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George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk 1848 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Dec 1848

Birth Location: Maury, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 25 Dec 1877

Death Location: New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA

Father: George Polk

Mother: Sally Hilliard

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George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk was born in 1848 in Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Polk and Sally Leah Hilliard. George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk passed away in 1877 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk was born in 1848 in Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Polk and Sally Leah Hilliard.
  • George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk passed away in 1877 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA.

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George Polk's Ancestors

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George Polk
1848 – 1877
Birth Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA
Parents
George Washington Polk
1817 – 1892
Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA
Sally (Leah) Hilliard
1819 – 1894
Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
William Polk
1758 – 1834
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
Sarah Hawkins
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Polk
1730 – 1794
Susannah Spratt
1734 – 1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Polk
1700 – 1753
Margaret Taylor
1704 – 1763

George Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1848
15 Dec 1848
Birth of George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk in Maury, Tennessee, USA
Maury, Tennessee, USA
1877
25 Dec 1877
Age 29
Death of George Brevard Mecklenburg Polk in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1848
    Event Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1877
    Event Place: New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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