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Family: Samuel f/o James K. Polk / Jane 'Gracy' Knox (F8578)  ^{[1, 2]} 

• Father | Male Samuel f/o James K. Polk

  
  

  Born	Est 1789	Bolevar, Tennessee
  Died	1827	Tennessee
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  Father	Ezekiel Franklin Polk | F8559 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Jane Wilson | F8559 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Jane 'Gracy' Knox

  
  

  Born	15 Nov 1796	Iredell Co., North Carolina
  Died	11 Jan 1852	Columbia, Maury Co., Tennessee
  Buried
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  Child 1 | Male James Knox Polk

  
  

  Born	2 Nov 1795	Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., N. Carolina
  Died	15 Jun 1849	Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
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• Sources

  [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Polk/6000000002926322323. Samuel Polk Birthdate: circa July 05, 1772 Birthplace: Tyrone, North Carolina Death: November 05, 1827 (51-59) Columbia, Tennessee, United States Place of Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Immediate Family: Son of Ezekiel Polk and Mary Jane Polk Husband of Jane Gracy Polk Father of James K. Polk, 11th President of the USA; Jane Maria Walker; Lydia Eliza Caldwell; John Lee Polk; Marshall Tate Polk, Sr.; Ophelia Clarissa Hays; William Hawkins Polk, US Congress; Franklin Ezekiel Polk and Naomi Polk « less Brother of Jane Knox Dobson; Thomas B. Polk; Matilda Golden Campbell; William Wilson Polk; Clarissa Adeline McNeal and 3 others Half brother of Col. Charles Perry Polk; Eugenia Neilson; Benigna Wood; Gen. Edwin Fitzhugh Polk; Benigna Polk; and Ezekiel Franklin Polk, Jr. « less 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 [S73] Deeds, http://reynoldspatova.org/documents/Mecklenburg%20NC%20Deeds.pdf. MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1763-1779 BY BRENT H. HOLCOMB, C.A.L.S. AND ELMER O. PARKER VOLUME 1 pp.626-628 Samuel Knox of Mecklenburg, to John Davis of same (lease s5, release 30 Pounds) 500 A on ye south fork of Steel Creek....Biggers line, John Henrys line ...granted to sd. Knox 29 Apr 1763....Samuel Knox (Seal), Wit: Moses Ferguson, Jas. Alexander, Robert Barnet.