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Samuel Wilson Polk 1772–1827 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jul 1772

Birth Location: Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 5 Nov 1827

Death Location: Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Ezekiel Col.

Mother: Mary Wilson

Spouse(s): Jeanette Knox

Children(s): Joseph Polk, James President, Jane Polk, Marshall Polk, Franklin Polk, Naomi Harris, John Polk, John Polk, Samuel Polk, Lydia Polk, Franklin Polk, Ophelia Hayes, William Polk, Mary Polk, William Polk, Ezekial Polk, Ann POLK*, LUCILLE POLK

Samuel Wilson Polk was born in 1772 in Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States, the child of Ezekiel Franklin Polk Col And Mary Jane Winslow Wilson. Samuel Wilson Polk married Jeanette Jane Gracey Knox, and had children including Ann Polk, Ezekial Polk, Franklin Armstead Polk, Franklin Ezekiel Polk, James Knox Polk 11Th President, Jane Maria Polk, John Lee Polk, Joseph Lee Polk, Lucille Stewart Polk, Lydia Eliza Polk, Marshall Tate Polk, Mary C Polk, Naomi Tate Harris, Ophelia Clarissa Hayes, Samuel Washington Polk, William Hawkins Polk. Samuel Wilson Polk passed away in 1827 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Samuel Wilson Polk was born in 1772 in Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States, the child of Ezekiel Franklin Polk Col And Mary Jane Winslow Wilson.
  • Samuel Wilson Polk married Jeanette Jane Gracey Knox, and had children including Ann Polk, Ezekial Polk, Franklin Armstead Polk, Franklin Ezekiel Polk, James Knox Polk 11Th President, Jane Maria Polk, John Lee Polk, Joseph Lee Polk, Lucille Stewart Polk, Lydia Eliza Polk, Marshall Tate Polk, Mary C Polk, Naomi Tate Harris, Ophelia Clarissa Hayes, Samuel Washington Polk, William Hawkins Polk.
  • Samuel Wilson Polk passed away in 1827 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ezekiel Col.
1747–1824
Birth Location: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary Wilson
1746–1791
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Jeanette Knox
1776–1852
Birth Location: Iredell, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Joseph Polk
1788–1868
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
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James President
1795–1849
Birth Location: Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
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Jane Polk
1798–1876
Birth Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Marshall Polk
1805–1831
Birth Location: Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Franklin Polk
1803–1887
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Naomi Harris
1809–1836
Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
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John Polk
1807–1831
Birth Location: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA
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John Polk
1801–1831
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Samuel Polk
1817–1839
Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Lydia Polk
1800–1864
Birth Location: L Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
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Franklin Polk
1802–1831
Birth Location: Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ophelia Hayes
1812–1851
Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
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William Polk
1815–1862
Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Mary Polk
1837–1923
Birth Location: , North Carolina, United States
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William Polk
1786–1862
Birth Location: Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
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Ezekial Polk
1747–1824
Birth Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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Ann POLK*
1807–1884
Birth Location: Columbia, Tennessee
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LUCILLE POLK
1875–1934
Birth Location: Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Polk's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Polk
1772–1827
Birth Place: Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Ezekiel Franklin Polk Col.
1747–1824
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Jane Winslow) Wilson
1746–1791
Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Grandparents
WILLIAM (POLK, Jr. (Lt Colonel) 7) Ggf
1700–1753
White Hall, Somerset, Maryland, Colonial America
Margaret (TAYLOR Polk 7) Ggm
1704–1763
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1664–1739
Nancy Knox
1664–1717
James Taylor
1673–1729
Hannah WILLIAMS
1680–1705
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain 2
1625–1699
Magdalen Tasker
1634–1726
JOHN KNOX
1640–1689
SARAH SMILEY
1640–1691
Col. Taylor
1609–1698
Francis Walker
1640–1680
William WILLIAMS
1660–1700
Hannah Norton
1648–1710

