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Family: PATRIOT Ezekiel Franklin Polk / Mary Jane Wilson (F8559)



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  • Father | Male
    PATRIOT Ezekiel Franklin Polk

    Born  7 Dec 1747  Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  31 Aug 1824  Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married     
    Other Spouse  Sophia Neeley/ Neely/Nealey | F8577 
    Married     
    Father  Willliam Polk, Jr. | F8579 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret Taylor | F8579 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Mary Jane Wilson

    Born  1746  Lunenburg, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Nov 1791  Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    Louisa PolkChild 1 | Female
    + Louisa Polk

    Born  1787  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Dec 1869  Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charles Rufus dna Neeley/ Neely/Nealey | F8558 
    Married  1808  [1]  Maury Co., Tennessee  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    + Samuel f/o James K. Polk

    Born  Est 1789  Bolevar, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1827  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Jane 'Gracy' Knox | F8578 
    Married     

  • Notes  Married:
    • Children of Eekiel Polk and Mary Jane Wilson: Jane Knox Dobson; Thomas B. Polk; Matilda Golden Campbell; Samuel Polk; William Wilson Polk; Clarissa Adeline McNeal; Louisa Neely; Mary Ophelia Hardeman and John Polk

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Sophia-Polk/6000000002788737076.
      Eekiel Polk's first wife, Mary Wilson Polk, bore him eight children, including Samuel, the father of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States. No children of his second wife, Bessie Davis, survived infancy. Some sources contradict Davis as his second wife and instead show a Polly Campbell.Genealogical Notes on Ezekiel Polk By his third wife, Sofia Neely Lennard Polk, he had four children

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel_Polk