Copyright by CLP Research Partial Genealogy of the Polks, Part I Main Political Affiliation: (of & ) 1763-83 Whig/Revolutionary 1789-1823 Federalist 1824-33 National Republican 1600 1834-53 Whig & Democrat 1854- Confederate Cpt Robert Bruce Polk III (Pollock) (1640-1703) (Fought in Oliver Cromwell's Army; father and grandfather barons) (Emigrated from Donegal, Ireland with family, 1672, to Maryland to escape retribution by Royalists) = Magdalen Tasker 1650 (1636-1727)

William Polk I 6 Others Ephraim Polk Robrt Bruce Polk IV (1664-1739) (1671-1739) (1672-1727) Nancy Knox = (1665-1719) = the Widow Gray SEE POLK OF DE SEE POLK OF DE (1685-1739?) GENEALOGY GENEALOGY 1700 & SEE POLK OF TN GENEALOGY II Charles Polke I 1 Other PART II (1700-57) (1703-53) & (moved to Pennsylvania, then North Carolina) SEE POLK OF MO SEE POLK OF IN 2 Others JamesGENEALOGY Polk Anne Knox = = Margaret Taylor GENEALOGY (1719-70) (1685-1725?) (1704-63) SEE POLK OF MD GENEALOGY (of Philadelphia) SEE POLK OF OH FOR OFFSPRING1750 OF WILLIAM POLK II GENEALOGY & ANNE KNOX

Gen. I Susannah Polk (1734-1813) Cpt John Polk Col. (1730-94); (Fed) = Benjamin Alexander (1725-1807) (1739-85) (1747-1824) (Mecklenburg co. NC magistrate) (Agent to Catawba Indians) (Mecklenburg co. NC sheriff, 1782) See Alexander of TN Genealogy = Susanna Spratt (1719-99) = Eleanor Shelby = Mary Jane Winslow Wilson (1738-1803) (1746-91) Thomas Polk II 18006(1757-1842) Others William Junius Polk I Margaret Polk (1762-1808) 7 Others SEE POLK OF NC (1758-1834); (Fed) 7 ChildrenSee Shelby of KY GENEALOGY = Dr. Nathaniel Alexander (NC house, 1787-93); (NC supervisor, 1794-1810)(1756-1808); (Rep); (Rev War surgeon) Genealogy (president State Bank of NC, 1811-19) (NC house, 1797); (NC senate, 1801-02) Jane Knox Polk Maj. Samuel Polk Mary Ophelia Polk (US House, 1803-05) (1765-1819) (1772-1827) (1785-1835) Grizelda Gilchrist = = Sarah Hawkins(Governor of North Carolina, 1805-07) (moved to Tennessee) (1768-99) (1784-1843) = William Carlyle Dobson I = Thomas Jones Hardeman See Alexander of NC (1761-1813) (farmer, land speculator, surveyor) (1788-1854) Thomas Gilchrist Polk Genealogy (Emigrated from England to with 5 brothers) (TX Rep. house, 1837-39) (1790-1869); (Whig) Dr. William J. Polk II (Rev War); (moved to North Carolina); (tavern keeper) = Jean Knox (1776-1852) (TX Rep. judge, 1843) SEE POLK OF NC (NC house) (1793-1860) (TX house, 1847-51) GENEALOGY 1850 See Hawkins of NC = Mary Rebecca Genealogy See Dobson of NC Long Leonidas9 Others Polk Mary Brown Rufus King Polk Genealogy James Knox Polk (1797-1885 7 Others Marshall Tate Polk I William Hawkins Polk (1806-64) Polk (1814-43) (1795-1849); (Democrat) (1804-31) (1815-62) (moved to TN, 1832) (1809-34) = Sally Moore (TN house, 1823-25) (TN house, 1842-45) = Laura Theesa 5 Children (Episcopal Bishop, 1838-64) Jackson (US House, 1825-39) Adoption By (1808-48) (US Minister to (Confed general, 1861-64) (1818-88) (Governor of Tennessee, 1839-41) Two Sicilies, 1845-47) = George Edmund (11th US President, 1845-49) Griselda 7 Others Lucius Eugene Polk = Frances Ann Badger (US House, 1851-53) (1795-1866) See Childress of TN 1900Gilchrist Polk (1833-92) Deveraux = 4 Wives (1807-75) (Whig); (lawyer) Genealogy = Sarah Childress (1819-1901) (Confed general, 1862-64) Sally Moore Polk (1803-91) Marshall Tate Polk II (TN senate, 1887) (NC house, 1816) 5 Children 8 Children (NC judge, 1820-25) (1841-at least 1882) (1831-84) = Russell Houston = Sally Moore Polk (Look Right) (US Secretary of Navy, = Lucius Eugene Polk (Confederate Col.) (1810-95) (1841-at least 1882) March-September, 1841) (TN treasurer, 1877-83) (Whig before Civil War; (1833-92) 4 Others (US Senate, 1846-5) (Confed general, 1862-64) (Embezzler) Dem after) (NC secession convention, (moved to Tennessee, 1847) (TN senate, 1887) Rufus King Polk 1861; opposed secession) = Evalina McNeal Bills (TN house, 1851-52) (1866-1902); (Dem) (Look Left) (TN supremeSEE court, POLK 1862) OF PA See Badger of NC (1836-1926) GENEALOGY (moved to Pennsylvania) See Houston of AL Genealogy 10 Children Genealogy (US House, 1899-1902) (Spanish-American War)