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James Hilliard Polk 1842 – 1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1842

Birth Location: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 27 Nov 1926

Death Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA

Father: George Polk

Mother: Sally Hilliard

Spouse(s): Mary Harding

Children(s): Captain Polk, George Polk

James Hilliard Polk was born in 1842 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Polk and Sally Leah Hilliard. James Hilliard Polk married Mary Demoville Harding, and had children including Captain Harding Polk, George Washington Polk. James Hilliard Polk passed away in 1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • James Hilliard Polk was born in 1842 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Polk and Sally Leah Hilliard.
  • James Hilliard Polk married Mary Demoville Harding, and had children including Captain Harding Polk, George Washington Polk.
  • James Hilliard Polk passed away in 1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Polk
1817 – 1892
Birth Location: Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA
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Sally Hilliard
1819 – 1894
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Harding
1859 – 1942
Birth Location: Davidson, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Captain Polk
1887 – 1942
Birth Location: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
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George Polk
1888 – 1942
Birth Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
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James Polk's Ancestors

Self
James Polk
1842 – 1926
Birth Place: Columbia, 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

James Polk's Descendants

1.
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James (Hilliard) Polk (8 Jan 1842 – 27 Nov 1926) m. Mary (Demoville) Harding (18 Oct 1859 – 23 Jun 1942)
  1. 1. Captain (Harding) Polk (16 Mar 1887 – 28 Dec 1942) m. Marie (Esther) Fleming (5 Dec 1885 – 19 Oct 1972)
    1. 1. James (Hilliard) Polk (13 Dec 1911 – 18 Feb 1992)
  2. 2. George (Washington) Polk (18 Nov 1888 – 15 Aug 1942)

James Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1842
8 Jan 1842
Birth of James Hilliard Polk in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
1926
27 Nov 1926
Age 84
Death of James Hilliard Polk in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1842
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1926
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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