EDMUND POLK, JUNIOR HIS ANCESTORS

AND

DESCENDANTS

Compiled by

Katherine Gentry Bushman

1964

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword 1

Manuscript of Coat of Arms 2

Chapter I 3 Polks of England, Scotland, Ireland

Chapter II 6 Robert Bruce Polk of Somerset County, Maryland, and William Polk, Senior

Chapter III Charles Polke, the Indian Trader 11

Chapter IV Major Edmund Polke of Nelson County, Kentucky 17

Chapter V Edmund Polk, Junior 21

Chapter VI 29 Children of Edmund Polk, Junior

Chapter VII 33 Wilson John Polk

Chapter VIII 39 Descendants of Wilson John Polk

Chapter IX 55 Miscellaneous Records

Acknowledgements 65

Bibliography 67

Index of Names i-vii

ILL UST RAT IONS

Coat of Arms of the Polk Family facing page 2

Map of Maryland and western Pennsylvania 16

1812 War record of Edmund Polk, Junior 24

Marriage Bond of Edmund Polk, Jr., and Margaret Brown facing page 28

Land grant, Cook County, Illinois, 1835 28

Tombstones of Edmund Polk, Jr., and Margaret Brown Polk, Lyonsvllle Cemetery facing page 29

Marriage bond of Wilson Polk and Rosann Howsley 36

Tombstone records of Wilson Polk and Rosann Howsley 37

Lineage chart, Wilson Polk family, 38

Foreword

The genealogy of the one son of Edmund Polke, Senior, who was not included in detail in the Polk Family and Kinsmen by w. H. Polk, was undertaken after the death of my mother, Grace Polk Gentry, in 1954. The realization that the knowledge of the Polk side of her family was incomplete triggered the research which this book represents. In the beginning, it was not even known that the lineage went back thru the Ednund Polke family. The only fact at hand was the name of her grand­ father, Wilson Polk, and that of his wife, Rosann Howsley. It has been a great source of satisfaction to be able to trnce this branch of the family with all questions answered on each generation--especially the recent ones. The early generations were recorded. The generations living only 75 years ago have been the most difficult to trace. These pages represent much correspondence and innumerable hours of research to locate each person recorded.

In 1875, in a letter tow. H. Polk, Col. William Polk, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, gave a description of the Polks as a people which is still true today: •'The members of our branch of the Polk family have never been famous for oratorical powers or talent, nor much inclined toward offices, yet somewhat talented in the way of mechanical genius and general industry; what you may call plain, old-fashioned, sober, good common-sense people almost invariably doing well;--"

This book comes to you with the hope that you will enjoy the family history as much as I have enjoyed compiling it.

Katherine Gentry Bushman

12 Taylor Staunton, Virginia 2

POLK ORIGIN AND MEANING OF FAMILY NAME: In its original form the Polk was Pollock. It is traced back to the great Barony of Pollock, that gave its name to the ancestors of what for many centuries was one of the great families of Scotland and England, and at a later period, of America. The name Pollock meant a small pool. ARMS: Vert, a saltire or, between three hunting horns in fes·se and base argent, garnished gules. ' CREST: A boar passant quartered or and vert pierced through the sinister shoulder with an arrow proper.

MOTTO: Audacter et strenue (Boldly_and earnestly)

AUTHORITY: Burke's General Armory, 1884 edition, page 812 Smith's Dictionary of American Family Names Americana Illustrated, 1931, page 252 TINCTURES AS ABOVE DESCRIBED: The shield is vert (green) . Thereon is a saltire or (gold, between three hunting horns usually described as argent(silver), ribbons gules(red) The crest is a boar quartered (green and gold)

SIGNIFICANCE OF TINCTURES AND CHARGES: Green-•joy, love, and gladness Green with gold--all in pleasure and joy Green with silver--a sure lieutenant the saltire was called St. Andrew's cross; in old times, it was the height of a man, and was borne to use in scaling the walls of towns. The hunting horns usually referred to a huntsman. The boar was also a symbol of the hunt. Here both the horns and the boar refer to an ancestor who saved the life of his king when attacked by a wild boar during a hunting trip.

Notes: Altho the name is of Scotch origin, the ancestry is Saxon, in the direct line, a line which rivals in its unbroken length that of any other house in Britain. For the Polk, or Pollock, families can trace their ancestry back to Fulbert the Saxon, who flourished about 1053 A. D., and was a follower of Edward the Confessor, the last of the Saxon kings whose reign was secure and unchallenged. After the Conquest in 1066, Fulbert appears to have been quite in favor at the new court, and to have won the con­ fidence of William, who is said to have made him his chamberlain, and certainly rewarded him with the barony of Pollock in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

COATS OF ARMS

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Chapter I England, Scotland, and Ireland

The following information on the English, Scottish, and Irish history of the Polk family is taken from "The Polk Family and Kinsmen", by William H. Polk, Louisv·ille, 1912, Chapcers I and II.

"The history of the Polk family is traceable bac-k into what is called the Dark Ages, when the progress of civilization was arrested and obscured for several centuries by a cloud of war and destruction, evoked by super­ stition. From members of the family in Ireland and Scotland, and from official records in Maryland, have come down to us the Polk family history beginning in the year 1053, during the reign of Edward the Confessor. "Fulbert the Saxon", the first recorded progenitor of the family, had come over to England before Harold was overthrown at Hastings by William the Conqueror. He is said to have been Chamberlain to the latter, and one of his beneficiaries. "From· British genealogical sources, and from descendants of Fulbert in Scotland and Ireland, was derived the pedigree down to the emigration of Robert Bruce Polk and family to America. From off icia 1 rec·ords of Maryland and Delaware, and from family documents, this hmstory of the family has been continued down to the present. We thus have presented a view of the family history during a;::period of 858 years, a length of retrospect possessed by but few families in America. "Fulbert the Saxon, a native of Normandy, in France, was an uncle of Heloise, whose love of Abelard, and its finale of sorrow, constitute one of the most pathetic human stories of the Middle Ages. As stated above, he was Chamberlain to William the Conqueror. He accompanied him to England and was engaged with him in the battle of Hastings(l066). Shortly after, he received from William a large grant of land in Scotland, which became known later as the Barony of Pollock."

Scotch and Irish History of the famly A. D. 1073

"In the reign of King David 1st, the vast feudal barony of Pollok, in Renfrewshire, was held by "Fulbert the Saxon", a great noble and territorial King, who had come from Normandy, France, to England, as Chamberlain of William the Conqueror. Fulbert died in 1153, at the beginning of the reign of Malcolm the 4th, and was succeeded by his son Petrus. "Petrus assumed as a surname, (which at that time only came to be used), instead of a patronymic, the name of his great hereditary lands of Pollok. The Lord Baron Pollok of this feudal kingdom, was a man of great eminence in his time, and a benefactor of the Monastery of Paisley, which donation was confirmed by Joceline, Bishop of Glasgow, who died in 1190. Petrus was a law unto himself, and equalled the sovereign in wealth, rank and power. He was the ancestor of many brave warriors and Crusade kinghts, who joined in the mighty struggle of Europe, during the eleventh and twelth centuries, to free the Holy Sepulchre from the grip of the Moslem. "Petrus de Pollok was greatly distinguished for valor in arms and prowess in the chase, and his exploit.sin them were the subject of many minstrel lays. His next brother, Helias, gave to the same Monastery the church of Mears, the next parish to eastward. "Besides the vast estates in Renfrewshire, the chevron of which barony is still borne on the shield of arms of the Prince of Wales, he held the great Ba.rony of Rothes, in Aberdeenshire, which he gave to his only daughter, Mauricle, who married the celebrated Sir Norman de Lesley. 4 Mauricle de Rothes was the· ancestress of the great Earls of Rothes and Lords of Lesley. The 8th Earl of Rothes was constituted after the Restoration, Marquis of Ballenbriech, Duke de Rothes, President of the Council and llord High Chancellor of Scotland. ''The State records show that many inter-marriages have taken place between the Lesleys, Polloks and Royal Stuarts. Sir John Pollok Leslie (Knight) was receiver General to King James 4th, and married a grand­ daughter of that monarch. "On the death of Petrus de Pollok, his ancient patrimonial estates of Pollok being settled on heirs male, passed to his brother,Robert de Pollok(ll7~), and it is noticeable how the name of Robert has been handed down from father to son to the present generation. "Robert 1st was witness in the donation of the Kirks of Strathgry and Ninerwick, by Walter, founder of the Monastery of Paisley in the beginning of the reign of William the Lion. He is also witness in several of the charters of Allen, the son of Walter. Robert de Pollok 1st, was succeeded by his son, Robert 2nd. "Robert de Pollok 2nd was contemporary with Alexander 2nd,(1214), and mortified a yearly rent to the same Monastery for the souls of Petrus de Pollok and Robert, sons of Fulbert. Alexander 2nd reigned from 1214 to 1249. Robert 2nd was succeeded by his son, Thomas. ''Thomas de Pollok, was witqess to sundry charters of donation to the Abbey of Paisley(1249). He was contemporary with Alexander Ind and Alexander 3rd of Sco~land. Alexander 3rd reigned from 1249 to 1286. Thomas was succeeded by his son, Petrus de Pollok, 2nd. "Petrus de Pollok, 2nd, was one of the persons of rank who, in 1296, gave a forced submission to Edward 1st of England, in the bond known as the Ragman's Roll. He was succeeded by his son Robertus. "Robertus de Pollok married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Maxwell, Lord of Caerlaverok, and was succeeded by his son, John. "John de Pollok, in 1372, obtained from his grandfather, the said John, Lord Maxwell, a charter of certain lands, dated at Caerlaverok, and was succeeded by his son Brucii or Brucis de Pollok. ''Brucii de Pollok left a son John de Pollok. "John de Pollok is desi,gnated in a chart·er by James 2nd of Scotland, of date 12th December, 1439, as "Nobilis Sir Johannes de Pollok, filius et heires Brucii de Pollok." He fought on Queen Mary's side at the battle of Langside, for which he was forfeited. His son: "John de Pollok was killed at tht; faction fight of Lockerbie(l593), when assisting his kinsman, Lord Maxwell, against the Laird of John's Stone. From this,famous noble sprang the illustrious line of Pollok of that ilk. His successor was "Charles de Pollok of that tlk. John de Pollok last mentioned had another son besides Charles. This other son was "Robert de Pollok, who became Sir Robert de Pollok of Ireland, and who received from King James 2nd(l440), the great land grant of "Vetus Scotia", or New Scotland, as Ireland was then called. This Sir Robert's eldest son, Sir John, inherited the hereditary estates in old Scotland. Sir Robert's younger son, Robert, inherited the estates in Ireland, and became Sir Robert. 1 "Sir Robert de Pollok, 2nd 0 f Ireland, inherited the estates in Ireland and became the founder of the fnmi"ly in lreland(where the name to this day is often spelled and pron.unced (Polk), as of one syllable, by the natives, and whose American descendants, the Polks, still preserve the lineal memorial of their noble and knightly ancestors. In 1640, A. D., Sir Robett of Ireland joined the Scotch Covenanters, whose Commander-in-Chief a ·.d Governor of Dunbarton Castle was a relation, General Sir Alexander Leslie, one of the most famous . so 1die rs of hi s t i me • 5

"In 1646, Sir George Maxwell, of the Nether Pollok, was married to Lady Annabella Stuart, lineal descendant of King Robert III, and their grand da~shter, Annabella, married her cousin, Sir Robert Pollok of Upper Pollok, grandnephew of Sir Robert. of Ireland, whose nephew, Ezekiel Stuart, married Debora Annerly. Sir Robert Poll0k was succeeded by his son, Thomas Pollok. This Sir Robe~t also had a second son, Robert Bruce Pollok. Thomas, Eldest son of Sir Robert II, succeeded to the Irish estates located in Donegal County, and not far from Londonderry." 6

Chapter II

Robert Bruce Polk and William Polk, Sr.

