Lennard 1810," born "1776VA, died "1851TN."
596. Census, 1850, Hardeman Co., TN., HH of Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, age shown is74, b. VA.
597. Tombstone, Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN., "Sophia Polk Wife of Ezekiel Polk Died Dec. 24, 1851 Aged 75 years." Beside the stone is a plaque placed by the Hermitage Chapter of the DAR which reads: "Wife of Revolutionary Soldier 1776 1851."
598. Copied and compiled by: Mrs. Robert S. Owens; Mrs. Ed Knox Boyd; Mrs. Howell Lee Davidson, The Cemetery Records of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Vol. II, (1971, Century Enterprises Genealogical Services, P. O. Box 312, Huntsville, AR.), pg. 11, Polk Cemetery (Bolivar), Lot # 15, Polk, "POLK, Sophia ........ died 24 Dec. 1851, age 75 years."
599. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Sophia (Neely Leonard) Polk died 24 Dec 1851, Hardeman Co., Tenn."
600. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "3/ Mrs. Sophia Lennard 1810," born "1776VA, died "1851TN."
601. Tombstone, Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN., "Sophia Polk Wife of Ezekiel Polk Died Dec. 24, 1851 Aged 75 years." Beside the stone is a plaque placed by the Hermitage Chapter of the DAR which reads: "Wife of Revolutionary Soldier 1776 1851."
602. Tombstone, Ezekiel Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TN., tombstone is in Lot # 15. "Col. Ezekiel Polk Born 7th December 1747 and died 31 of August 1824 aged 76 years 8 months and 24 days Epitaph written by himself in the 74th year of his age."
603. Location, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN. (see master source).
604. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5: "viii. Col. Ezekiel Polk, b. 7 Dec. 1747." Pg. 8: "Col. Ezekiel Polk (William3, William2, Robert1), born in Cumberland Co., Pa., near the site of the present Carlisle, 7 Dec. 1747, died near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn., 31 Aug. 1824, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery."
605. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, "Ezekiel" Birth "7 Dec 1747 (or 1741) Cumberland PA" Death "31 Aug 1824 Hardeman TN" Burial "Riverside Cemetery, Bolivar TN (on Hatchie R.)." See notes for more information about Ezekiel's burial place.
606. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, "Polk, Maria Wilson 29th Nov. 1791 -- 45 yrs. (grandmother of James K. Polk)."
607. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "1/ Mary Wilson 1769," born "1746," died "1791NC."
608. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, "Polk, Maria Wilson 29th Nov. 1791 -- 45 yrs. (grandmother of James K. Polk).
609. Location, Polk Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC., near Pineville (see master source).
610. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, "He married first, in Mecklenburg County, N. C., about 1769, Mary Wilson....."
611. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testatment, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk married /1. Mary Wilson 1767 - 69 (DAR paper)."
612. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "1/ Mary Wilson 1769," born "1746," died "1791NC."
613. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8, no marriage date or location provided.
614. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
615. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8, second marriage date shown is "1793." .
616. Copied and compiled by: Mrs. Robert S. Owens; Mrs. Ed Knox Boyd; Mrs. Howell Lee Davidson, The Cemetery Records of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Vol. II, (1971, Century Enterprises Genealogical Services, P. O. Box 312, Huntsville, AR.), pg. 11, Polk Cemetery (Bolivar), Lot # 15, Polk, "POLK, Sophia, wf. of Ezekiel, died 24 Dec. 1851, age 75 years."
617. Location, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN. (see master source).
618. Tombstone, Sophia (Neely) Lennard Polk, Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN., "Sophia Polk Wife of Ezekiel Polk Died Dec. 24, 1851 Aged 75 years." Beside the stone is a plaque placed by the Hermitage Chapter of the DAR which reads: "Wife of Revolutionary Soldier 1776 1851."
619. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 8.
620. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, Marriage date given as c1812 in Maury Co., TN.
621. Tennessee Marriage Records, Vol. III, 35000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds, 1783-1970.
622. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-8.
623. Compiled by Fae Jacobs Owens and Faye Tennyson Davidson, Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, NSDAR, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, (1977, Bolivar Commercial Printing, Bolivar, TN.), Jones/Polk/Tate Family Bible Record, New Testament, 1846, "Ezekiel Polk married /3. Soffia Neely, (widow of Mr. Leonard)..."
624. Compiled by Virginia Wood Alexander and Rose Harries Priest, Maury County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1807 - 1837, (April 1962), Marriage Bonds, pg. 16, "Ezekial Polk to Sophia Leanard, 24 Nov 1810; bondsman Horatio DePriest.
625. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", married "3/ Mrs. Sophia Lennard 1810," born "1776VA, died "1851TN."
626. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, NC., "April 2, 1793 Beneath this slab lies the interned of an innocent that never erred. A mothers hope in racking pain and six times blasted again." NOTE: Pg. 93 shows: The following cemetery records taken from the pamphlet EARLY FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC." See notes for more information on this child.
627. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Ezekiel" Polk, died "1791NC (d. Inf.)."
628. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, NC..
629. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Ezekiel" Polk, died "1791NC (d. Inf.)."
630. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Spring 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 4, pp. 95-96, Polk Cemetery, near Pineville, NC..
631. Location, Polk Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC., near Pineville (see master source).
632. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eliza" Polk, died "1796NC (d. Inf.)."
633. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eliza" Polk, died "1796NC (d. Inf.)."
634. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Eliza" Polk, died "1796NC (d. Inf.)."
635. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Hannah Polk."
636. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 123, Thomas Polk's wife was named Hannah, but there is no proof that she was Hannah Polk. Various researchers have stated she was a Polk; no proof. More research is needed. Note other sources which show her as daughter of William Polk III. Also, pg. 145 - Thomas Shelby's will names wife as "Hannah."
637. Letter (with various p/cs of Polk and Shelby family data & letters) , Burney Parker of Louise, TX., To Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 24 Feb 1993, Natalie McClain Letter of 8 July 1992, "Thank you so much for the information on the Polk family. I'm so pleased that I found out who Hannah's parents were. I suspected it was William III but until now I had no confirmation....." NOTE: That Hannah was a daughter of William Polk III has not been proven (and Burney Parker had no proof, either).
638. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 35, Thomas Shelby married "Hannah (Polk ?);."
639. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, "Thomas Shelby lvg. Anson County, North Carolina 1784-1810; migr. to Rutherford County, Tennessee; then across into Maury county, Tenn. where he d. winter of 1823; m. Hannah (Polk?)."
640. Capt. Charles Polk family line to Joseph D. Polk, Polk family information of David Cagle, 23 April 1999, "#1 [marriage] Camely M. Shelby, g-dau. Thomas Shelby & wife Hannah Polk, dau. Wm IV, b. 13 Nov. 1824, TN; Father: Eli C. (b. 17 Jan 1793, NC; d. 1872, Hardin Co.), Mother: Rebecca White (dau. Archibale, of Loweryville area)."
641. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
642. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, deceased after 1820, Maury Co., TN..
643. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 191, 21 Feb 1826, Maury Co., TN., a deed by Mary Beck (Thomas Polk Jr.'s sister who married a James Beck) who is selling their interests in negroes left 'by said Thomas Shelby in his last will and testament to his wife during her lifetime....'" Source: Deed Bk. M, pg. 352, and Cass Knight Shelby information. Since a child is now selling the slaves left to Thomas Sr.'s wife Hannah, this would indicate that the mother Hannah (Polk?) Shelby is deceased by this date. Also, info on pg. 149 and on pg. 177.
644. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 18, referring to Charles Polk, he "married Eleanor Shelby, daughter of Thomas, who was son of Thomas Shelby, Sr."
645. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Thomas Shelby."
646. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 123, "Thomas Shelby is born to Rees & Mary while they live on 'Addition to Maiden's Choice,' land deeded to his father by his grandfather, Evan Shelby, and which is located adjacent to them."
647. Letter (with various p/cs of Polk and Shelby family data & letters) , Burney Parker of Louise, TX., To Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 24 Feb 1993, Natalie McClain Letter of 8 July 1992, Thomas Shelby is son of Rees Shelby Sr. and Mary Blair.
648. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 35, "Thomas Shelby, son of Rees and Mary Shelby, was born about 1750 in Pennsylvania; died between September 1822 and April 1823 in Maury County, Tennessee."
649. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, "Thomas Shelby lvg. Anson County, North Carolina 1784-1810; migr. to Rutherford County, Tennessee; then across into Maury county, Tenn. where he d. winter of 1823; m. Hannah (Polk?)."
650. Deed, Thomas Shelby to sons Eli and Levi Shelby, 29 April 1822, Columbia, Maury Co., TN., Deed Book K-1, pg. 78, Thomas Shelby of Maury County "in consideration of the natural love and affection I have for my sons Eli and Levi I have given them..... land in this county on the waters of Duck River, N. W. cor. of Jonathan Brown's .... to N. W. cor. of Thomas Shoat." Sig. Thomas Shelby. Witnesses John Priest and George Shelby. Reg: Feb. 17, 1823.
651. Census, 1790, Anson Co., NC., **HH of Thomas Shelby, Son Rees Shelby/Mary Blair?, (See notes).
652. Census, 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., **HH of Thomas Shelby, Son Rees Shelby/Mary Blair?, (See notes).
653. Census, 1810, Rutherford Co., TN., **HH of Thomas Shelby, Son Rees Shelby/Mary Blair?, (See notes).
654. Census, 1820, Maury Co., TN., **HH of Thomas Shelby, Son Rees Shelby/Mary Blair?, (See notes).
655. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, marriage occurred about 1775; no place of marriage provided.
656. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 123, "1774 North Carolina Mecklenburg County Around this time period, Thomas Shelby marries Hannah .... some researchers give her maiden name as 'Polk,' maybe a daughter of William Polk II. No proof of marriage has been found.
657. Letter (with various p/cs of Polk and Shelby family data & letters) , Burney Parker of Louise, TX., To Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 24 Feb 1993, Natalie McLain Letter of 8 July 1992, "married before 1774..."
658. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 123.
659. Letter (with various p/cs of Polk and Shelby family data & letters) , Burney Parker of Louise, TX., To Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 24 Feb 1993, Natalie McClain Letter of 8 July 1992, "Thomas Shelby b. ? Place of birth Maryland or Pennsylvania, married before 1774, died between Sept. 1822 & April 1823."
660. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 35, "Thomas Shelby, son of Rees and Mary Shelby, was born about 1750 in Pennsylvania; died between September 1822 and April 1823 in Maury County, Tennessee."
661. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, "Thomas Shelby lvg. Anson County, North Carolina 1784-1810; migr. to Rutherford County, Tennessee; then across into Maury county, Tenn. where he d. winter of 1823; m. Hannah (Polk?)."
662. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 145, [See will there]; also, pg. 149, gives more exact date he was dead by.
663. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, marriage occurred about 1775; no place of marriage provided.
664. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 123, "1774 North Carolina Mecklenburg County Around this time period, Thomas Shelby marries Hannah .... some researchers give her maiden name as 'Polk,' maybe a daughter of William Polk II. No proof of marriage has been found.
665. Letter (with various p/cs of Polk and Shelby family data & letters) , Burney Parker of Louise, TX., To Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO., 24 Feb 1993, Natalie McLain Letter of 8 July 1992, "married before 1774..."
666. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "7. George Shelby, born 1791/3; died after 1840; married 1819 Jane Brown."
667. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, "...George - Lvg. Maury County, Tenn. as late as 1839." See notes.
668. Deed, Thomas Shelby to sons Eli and Levi Shelby, 29 April 1822, Columbia, Maury Co., TN., Deed Book K-1, pg. 78, Thomas Shelby of Maury County "in consideration of the natural love and affection I have for my sons Eli and Levi I have given them..... land in this county on the waters of Duck River, N. W. cor. of Jonathan Brown's .... to N. W. cor. of Thomas Shoat." Sig. Thomas Shelby. Witnesses John Priest and George Shelby. Reg: Feb. 17, 1823.
669. Tennessee Marriages to 1825, Ancestry.com, Brown, Jane Shelby, George 14 Sep 1819 Tennessee Maury County.
670. Census, 1850, Tippah Co., MS., **HH of George Shelby, Son Thomas Shelby/Hannah Polk?.
671. Census, 1820, Maury Co., TN., **HH of George Shelby, Son Thomas Shelby/Hannah Polk?, (See notes).
672. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "7. George Shelby, born 1791/3; died after 1840; married 1819 Jane Brown."
673. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, "...George - Lvg. Maury County, Tenn. as late as 1839." See notes.
674. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "7. George Shelby, born 1791/3; died after 1840; married 1819 Jane Brown."
675. Tennessee Marriages to 1825, Ancestry.com, Brown, Jane Shelby, George 14 Sep 1819 Tennessee Maury County.
676. Census, 1850, Tippah Co., MS., **HH of George Shelby, Son Thomas Shelby/Hannah Polk?.
677. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "7. George Shelby, born 1791/3; died after 1840; married 1819 Jane Brown."
678. Tennessee Marriages to 1825, Ancestry.com, Brown, Jane Shelby, George 14 Sep 1819 Tennessee Maury County .
679. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "7. George Shelby, born 1791/3; died after 1840; married 1819 Jane Brown."
680. Tennessee Marriages to 1825, Ancestry.com, Brown, Jane Shelby, George 14 Sep 1819 Tennessee Maury County .
681. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "5. Isaac Shelby, born 1792; died 1867."
682. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, ".... Isaac - to Montgomery County, Tenn." See notes.
683. Census, 1810, Rutherford Co., TN., **HH of Isaac Shelby, Son Thomas Shelby/Hannah Polk?, (See notes).
684. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "5. Isaac Shelby, born 1792; died 1867."
685. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, Isaac Shelby married "about 1812, Mary Trammel, who was born 1796; died 1854."
686. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36.
687. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, Isaac Shelby married "about 1812, Mary Trammel, who was born 1796; died 1854."
688. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36.
689. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "9. John H. Shelby, born 1794; died 1815; unmarried."
690. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 7, "... John H., b. Aug. 21, 1794; In Battle of New Orleans, War 1812; d. Rutherford Co. Tenn. Sept. 11, 1815; buried near Smyrna." See notes.
691. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "9. John H. Shelby, born 1794; died 1815; unmarried."
692. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, "... John H., b. Aug. 21, 1794; In Battle of New Orleans, War 1812; d. Rutherford Co. Tenn. Sept. 11, 1815; buried near Smyrna." See notes.
693. Compiled by Max W. Camp, Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, The Shelbys, Polks, McLartys, Perkersons, Tarpleys and Camps, (1975, Harlo, Detroit, MI.), pg. 36, "9. John H. Shelby, born 1794; died 1815; unmarried."
694. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, "... John H., b. Aug. 21, 1794; In Battle of New Orleans, War 1812; d. Rutherford Co. Tenn. Sept. 11, 1815; buried near Smyrna." See notes.
695. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 151.
696. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, "... John H., b. Aug. 21, 1794; In Battle of New Orleans, War 1812; d. Rutherford Co. Tenn. Sept. 11, 1815; buried near Smyrna." See notes.
697. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Thomas Polk."
698. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "William Polk...... Children (order of births uncertain): 1. Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; d. at what is now Gibralter, N. C., in 1842; m. Mary Shelby of the Chesterfield (S.C.) district, sister of Reese and Thomas Shelby..."
699. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 132, "William Polk, .....(eldest son of William of Carlisle), .......One of his sons was Col. Thomas Polk, who married Mary Shelby....."
700. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423, "Mary married Thomas Polk ...... Thomas was born 28 fb 1771 to Captain Charles A. Polk and his first wife, Mary Clark." NOTE: Whether Thomas is the son of Charles Polk or of William Polk III, depends on the acceptance of a document filed and sworn to on 15 May 1944 by Judge E. Little, called the "Little Affidavit."
