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Matilda Polk 1788–1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1788

Birth Location: Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1861

Death Location: Lafayette, Mississippi, USA

Father: William Polk

Mother: Mary Sharp

Spouse(s): Eldridge Barker

Children(s): Edmond Barker

Matilda Polk was born in 1788 in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Wesley Polk And Mary Ann Sharp. Matilda Polk married Eldridge Barker, and had children including Edmond Asa Barker. Matilda Polk passed away in 1861 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • Matilda Polk was born in 1788 in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Wesley Polk And Mary Ann Sharp.
  • Matilda Polk married Eldridge Barker, and had children including Edmond Asa Barker.
  • Matilda Polk passed away in 1861 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA.

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Matilda Polk's Ancestors

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Matilda Polk
1788–1861
Birth Place: Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
Parents
William Wesley Polk
1752–1834
Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Mary (Ann) Sharp
1763–1830
Grandparents
William Polk
1696–
Somerset, Maryland, United States
Jermiah (Anselm) Goodman
1695–
Somerset Co,Maryland
Heinrich (Honus Henry) Sharp
1735–1814
Palitinate, Germany
Maria (Barbara) Graves
1740–1796
Sinking Creek, Montgomery, Virginia, USA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matilda Polk's Descendants

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Matilda Polk (1788–1861) m. Eldridge Barker (1791–1851)
  1. 1. Edmond (Asa) Barker 1818–1869 m. Talitha ("Litha" Ann) Humphries 1821–1903
    1. 1. William (Wilburn) Barker 1849–1905 m. Margaret (Owen ("Maggie")) Murray 1847–1887 m. Maggie (Winnie) Sexton 1869–1932
      1. 1. Clare (Maud) Barker 1878–1925 m. Marion (Val Gene) Dickenson 1871–1934
        1. 1. Leonard (Allen) Dickenson 1903– m. Azilee ("Lee" B) Griswold 1920–2006

Matilda Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1788
1788
Birth of Matilda Polk in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
1861
1861
Age 73
Death of Matilda Polk in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Lafayette, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1788
    Event Place: Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Lafayette, Mississippi, USA

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