Families of Antebellum Missouri
President James Knox Polk
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Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. President James Knox Polk was born on 2 Nov 1795 in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (son of Major Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy Knox); died on 15 Jun 1849 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. Notes:
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Find a Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21986940/james-knox-polk
2. 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. Notes:
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6659646/samuel-polkSamuel married 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]
3. Jane Gracy Knox 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. Notes:
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Find a Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6659665/jane-gracy-polk
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6659665/jane-gracy-polkChildren:
- 1. 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.
Generation: 3
4. 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. Notes:
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Find a Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18808120/ezekiel-franklin-polk
Great-Granddaughter's Memoir:
https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mack/id/828
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]
5. 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.
- 2. 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.