701. "Col'nl Tom Polk First Owner of Polk Mountain," Monroe Journal, 19 Dec 1952 (Monroe, Union Co., NC.), from the accompaning article by Mrs. Bonnie Austin Petteway: "Col. Thomas Polk, owner of Polk Mountain in Union County in the late 1780's and early 1800's was the son of Capt. Wm. Polk III and his first wife (unknown), some say she was a Spratt, but this has not been definitely established as yet. Capt. Wm. Polk III was the eldest son of Wm. Polk II and Margaret Taylor of Carlisle PA., who came South in 1750, along with the Spratts, settling in Mecklenburg County, not too far from what is now Pineville."
702. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Mary Shelby m. Thomas Polk; lvd. Mecklenburg County, N. C.; d. abt. 1840. Left issue."
703. DAR applicant's worksheet, Martha Petteway Cooper, of NC., "4. The said Mary E. Polk Little was the child of Aaron Little born on 2/1/1800 at Anson Co, N. C. died at Union Co., N. C. on 4/23/1870 and his only wife Mary (Polly) Polk born on 6/9/1810 at Union Co, N. C., died at Union Co, N. C. on 8/9/1862 married on 5/26/1825....... 5. The said Mary Polk was the child of Thomas Polk born abt. 1757 at Anson co., N. C. died at Union Co, N. C. on 5/30/1842 and his first wife Mary shelby born at Chesterfield Co., S. C. died at Union Co. N. C. on 1840 married on abt. 1782........ 6. The said Thomas Polk was the child of Capt. william Polk 3rd born abt. 1733 nr. Carlisle, Pa. died at Anson Co N. C. on bef. 1789 Division of Estates names son Thomas."
704. Deed, Shelby Polk & Heirs, to Enoch Williams, Monroe, Union Co., NC., Deed Records, Bk. 2, Pg. 24, "This Indenture made the 10th day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousan Eight hundred forty Seven (1847) between Headley Polk, Thomas Polk, William Polk, Shelby Polk, Esther Polk, Mary Polk, & Eliza Jane Polk ...... parcel of land ....... appropriated to the heirs at Law of Shelby Polk & also a part of the Lands of the late Thomas Polk Decd......."
705. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son William Polk, grandson of Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 376, no township shown, Line No. 6, "Thomas Polk Junr" See notes for more census information.
706. Census, 1800, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M32_29, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 208, no township shown, Line No. 14, "Thomas Poke" See notes for more census information.
707. Census, 1810, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son Wm Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M252_38, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 4, Census Pg. No. 2, no township shown, Line No. 6, "Thos Polk" See notes for more census information.
708. Census, 1820, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son Wm. Polk/GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M33_80, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 7, no township shown, Line No. 10, "Thos Polk Col" See notes for more census information.
709. Census, 1830, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M19_118, MIcrofilm Census Pg. No. 89, no township shown, Line No. 12 from bottom of page, "Thomas Polk Esqr" See notes for more census information.
710. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, birthdate shown is "c1757."
711. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "William Polk...... Children (order of births uncertain): 1. Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; .....
712. Census, 1800, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age 26-45; see notes for more census information.
713. Census, 1810, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son Wm Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, over age 45; see notes for more census information.
714. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
715. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "William Polk...... Children (order of births uncertain): 1. Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; d. at what is now Gibralter, N. C., in 1842;....
716. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Mary Shelby." Parents names are not given.
717. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, referring to Thomas Polk: "m. Mary Shelby of the Chesterfield (S. C.) district, sister of Reese and Thomas Shelby." Note: Cass K. Shelby (noted researcher of the Shelby line) shows this Mary Shelby as the daughter of Rees Shelby and the sister of Rees Shelby Jr. and Thomas Shelby. "Polk Family and Kinsmen," 1912, William H. Polk, pg. 132, shows "Mary Shelby, daughter of Evan Shelby, Jr., son of General Evan Shelby Sr." This latter line of relationship is not correct.
718. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Mary Shelby m. Thomas Polk; lvd. Mecklenburg County, N. C.; d. abt. 1840. Left issue."
719. DAR applicant's worksheet, Martha Petteway Cooper, of NC., "4. The said Mary E. Polk Little was the child of Aaron Little born on 2/1/1800 at Anson Co, N. C. died at Union Co., N. C. on 4/23/1870 and his only wife Mary (Polly) Polk born on 6/9/1810 at Union Co, N. C., died at Union Co, N. C. on 8/9/1862 married on 5/26/1825....... 5. The said Mary Polk was the child of Thomas Polk born abt. 1757 at Anson co., N. C. died at Union Co, N. C. on 5/30/1842 and his first wife Mary shelby born at Chesterfield Co., S. C. died at Union Co. N. C. on 1840 married on abt. 1782........ 6. The said Thomas Polk was the child of Capt. William Polk 3rd born abt. 1733 nr. Carlisle, Pa. died at Anson Co N. C. on bef. 1789 Division of Estates names son Thomas."
720. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423, no place of marriage provided.
721. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Mary Shelby m. Thomas Polk; lvd. Mecklenburg County, N. C.; d. abt. 1840. Left issue."
722. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423, "Mary Shelby .... she died before 1840 census at Polkton, Anson now Union Co., NC." Polkton is in Anson Co., NC., on a modern map, not in Union Co.
723. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "Thomas Polk then married widow Keziah Tarleton shortly before his death."
724. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423, "Thomas married 2) Keziah Tarleton, a much younger person; Thomas died a few months later. There were no children by Keziah."
725. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Winter 1993-1994, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pg. 48, UNION COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT, MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS, VOLUME A - 1843-1848 OCTOBER TERM - 1843 : "Ordered that William H. Simpson, Esquire, John Burnette and Michael Crowell and Henry Long of Goose Creek be appointed a committee to lay off and allot to Kiziah Brooks her year's allowance out of the estate of her late husband Thomas Polk."
726. Compiled & Indexed By Frances R. Small, Family Tree Charts of Carolinas Genealogical Society, (1992, Carolinas Genealogical Society), chart No. 148, pg. 235, name shown is "Kiziah 'Kizzie' Melinda Tarlton," daughter of John Tarlton and his wife Mary Ann Parrott.
727. Census, 1850, Union Co., NC., HH of Davidson Brooks, Family Tree Maker CD No. 306, V306_04V1, Census Microfilm Records: North Carolina, 1850, Disk No. 4, Pg. No. 12716-12717, M432, Microfilm Roll No. 647, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 82, Enumerated 29 Oct 1850, Line No. 30, Dwelling No. 1200, Family No. 1200, "Keziah," female, cannot read and write.
728. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Winter 1993-1994, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pg. 48, UNION COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS, VOL. A, 1843-1848, OCT. TERM 1843: "Ordered that William H. Simpson, Esquire, John Burnette and Michael Crowell and Henry Long of Goose Creek be appointed a committee to lay off and allot to Kiziah Brooks her year's allowance out of the estate of her late husband Thomas Polk."
729. Census, 1850, Union Co., NC., HH of Davidson Brooks, Family Tree Maker CD No. 306, V306_04V1, Census Microfilm Records: North Carolina, 1850, age shown is 24, b. NC.
730. Census, 1830, Anson Co., NC., HH of Thomas Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age 60-69; see notes for more census information.
731. Ancestry of Harold Polk, PAF printout dated 22 Sep 1989, "Died on 02 May 1842 at Gibraltar, NC."
732. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423.
733. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, no place of death provided; see other source.
734. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Mary Shelby m. Thomas Polk; lvd. Mecklenburg County, N. C.; d. abt. 1840. Left issue."
735. Johnnie Mullinax Johnson, Rees and Mary Shelby Ancestors & Descendants, (Copyright 1994; printed by Cecil Cammack, ETGS, Tyler, TX.), pg. 423, no place of marriage provided.
736. Bulletin, a periodical of the Carolinas Genealogical Society, Monroe, NC., published quarterly, Winter 1993-1994, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pg. 48, UNION COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS, VOL. A, 1843-1848, OCT. TERM 1843: "Ordered that William H. Simpson, Esquire, John Burnette and Michael Crowell and Henry Long of Goose Creek be appointed a committee to lay off and allot to Kiziah Brooks her year's allowance out of the estate of her late husband Thomas Polk."
737. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; d. at what is now Gibraltar, N. C., in 1842; m. Mary Shelby of the Chesterfield (S. C.) district, sister of Reese and Thomas Shelby..............Children..........4. Job."
738. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 98, name shown is "Jobe Polk."
739. Little Affidavit, by J. E. Little, 10 May 1944, North Carolina State Archives, Charles E. Shelby Collection, on microfilm, R#214, F#427, name shown is "Jobe Polk." He never married.
740. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Job" Polk, "d. unm."
741. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; d. at what is now Gibraltar, N. C., in 1842; m. Mary Shelby of the Chesterfield (S. C.) district, sister of Reese and Thomas Shelby..............Children.......... 7. Patsy."
742. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 98, name shown is "Patsy Polk."
743. Little Affidavit, by J. E. Little, 10 May 1944, North Carolina State Archives, Charles E. Shelby Collection, on microfilm, R#214, F#427, name shown is "Patsey Crittendon," a daughter of Thomas Polk and Mary Shelby."
744. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Patsy" daughter of Thomas Polk, married "William Crittenden."
745. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 98.
746. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Patsy" daughter of Thomas Polk, married "William Crittenden."
747. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "Thomas, b. probably in North Carolina; d. at what is now Gibraltar, N. C., in 1842; m. Mary Shelby of the Chesterfield (S. C.) district, sister of Reese and Thomas Shelby..............Children..........9. Elizabeth."
748. Little Affidavit, by J. E. Little, 10 May 1944, North Carolina State Archives, Charles E. Shelby Collection, on microfilm, R#214, F#427, name shown is "Elizabeth McManus," a daughter of Thomas Polk and Mary Shelby. Also, "Elizabeth Polk, youngest daughter of Thomas Polk and Mary Shelby, married Richmond McManus. They lived on Lynche's Creek S.C."
749. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Elizabeth" daughter of Thomas Polk, married "Richmond McManus."
750. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 99, "Elizabeth Polk, youngest child of Col. Thomas Polk and Mary (Shelby) Polk, married Richmond McManus of South Carolina."
751. Little Affidavit, by J. E. Little, 10 May 1944, North Carolina State Archives, Charles E. Shelby Collection, on microfilm, R#214, F#427, "Elizabeth Polk, youngest daughter of Thomas Polk and Mary Shelby, married Richmond McManus. They lived on Lynche's Creek S.C."
752. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Elizabeth" daughter of Thomas Polk, married "Richmond McManus."
753. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pp. II-9 and II-10, "William IV" birth "1760ca" in "Anson" Co., "NC." Also, pg. V-1, "Deed Abstracts, Madison County, Georgia B-199 13 Nov 1815 William Polk of Pendleton District SC to Charles Polk of Madison for $450 200A on South Fork Broad River adjoining Collier. s/William Polk. Wit: Ezekiel Polk, Evan Polk, Walter Timbs."
754. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 352, in this source, William is referred to as "William Wesley Polk."
755. Cemetery listing, Liberty Polk Cemetery (sometimes called Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery), Iron Co., MO., Http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2/index.htm, "POLK, John died 23 Sept 1869 age 70yr 2mo 29da." Part of listing (apparently not a part of the tombstone itself) shows John Polk's father as William W. Polk.
756. Census, 1830, Madison Co., MO., HH of William (Wesley ?) Polk IV, M19-73, Liberty Twp., pg. 349, "William Polk" shown as the 5th entry under the part of the page designated for Liberty Township (one township's listing ends, Liberty Township begins on this page). See notes for details of household composition. .
757. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son William Polk, Grandson of Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 375, no township shown, last line of the page, "William Polk Junr" See notes for more census information.
758. Census, 1800, Rutherford Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M32-33, Census Pg. 138, no township shown, Line No. 7, "William Polk" See notes for more census information.
759. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pp. II-9 and II-10, "William IV" birth "1760ca" in "Anson" Co., "NC."
760. Census, 1830, Madison Co., MO., HH of William (Wesley ?) Polk IV, "William Polk" shown in the 60-69 age category. See notes.
761. Census, 1800, Rutherford Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age 26-45; see notes for more census information.
762. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pp. II-9 and II-10, Reference states that the last record found for William Polk IV was Sept. 1839, Madison Co., MO. See land record in notes. Also, see 1840 census notes.
763. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pp. II-9 and II-10, only name provided is first name Mary.
764. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
765. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-10.
766. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
767. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-10, "Hannah" born "1795ca" in "NC." married "12 Oct 1819 Cape Girardeau MO." to "Jacob Bollinger."
768. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Resource File, Vital Records Index North America, 1998, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., CD No. 6, marriages P-Ss, BOLLINGER, Jacob Marriage Wife: Hanah POLK Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1819 Recorded in: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Source: FHL Number 925661 Dates: 1805-1868.
769. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-10, "Hannah" born "1795ca" in "NC." married "12 Oct 1819 Cape Girardeau MO." to "Jacob Bollinger."
770. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Resource File, Vital Records Index North America, 1998, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., CD No. 6, marriages P-Ss, BOLLINGER, Jacob Marriage Wife: Hanah POLK Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1819 Recorded in: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Source: FHL Number 925661 Dates: 1805-1868.
771. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-10, "Hannah" born "1795ca" in "NC." married "12 Oct 1819 Cape Girardeau MO." to "Jacob Bollinger."
772. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Resource File, Vital Records Index North America, 1998, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., CD No. 6, marriages P-Ss, BOLLINGER, Jacob Marriage Wife: Hanah POLK Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1819 Recorded in: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Source: FHL Number 925661 Dates: 1805-1868.
773. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-10, "Hannah" born "1795ca" in "NC." married "12 Oct 1819 Cape Girardeau MO." to "Jacob Bollinger."
774. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Resource File, Vital Records Index North America, 1998, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., CD No. 6, marriages P-Ss, BOLLINGER, Jacob Marriage Wife: Hanah POLK Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1819 Recorded in: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Source: FHL Number 925661 Dates: 1805-1868.
775. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "John Polk" born "1762ca Anson [Co.] NC" died "1846" at "Crooked Creek Anson [Co.] NC."
776. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 5, "ii. John, lived on Crooked Creek, in that part of Anson Co., N. C., which is now Union Co. Later he moved to South Carolina."
777. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 99, "John Polk, second son of William Polk (by his first wife), married and located on Crooked Creek in that part of Anson now known as Union County, where he died leaving several daughters..."
778. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son William Polk, grandson of William Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 376, no township shown, Line No. 5, "John Polk Junr" See notes for more census information.
779. Census, 1800, Cabarrus Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M32_29, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 696, no township shown, Line No. 5 from bottom of page, "John Polk" See notes for more census information.
780. Census, 1810, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M252_38, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 30, Census Pg. No. 54, no township shown, Line No. 6, "Jn Polk" See notes for more census information.
781. Census, 1820, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M33_80, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 5, no township shown, Line No. 9 from bottom of page, "John Polk" See notes for more census information.
782. Census, 1830, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, M19_118, Microfilm Census Pg. No. 87, no township shown, Line No. 8 from bottom of page, "John Polk" See notes for more census information. There are several Haglers, also, on this census page, including J. Peter Hagler, John Polk's son-in-law.
783. Travis Jackson Hagler, Trail of the Haglers, Second Edition, (c/r 1997, by Travis Jackson Hagler), pg. 108, re the marriage of J. Peter Hagler/Margaret Polk - "We have not found a marriage bond record for them (a courthouse fire in 1868 resulted in loss of many records in Anson County); however, this quotation from Hubbard references a family bible: 'John Polk, second son of William Polk III married and lived on Crooked Creek where he died leaving several daughers. One of them was named Margaret who married J. Peter Hagler.' According to another record her mother's name was Elizabeth."
784. Census, 1840, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com - Year: 1840; Census Place: , Anson, North Carolina; Roll: 354; Page: 75, "John Polk" is 8th name from the bottom of the page. See notes for more census details.
785. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca."
786. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), Pg. II-9, "John Polk" born "1762ca Anson [Co.] NC" died "1846" at "Crooked Creek Anson [Co.] NC."
787. Census, 1800, Cabarrus Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age 26-45; see notes for more census information.
788. Census, 1810, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon of Wm Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, over age 45; see notes for more census information.
789. Census, 1820, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, over age 45; see notes for more census information.
