PATRIOT Ezekiel Franklin Polk^[1]

1747 - 1824  (76 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Franklin Polk  [2]
  	Ezekiel Polk was also married to Bessie Campbell and Sophia Neeley Linnard. Sophia Neeley was married to Major Leonard and Ezekiel Polk.
  Title	PATRIOT
  Born	7 Dec 1747	Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1824	Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee
  Buried	Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I22394	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Willliam Polk, Jr.,   b. Est 1695, Prob. Ireland ,   d. Aft 17 Jan 1757, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Margaret Taylor,   b. 27 Jan 1702, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony ,   d. 10 Jan 1763, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F8579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Jane Wilson,   b. 1746, Lunenburg, Virginia Colony ,   d. 29 Nov 1791, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 45 years)
  Married	Y  [4]
  	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
  Children	+ 1. Louisa Polk,   b. 1787, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Dec 1869, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years) + 2. Samuel f/o James K. Polk,   b. Est 1789, Bolevar, Tennessee ,   d. 1827, Tennessee  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F8559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sophia Neeley/ Neely/Nealey,   b. 1776, Virginia ,   d. 24 Dec 1851, Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Col. Charles Perry Polk,   b. 27 Oct 1813, Maury County, Tennessee ,   d. Oct 1893, Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F8577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Ezekiel-Polk/6000000007141511847. Ezekiel Polk Also Known As: "Ezekial Polk" Birthdate: December 07, 1747 Birthplace: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Colonial Virginia Death: August 31, 1824 Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Place of Burial: Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee Son of William Polk and Margaret Polk Husband of Sophia Neeley Polk; Bessie Polk and Mary Jane Polk Father of Col. Charles Perry Polk; Eugenia Neilson; Benigna Wood; Gen. Edwin Fitzhugh Polk; Benigna Polk; Ezekiel Franklin Polk, Jr.; 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 « less Brother of James Polk; Susannah Ruth Alexander (Twin to William); William Bruce Polk; Captain Charles Thomas Polk; Deborah McCleary; Margaret McRee; Mary Taylor Alexander and Mary Ann Pinkston Occupation: Col. in Revoluntionary War; signed Mecklenburg Declaration (1775) [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Sophia-Polk/6000000002788737076. Ezekiel Polk was also married to Bessie Campbell, and thirdly to Sophia (Linnard) [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18808120/ezekiel-franklin-polk. Col Ezekiel Franklin Polk BIRTH: 7 Dec 1747 Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania DEATH: 31 Aug 1824 (aged 76) Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee BURIAL: Polk Cemetery Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Son of William Polk I & Margaret [Taylor] Polk 1st married Mary Winslow Wilson 1769 - Anson Co., North Carolina 2nd married Bessie Campbell 1792 - Mecklenburg Co., NC 3rd married Sophia Neely November 24, 1810 - Maury Co., TN Revolutionary War - commanded a company of Cavalry Rangers under Col. William Thompson, that fought at Cane Brake, December 22, 1775. He rose to the rank of colonel. Served in the defense of Sullivan's Island and was at the battle of Rayborn Creek, July 15, 1776. A signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration. After the war, Polk's atheist beliefs brought him increasing conflicts with his neighbors. By 1790 he removed his immediate family to Tennessee, becoming one of the pioneers in the area that is now Hardeman County. EPITAPH - Colonel Ezekiel Polk, grandfather of James K Polk, President of the United States of America. Here lies the dust of old E.P., One instance of mortality. Pennsylvania born, Carolina bred, In Tennessee died upon his bed. His youthful days were spent in pleasure, His later days in gathering treasure. From superstition lived quite free, And practiced strict morality. To holy cheats was never willing To give one solitary shilling. He can forsee--and forseeing He equals most men in being--That Church and State will join their power, And misery on their country shower; The Methodist, with their camp-brawlings, Will be the cause of this downfalling; An error not desined to see, He waits for poor posterity. First fruits and tenths are odious things, And so are bishops, tithes and kings. Carlisle was in Lancaster Co. until Cumberland Co. was created 1750. [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