(Polk Family and Kinsmen, by Wm. H. Polk, Chapter II) "Robert Bruce Pollok, second son of Sir Robert 2nd of Ireland, was a captain in Colonel Porter's Regiment, which served under Cromwell. Colonel Porter married Magdalen Tasker, youngest of the two children of Colonel Tasker, a distinguished Chancellor of Ireland, whose seat was "Castle Hill", near the village of Baltindrate, commanding a view of the River Dale. "Mo·neen°, another estate belonging to Colonel Tasker, lying in the parish of Lifford, near Strabane, on the River Foyle, consisted .. of six hundred acres. These he divided between his two chil­ dren, Barbara Keys, wife of Capt. John Keys, and Magdalen. Magdalen first married Colonel Porter, who died not long afterward. She next married Robert Bruce Pol lok(-Polk). "Capt. Robert Bruce Polk died 1703-4, as shown by his will of date, May 6, 1699, probated June S, 1703-04, on record at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 11Before the Revolution, a double record was kept of all wills, one in the· county of residence of decedents, and another in the office of the Chief Commissary(Clerk) of the Colony, at its capital. The will of Magdalen, dated 1726, is of record in Somerset County, Maryland, but not that of her husband, Capt. Robert Bruce Polk. Why the latter does not also ap?ear on the records of Somerset County, is not certainly known. To this absence was no doubt due the long prevalent ooinion that Capt. Polk did not accompany his family to America, but d!ed.::iin Ireland. Later and fuller investigation cleared up this doubtful point by the discovery of his will on file at Annapolis, and of land grants to him from Lord Baltimore(the first of which was Polk's Folly) and other documents. "It is indisputable now, in the light of these modern discoveries, that Capt. Robert Bruce Polk came with his family to Maryland, near about 1672; that theyllanded from a ship at "Damn Quarter", now called "Dame's Quarter", and planted their new home in that locality, between Manokin and Nanticoke Rivess, and near the junction of those streams with Chesapeake Bay. Here they occupied adjoining tracts of land for which they later acquired patents from Lord Baltimore. Just how many children Robert and Magdalen had when they came to America is not certainly known. Evidently a portion of them, the first five, were born in Ireland. According to latest records, their children were John, William, Ephraim, James, Robert, David, Joseph, Martha, and Anne. That they had a son David was not known until Capt. Robert's will was found a few years ago on file at Annapolis, wherein he is mentioned. Judging from various circu:nstances, Joseph was the youngest son."

Chapter VII, Polk Family and Kinsmen, by Wm. H. Polk "It has been established without doubt that the Polks emigrated from Ireland for religious and civil liberty reasons. They were northern Irish who were protestant and Presbyterian in beliee. They came during the period of the last two Stuarts--James and Charles--who were oppressive in religious liberties." 7

Chapter II, Polk Family and Kinsmen, Wm. H. Polk

'*The Keys Family Barbara, the eldest daughter of Col. Tasker, married Capt. John Keys who was also an officer in Col. Porter's regiment and an intimate fr\end of Capt. Pollok. Some of Barbara's descendants still own a part of the ancestral estates formerly ca.lled "Moneen Hall", and Broom­ field Castle. The old building of the latter falling into decay, a new one called "Castle Keys" was erected by Lt. Tasker Keys, about 1780, and hence the change of name to the latter designation. Old Broomfield was among the most interesting seats in Ireland, according to a state­ ment to the writer by a gentleman who was born and reared near it. Capt. John Keys and wife went with the British army to India, where he accumulated a large fortune. On their return to Ireland, they again occupied their ancestral estates, and later Barbara purchased from Joseph Polk, of Maryland, Magdalen's youngest son, and devisee, the estate of Moneen near Strabane. HMagdalen Tasker, it is said, was of French descent, and inh_erited from her father, the estate of "Moneen Hall", incorrectly written "Morning Hall", in some of the old papers of record in Maryland, the difference caused by careless clerks. This estate in Ireland was in the Barony of Raphoe, the County of Donegal, and the· Parish of Lifford. Reference: Crawford's History of Renfrewshire "The fact is indisputable that authentic records derived from both Ireland and Scotland, that Sir John de Pollok, owner of the estates of Pollok in Scotland, had a son Charles, who inherited the Scottish estates under the then existing English law of Primogeniture. Also that Robert dePollok, a younger brother of Charles, received(1640) from James II, a large grant in Ireland of lands forfeited or escheated to the Crown by reason of the warlike acts of the Irish. And this Sir Robert de Pollok 2nd, who became founder of the family in Ireland, and had sons Thomas and Robert Bruce Pollok, the latter being the 1 emigrant to Maryland during the proprietorship of Lord Baltimoree ' 8 Robert Bruce Polk and· Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk had 9 children as mentioned previously. Briefly we are concerned with naming seven of them, as genealogies have been written on them. We are most interested in the history of the son known as William, Senior. A brief account of the eldest one is given, because it was thru the eldest son, John, that the Polk Family Tree entered by Act of Congress, 1849, was drawn. The tree should have been drawn from William Polk, Jr., son of William, Sr. The descent of our branch of the Polks will be indicated by underlining the correct name. John Polk, the eldest son of Robert Bruce Polk, was born in Donegal County, Ireland, circa 1662, and died in Maryland in 1703. He was married three times. According to the Monie Presbyterian Church, his fir'st wife was Jane ___, who died Octob:.~r 28, 1700. The children of this first marriage were Ann(Nancy)born January 27, 1698, married Edward Roberts of Somerset County, Md. William, born July 11, 1695, died 1726, mar­ ried Priscilla Roberts. It was this William who was listed on the family tree erroneously. John, born October 20, 1700, died a week later. The other two wives of John Polk were Joanna Knox and Jugurtha Hugg.

William Polk, designated as "Seniorn Born 1664, in Donegal County, Ireland Died 1740, Somerset County, Maryland Married--twice: 1) Nancy Knox Owens(widow and· sister of Joann Knox, 2nd wife of his brother,John) Children: A.William, Jr., born 1700-1710, Somerset County, Maryland, died 1753,-North Carolina, west of the Yadkin; married Margaret Taylor in Carlisle, Pennsylvania circa 1720-30. It is this William who was the progenitor of the Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee. Children of this marriage: I.William III, twice married. Wives not known. 'Children were Thomas who married Mary Shelby; he died North Carolna in 1842. John was the other child of this first marriage. By 2nd wife, William III, had a son named Ezekiel, ensign in an infantry regiment who died in 179l(Heitman's Register) 2.Charles, second son, of Wi 1 liam, Jr., married Pol 1.y Clark in 1750. He was born in Pennsylvania, had 5 children: Thomas , Ch a r 1es, S ~ ·1 e 1 by, Wi 11 i am and Mike. 3. Debora m. Samuel Mcleary 4. Susan m. Benjamin Alexander 5. Margaret m. Robert ~1cRea 6. John, b. 1740, Carlisle, Penna., m. Eleanor Shelby; was a Revolutionary soldier 7. General Thomas Polk, born 1730, CErlisle, Penna., died 1793, Charlotte, North Carolina; m. Susan Spratt. His name is fo;.1nd on the Mecklehburg Declaration. Had 9 children: Thomas, kilied at Eutaw Springs; Col. William(father of Gencr2l Leonidas of Civil War); Ezekiel, lost at sea; Charles, and also Margaret, Mary, Martha, James and Debora 8. Colonel Ezekiel, born 12-7-1747, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, died near Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Augustr31, 1824. Was mar·:-ied 3 times. Had 12 chi 1.dren by his first wife. His son, Samuel, was the father of 9

James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States. Col. Ezekiel was a ca·ptain in Thompsons's Mounted Rangers which retaliated against Tories at Cambridge and Ninety-Six in South Carolina in 1775.

B. Charles, the second son of William Polk, Sr. born 1700-1710, Somerset County, Maryland died, 1753, Frederick County, Maryland, prior to June 20 mar2·ied, circa 1735, presumably Prince Georges County (Frederick was set off from Prince G~orges) to Christian(Christina) Her last name is not known for sure. children: 1. Sarah, born 1736, married Austin Piety, a British subaltern officer at Fort Pitt, previous to the Revolution. He deserted her and her children to return to England when the Revolution began. She and her children accompanied her brothers to Kentucky in 1780. 2. William, born 1738 3. Edmond, born 1740 4. Thomas, born 1742, married Lucy Abell, a widow. Her son, Ignatius, marr.ied Kitty, daughter of Edmond s. Captain Charles, born 2-2-1744 6. John, born 1746

The other children of William Polk, Sr. were David, James, Elizabeth, (m. a· Williams), and Jane(m. a Strawbridge)

The second wife of William Polk, Sr., was a widow Gray. William Polk, Senior, was born a short distance from Londonderry and Coleraine in County Donegal, Ireland. The first Polk emigrants settled in the vicinity of Coleraine when James I planted strong Scottish colonies in Ireland to nullify the strength of the warlike Catholic Irish. The Polloks came from the south of Scotland to Ireland. William was probably 7 or 8 years old when the emigration to America took piece. Robert Bruce Polk settled at Dame's Quarter on the eastern shore of Maryland. According to the records, William Polk, Senior, took out land patents as follows: "Moneenu, 100 acres on "east side Main branch of Nanticoke River, in John's Neck, Somerset County, July 10, 1725 "Doniga11n, 100 acres, same "Romas", 100 acres, September 10, 1725 In partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Pollitt, William also patented "Come by Chance", 20 acres, "Two miles from the head of Wicomico Cre-·=k, December 4, 1735. Because he was the eldest son living, at the death of his mother, Magdalen Polk, in 1727, William inherited the manor plantati:1n, "WhiteHall", making it his horr.e. At his death in 1740, it was inherited by his son, Judge David Polk. Facts and inferences support the stater.-ent that \~illiacn, Sr., had two wives. '!hat he was a widower at the ti :·:•·e he nx!de his wi 11 is shown by the fact that he left his son, David, a lot of linen left in the house at the time of his wife's death. Also that her name was Widow Gray is shown by the bequest of a m~re, a black cow and calf to one Allen Gray who was in the household. In the Polk Fam t ly Tree of 1849, no :-rent i n is made of the two eldest sons of William, Sr., therefore no descendants of them appear. The descendants of William, Jr. appear but are from the wrong William. The two children not aopearing were William ~nd Chalres. Wi 1.liam, Sr., p-obably gave them their fair share of their inheritance after 10

4- which they turned their paths·westward.

