Families of Antebellum Missouri
President James Knox Polk
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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.
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. Samuel 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. Children:
- 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. 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.