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Thomas Polk 1768 – 1843 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Location: Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 7 Oct 1843

Death Location: Tobinsport, Indiana, United States

Father: Edmond Polke

Mother: Mary Fultz

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Thomas Polk was born in 1768 in Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Edmond Polke and Mary Fultz. Thomas Polk passed away in 1843 in Tobinsport, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • Thomas Polk was born in 1768 in Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Edmond Polke and Mary Fultz.
  • Thomas Polk passed away in 1843 in Tobinsport, Indiana, United States.

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Thomas Polk's Ancestors

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Thomas Polk
1768 – 1843
Birth Place: Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Edmond Polke
1740 – 1824
Hancock, Washington County, Maryland, United States of America
Mary Fultz
1740 – 1821
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Capt (Charles Polk "Indian Trader of the) Potomac"
1703 – 1753
Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Christian Cartledge
1714 – 1779
Philidelphia, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
William Polk*
1664 – 1739
Ann Knox-Owens
1662 – 1718
Edmund Cartledge
1689 – 1740
Anne Richardson
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Polk
1625 – 1704
Magdalen Tasker
1637 – 1727
John Knox
1639 – 1758
Edmund Darby*
1639 – 1703
Mary Need
1645 – 1703

Thomas Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1768
1768
Birth of Thomas Polk in Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
1843
7 Oct 1843
Age 75
Death of Thomas Polk in Tobinsport, Indiana, United States
Tobinsport, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Fort Pitt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Oct 1843
    Event Place: Tobinsport, Indiana, United States

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