Source : Polk Family and Kinsmen, w. H. Polk, 11 Chapter III

Charles Polke, The Indian Trader

Charles Polke, The Indian Trader Born 1700-1710, Somerset County, Maryland Died, 1753, Frederick County, Maryland, prior to June 20 Married, circa 1735, to Christian(Christina) No research to date has ever- revealed----- her maiden name. It ls presumed that they were married in either Prince Georges County or near Carlisle, Pennsylvania Children: 6 Sarah, born 1736, married Austin Piety; died in Kentucky in 1835 at age of 99 William, born 1738 Edmond, born 1740 Thomas, born 1-742, married Lucy Abell, a widow Charles, born February 2, 1744 John, born 1746 All of the children were born in Prince Georges County, except John, who was born in Frederick; it having been set off from Prince Georges County by the time he was born.

Charles was one of the two eldest sons of William Polk, Senior, by his first wife, Nancy Knox Owens. William and Charles reached manhood before their father's second marriage, were given their portions of his estate, and turned west across the Chesapeake Bay. Charles settled on the Maryland_frontier at the North Bend of the Potomac. He built a trading house and residence where he engaged in the Indian trade until his death in 1753. His trading store was one of· the principal establishments of that kind on the frontier. In Gist's Journa1 1 page 140, we find that "Charles Polk's name appears in the list of Indian Traders in 1734tt (Colonial Archives, Vol. 1, page 425). On Mayo's Map of 1737, his name is marked, with those of four other settlers, at the North Bend of the Potomac, where Hancock, Maryland, now stands.(Also see Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Vol. S, page 760) When he died in 1753, his children were still minors.

Will of Charles Polke: Orphans Court, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Deed Book #7, folio 494-1751-54

In the name of God Amen. The nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, I, Charles Polk of Maryland and County of Frederick, farmer, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is ap···,ointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christianlike and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God, and as touching such worldly estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. lmprirnis. It is my Will and I do order that in the first place 12 all my just debts and fune,sl charges be paid and satisfied. Item. I give and bequeath unto Christian, my dearly beloved wife, the third part of all my mo~ables and the use of the Plantation as long as she remains a widow, and if she should marry then the Plantation to be sold and disposed of as follows: Item. I give unto my well beloved son William his horse and saddle as he claims now to be his own and his equal share of my Plantation when sold, and it is my desire it should be equally divided among my five sons and one daughter, that is to say William my eldest son, and Edmond .my second son, and Thomas my thirds son, and Charl~s my fourth son, and John my fifth son, and Sarah my daughter. And it is my desire if any of my children should die before they should come of age then their part to be equally divided between the rest of my children. It is my desire that if my Executors sees proper to send my sons to treads(Note: trades) that they should do it, and appoint my beloved wife and Ralph Matson to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament Ratifying and Confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament. In wt-tness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above riten.

Charles Polke (Seal) - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Charles Polk as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers.

Henry Stewart John Tictin William Gilliland

June the 20, 1753, John Tictin and Wi.lliam Gilliland two of the sub­ scriber·s to the within will being solemnly sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty God depose and say that they saw the testator Charles Polk sign the within as his- last Will and Testament and heard him publish and declare the same to be such and at the time so doing he was to the best of their apprehensions of sound disposing mind and memory and John Tictin declares that Harry Stewart subscribed his name at the same time as a witness to the within Will and that they severally subscribed their names thereto at the request and in the presence of the Testator. Taken before J. Darnall D. Com'sy of Fred. Coty.

It should be noted that altho the name was spelled Polk in the will, the signature was Polke.

Mrs. O'Gorman in her book, Ancestries of Foy, Macy, Herron, Swendell, Hamilton, 1933, on page 188, states "at Frederick, Maryland, is the inventory of Charles Polke, wherein the nearest of kin is given as William Pollock and John Pollock--Book 58, page 99. She also goes on to say that she attempted to learn the maiden name of Christian because of the name given to the second son: Edmond. This generation is the first one in which it appears as a given name, altho it is not the last--it became a very popular given name in this family. However, research in Pennsylvania failed to yield an answer. It has been presumed heretofore that Matson was her maiden name because Ralph Matson was co-executor with her in administering the estate of Charles. Mr&. O'Gorman disproves the presumption by finding in Washington County, Maryland, a deed dated March 3, 1779, wherein Christian Matson and Edmond Polk convey to George Brent 100 acres of land situate along the Potomac River near the mouth of 13 Tonolowny Creek. 250 pounds consideration. This proves that she married Ralph Matson after the death of her husband, Charles. Also, it explains why Thomas Polke, in his will dated Sep~ember 15, 1804, proved November 9, 1807, Will Book A, page 1014, left his brother Ralph Matson five shillings. This was in Nelson County, Kentucky. It is presumed that the family continued from some years to reside on the home plantation and the sons to ca~ry on their father's business of trading with the Indians. The acquaintance with the Indians was to the advantage of Capt. Charles Polke when he rescued his family from captivity in Det-roit, with the aid of Simon Girty, the "White Indian". It was probably at North Bend that the Polkes became acquainted with Simon, and later scouted with him around Fort Pitt, after Charles had settled on Cross Creek. Charles Polke was living on Cross Creek in 1774 when the murder of Logan's kin took place. Thomas Jefferson, in his "Notes on Virginia", introduces the certificate of Charles Polke with relation to this.infamous massacre of Indians by Daniel Greathouse. This certificate was communicated to Jefferson in 1799, by Judge Innis, of Shelby County, Kentucky. The certificate is important to us in that_ it locates exactly where Charles Polke lived on Cross Creek, in what is now the narrow neck of West Virginia above Wheeling. Until this time, 1774, Logan had been known as the white man's friend, but after the massacre of his relatives, he took up the hatchet, joined Chief Cornstalk in preying on frontier families. After this massacre, Governor Dunmore of Virginia called in the surveyors in Kentucky, sending Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner to warn them. After the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, the tide of migration to Kentucky began again; the Virginia deputy surveyors were once more sent out, rein.forced by others. The Polks withstodd the pull to migrate to Kentucky until 1780. In the spring of that year, Charles and his family, his sister Sarah Piety and her children, and his brothers,Thomas, Edmond, and William with their families, plus a reinforcement of friends and neighbors, set off down the Ohio River in flatboats.

Further information on the brothers and sister of Edmond Polke who went to Kentucky, can be found in the Polk Family and Kinsmen, by W. H. Polk, 1912.

Revolutionary Service of Polkes in Virginia is found listed in Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, page 630: Polk, Charles, Capt. of Jefferson Militia~ Clark's Illinois Regiment; shown on payrolls 1780-82--W. D. Polk, Charles, Clark's Ill. Reg. Polke, John, Hampshire Militia, E. Polk, Thomas, Col and Commissary E. Polk, Thomas, Illinois Papers Polke, Charles, Capt. Clark's Ill. Reg. in 1782 T-EV2Pl010 Polke, John, Capt. O'Hara's Ind. Co. Pitts 14

Kentucky Census of 1790 by Charles Brunk Heinemann

Tax list of 1790

Charles Polke--Nelson County, 1792 Charles Polke, Jr., Nelson County, 1792 Edmund Polke, Nelson County, 1792 Thomas Polke, Nelson County, 1792

Kentucky Census of 1800, by G. Glenn Clift

Charles Polke, Nelson County Edmund Polke, Nelson County Thomas Polke, Nelson County Edmund Polke, Jr., Nelson County Charles Polke, Shelby County William Polk, Shelby County Zephemiah Polk, Bracken County

Because the early church records of Somerset County, Maryland, show the Polkes to have been Presbyterians, we assume they continued to belong to the Presbyterian Church until they went to Kentucky. In 1801, Edtrund and Thomas Polke and his wife Lucy Polke were a part of a group to found a Baptist Church in Nelson County. It is found even to the present day that most of the descendants of Edmund are members of the Baptist Church. It is assumed that Wilson John Polk received his name from the name of the church and also the location in Kentucky. w. o. Carver, "History of the New Salem Baptist Church, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1801-1901"

"The New Salem church was an indirect product of the 'great revival of 1801'. On November 28, 1801, Edmond Polke, William Chenoweth, Mary Chenoweth, Thomas Polke, Lucy Polke, Lucy French, Thomas Polke, Jr., and Mary McNeal assembled apparently in some private home, and entered into an organization. Whether any presbytery aided and endorsed the new organization cannot be known, as the only account preserved is the covenant into which they entered on the 28th of November, 1801, on the head of Wilson Creek, Nelson County, State of Kentucky. The records show nothing of the previous church relations of these constitutional members. They would quite likely have been members. of Cox's Creek Church. Of these eight members, four were subsequently dismissed by letter; four, William Chenoweth, Mary Chenoweth, Thomas Polke and Mary McNeal died in the fellowship of the church. By the kindness of Bro. T. P. Samuels, a decorated scroll with the names of the constituting members was hung in the church on the day of the centennial celebration. the church at its first business session, in December, 1801, chose Edmund Polke "moderator to conduct the business of the church", and Thomas Polke "writing elk and cieacon'°, and appointed a conmittee "to give Brother Cash an invitation to attend with us at our stated Meetings, to preach to us, and administer the ordinances of the Gospel among us." Edmund Polke was the first Moderator, serving with a few exceptions untill809. For very many years, the only name appearing on the books is the Wilson's Creek Church, which was locc::ted on the head of Wilson's Creek, on the farm now owned by Mr. Menah." 15

According tow. H. Polk in the Polk Family and Kinsmen, page 417, it was Edmund Polke, Jr., who was a deacon until he went to Indiana and Cook County, Illinois. However·, from research, Edmund Polke, Jr. went from Nelson County to Bullitt County, Kentucky, where he lived until 1831, when he went to Indiana for two years, and then to Cook· County, Illinois, in 1833.