790. Census, 1830, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son Wm. Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com census images, white male, age 60-69; see notes for more census information.
791. Census, 1840, Anson Co., NC., HH of John Polk, Son William Polk, GSon Wm. Polk/Margaret Taylor, Ancestry.com - Year: 1840; Census Place: , Anson, North Carolina; Roll: 354; Page: 75, age mark is in column 10, age range 70-79, thus b. 1760-1770.
792. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca."
793. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "John Polk" born "1762ca Anson [Co.] NC" died "1846" at "Crooked Creek Anson [Co.] NC."
794. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 99, "John Polk ............ located on Crooked Creek in that part of Anson now known as Union County, where he died leaving several daughters."
795. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca."
796. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
797. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca" [Emory Murphy is used c1783 as first marriage here, but appears that John Polk's first wife was not this Elizabeth, Elizabeth was John Polk's wife at death and probably his second wife. See notes.].
798. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, only the given name "Elizabeth," is provided. See notes under John Polk, her husband.
799. Travis Jackson Hagler, Trail of the Haglers, Second Edition, (c/r 1997, by Travis Jackson Hagler), pg. 108, re the marriage of J. Peter Hagler/Margaret Polk - "We have not found a marriage bond record for them (a courthouse fire in 1868 resulted in loss of many records in Anson County); however, this quotation from Hubbard references a family bible: 'John Polk, second son of William Polk III married and lived on Crooked Creek where he died leaving several daughers. One of them was named Margaret who married J. Peter Hagler.' According to another record her mother's name was Elizabeth."
800. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca."
801. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
802. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "ii John" born "1762NC" died "1846NC" wife "Elizabeth" she b. 1765-0" They married "1783ca" [Emory Murphy is used c1783 as first marriage here, but appears that John Polk's first wife was not this Elizabeth, Elizabeth was John Polk's wife at death and probably his second wife. See notes.].
803. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "incomplete [children]; one daughter b. 1784ca.)."
804. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 99, "John Polk, second son of William Polk (by his first wife), married and located on Crooked Creek in that part of Anson now known as Union County, where he died leaving several daughters..."
805. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "incomplete [children]; one daughter b. 1784ca.)."
806. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 99, "John Polk, second son of William Polk (by his first wife), married and located on Crooked Creek in that part of Anson now known as Union County, where he died leaving several daughters..."
807. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Rosanna," b. "1806 NC" daughter of John Polk and Elizabeth. Ref. shows she married "John Rushing."
808. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "John Rushing," born 1806 NC.
809. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "William Weatherford" married "Margaret" Polk, dau of William Polk III and unknown mother. See notes under William Weatherford, also.
810. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9. Name shown is "William Weatherford."
811. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "mar. 1786ca."
812. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "Birth 1768ca."
813. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, "mar. 1786ca."
814. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Nancy Polk."
815. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Isaac Shelby m. Nancy Polk; lvd North Carolina."
816. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. I-9.
817. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9.
818. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-9, name shown is "Isaac Shelby."
819. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "Isaac Shelby m. Nancy Polk; lvd North Carolina. Only children known were: ...'.
820. Census, 1790, Cheraws Dist., SC., **HH of Isaac Shelby, Son Rees Shelby/Mary Blair?, (See notes).
821. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "61. John Nothing Further."
822. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "62. Moses Nothing further."
823. Cass Knight Shelby (deceased); 603 Penn St., Hollidaysburg, PA., "First Four Generations of Shelby," an outline never published in book form, February, 1951, pg. 8, "63. Charlotte Nothing further."
824. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 6, "9. ii. William, b. in Mecklenburg Co., N. C., 9 July 1758." Also, pg. 14-16: "Lieut. Col. William Polk ....., born in Mecklenburg co., N. C., 9 July 1758, died at Raleigh, N. C., 4 Jan. 1834, and was buried there. He married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist, born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas , a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of Northampton Co., N. C., and granddaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C.; and secondly, at Raleigh, 1 Jan. 1801, Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
825. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, Appleton's Cyopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1888), Vol. 5, pg. 56. Name shown is William Polk, son of Thomas Polk.
826. Archibald D. Murphey, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphy, article " Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pp. 400-410. Name used throughout article is William Polk. "William Polk is a descendant of a family who emigrated from Ireland about the year 1722 and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; where they resided until about the year 1740 when they removed into the State of Pennsylvania and in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. Thomas the third son of William and Margaret.....William his eldest son was born...."
827. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah Polk (nee Spratt) was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, July 9, 1758."
828. Marise P. Lightfoot and Evelyn B. Shackelford, They Passed This Way, Vol. II, (1970), pg. 169, from the Franklin Western Review of Williamson Co., NC., issue dated 7 Feb. 1834: "Polk, Col. William, 76, died Tues., 14 Jan, 1834 at 11 p.m., in Raleigh, N.C."
829. State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, og, 152, "WILLIAM POLK He was residing in April 1833 in Wake County, N. C., and stated that he was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., July 9th, 1758, where he was living when he entered the service. In 1785 he removed to Davidson County, Tenn., 'There occasionally living for three years,' then returned to Mecklenburg County, where residing until 1799, since which time he has lived in Wake County as the Mayor of the City of Raleigh, where now living. He has lost his commission as 2nd Lieutenant and as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. His papers were seized at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, by the British. He died January 14, 1834."
830. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 591, Polk, William (1758-1834), son of Colonel Thomas and Susan (Spratt) Polk.
831. Census, 1820, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of Col. William Polk, Slaves ONLY, M33, Microfilm Roll No. 84, Census Pg. No. 173, Enumerated on 15 Nov 1820, "Col. Will. Polk"........ Composition of HH is as follows: NONE...... only slaves are shown: 8 males under age 14; 5 males 14 under 26; 1 male age 26 and under 45; 7 females under age 14; 5 females age 14 and under 26; 4 females age 26 and under age 45; 1 female age 45 and up. On this same census page is shown: Col. Thomas G. Polk (the line below the line for the slaves of Col. Will. Polk); Doct. William J. Polk, (the line below Thomas G. Polk); Thomas I. Polk, Esq., (the line below Doct. William J. Polk). There are no other Polks on this census page. Col. William Polk has taken up residence in Wake Co., NC.
832. Edited by Michael Pollock, Pollock Potpourri (a periodical), Lineage Search Associates, Vol. 1, 1992, pg. 5, rejected pension application of "Charles Polk, North Carolina, R8301" He states he was sent home with his cousin William Polk after William was wounded at Snow Camp. See notes under Charles Polk for information on file R8301.
833. Herman W. Ferguson, Abstracts of Deed Books 15-23, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1794 - 1830, (2001, published by author), pg. 116, Deed Book 18, No. 2744, pg. 323: "7 Sep 1801. Martha Brevard of Raleigh to Adam Springs for $262, part of lot No. 1 in the Town of Charlotte measuring six poles on each side on the east side of Tryon St conveyed by her grandfather Thomas Polk to her father Ephraim Brevard, and at his death the lot descended to the grantor. Wit: Will. Polk & Sarah Polk. Proven by the clerk who proved the signature of Will. Polk at July Term 1807, test Isaac Alexander, CMC. Reg 25 Sep 1807."
834. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 108, "Colonel William Polk, second child of General Thomas Polk and Susan (Spratt) Polk...."
835. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: Vol. III, No. 1, Jan. 1898, pg. 44, "To Thomas and his wife, Susan (Spratt) Polk, were born eight children------ viz:: 1, Thomas; 2, William Polk; 3, Ezekiel Polk; 4, Charles Polk; 5,, Martha Polk; 6, Margaret Polk; 7, Mary Polk; 8 James Polk."
836. Census, 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son Thomas Polk/Susanna Spratt, Ancestry.com census images, M637_7, Census Pg. No. 354, no township shown, 16th line from bottom of page, "William Polk" See notes for more census information.
837. Census, 1800, Wake Co., NC., HH of William Polk, Son Thomas Polk/Susanna Spratt, Ancestry.com census images, M32_32, Census Pg. 810, no township shown, Line No. 5, "Polk William" All names in alphabetical order. See notes for more census information. .
838. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, "HERE LIES INTERR'D THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GENERAL THOMAS POLK AND HIS WIFE SUSANNA POLK WHO LIVED MANY YEARS TOGETHER PURELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN THEIR MANY VIRTUES AND DIED UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. THEIR SON WILLIAM POLK AS A TOKEN OF HIS FILIAL REGARDS HAD CAUSED THIS TOMB TO BE ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY."
839. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 777, "Polk, William b. 9 July 1758, Mecklenburg County, N. C. d. 14 Jan 1834 He enlisted, while residing in North Carolina, during April 1775 as a second lieutenant under Capt. Ezekiel Polk and Col. Thomson in the Rangers. He was wounded in the left shoulder in the battle at Cane Brake and on 26 November 1776, he was appointed major under Col. John William of North Carolina. He was in the battle at Brandwine and was wounded in the cheek at Germantown. He was an aide to Gen. Caswell in the battle at Camden. Late in 1780, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel in the light dragoons under Gen. Sumter. He was in the siege of a blockhouse near Granby, the siege of Orangeburg, Fort Motte, Fort Wadboo and the battles at Quinby and Eutaw Springs. Salley, Doc., pp. 85, 89; S.C.H.&G., III, 4:A. A.59981/2; M518."
840. Will, William Polk, Son Thomas Polk, (North Carolina State Archives, Box #CR.099.801.83; Wake Co., Bk. 23, pg. 46, dated 1834), (see notes).
841. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father) ------------------------------------- Death Notice Polk, William, Colonel Source Date: 2/8/1834 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 1/14/1834 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 76 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Polk was a Mecklenburg Declaration signer. At the start of the Revolution he was appointed a subaltern officer of the regiment of the South Carolina Line. He was wounded and confined for 9 months, but otherwise served during the whole struggle. At the time of his death he was the sole surviving field officer of the North Carolina Line. In 1780, he represented Davidson County, now Tennessee, in the General Assembly. Additional Family Information: .
842. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father).
843. Deed, Ezekiel Polk to John Polk, 25 Dec 1806 (registered 27 April 1811), Maury Co., TN., (Maury Co., TN., Deeds Bk C, D, Nov 1809-April 1815 - Deed Bk. D, pg. 304, No. 403; Microfilm Roll No. 206, Maury County Archives), "This Indenture made the 25th day of December the year of our Lord, one thousand eight of six - Witnesseth, that Ezekiel Polk of Williamson County, in the State of Tennessee, hath given, and by these presents doth give unto his nephew John Polk of the same place, a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the said County of Williamson, on the Waters of Carter's Creek - Beginning at a stake, William Polk's So West corner, on Col. William Polk's North boundary line, & running thence So 83 West with said William Polk's line [889? or 89? Likely 89] poles to his the said Ezekiel Polk's & William Polk's corner- Thence North 70 poles with said Ezekiel Polk's line to a stake - Thence East 389 poles to a stake in William Polk's line, & thence to the beginning, containing by calculation 170 acres, be the same more or less-- [Rest of the deed is normal wording for a deed.].
844. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, 9. "Lieut. Col. William Polk ....., born in Mecklenburg co., N. C., 9 July 1758, died at Raleigh, N. C., 4 Jan. 1834, and was buried there....."
845. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. V, pg. 56.
846. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah Polk (nee Spratt) was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, July 9, 1758."
847. State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, pg. 152, "WILLIAM POLK ....... was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., July 9th, 1758... He died January 14, 1834."
848. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 591.
849. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 401, "William his eldest Son the subject of this memoir was born on the 9th of July 1758 in the County of Mecklenburg near to the Town of Charlotte, (and on the Lands now owned and occupied by his eldest Son Thomas)."
850. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 777, "Polk, William b. 9 July 1758, Mecklenburg County, N. C. d. 14 Jan 1834 ...."
851. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, William, Colonel Source Date: 2/8/1834 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 1/14/1834 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 76 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Polk was a Mecklenburg Declaration signer. At the start of the Revolution he was appointed a subaltern officer of the regiment of the South Carolina Line. He was wounded and confined for 9 months, but otherwise served during the whole struggle. At the time of his death he was the sole surviving field officer of the North Carolina Line. In 1780, he represented Davidson County, now Tennessee, in the General Assembly. Additional Family Information: .
852. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Colonel William Polk died at Raleigh on January 14, 1834, and is buried in the burial ground of that city." .
853. Marise P. Lightfoot and Evelyn B. Shackelford, They Passed This Way, Vol. II, (1970), pg. 169, from the Franklin Western Review of Williamson Co., NC., issue dated 7 Feb. 1834: "Polk, Col. William, 76, died Tues., 14 Jan, 1834 at 11 p.m., in Raleigh, N.C."
854. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, ""Our Heritage," a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of Thursday, 13 Aug 1959, "He died on July 14, 1834 at Raleigh, and is buried in the 'Old Graveyard' of historic fame in the town of Raleigh, ...."
855. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 460, Lucius J. Polk Bible, "Col William Polk of Raleigh NoCa died on the 14th of January 1834 in the 76th year of his age."
856. State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, pg. 152, "WILLIAM POLK ....... was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., July 9th, 1758... He died January 14, 1834."
857. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 592.
858. Hensley Marriage and Obituary Database, Library of Virginia, http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/henley.gateway?bib=0003-99460&conf=010000++++++++++++++, NEWSPAPER American beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina gazette, publication date of 23 Jan 1834. ENTRY Died- Col. William Polk, at his residence in Raleigh, N. C. on Jan. 14, in his 76th year. He was one of those who declared independence at Mecklenburg on May 20, 1775 and served during the Revolution. (p. 2, c. 5).
859. Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983), pg. 777, "Polk, William b. 9 July 1758, Mecklenburg County, N. C. d. 14 Jan 1834 ...."
860. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, William, Colonel Source Date: 2/8/1834 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 1/14/1834 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 76 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Polk was a Mecklenburg Declaration signer. At the start of the Revolution he was appointed a subaltern officer of the regiment of the South Carolina Line. He was wounded and confined for 9 months, but otherwise served during the whole struggle. At the time of his death he was the sole surviving field officer of the North Carolina Line. In 1780, he represented Davidson County, now Tennessee, in the General Assembly. Additional Family Information: .
861. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C......."
862. Tombstone, Griselda "Grizie" Polk, name shown is "Grizie Polk."
863. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, "Grizelda Gilchrist, first wife of William Polk, was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Gilchrist, whose maiden name was Jones." Also, pg. 108: "Colonel William Polk, second child of General Thomas Polk and Susan (Spratt) Polk, was twice married; first to Grizelda Gilchrist, second to Sarah Hawkins."
864. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Grizzie Gilchrist, daughter of Thomas and Martha Gilchrist (nee Jones) was born October 24, 1768, in Suffolk, Virginia."
865. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, tombstone, "HERE LIES THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF GRIZIE POLK THE VIRTUOUS AND AMIABLE CONSORT OF WILLIAM POLK WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER 1799 IN THE YEAR 30 OF HER AGE TO HER HUSBAND HER LOSS IS IRREPARABLE AND TO HER NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES HER BREACH IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE WILL BE LONG SEVERELY MISSED. IN SEARCH OF JOYS UNKNOWN BEFORE, SHE'S GONE TO FEEL THAT BLISSFUL (THOU) WHERE PAIN AND DEATH ARE KNOWN NO MORE."
866. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 591, "First married in Warren County, North Carolina, to a daughter of Thomas and Martha Gilchrist; she died in 1799."
867. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C......."
868. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah (Spratt) Polk, married Grizzie Gilchrist at Farborough, North Carolina, on October 15, 1789."
869. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 546, William Polk Bible, "William Polk married to Grizie Gilchrist on the 15th day of Octob. A. D. 1789 in the town of Tarborough No. Carolina." There IS a town of Tarborough in Edgecombe Co., NC., whereas a 1998 map of NC. does not show a town of Farborough (see other source); therefore, one could conclude that this source is correct as to place of marriage.
870. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "In the year 1789 he united himswelf in marriage with Miss Grizel Gilchrist, the daughter of a Scotch Merchant and Grand daughter of the celebrated Lawyer Robert Jones of Halifax by whom he had two Sons Thomas Gilchrist and William Julius."
871. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, .......Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768,......"
872. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Grizzie Gilchrist, daughter of Thomas and Martha Gilchrist (nee Jones) was born October 24, 1768, in Suffolk, Virginia."
873. Compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian, from files in the NC State Library, Marriage and Death Notices From the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799 - 1825, (1966, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore.), pg. 124, Raleigh Register of 22 Oct 1799, Mrs. William Polk of Raleigh, d. Oct. 2, Charlotte. This death date appears to agree with tombstone (see other source for tombstone date ... difficult to read, cannot be determined with certainty that date shown on stone is 2 Oct vs. 22 Oct).
874. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Grizzie Polk died at Willswood, near Charlotte, on October 2, 1799, and is buried in the graveyard at Charlotte."
875. Violet G. Alexander, The Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C., an excerpt from "The North Carolina Booklet," DAR, January 1917, Vol. XVI, No. 3, tombstone, ".....WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER 1799..."
876. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "In the year 1789 he united himswelf in marriage with Miss Grizel Gilchrist, ....... His wife dying in 1799....."
877. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 14-15, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C.; and secondly, at Raleigh, 1 Jan. 1801, Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
878. Compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian, from files in the NC State Library, Marriage and Death Notices From the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799 - 1825, (1966, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore.), pg. 7, Raleigh Register of 1 Jan 1801, name of bride is "Sally Hawkins."
879. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Philemon and Lucy Hawkins (nee Davis) was born in Warren County North Carolina, on March 10, 1784. (In the Hawkins' Bible, her birth date is given as: March 6, 1787.)" This last statement in parenthesis is not true, at least according to the copy of the Hawkins Bible as given in "Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records," Vol. I, 1967, pp. 638, "Hawkins Bible (Colonial Dames Records), which shows: "Sarah Hawkins was born 6th March 1784."
880. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 162, referring to General Lucius J. Polk, "his mother was a sister of Governor Hawkins, of North Carolina." Pg. 108: "Colonel William Polk, second child of General Thomas Polk and Susan (Spratt) Polk, was twice married; first to Grizelda Gilchrist, second to Sarah Hawkins."
881. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 545, William Polk Bible, "Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Phil. Hawkins and Lucy Hawkins, whose name was Davis, born in Warren County No Carolina on the 6th day of March 1784." NOTE: On pp. 638-640 of this source, there is much data on the Hawkins family under the Hawkins Bible entries. ADDED NOTE: As of 22 Nov 1997, the Philemon Hawkins Bible was on the Internet at WWW.Cyndislist.com/bibles.htm and a typed recording of the Bible (not the Bible itself) is on file at the North Carolina Dept. of Archives & History, Raleigh, NC.
882. Posted by Warren County Courthouse on Saturday, 22 Nov 1997, Bible, Philemon Hawkins, Internet, WWW.Cyndislist.com/bibles.htm, "The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testaments Together with the Apocrphya Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised Philadelphia, Printed For John Thompson & Abraham Samll (From the Hot Press of John Thompson) M.DOC.SCVIII." "Sarah Hawkins was born 6th March 1784."
883. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg.591, "second marriage in Warren County, North Carolina, on January 1, 1801, to Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Philemon Hawkins..." .
884. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins."
885. Herman W. Ferguson, Abstracts of Deed Books 15-23, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1794 - 1830, (2001, published by author), pg. 116, Deed Book 18, No. 2744, pg. 323: "7 Sep 1801. Martha Brevard of Raleigh to Adam Springs for $262, part of lot No. 1 in the Town of Charlotte measuring six poles on each side on the east side of Tryon St conveyed by her grandfather Thomas Polk to her father Ephraim Brevard, and at his death the lot descended to the grantor. Wit: Will. Polk & Sarah Polk. Proven by the clerk who proved the signature of Will. Polk at July Term 1807, test Isaac Alexander, CMC. Reg 25 Sep 1807."
886. Will, William Polk, Son Thomas Polk, (North Carolina State Archives, Box #CR.099.801.83; Wake Co., Bk. 23, pg. 46, dated 1834), (see notes under William Polk).
887. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C.; and secondly, at Raleigh, 1 Jan. 1801, Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
888. Compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian, from files in the NC State Library, Marriage and Death Notices From the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799 - 1825, (1966, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore.), pg. 7, Raleigh Register of 6 Jan 1801, marriage of Col. William Polk of Raleigh to Sally Hawkins, 1 Jan, Warren Co.
889. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk married Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Philemon and Lucy (Davis) Hawkins, at the home of her father, in Warren County, N. C., on January 1, 1801."
890. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 591.
891. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
892. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 15, "....... Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C.,..."
893. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, "Sarah was b. in Warren County, N. C., on the 6th day of March, 1784."
894. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Philemon and Lucy Hawkins (nee Davis) was born in Warren County, North Carolina, on March 10, 1784. (In the Hawkins' Bible, her birth date is given as: March 6, 1787.)" This last statement in parenthesis disagrees with the Hawkins Bible as provided in other source listed here.
895. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 638, Hawkins Bible (Colonial dames Records), "Sarah Hawkins was born 6th March 1784."
896. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 15, "...... Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
897. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins Polk, wife of Colonel William Polk, died Sunday evening at half-past five o'clock, December 10, 1843, at her residence in the city of Raleigh. She is buried in the city burial ground at the side of her husband." Also, see the notes under Philemon Hawkins for his Bible information.
898. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 460, Lucius J. Polk Bible, "Sarah Polk relict of Col William Polk died on the 10th of December 1843 Sunday Evening at 1/2 past 5 oclock at her residence in the City of Raleigh NoCa and is buried in the city burial grounds by the side of her husband."
899. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, 9. "Lieut. Col. William Polk ....., born in Mecklenburg co., N. C., 9 July 1758, died at Raleigh, N. C., 4 Jan. 1834, and was buried there....."
900. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Vol. V, pg. 56.
901. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, "Col. Wm. Polk d. July 14, 1834, and was buried at Raleigh, N. C."
902. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, 9. "Lieut. Col. William Polk ....., born in Mecklenburg co., N. C., 9 July 1758, died at Raleigh, N. C., 4 Jan. 1834, and was buried there....."
903. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Colonel William Polk died at Raleigh .... and is buried in the burial ground of that city."
904. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, ""Our Heritage," a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of Thursday, 13 Aug 1959, "He died on July 14, 1834 at Raleigh, and is buried in the 'Old Graveyard' of historic fame in the town of Raleigh...."
905. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 592, "buried in Old City Cemetery [Raleigh]."
906. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible, "Grizie Polk died at Millwood near Charlotte on the 2d day of October 1799 and is buried in the graveyard at Charlotte."
907. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, : This reference and the tombstone inscription differ (tombstone shows 2nd day of October; this ref. shows " .....Griselda Gilchrist, born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, ............." Tombstone inscription difficult to read, could be either 2 Oct. or 22 Oct.).
908. Tombstone of Grizie Polk, located in the Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Downtown Charlotte, NC. Tombstone in fair condition as of 1992 visit by Bill and Alicia Polk of Kansas City, MO. The inscription reads: "Here lies the earthly remains of Grizie Polk the virtuous and amiable consort of William Polk who departed this life on the 2nd Day of October 1799 in the year 30 of her age to her husband her loss is irreparable and to her numerous friends and acquaintances her breach in the social circle will be long severely missed. In search of joys unknown before, she's gone to feel that blissful ( ? word) where pain and death are known no more."
909. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, "His first wife d. Oct. 22, 1799."
910. Tombstone, Griselda "Grizie" Polk, Old Presbyterian Cemetery, downtown Charlotte, NC..
911. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Grizzie Polk........ is buried in the graveyard at Charlotte."
912. Location, Presbyterian Burying Ground, AKA Old Settlers' Cemetery (see master sources).
913. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "...... Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, ..."
914. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C......."
915. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk, son of Thomas and Susannah (Spratt) Polk, married Grizzie Gilchrist at Farborough, North Carolina, on October 15, 1789."
916. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 546, William Polk Bible, "William Polk married to Grizie Gilchrist on the 15th day of Octob. A. D. 1789 in the town of Tarborough No. Carolina." There IS a town of Tarborough in Edgecombe Co., NC., whereas a 1998 map of NC. does not show a town of Farborough (see other source); therefore, one could conclude that this source is correct as to place of marriage.
917. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "In the year 1789 he united himswelf in marriage with Miss Grizel Gilchrist, the daughter of a Scotch Merchant and Grand daughter of the celebrated Lawyer Robert Jones of Halifax by whom he had two Sons Thomas Gilchrist and William Julius."
918. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 15, "...... Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
919. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins Polk, ............died ........ in Raleigh ........buried in the city burial ground at the side of her husband."
920. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 460, Lucius J. Polk Bible.
921. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 14, "Lieut. Col. William Polk........ married first, 15 Oct. 1789, Griselda Gilchrist born at Suffolk, Va., 24 Oct. 1768, died at Willswood, near Charlotte, N. C., 22 Oct. 1799, daughter of Thomas, a Scotch merchant, and Martha (Jones) Gilchrist of NorthamptonCo., N. C., and grandaughter of Robert Jones, a lawyer of Halifax, N. C.; and secondly, at Raleigh, 1 Jan. 1801, Sarah Hawkins, born at Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., N. C., died at Raleigh 10 Dec. 1843, buried beside her husband, daughter of Hon. Philemon and Lucy (Davis)."
922. Compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian, from files in the NC State Library, Marriage and Death Notices From the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799 - 1825, (1966, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore.), pg. 7, Raleigh Register of 6 Jan 1801, marriage of Col. William Polk of Raleigh to Sally Hawkins, 1 Jan, Warren Co.
923. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "William Polk married Sarah Hawkins, daughter of Philemon and Lucy (Davis) Hawkins, at the home of her father, in Warren County, N. C., on January 1, 1801."
924. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robison, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. I, 1796-1861, (Tennessee State Library and Archives & Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975, by Curley Printing Co., Nashville, TN.), pg. 591.
925. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
926. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 16.
927. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Lucinda Davis Polk, daughter of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on January 12, 1804."
928. Posted by Warren County Courthouse on Saturday, 22 Nov 1997, Bible, Philemon Hawkins, Internet, WWW.Cyndislist.com/bibles.htm, "Lucy Davis Polk was born 12 of Jan 1804 and died."
929. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, b. 12 Jan 1804, no place of birth provided.
930. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Lucinda Davis Polk, daughter of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on January 12, 1804."
931. Posted by Warren County Courthouse on Saturday, 22 Nov 1997, Bible, Philemon Hawkins, Internet, WWW.Cyndislist.com/bibles.htm, "Lucy Davis Polk was born 12 of Jan 1804 and died."
932. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, no place of death provided.
933. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Lucinda Davis Polk died in Raleigh on May 9, 1805, and is buried in the burial ground there."
934. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Lucinda Davis Polk died in Raleigh.........and is buried in the burial ground there."
935. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible, "Lucinda Davis Polk died at Raleigh on the 9th day of May 1805 and is buried in the garden of her father, since raised and interred in the burial ground at Raleigh."
936. Tombstone, Lucinda Davis Polk.
937. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 16.
938. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Alexander Hamilton Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Federal Bottom on Stone River, Rutherford County, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1810."
939. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
940. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father).
941. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, no place of birth provided.
942. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Alexander Hamilton Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Federal Bottom on Stone River, Rutherford County, Tenn. Sept. 19, 1810."
943. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father).
944. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 16, died 8 Sep 1830, no place of death provided.
945. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Alexander H. Polk died on September 8, 1830, at Raleigh, and is buried in the burial ground of that city."
946. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father).
947. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 16.
948. Marriage, Death, And Other Notices, Early Mecklenburg County, NC. Newspaper Abstracts, http://www.cmstory.org/notices/, Death Notice Polk, Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Source Date: 9/27/1830 Source: Miners and Farmers Journal Date of death: 9/8/1830 Birth year: Death Year: Age at death: 21 Place of death: Raleigh, Wake County, NC Notes: Died at his father's residence in Raleigh of a pulmonary affection. Additional Family Information: Polk, William, Colonel (father).
949. Hensley Marriage and Obituary Database, Library of Virginia, http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/henley.gateway?bib=0003-99460&conf=010000++++++++++++++, NEWSPAPER Southern religious telegraph (Richmond, Va.) ENTRY Died- In Raleigh, N.C. on September 9, Mr. Alexander H. Polk, son of Col. William Polk, aged 20. (p. 4, c. 3) DATE OF PUB. Saturday, September 25, 1830.
950. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Alexander H. Polk died ........at Raleigh, and is buried in the burial ground of that city."
951. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible, "Alexander Hamilton Polk died at Raleigh on the 8th of Sept. 1830 of the Consumption and is interred in the City Burial Ground."
952. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 16.
953. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "John Hawkins Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on August 15, 1812."
954. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
955. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258.
956. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "John Hawkins Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on August 15, 1812."
957. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, no place of death provided.
958. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "John Hawkins Polk died on October 28, 1813 at Raleigh, and is buried in the burial ground of that city."
959. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "John Hawkins Polk died..... at Raleigh, and is buried in the burial ground of that city."
960. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible.
961. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 17, name shown is Philemon Hawkins Polk.
962. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Philemon Hawkins Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on March 6, 1820."
963. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
964. Marriage and Death Notices From Raleigh NC Newspapers, 1796-1826, (Southern Historical Press, 1977), pg. 42, Deaths from the Raleigh Minerva, "Polk, Philemon Hawkins, d. Aug. 1820 in Raleigh." Issue of 25 Aug 1820."
965. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Philemon Hawkins Polk, son of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C., on March 6, 1820."
966. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Philemon H. Polk died on August 22, 1820, and is buried between Lucinda nd John, his brother and Sister." While no place of death is given, it is very likely that he died in Raleigh.
967. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible, "Philemon Hawkins Polk died by a continuation of fits for fourteen days on the 22st of August 1820 and is buried between Lucinda and John his sister and brother in the City burial Ground."
968. Marriage and Death Notices From Raleigh NC Newspapers, 1796-1826, (Southern Historical Press, 1977), pg. 42, Deaths from the Raleigh Minerva, "Polk, Philemon Hawkins, d. Aug. 1820 in Raleigh." Issue of 25 Aug 1820."
969. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, no place of birth provided.
970. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258.
971. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Philemon H. Polk died ............. and is buried between Lucinda and John, his brother and sister."
972. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 547, William Polk Bible, "Philemon Hawkins Polk died by a continuation of fits for fourteen days....."
973. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 17, name shown is "Sarah Polk."
974. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, name shown is "Sarah Hawkins Polk."
975. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins Polk, daughter of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C. on March 15, 1825."
976. Archibald D. Murphy, Papers of Archibald DeBow Murphy, Vol. II, article entitled "Autobiography of Colonel William Polk", (Edited by William H. Hoyt, Raleigh, NC., 1914), pg. 409, "...... in 1801 maried Miss Sarah Hawkins daughter of Col. Phil. Hawkins and sister of the late Governor Wawkins." A footnote shows: "This may or may not be inserted at the will of M [urphey]. By whom he had eleven children ------ Vix Lucius Junius, Leonidas, Mary Brown, Alexander Hamilton, John Hawkins, Rufus King, George Washington, Philemon Hawkins, Susan Spratt, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Hawkins, and Charles James."
977. Compiled by Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, Maury County Cousins, Bible and Family Records, Vol. I, (1967), pg. 546, William Polk Bible, "Sarah Hawkins Polk, the fourth daughter of Wm. & Sarah Polk, born at Raleigh on the 15th day of March 1826."
978. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258, no place of death provided.
979. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah H. Polk died at Raleigh, Sept. 11, 1826, and is buried under the same stone that covers her sister, Lucinda."
980. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah Hawkins Polk, daughter of William and Sarah Polk, was born at Raleigh, N. C. on March 15, 1825."
981. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 258.
982. Bible, William Polk, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogy Dept., 50 East North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT., 84150, "Sarah H. Polk died at Raleigh, Sept. 11, 1826, and is buried under the same stone that covers her sister, Lucinda."
983. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Histori