Samuel Polk's Descendants

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Samuel (Wilson) Polk (5 Jul 1772–5 Nov 1827) m. Jeanette ("Jane" Gracey) Knox (13 Nov 1776–11 Jan 1852)
  1. 1. Joseph (Lee) Polk 1788–1868 m. Isabelle Smith 1795– m. Hannah Lemaster 1795–1853
    1. 1. Joseph (Lemaster) Polk 1819–1890 m. Charity (B) Wood 1818–1881
      1. 1. John (Wesley) Polk 1840–1911 m. Delilah (Ann (Lillie)) Johnson 1839–1911
        1. 1. Joseph (Lemaster) Polk 1876–1960 m. Callie (Everlie) Johnson 1880–1930
        2. 2. Sara (Polk) Jennett 1868–1942
      2. 2. Rosena (B. " Deanie ") Polk 1842–1900
      3. 3. Nancy (Elizabeth) Polk 1845–1900
      4. 4. Richard (B) Polk 1857–1916
      5. 5. James (K) Polk 1844–1931
      6. 6. Ann Polk 1839–1900
      7. 7. Andrew (J) Polk 1840–1911
      8. 8. Francis (Newton) Polk 1859–1911
      9. 9. Barkley (M. " Lee ") Polk 1862–1938
    2. 2. Richard (P) Polk 1812–1870
    3. 3. William (Hawkins) Polk 1814–1891
    4. 4. Gideon (B) Polk 1816–1890
    5. 5. John (Alexander) Polk 1823–1887
    6. 6. Nancy (Elizabeth) Polk 1825–1897
    7. 7. Mary (Waddell) Polk 1828–
    8. 8. Thomas (Madden Polk) Sr 1829–1914
    9. 9. Nancy (E) Polk 1830–1897
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Jane "Betty") Polk 1834–1914 m. John (Frank Jordan) Sr. 1817–1880 m. David (Franklin) Ellison 1833–1872
      1. 1. John (Frank Jordan) Jr. 1878–1952
      2. 2. Tabitha (Macklin) Jordon 1872–1949
      3. 3. J. (J.) Jordon 1873–1933
      4. 4. Mary (Hannah) Jordon 1875–1880
      5. 5. Marion (Franklin) Ellison 1856–1920
      6. 6. William (Robert) Ellison 1856–1925
      7. 7. Kinard (D (Doc)) Ellison 1861–1933
      8. 8. Nancy (Jane "Nannie") Ellison 1870–1956
      9. 9. Morgan Ellison 1863–1880
      10. 10. Emma Ellison 1864–1870
      11. 11. George Ellison 1867–1870
  2. 2. James (Knox Polk 11th) President 1795–1849 m. Sarah Childress 1803–1891
    1. 1. Shannon (Holt) Broadway –2004
    2. 2. Charles (Taylor) Polk 1818–
    3. 3. Mary (Adelaid) Polk 1818–1863
    4. 4. Lovena (Elizabeth) Polk 1833–1910
    5. 5. Sarah (Polk) Jetton 1843–1924
  3. 3. Jane (Maria) Polk 1798–1876
  4. 4. Marshall (Tate) Polk 1805–1831
  5. 5. Franklin (Armstead) Polk 1803–1887
  6. 6. Naomi (Tate) Harris 1809–1836
  7. 7. John (Lee) Polk 1807–1831
  8. 8. John (Lee) Polk 1801–1831
  9. 9. Samuel (Washington) Polk 1817–1839
  10. 10. Lydia (Eliza) Polk 1800–1864
  11. 11. Franklin (Ezekiel) Polk 1802–1831
  12. 12. Ophelia (Clarissa) Hayes 1812–1851
  13. 13. William (Hawkins) Polk 1815–1862
  14. 14. Mary (C.) Polk 1837–1923
  15. 15. William (Hawkins) Polk 1786–1862 m. Fereby Pearson 1796–1866 m. Mary (Louisa) Corse 1824–1851 m. Lucy (Eugenia) Williams 1826–1906 m. Belinda (G) Dickinson 1815–1847
    1. 1. William (Henry) Polk 1832–1868
    2. 2. Martha Polk 1811–
    3. 3. Mary Polk 1808–1835
    4. 4. Cynthia (Matilda) Polk 1821–1853
    5. 5. Charles (Mitchell) Polk 1807–1864 m. Rebecca (B) Stafford 1807–1864
      1. 1. William (Carroll) Polk 1835–1897 m. Mary (E) Polk 1835– m. Mary (E.) Stanford 1840–1880
        1. 1. William (H Polk) II 1864–1887
        2. 2. Minnie (Elma) Polk 1875–1947
        3. 3. Charles (Mitchell) Polk 1877–1917
        4. 4. John (Carrol) Polk 1879–1880
        5. 5. Martha (L.) Logan 1866–1946
        6. 6. Child (1) Polk 1868–1868
        7. 7. Child (2) Polk 1869–1869
        8. 8. Martha (Mattie) Polk 1873–1955
        9. 9. Sarah (Ann) Polk 1870–1942
        10. 10. Martha Poke 1872–
    6. 6. Thomas (A.) Polk 1815–1852
    7. 7. Michael (Lee) Polk 1818–1867
    8. 8. Mary Polk 1826–1919
    9. 9. George (Hampton) Polk 1813–1895
    10. 10. Fereby (A) Polk 1829–1905
    11. 11. Martha Polk 1830–
    12. 12. James (Knox) Polk 1849–1912
    13. 13. William (Hawkins) Polk 1855–1886
    14. 14. Tasker Polk 1861–1928
  16. 16. Ezekial Polk 1747–1824
  17. 17. Ann POLK* 1807–1884
  18. 18. LUCILLE (STEWART) POLK 1875–1934

Samuel Polk's Timeline

3 Records

1767
1767
Samuel Wilson Polk was married
None
1772
5 Jul 1772
Birth of Samuel Wilson Polk in Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States
Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States
1827
5 Nov 1827
Age 55
Death of Samuel Wilson Polk in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jul 1772
    Event Place: Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1767

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Nov 1827
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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