Sources: w. H. Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, 1912 Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolutio~ O'Gorman, Ancestries of Foy 2 Macy, Herron, Swendel, Hamilton Families, page 186, 188 w. o. Carver, History of New Salem Baptist Church, Nelson Countx, Kentucky, 1801-1901 Heinemann, Charles Brunk, Census of Kentucky, 1790 Clift, G. Glenn, 1800 Census of Kentucky Nelson County, Kentucky, Will Book A, page 1014, Thomas Polke, proved 1807 16

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Edmond Polke

Edmond Polke 1 second son of Charles Polke; the Indian Trader Born 1740, Prince Georg.es County, Maryland(that part which became Frederick County) Died, 1825, prior to May 9, when his will was probated in Nelson County, Kentuc1'y Married, 1765, near Fort Pitt, to Mary Fultz Children: 9 Thomas, born 1768, Pennsylvania, died 1843, Tobinsport, Indiana married Catherine Leonard,(bond) November 2, 1796 Reverend Charles, born September 26, 1770, Pennsylvania, died July 25, 1836, Perry County, Indiana. Married July 26, 1790, to Wilhemina Dever Edmond, Jr. b?rn September, 1776, Washington County, Pennsylvania died March 16, 1859, Cook County, Illinois. married October 22, 1799, Nelson County, Kentucky, to Margaret Brown Hannah, born December 25, 1765, died March 17, 1842, married November 5, 1788, to Adam Guthrie Christina Katherine, born 1776, Pennsylvania, married Ignatius Abell, February 22, 1794, Nelson County, Kentucky Sarah, born 1778, Pennsylvania, died 1825, Nelson County, Kentucky married Zachariah Fowler Mary(Polly), born 1780, probably Pennsylvania, died unmarried in Bloomfield, Kentucky Nancy, born 1782, Shelby County, Kentucky.(Nelson County was set off from Shelby in 1784), died in Bloomfield, Kentucky, unmarri ~d James, born 1784, Nelson County, Kentucky, died 1850, Nelson County; married 1804, Nelson County, to Nancy Abell

Edmond Polke was the third child of Charles, the Indian Trader of Frederick County, Maryland. He grew up there, but by 1765 was in the vicinity of Fort Pitt where he married Mary Fultz. His military record in the American Revolution shows that he was a Major of Rangers from Washington County, Pennsylvania, Militia.(Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Volume IV, page 417: "Depre·ctation pay received by Ravolutionary Soldiers, Washington County, Edmond Polk, Major" Also, The Dictionary of American Biography, Volume VIII, page 61, refers to him as a veteran of the Revolution. Page 441 of American Guthries and Allied Families, tells us that "Edmond Polk was remarkable for his integrity and piety, as well as his handsome person.u Until he made the trip to Kentucky by flatboat down the Ohio River, he lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on Cross Creek. Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume III, page 527: Virginia Entries to lands in \~estern Pennsylvania--March 29, 1780, Edmond Polke, 800 acres on Cross Creek(2 entries of 400 acres each) In the spring of 1780, the brothers and their sister, Sarah Piety, descended the Ohio River, landing at the Falls of the Ohio, present Louisville, and after a short stay there, moved on to what is now Shelby, Spencer and Nelson Counties on the headwaters of Salt River. In this area were "Stations" which had been erected by pioneers from Virginia and Pennsylvania. The lands on which they settled 18

were those which they had entered claims for on the surveying trips made in 1775 and 1776 by Capt. Charles Polke and other deputy surveyors for Virginia. Thomas Polke settled on Simpson's Creek, built Polke Station which became known historically as "Burnt Station". There were also Cox's Station built by Isaac Cox in 1775 and Bardstown, 1776, by the Bairds. Both the Cox and Baird families were from Pennsylvania. In 1784, the Virginia legislature set Nelson County off from Shelby. Isaac Cox and Capt. Charles Polke were .two of the three men appointed by the Governor of Virginia as Justices of the Peace, Justices of Oyer and Terminer and justices in chancery of the new county. The first term of court was held in May, 1785. Edmond Polke was one of the committee appointed to report on the work of bu11•1ng a debtor's prison, a prison for criminals, a whipping post, pillory and stocks.

A question which has always been in my mind was also in Mrs. 0 1Gorman•s mind regarding the source of Edmond Polke's name. He was the first one in the Polke family to bear it, but certainly not the last--there were many following him. Mrs. 0 1Gorman tried to trace the source of it in trying to locate the maiden name of his mother, but had no success whatsoever. I have se·en it spelled two ways--with an"o"and also with a ••u 0 • Edmund Polk, Jr. signed hls land grant with a"t.Jf' in his name, but most sources spell it with an "o".

According to Colonel William Polk of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in a letter dated 1875, "three· of the sons of Edmond Polke left Kentucky for Indiana. Thomas and Charles went to the area known as "Polk's Bottom", Perry County, Indiana, which is opposite Cloversport_, Kentucky. Edmond, Jr. moved to Knox County, India.na, snd then to Cook County, Illinois". By the time of Edmond, Sr.•s death in either late 1824, or early 1825, the only children still living in Nelson County were his son, James, his daughter, Sarah Fowler, and the two unmarried daughters., Mary and Nancy. The rest were either in other parts of Kentucky or in Indiana. He died prior to May 9, 1825, Nelson County, Kentucky. Hts grave has never been definitely located. His will is recorded in Nelson County, Kentucky, Will Book E, page 285. A certified copy from the clerk's office in Bardstown was obtained in August, 1963. It reads as follows:

"In the name of God Amen. I Edmond Polke of the County of Nelson and State of Kentucky being of sound mind and disposing memory and calling ·to mind that it is appointed to all men to die do make and publish this my last will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills. 1st It is my will and desire that my wife Mary Polke should have and enjoy during her life the farm whereon I now live containing about one hundred and sixty acres more or less. 2nd At the death of my said wife Mary Polke It is my will and desire that my farm above described should be sold by my executors for the best price that can be had upon such credit as they may deem reasonable and from the proceeds I wish them to pay my son James Polke Two hundred dollars. To my Grandson Wilso~ Polke Two hundred dollars and the balance to be equally divided Between my two daughters Polly Polke and Nancy Polke. 3rd I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Fowler, wife of Zachariah Fowler the tract of land whereon said Fowler now lives and supposed to contain about Eighty one acres be the same more or less, to her and her heirs forever. 19 4th After all my just debts are paid, I give and bequeath all my personal estate of whatsoever kind to my wife Mary Polke and my two daughters Polly Polke and Nancy Polke to be equally divided between them. 5th and lastly, I appoint William Chenoweth and Edmond Able to be Executors of this my last will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 4th day of June, one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one.

Edmond Polke (Seal) (In presence of) Edm. Guthrie Thomas Duncan Spencer Minor E. B. Miles Samuel McKay

At a County Court held for Nelson County at the Courthouse in Bardstown on the 9th day of May 1825 The above Last will and Testament of Edmond Polke Dec'd was exhibited in Court and proved by the oath of Edmond Guthrie, a subscribing witness thereto who also made oath that the other witnesses signed the same in his presence and at the request and in the presence of the Testator, and ordered to be recorded. Test: Ben Grayson, c. c. STATE OF KENTUCKY COUNTY OF NELSON, SCT

I, Marion T. Seay, Clerk of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing ls a copy of the will of Edmond Polke, of record in Will Book E, page 285, in the Clerk's office of the Nelson County Court. Witness my hand and of~ictal seal of office this August 13, 1963

Attests Marion T. Seay, Clerk By Phyllis S. Mattingly, D. C. It will be noticed in the will of Edmond Polke that the nan-es of Thomas, Charles, Edmond, Jr., Hannah and Kitty are not included as heirs.

Edmond Polke, Sr. appears in two more census records of Kentucky:

3rd Census--Kentucky, Nelson County, 1810

Edmond Poke Males: 1 (under 10); 1 (45 or over) Females: 2 (16-26~; 1 (45 or over)

4th Census--Kentucky, Nelson County--1820

Edmond Poke Males: 1 (16-18); 1 (18-26); 1 (45 Or up) Femaless 2 (10 years); 2 (26-4SJ; 1 (45 or up) 20

Sources for Edmond Polke, Sr.I

W. H. Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, Chapter XLVIII Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VIII, page 61 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol III, page 527 " " , Fifth Series, Vol. IV, page 417 American Guthries .and Allied Families, page 441 O'Gorman, Ancestries of Foy, Macy, Herron, Swendell 2 Hamilton, Families, 1933, Nelson County, Kentucky, Will Book E, page 285 Census of Kentucky, 1790, Charles Brunk Heinemann Census of Kentucky, 1800,G. Glenn Clift Census of Kentucky, 1810, Nelson County, National Archives, Washington, D. C. Census of Kentucky, 1820, Nelson County, " n " " DAR paper, #479526, Mrs. Roberts. Gill(Mary Groves), Mobile, Alabama Information -from Mrs. J.B. Webb(Beatrice Payne), Louisville, Kentucky (proved the line of Edmond Polke for DAR for the first time) 21

Chapter V

Edmund Polke, Jr.

Edmund Polke, Jr., son of Major Edmund Polke and Mary Fultz born September, 1776, Washington County, Pennsylvania died March 16, 1859, Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois married October 17, 1799(date of bond)., Nelson County, Kentucky, to Margaret Brown, born May, 1776, Pennsylvania, died November 21, 1843, Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois. Both Edmund and Margaret Polk are buried in Lyonsville Cemetery, La Grange, Illinois She was the daugghter of Samuel and Sarah Brown who went to Nelson County, Kentucky, in the 178~s from Pennsylvania. Samuel Brown died prior to July, 1799, as his will was proved at the July term of court, Nelson County, Kentucky. It named his wife Sarah; sons, John, Nathaniel, Samuel; daughters, Jenet, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ruth, Nancy, Isabella, Margaret, and Rebekah. children: 9--lived to maturity Samuel, born 1800-1801, Nelson County, Kentucky Wilson, born January 12, 1303, Nelson County, Kentucky John . James w., born 1810, Bullitt County, Kentucky William, born 1810, twin to James w. Margaret, born 1812, Bullitt County, Kentucky Mary, born 1814, Bui li tt County, Kentucky Henry Harrison, born 1817, Bullitt County, Kentucky Wesley, born November 4, 1818, Bullitt County, Kentucky

Edmund Polke, Jr., moved from Nelson County, Kentucky, to Bullitt County, Kentucky, prior to 1810. He appears in the census of Bullitt County for the years 1810-1820-1830. In 1831, he moved to Indiana, but which county he resided in for two years is not known. In 1833, he moved to Cook County, Illinois, loccitlng in Lyons Township. In 1835, he patented 160 acres of land in partnership with his son-in-law, Delaney Wells. The price per acre was $1.25. He was conceded to have been the earliest settler in Lyons. Edmund Polk, Jr., was a veteran in two wars: the Indian War of 1793, and the War of 1812.

Because the information in the Polk Family and Kinsmen, by w. H. Polk, 1912, is so sparse, tracing Edmund Polk, Jr. and his family has proved to b.e quite a challenge. Deeds have been found in Bullitt County in his and Margaret's names, but deeds in Cook County were destroyed by the great fire in Chicago in 1871. Except for printed records in C)ok County histories, which are given in their entirety in this chapter, and the location of the Polk family bcrial plot in Lyonsville Cemetery, this is the first time that a family record of this branch of the Edmund Polke, Sr., family has been compiled, so far as can be learned. The point of beginning in tracing the family of Edmund, Jr. was obtaining the marriage bond in Nelson County, dated October 17, 1799. The next point of reference, after failing to locate any deeds in the name of Edmund, Jr., was Bul 1 i tt County. It h,!d been ref erred to as the place where Edmund, Sr., had died. Search of the Bullitt County census of l':310, showed Edmund, Jr., living there while his father was still residing in Nelson County. Further census search of Bullitt County showed him to be resident until 1830. Again, using census records, Cook County, Illinois, census of 1840 showed Edmund to be resident in Lyons Township. Having the township location enabled the National Archives to locate the land grant in his name in 1835. Further census search went 22

thru the 1860 census of Cook County, Illinois. The 1850 census yielded the nam=s of two of the sons who accompanied him to Illinois. The 1850 census also showed that Margaret had died sometime between 1340 and 1850, while the 1360 census indicated that Edmund, Jr., had died between 1850 and 1860. A search of a genealogy and biography of Cook County, Illinois, 1898, yielded the fact that Edmund and Margaret Brown Polk were the parents of Wilson Polk. This was the connection which had long been sought, but not provede Further biographical information came from the Chicago Historical Society regarding the entire family of Edmund and Margaret Polk. Information from the public library in Lyons, Illinois, gave the location of the cemetery where the Polks are buried. A trip to the cemetery by Mr. and Mrs. 6len Roberts of Harvey, Illinois, produced the photographs of the tombstones of Ednund and Margaret Polk.

In 1833, when the move to Illinois was made, Cook County was only two years old as·a county. Chicago was a tiny village, but was the county seat. By 1837, Chicago had the status of a city. Even tho the area grew very rapidly during these years, in the beginning, the Polks experienced pioneer living on a new frontier.

Census records of Edmund Polk, Jr:

G. Glenn Clift, Second Census of Kentucky, 1800 Edmund Polke, Jr., Nelson County

Annie Walker Burns Bell, 1936, Third Census of Kentucky, Bullitt County page 15, Edmund Poke Males: 4 (under 10); 1 (10-16); 1 (26-45) Females: 1 (26-45)

Fifth Census of Kentucky, 1830, Bullitt County, Volume 4

Edmund Polk: Males: 2(10-15); 2 (20-30); 1 (50-60) Females: 2 (15-20); 1 (50-60)

Sixth Census, Illinois, 1840, Cook County, Volume 2, Lyons Township Samuel J. Lowe page 268: Edmond Polk Male: 1 (5-10); 2 (20-30); 1 (60-70) Female: 1 (5-10); 1 (20-30); 1 (60-70)

Seventh Census, Illinois, Cook County, Volume S, 1850, Lyons Township October 25, 1850, Sheldon w. Peck, page 115 754/754 Edmond Polk 75 M Born Pennsylvania Henry H. Polk 33 M Born Kentucky Theresa Polk 26 F Born England Charles H. Polk 8 M Born Illinois Margaret Polk b F '' '' Francisco Polk 2 M tt ft 23

Bullitt County, Kentucky, deeds found in the name of Edmund Polk, Jr.

Deed Book F, page 149, September 5, 1815 James Taylor, of Campbell County, Kentucky, to Edmund Polke of Bullitt County, Kentucky 105 acres on Floyd's Creek--consideration: $105

Deed Book F, page 306, May 15, 1826 Edmund and Margaret Polke sold to Jacob Yoder, same tract of land for same amount of money

From the National Archives in Washington, D. c., bounty land warrants in the name of Edmund Polk, Jr. were obtained. These land warrants were issued to him for his .service in both the Indian Wars in 1793 and the War of 1812.

Warrant 19113, January 27, 1851 Edmund Polk, Private, Capt. Wm Rogers, Col. Whittaker; Ky. Vol. in July 1793 Dis November '93 2 Ser: Pri. Capt Frederick Grayson, 1 Ky Vols, Col Miller In Sept 1 12, Dis Jan '13--War 12 Auditors Office, Dec. 5, 1851 No Rolls of Capt. Rogers Co, for the year 1793 are found. They are pre­ sumed to have been destroyed in the burning of the Public Buildings. (2 service) Edmond Polk served under Capt. Grayson from 1st September to 2d December 1813 No 2, Dec 17-51 B. F. Gallaher(for auditor) 40 acres Jany 5, 1854

State of Illinois' County of Cook ' On this Sixteenth day of January A. D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me J. B. F. Russell a Notary Public in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and residing in the City of Chicago, in the County and State aforesaid Edmund Polk aged 75 years, a resident of Cook County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law declares that he is the identical Edmund Polk who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain William Rogers in the Regiment of Mounted Rifles commanded by Major Whittaker in the Indian ~ar of 1793, that he was mustered into service at Georgetown in Kentucky on or about the first day of July A. D. 1793 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said Indian War for the term of four months and was honorably discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about the First day of Novem"ber A. D. 1793 as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company: and further he declares that he is the identical Edrrund Polk who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Frederick Grayson in the First Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers commanded by Colonel Nicholas Miller in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812 that he volunteered in Bullitt County in Kentucky on or about the First day of September A. D. 1812 for the Term of six months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of Four Months and was honorably discharged at Vincennes Indiana on or about the First day of January A. D. 1813 as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company and further that he has never received any written or printed certificate of discharge but in both instances was mustered-out of service. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "Act granting bounty 24 land· to certain officers and soldiers, who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States" passed September 28th, 1850. Witness Geo. H. Rankin Edmund Polk (Seal)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written: And I hereby certify that I believe the said Edmund Polk to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he 1s of the age above stated. J.B. F. Russell Notary Public for Cook County Ill.

Mar. 3, 1855 95~883 - 19113 -Apr. 24

Edmund Polk, Priv.

Capt. Grayson, Col Miller, Ky Vol's. En. Sept. 1812 Dis War -----1812 Recd. Warrant No.· 96504--40 a. 25

In searching for information about Edmund Polk, Jr. "in Cook County, Illinois, three books were found containing biographical sketches of him and the children who accompanied them. The earliest reference was History of Cook County, Illinois, by A. T. Andreas, 1884, pages 814-815:

Polk Family The first settler here(Lyons) is generally conceded to have been Edmund Polk, his sons, Henry H. and Wesley Polk, being the oldest living settlers of the town. Henry H. Polk was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in the year 1816, of Edm~nd and Margaret(Brown) Polk, who came to Cook County in 1833, and settled on the farm near· Lyons where they resided until their deaths; Edmund dying in 1859 at the age of eighty-three years and six months, and Margaret in 1844, at the age of sixty-six ye~rs. The parents of Henry H. Polk were natives of Pennsylvania, were brought up after ten years of age in Kentucky, were married in 1799, and had the following children that lived to maturity: Samuel, Wilson, John, William and James(twins), Margaret, Mary, Henry and Wesley. Edmund Polk, Sr. was in the War of 1812, and served µnder the gallant General Tippecanoe Harrison. On attaining manhood, Henry H. Polk engaged in farming, in which pursuit he has since remained, except during.one year wherein he was engaged in mining in California, and now is the proprietor of one hundred and fifty-seven acres of excellent farming land. He married, in 1842, Miss Theresa Harrison, daughter of Thomas and Mary Harrison, and they have eight children: Margaret, Frank, Clara, Harrison, Ella E., Abraham, George and Cora. They are members of the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Polk was a trustee. He has been assessor, Justice of the Peace, school trustee for fifteen years and school director for a number of years. Wesley Polk was also born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, of Edmund and Margaret Polk, in the year 1816. He also came to Lyons with his parents in 1833, and engaged in farming, when he selected an occupation and business for life; at the present time owning one hundred and ninety acres of land. In 1860, he married Miss Mary J. Bielby, daughter of William and Sarah Bielby; they have one child, Edmond. In 1862, Mr. Polk enlisted as a private in Company H, 127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the siege and battle of Vicksburg, and in the battle of Arkansas Post. After the surrender of Vicksburg, he was placed upon detached service in the Quartermaster's Department of the Fifteenth Arrey Corps. He was mustered out in 1865 as a Corporal. Mr. Polk is Justice of the Peace, a member of the Congregational Church, was a collector of the township and has been school director for a humber of years.

