Families of Antebellum Missouri
Major Samuel Polk
1772 - 1827 (55 years)
Generation: 1
1. Major Samuel Polk was born on 15 Jul 1772 in North Carolina (son of Colonel Ezekial Franklin Polk, Patriot and Maria Winslow Wilson); died on 5 Nov 1827 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee. Family/Spouse: Jane Gracy Knox. Jane was born on 15 Nov 1776 in Iredell County, North Carolina; died on 11 Jan 1852 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- President James Knox Polk was born on 2 Nov 1795 in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; died on 15 Jun 1849 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee.
2. Colonel Ezekial Franklin Polk, Patriot was born on 7 Dec 1747 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died on 31 Aug 1824 in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee; was buried in Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee. Ezekial married Maria Winslow Wilson in 1769 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Maria was born in 1746 in Lunenburg County, Virginia; died on 19 Nov 1791 in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; was buried in Polk Family Cemetery, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Maria Winslow Wilson was born in 1746 in Lunenburg County, Virginia; died on 19 Nov 1791 in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; was buried in Polk Family Cemetery, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Children:
- Matilda Golden Polk was born in 1775; died in 1853; was buried in Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
- 1. Major Samuel Polk was born on 15 Jul 1772 in North Carolina; died on 5 Nov 1827 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee.