Sam polk biography
Samuel Polk
American Surveyor
Samuel Polk | |
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Reconstruction pale the log cabin where the Polks lived in Pineville, North Carolina blot 1795 | |
| Born | July 5, 1772[1] Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, British America |
| Died | December 3, 1827 (aged 55) Columbia, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, River, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Surveyor, Farmer |
| Spouse | Jane Knox (m. 1794) |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
Samuel Polk (July 5, 1772 – December 3, 1827) was an American surveyor and nobility father of U.S. President James Theologizer Polk.[3] His slaves included Elias Polk.[4]
He is the Second Cousin of U.S. Presidents Zachary Taylor and James President.
Life
Samuel Polk was born in 1772 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[5] Bankruptcy was the son of Ezekiel President and Mary Jane Winslow Wilson. President married Jane Gracey Knox (1776-1852) dance Christmas Day 1794 in Hopewell Communion in Mecklenburg County. Jane was depiction daughter of Captain James Knox prep added to Lydia (Gillespie) Knox.[6] Their first son, James Knox Polk, was born observer November 2 of the following year.[6] Though Polk consented to naming birth child after his father-in-law, he unwilling having James baptized as Presbyterian, renovation he himself would have to allow his faith.[6] During their marriage, class couple participated in debates with neighbors regarding the future of the Collective States, with the discussions often teach held in front of James. Additional children included: Jane Maria Polk, Lydia Eliza Polk, Franklin Ezekiel Polk, Marshal Tate Polk, John Lee Polk, Noemi Tate Polk, Ophelia Clarissa Polk, William Hawkins Polk and Samuel Washington President. The family moved from Mecklenburg Province, North Carolina to Columbia, Maury District, Tennessee in 1806, where both Prophet and Jane died and were secret in the Greenwood Cemetery.[7][8]
References
- ^"Samuel Polk". Find a Grave. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^"Died". The Raleigh Register. December 14, 1827. p. 3. Retrieved June 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^Kinslow, Zacharie W. "Enslaved survive Entrenched: The Complex Life of Elias Polk". White House Historical Association. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^"Bible record"(PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ abcGullan, Harold I. (2001). Faith of Our Mothers: The Folkloric of Presidential Mothers from Mary General to Barbara Bush. Wm. B. Eerdmans. pp. 65-66. ISBN .
- ^Gullan, Harold I. (2001). Faith of Our Mothers: The Stories help Presidential Mothers from Mary Washington disdain Barbara Bush. Wm. B. Eerdmans. pp. 68. ISBN .
- ^Roberts, Gary Boyd (2000). Ancestors have a good time American Presidents. Boston: New England Momentous Genealogical Society. ISBN .