The second sketch of the Edmund Polk family found was in the Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois, 1898, pages 562•563:

Wesley Polk Wesley Polk was a native of Kentucky. He was born in Jefferson County, on the 4th of November, 1818, and was one of six children whose parents were Edmund and Margaret Polk. Their children were H. H., James, William, Wesley and Wilson, but Henry H. is the only one now living. Our subject was born and reared upon the home farm in Kentuc',y, and acquired the greater part of his education outside the school-room. He began life for himself when a young man, and was afterward dependent upon his own resources. In 1831 he left the State of his nativity and removed to Indiana 26 where he m~de his home until 1833, when he came to Illinois, making the journey by wagon. He located in Lyons Township, where he purchased a tract of wild, uncultivated land on section 21, upon which a log cabin was built. He was accompanied by his parents and family, and they experienced all the hardships and trials of life on the frontier. The Indians were still numerous in the settlement, and Chicago was the trad­ ing-point of the pioneers. Mr. Polk grew to manhood upon the new farm, and there made his home until 1849, when, in connection with his brother H. H., and three other young men, they atarted with pack mules for California. They walked much of the distance, but at length after traveling for several months reached their destination. There Mr. Polk engaged in prospecting and mining from 1849 until 1851. His trip proved quite successful, and he returned home by way of New York City and the water route. He then came back to the farm, and to agricultural pursuits devoted his energies until the breaking out of the war, when, 1-n 1861, prompted by patriotic impulses, he responded to the country's call for troops. He enlisted as a private, was assigned to Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was mustered into service in Chicago. He faithfully followed the Old Flag for three years, and during that time was never either wounded or taken prisoner, but was always found at his post of duty, participt.ting in all engagements in which the regiment took part, a faithful and valiant

1 defender of the Union. When mustered out he held the rank of r Corporal. When the war was over, Mr. Polk returned to the old farm, where he lived until 1881. He then, purchased the farm now owned by the family. It comprised one hundred and ninety acres of rich and valuable land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved with all the accessories and conveniences of a model farm. Mr. Polk began life a poor boy, but his career was a successful one, for he was diligent and enterprising and possessed good business ability. In 1860 Mr. Polk was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. 'Bielby. Her birthplace was near Utica, New York. They had only one child, Ednund R., was born March 7, 1866. He attended the public schools and was gradu8ted from the Metropolitan Business College of Chicago. On the 14th of January, 1891, he married Miss Agness Little, and they have become the parents of one son-, Wesley w. Edmund now carries on the home farm 'and is a wide­ awake and enterprising agriculturist. The father was called to his final rest May 23, 1893, and his remains are interred in Lyonsville Cemetery. He had the respect of all who knew him and his death was deeply mourned. In politics, he was a stalwart adv:Jcate of the Republican party and its principles, and did all in his power to insure its success. For fourteen successive years he creditably and ably filled the office of Justice of the Peace, was Township Collector, and also served as Supervisor. Socially, he was a member of the Grand Army post, and in religious belief he was a Congregationalist. 27

The third book found which had biographical material on Edmund Polk, Jr. is a recent one: Portage, Pioneers and Pubs, A History of Lyons, Illinois , by Rose Marie Benedetti and Virginia c. Bulat, 1963:

''The Polk family w,1s one of the first· permanent residents in Lyons. Edmund R. Polk was born in Pennsylvania in 1776 and died in 1859. He served under General ''Tippecanoe" Harrison in the War of 1812. Edmund and Margaret Polk's children were Henry H., James, William, Wesley and Wilson. Wesley was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky on November 4, 1818. The Polk fam ly left Jefferson County in 1831 and moved to Indiana where they lived until 1833, when they headed their covered wagon toward Il inois. They settled in Lyons Township and purchased a tract of wild , uncultivated land on Section 21 of the Township. This pioneer family braved many hardhips on the trail and discovered the prairies still housed numerous Indians and Chicago was the center of trading for the pioneers • • . Wesley spent his early manhood on the new farm until 1849 when he, his brother, Henry, and three other adventurous young men headed their pack mules west with California and the famous Gold Rush as their des­ tination. They reached California after trDveling several months-­ walking most of the way. Wesley was a prospector and miner from 1849 until 1851. His venture proved quite successful and, after a visit to New York, he returned to Lyons by way of the water route, via, no doubt, the Chicago Portage. Wesley responded to the country's call for troops in 1862 and en­ listed as a private, was assigned to Company H, 127th Ill. Infantry, and was mustered into service in Chicago. After serving in the Battles of Vicksburg and Arkansas Post, he was dischBrged in 1865 as a corporal. Mr. Polk returned to the family farm after the war where he resided until 1881. He then purchased another farm, located at what is now Route 66 and Manheim Road. Mr. Polk's farm consisted of 190 acres of rich land. Wesley married Miss Mary J. Bielby in 1860. She was born in 1843 near Utica, New York, and died in 1904. They had one child--Edmund R. who was born on March 7, 1866 and died in 1936. Wesley Polk served as Justice of the Peace for fourteen years, was Township Collector and Supervisor, and a member of the Grand Army post. He died on May 23, 1893, and his remains are entered in the Lyonsville Cemetery. The Polk family burial plot occupies a corner of this cemetery. Many other first families of lyons and the surrounding area are also buried in the Lyonsville Cemetery. Edmund R. Polk married Agnes M. Little(l869-1950) on Jaruary 14, 1891. One of their children, Wesley w. carried on the family farm after his father's death."

From the research done in Kentucky, it is evident that Edmund Polk was a resident of Bullitt County, rather than Jefferson County. If the boundaries of Jefferson and Bullitt are examined, one can see why it was thought they lived in Jefferson County, for a narrow neck of Bullitt extends between Jefferson and Nelson. Wesley Polk owned land in section 21, but Edmund Polk owned land in section 28 of Lyons Township,see copy of land grant), in partnership with his son-in-law, Delaney Wells, husband of his daughter, Margaret. Sources: Polk Family and Kinsmen, W. H. Polk, 1912 History of Cook County, Illinois, A. T. Andreas, 1884 Portage, Pioneers and Pubs, A History of Lyons, Illinois, by Benedetti and Bulat, 1963 Second Census of Kentucky,· G. Glenn Clift Third Census of Kentucky, Bullitt County, Annie Walker Burns, Bell U.S. Census, 1830, Bullitt County, Kentucky, Volume 4 u. s. Census, 1840, Cook County, Illinois, Volume 2, Lyons Township, p. 268 u. s. Census, 1850, Cook County, Illinois, Volume 5, page 115 Bullitt County, Kentucky, Deed Book F, pages 149 and 306 National Archives, Washington, D. c.: Land Grant #92, Chicago Land · Office, recorded Vol. 1, page 95 National Archives, Washington, D. C.: Bounty Land Warrant 19113 Lyonsville Cemetery Records, Mr. Walter Hoyt, 1611 Plainfield, La Grange, Illinois Photographs of gravestones of Edmund and Margaret Polk, Lyonsvllle Cemetery, La Grange, Illinois, taken by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Roberts, 15130 Ashland Avenue, Harvey, Illinois

_, __ I N i ~~S ~IIU.l,BB"f CE T.IF.IBD,· That, in punuance of Law, dtr~,u,,,J ~ P-~ 1 : ~raX ~ca,- ~ . , ' ~ ~-:;,i:, ,. .,county, S~ . U,V6::!J on this day purchased <,f the Register of tliis Olliae, tl1e lot (lr C/4,;,x--~7'~ ~ C<-<- ~- of section uumber J// _r• /r, ~ /;'// ,.-'-._ /-;,JD /4C ~L_ .../4"t-.17 a✓-:... ID township number e.//luf l-f,,;v- ~ &r-efor range number J/4-rL;;,u ct-~ ~r ccintaining :W .#lttu a;,, d:,, lM, O ~1/b,'. acres, at the rate of tfiu./., dullar

anU !,lu.r,zv'~ cents per acre, amounting to r$1v Azu, tu, c<., ..,,_ .. ., d0Ua1:1 and 1...,-- - - cents, for which the said ticltvvt«.r.,Cv ®, a,,, a. ..{)ll UM.I ';y 7t d&.__.,

ha'lltm'ade payment in full as required by law.

N01-J7 THEREF'ORE BE IT KNOTPN, 'l,hat,- ~esentation of this certificate to the CoMM1ss10N~a '->F

THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the said 6a,, l,c/lWC. ~,'.? ..,,f .£,-. ~ ~,:./tu ,, 7 7ha, '----..,

sl1all be entitled to receive a patent for the lot above described. ~TATE 'oF aN~ttlrcn·, COUlrTY OF NELSON, .SOT.

I e l-'.ar ion '!' • Se P.y'. Cl erk of the Helson Count County afores2id, do :hereby cert'if - tha•tt· : Y_. Court• i~ _8f_d for the State and :Bond of Edmu..'lll. :F011t" - ··a ~' ··-· -· -.Y.. · • -- -- the- f prp.g_oJng •.. 3:ir::.a.:.coti-Y, of th -'IIlffr"i . office_ • an .eegaret Brown of record in the Nel, son.. c· aunty. Clerk'!e . . ag~

Witness my h ~~"'?j d an d off icial. see.l of office , th1·s ·F e brua.ry 3,1964 •.

Att: Me.rion T. Seay, ·Clerk

29 Chapter VI

Children of Edmund Polk, Junior

Sometime in the 1830s, most of the Polks of all branches of the family dropped the "en on the name. Today, the name is still spelled Polk, altho there are Polkes still to be found in Indiana and Illinois. It is to be regretted that complete -information is lacking on all the children of Edmund and Margaret Brown Polk. What information is included, however, 1s accurate. If there are errors, they are not due to lack of effort to obtain information. Many attempts and many letters have been written to contact descendants who might still be living in Illinois. According to A. T. Andreas in his history of Cook County, Illinois, there were 9 children of Edmund and ~~rgaret Polk who lived to mnturity. It is hoped that what information there is can be of help to anyone who uses this book. The one exception is the account of Wilson Polk, which is complete for a_ll of his children except two. The children of Edmund and Margaret Polk are listed in chronological order. Omitted from the list is Wilson Polk. Chapters VII and VIII contain information on him and his descendants.

Samuel Polk, eldest son of Edmund Polk, Junior born 1800-1801, Nelson County, Kentucky

Wilson Polk--see Chapter VII

John Polk--there is doubt on the part of th~ compiler as to the existence of a son named John. The reason for the doubt is that the Census of 1870 of Daviess County, Missouri, lists Wilson Polk as W. John Polk. James w. Polk, born in 1810 in Bullitt County, Kentucky. According to the Census of 1850, Cook County, Illinois, was probably married in Indiana. 7th Census, Illinois, Cook County, Volume 5, 1850, page 116 746/746 James w. Polk 40 M born Kentucky Quilly Polk 41 F born Kentucky James w. Jr. 15 M born Indiana William, twin to James w.--no information

Margaret, born 1812, Bullitt County, Kentucky married December 2, 1831, Nelson County, Kentucky, to Delaney Wells. By 1840, there were at least 2 children: 1 boy and 1 girl It is not known when she died. No further information available.

Mary, born 1814, Bullitt County,Kentucky

Henry Harrison, born 1817, Bullitt County, Kentucky. Died after 1894 in Lyons, Illinois. He married in 1842 Theresa Harrison, daughter of Thomas and Mary Harrison. Children: 10 Charles H. born in 1~43, died in February, 1864. He was a soldier in Company K, 12th Illinois Infantry 30 Margaret, born 1844 Frank, born in 1849 Clara M, born in 1853 Harrison, born in 1855 Ella E, born in 1857 Edmund, born in 1859, died in March, 1862 Abraham George Cora Theresa Jane, born probably in 1845, died in 1846

Henry Harrison moved with his parents to Illinois in 1833. He was a farmer. He undoubtedly inhetited the land of his father, Edmund. In 1849, he and his brother, Wesley, and three other young men, went to the gold fields in California, walking much of the distance. It was a successful trip from which they returned by the water route to New York - City in 18S1.-·. Henry Harrison Polk and his family were members of the Congfegattonal Church in which he was a trustee. He was as:3essor, justice of the peace, school trustee for 15 years, and school director for a number of years.

8th Census, Illinois, 1860, Cook County, Volume 9, Lyons Township, page 205(625) 1554/1476 Henry H. Polk 43 M $9500 600 Kentucky Theresa · 37 F England Charles H. 17 M Illinois Margaret 16 F tt Frank 11 M ft Clara M 7 F ft Harrison 5 M .. Ella E 3 F tt . Edmund 1 M tt

Wesley Polk, youngest son of Edmund and Margaret PQlk born November 4, 1818, Bullitt County, Kentucky died May 23, 1893, Lyons, Illinois, buried Lyonsville Cemetery married in 1860, Cook County, Illinois, to ~~ry J. Bielby, daughter of William and Sarah Bielby, who came to Illinois from near Utica, New York. children: 1 Edmund R. born March 7, 1866 married January 14, 1891, to Agnes Little died December, 1936 Agnes N. Polk died in October, 1950 Mary J. Bielby Polk died in July, 1904. Her father and mother died in February, 1867, and November, 1871, respectively. Wesley Polk was a veteran of the Civil War, also. He enlisted as a private in Company H, 127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the siege and battle of Vicksburg, and in the battle of Arkansas Post. After the surrender of Vicksbur9, he was placed upon detached service in the Quartermaster's Department of the 15th Army Corps. He was mustered out in 1865 as a corporal. He was a justice of the peace, a member of the Con­ gregational Church, collector of the township, and a school director for a number of years. He was a Repu)>lican, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. By occupation, he was a farmer. He was also anrArgo- naut with his brother, Henry H., in 1849, going to the gold fields in California. Edmund R. Polk and Agnes Little had at least one son, Wesley W., who lives in Springfield, Illinois. 31

The cemetery records of the Lyonsville cemetery are kept by Mr. Walter Hoyt, 1611 Plainfield, La Grange, Illinois. The records pertaining to the Polks and related families are as follows:

Lot #4, whole lot, original subscriber, Henry H. Polk Burials: December, 1846, Theresa Jane Polk March, 1862, Edmund Polk February, 1864, Chas. H.-Polk, Co.K, 12th Illinois Inf. November, 1843, Margaret Polk March, 1859, Edmund Polk Lot #9, whole lot, March 22, 1866, $3 Jerry s. Wells Burials: January, 1903, Mrs. Martha Wells no date J. L. Wells October, 1860, Alice Wells

Lot #181 Endowed in 1858, Whole lot, Sold on 2-27-1867 for $20 to William Bielby, and transferred to E. R. Polk Burials: October 23, 1950, Agnes M Polk December 23, 1936, Edmund R. Polk July 19, 1904, Mary Jane Polk no date Wesley Polk November, 1871, Mrs. Wm. Bielby February, 1867, William Bielby

Sources: History of Cook County, A. T. Andreas, 1884; pages 814-815 Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois, 1898; pages 562-563 Marriage records of Nelson County, Kentucky u. S. Census, 1860, Cook County, Illinois, Volume 9 Portage, Pioneers and Pubs, A History of Lyons, Illinois, by Benedetti and Bulat, 1963 Cemetery records of Lyonsville Cemetery, Mr. Walter lloyt, 1611 Plainfield, La Grange, Illinois

33 Chapter VII

Wilson John Polk

Wilson John Polk, son of Edmond Polk, Jr., and Margaret Brown Born January 12, 1803, Nelson County, Kentucky Died October 29, 1883, Daviess County, Missouri; buried in Cope Cemetery, Jefferson Township; Daviess County Married September 1, 1827, Nelson County, Kentucky, to Rosann Howsley, daughter of Aleathea s. Howsley (her father's name ls unknown at this time) born November 20, 1808 died, April 7, 1886, Daviess County, Missouri; buried Cope Cemetery Children: 11 Liza Jane, born 1828, Nelson County, Kentucky Samuel Smiley, born 1830, Nelson County, Kentucky Edmond Brown, born 1833, Nelson County, Kentucky Albin Stewart, born February 17, 1835, Nelson County, ·Kentucky Burr Harrison, born November 30, 1837, Nelson County, Kentucky William Isaac, born April 20, 1840, Hardin County, Kentucky John Rowan, born May 22, 1843, Hardin County, Kentucky Mary Ann, born 1845, Hardin County, Kentucky J. Catherine, born 1848, Hardin County, Kentucky Roseanna, born 1851, Hardin County, Kentucky Margaret, born May 1, 1851, Hardin County, Kentucky the story of Wilson Polk can be seen thru the legal records found in his and Rosann's names. The first record is that of the will of his grandfather, Edmond, Sr., in which Wilson is listed as an heir, probated in 1825, Nelson County, Kentucky. The second record is that of his marriage bond of 1827, Nelson County, Kentucky. The third record found is Fifth Census of Kentucky, 1830, Nelson County, by Wm. M. Roberts, page 173 Wilson Polke: 1 male (20-30-); Female: 1 (under 5 years); 1 (20-30)

Deeds: Nelson County, Kentucky

l) Date January 23, 1832 Granter: Spencer Minor, administrator, with the will of Edmond Polk, deceased, annexed Grantee: Samuel Smiley Consideration: $600 Description: a parcel of land containing 193 acres situated, lying and being in the County of Nelson and State of Kentucky, on Frornan 1 s Creek 2) Date October 29, 1838 Agreement: By and between Rosanna Polk and Wilson Polk, her husband, and Charles Nourse, Edward B. Smith and Henry Gore, trustees for the said Rosanna Polk under the will of Samuel Smiley, dec'd., of the one part and Ambrose Walker of the other part. Consideration: The said Sm'l Smiley dec'd. by his last will and testament devised for the use and benefit of the said Rosanna Polk the plantation or tract of land whereon the said Rosanna Polk and Wilson Polk her husband now live containing 160 acres. 34

Census of Kentucky, Hardin County, 1860, District 4>2, June 20, 1960, by C. D. Miller Stephensburg, Post Office

1>174 Wilson Polk so Male Born Kentucky Roseanna so Female " ,,'' William 20 Male " John R 18 tt " " Mary Ann 15 Female " " J. Catherine 12 " " " Roseanna 9 .," " " Margaret 1 " " Deeds, Hardin County, Kentucky

Deed Book 7, page 182, date May 30, 1865 William M. Howsley and Ann his wife of Leavenworth County, State of Kansas, to Rosannah Polk, Hardin County, Kentucky, a tract of land on Nolin Creek, a branch of the Green River; $500 for a part of 1000 acres patented to Jacob Larue. Part of the deed refers to Rosanna having sold the estate left to her by Samuel Smiley in Ne 1son County.

Deed Book 7, page 277, date December 12, 1865 Rosanna Polk .and Wilson Polk to A. I. Marriott, Hardin Cou·1ty, Kentucky; $1500 for tract of 150 acres on Nolin River near the Horseshoe Bend. Possession to be given March 1, 1866

Deeds, Daviess County, Missouri

Date July 26, 1866, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Browning to Rosann Polk for . 40 acres of land in Section 29-60-29, Marion Township

Date August 17, 1882, Rosann and Wilson Polk to Thomas J. Fleming for land in Section 29-60-29

Census of Missouri, Daviess County, 1870, Marion Township, Gal lat in Postoffice 200-231 Polk, w. John, Farmer, 66, Kentucky Rosann 60 ft Catherine 21 " Rosanna 19 ..

Census of Missouri, Daviess County, 1880 Father Mother Polk, Wilson WM 76 Kentucky Ky Ky Rosanna W F 65 ti " " Margaret A. G. D. 14 Illinois Ky Ky

The move to Missouri from Kerttucky took place in 1866. Nine of the eleven children are known to have gone with them. All six of the sons fought in the Civil War--five of them for the Union side, and one, E. Brown, on the Confederate side. It speaks well for the stock from which this family came to have eleven children grow to mciturity in the last century. 35 Wilson Polk passed away in Daviess County in his 80th year. Rosann survived him three years. Like the Nelson County Polks, and-the Polks in Indiana, he was a staunch member of the Baptist Church.

Sources for Wilson Polk:

History of Cook County, Illinois, Andreas, A. T., A. T. Andreas, Publisher, 1884, pages 814-815 _ Album of Genealogy and Biography, 1898, Calumet Book and Engraving Company, Chicago, Illinois, pages 562-563 Fifth Census of Kentucky, 1830, Nelson County, by Wm. M. Roberts, page 173 Deed Records of Nelson County, Kentucky Eighth Census of Kentucky, Hardin County, 1860, District #2, June 20, 1860, by C. D. Miller, #174 Deed Book 7, Hardin County, Kentucky Deed Records, Daviess County, Missouri Census of Missouri, 1870, Daviess County, Marion Township, #200/231 Census of Missouri, 1880, Daviess County Certified tombstone records of Wilson and Rosann Polk, Cope Cemetery, Daviess County, Jefferson Township, Missouri 36

STATE OF KENTUCKY COUNTY OF NELSON, SCT. I, Marion '.r. S~ay, Clerk of the. ~els on County Court, in and for the. state •and coun~y aforesaid, _do he_reby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage boi:ia of Wilson Poke and Roseann Hansley, of record in the Nelson Countiu Clerk's office. ~ Witness my hand and off-icial seal of office this 21st day of August, 1963. Att: Ma1on T. Seay, Clerk By ~ ;i;lt: n.c. 37

Cope Cemetery, tlefferson Township, Daviess County, Missouri

WILSON POLK ROSANN POLK wife-of Wilson Polk January 12, 1803 November 20, 1808

October 29, 1883 April 7, 1886

The above are inscriptions on gravestones located bys

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams, Jameson, Missouri Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Burns, Jameson, Missouri

January 26, 1964

Subscribed and sworn to before ma this 3rd day or February,1964.

My term as Notary Public expires July 20,1965.

Notary Public Daviess Cou.nty,Missouri. 38

LINEAGE CHART OF THE WILSON JOHN POLK FAMILY

Robert John Bruce William--Willtam, Jr. Polk Ephraim Wm III & James Charles Magdalen Robert Debora Tasker David Susan Porter Joseph Margaret Polk Martha John Anne Gen. Thomas Came Col. Ezekiel to Charles------­ Sarah Maryland Dsvid William 1672 James Edmond------Thomas Samuel from Elizabeth Thomas Charles John Northern Jane Capt. Charles Edmond 1 Jr.--Wilson--­ Liza Jane Ireland John· Hannah James w. Samuel Kitty William E. Brown Sarah Wesley Albin Stewart Mary Henry H. Burr Harrison Nancy Margaret William Isaac James Mary John Rowan Mary Ann Jane Catherine Roseanna Margaret

I II III IV V VI VII

Note: Each column represents,a generation in America. The underlined name represents the father of the succeeding generation. The heirs of William Polk, Jr.(son of William, Sr.--#II) are listed since this is the family which makes up the Polk Family Tree of 1849. This was proved by exhaustive examinations of the official records of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina. Colonel Ezekiel Polk, son of William Polk, Jr. was the progenitor of the Tennessee Folks, and was the grandfather of President James K. Polk.(Source--Polk Family and Kinsmen, W. H. Polk, 1912, page 207) 39 Chapter VIII

Descendants of Wilson Polk

This chapter contains all the information which could be obtained on the descendants of Wilson and Rosann Polk. The records of some of the children include four generations, so that this record contains eleven generations in America. Some records are ~ore complete than others because of the good fortune in locating descendants who had information to contribute. Each child of Wilson Polk is numbered I thru XI. The record of each child and his descendants will be contained under that number. The order is chronological with each placed according to birthdate.

I Liza Jane Polk, eldest child of Wilson and Rosann Polk Born 1828 or 1829, Nelson County, Kentucky Married June 19, 1856, Hardin County, Kentucky, to Lawson T. Rogers - Recorded Marriage Book C, page 935 "Roger •s of age. Wilson Polk, father of Eliza Jane -gave _consent. Married at Wilson Polk's in the County of Hardin in presence of F. Rogers, Wade Stewart and John Menit(?), by James L. Fullilove

II Samuel Smiley Polk, eldest son of Wilson and Rosann Polk Born September 20, 1832, Nelson County, Kentucky Died December 16, 1893, Nevada, Missouri, buried Weaver Cemetery, near Purcell, Missouri Married January 11, 1864, Chicago, Illinois, to Catherine D. Wells, born January 12, 1840, Cook County, Illinois, and died in 1895; buried at Weaver Cemetery, near Purcell, Missouri She was probably the daughter of Delanyand Margaret Polk Wells, son•in-law and daughter of Edmund Polk, Jr. Children: 4 Margaret(Maggie), born November 4, 1864, Cook County, Illinois died April 27, 1886, buried Weaver .Cemetery never married David L. Polk, born 1866 died June 1, 1912 married May 8, 1894, Alba, Missouri, to Mattie Sidenstricker Children: 1 Lucy Elizabeth Polk, born February 9, 1895 now Lucy E. Johnson, Box 14, Purcell, Missouri Mary Alice Polk, born May 13, 1870 died November 16, 1948, Joplin, Missouri, buried Weaver Cemetery married in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Fred Frazier no children Thomas Polk, born in 1872 died February 9, 1916, Marshfield, Missouri never married Information on Samuel Smiley Polk was obtained from Mrs. Lucy Johnson of Purcell, Missouri, a granddaughter; Mr. Garold Harms of Kidder, Missouri, and the National Archives, Washington, D. C. The file designation in the National Archives ls "Polk, Samuel, WC401923'•• The pension number is 519 928. 40

Samuels. Polk enrolled in Company G, 9th Kentucky Cavalry, at Elizabeth­ town, Kentucky, August 14, 1862, and was mustered out at Eminence, Kentucky, August 21, 1863, as a sergeant. Between the time of his dis­ charge in August, 1863, and January, 1864, he left Kentucky for Cook County, Illinois, where he probably was living with his aunt and uncles. According to information from Garold Harms, he came to Daviess County also, but at a later date than the rest of the family. In 1889, he was a resident of Jasper County, Missouri, having as his post of.flee, Alba. In the same year, he applied for an invalid pension which was granted. He died in Nevada, Missouri, at the state hospital in 1893. His wife, who was granted a widow's pension in 1894 shortly after his death, died in 1895.

Ill Edmond Brown Polk, second son of Wilson Polk and Rosann Howsley Born in 1833, Nelson County, Kentucky Died Apr_il 29, 1918, Austin, Texas, buried in State Cemetery, Austin Married--date and name of wife unknown E. Brown Polk was a farmer. According to information from the Archives of the Texas State Library, he.went to Texas in 1875, locating in Wise County, where he lived until 1912 when he entered the State Confederate Home in Austin. At the time he was both blind and deaf. He was the only son of Wilson and Rosann Polk who was a Confederate veteran. His service record reads that he was a transfer from Mississippi to Price's Division, ~arson's Brigade, La~evers Company. Until William I. Polk went to Texas, no one in the family knew of the whereabouts of Brown Polk. So far as is known, there were no children to survive E. Brown Polk.

IV Albin ~tewart Polk, third son of Wilson Polk and Rosann Howsley Born February 17, 1335, Nelson County, Kentucky Died December 20, 1922, and is buried at Deer Creek, Oklahoma Married: twice 1) May 12, 1859, Hardin County, Kentucky, to Margaret Ann Lewis Recorded in Marriage Book C, 4Fl269: "Polk of age, consent of E. C. Lewis for Margaret Ann. They were married at Thomas Lewis' in presence of Elizah c. Lewis, William Polk, and B. c. Polk, by E. Ward". She was born in 1841, in Kentucky, and died December 4, 1865, Hardin County, Kentucky, or in Champaign, Illinois Children: 3 1) Caroline Crystal, born November 11, 1861, Hardin County, Kentucky. Married Bruce Crowder of Daviess County, Missouri. A son, Hugh Crowder, resides in Cameron, Missouri 2) A child who died 3) Margaret Ann, born Novfember 30, 1865, Champaign, Illinois; died after 1954, probably in Siloam Springs, Arkansas; married August 22, 1882, Daviess County, Missouri, to Jacob Browning. Nothing is known of her descendants. She grew up in the home of Wilson and Rosann Polk. 41 2nd marriage: August 9, 1866, Hardin County, Kentucky, to Amanda Ann Jenkins, recorded in Marriage Book 11D", #451 "Gentleman married before, lady's age proved by Thomas Jenkins, at the old Jenkins farm on the banks of the Nolin in Hardin County in the presence of Thomas Jenkins and wife Columbus Jenkins, and Wade Stewart, by I. w. Bruner" Amanda Ann Jenkins born May 2, 1842, Hardin County, Kentucky, died June 27, 1903, buried Deer Creek, Oklahoma Children: 9 3) Granville Jenkins, born July 29, 1867, Hardin County, Rentucky; died several years prior to 1954 4) Rosa Bell, born September 3, 1868, Hardin County, Kentucky; died March 24, 1903; married B. w. Eads; one child Stewart !ads · 5) Bennie Homer, born December 23, 1869, Daviess County, Missouri; died January 19,1871 6) Fannie Catherine born November 7, 1873, Daviess County, Missouri; (see page 42) 7) Wilson A. Polk, born May 10, 1875, Daviess County, Missouri; died September, 1942; married Mattie Enterline in 1902; a daughter, Stella 8) James Homer, born January 21, 1877, Daviess County, Missouri; died in 1953, Stillwell, Oklahoma; married Elsie Wilburn; a daughter, Gladys(Mrs. w. F. Mendenhall, Moline, Kansas) 9) Ella May, born March 3, 1879, married William H. Seiler; ls a resi­ dent of an old folk's home in Guthrie, Oklahoma 10) Harmon E. Polk, born July 27, 1883, died June 13, 1953, Memphis, Tenn. married Edna Blanch 11) John B. Polk, born -N-ov_e_m_b_e_r-13, 1885, Daviess County, Missouri, died prior to 1953, in Kansas Deed Book 9, pages 525-526, date January 23, 1869 Frankey B. Routh and Peter Routh her husband, of Daviess County, Missouri, to Albin S. Polk, Hardin County, Kentucky $450--land 1/3 undivided share of Frankey B. Routh in estate of Benjamin Jenkins, her father. 113 3/4 acres on Nolin Creek. page 526, Affidavit by Frankey B. Routh, January 23, 1869, Daviess County, Missouri. Recorded Hardin County, Kentucky, February 20, 1869 Deed Book 9, page 526-527, January 23, 1869 Power of attorney from Albin s. Polk and Amanda A. Polk to Benjamin Hardin, attorney of Hardin County, Kentucky. Albin s. Polk, a resident of Daviess County, Missouri, to sell land bought of Frankey B. Routh and also to obtain inheritance belonging to Amanda Ao Polk from her brother, the late Adolphus Jenkins. Deed Book 9, page 528, January 23, 1869 Affidavit of Amanda's consent to power of attonney, Daviess County, Missouri. Recorded Hardin County, Kentucky, February 20, 1869 Deed Book 9, page 528, February 15, 1869 Albin s. Polk and Amanda A. Polk, Daviess County, Missouri, to Gabriel M. Payton, Hardin County, Kentucky, thru their attorney, Benjamin Hardin, Hardin County, Kentucky. $600--Nolin Creek, 113 3/4 acres(Frankey B. Routh land) Recorded February 20, 1869 The above deeds are found in Hardin County, Kentucky Albin.S. Polk was a farmer by occupation. He also went from Hardin County, Kentucky, to Daviess County, Missouri, within three years of the time that his parents and the rest of the family left. The 1880 Census of Daviess County, Missouri, Jefferson Township has the 42 following: 218-22 Polk, Alvin, 46 Kentucky Amanda 37 " Caroline C 18 " Granville 13 n Rosa 11 " Fanny 9 Missouri Wilson 5 " James 3 " Ella May 1 " Like his brothers, Albin Stewart Polk was a veteran of the Civil War. At 2~ years of age, he enrolled August 14, 1862, at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for a period of one year. He was mustered into service August 22, 1862, at Eminence, Kentucky as a private in the 9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, assigned to Company G. He was discharged from service at ·Eminence, Kentucky, by reason of muster out of his company, with rank of corporal, August 21, 1863. He went from Daviess County, Missouri, to Oklahoma at the time of the land run in 1889. The only further record of this famlly is that of Fannie Catherine Polk (116), daughter of Albin s. Polk and Amanda Ann Jenkins. 6) Fannie Catherine Polk born November 7, 1873, Daviess County, Missouri died September 6, 1962, Daviess County, Missouri married December 11, 18~9, Daviess County, Missouri, to John N. Wathen, born October 31, 1866, Daviess County, Missouri died May 24, 1943, Daviess County, Missouri Both are buried at Altamont, Daviess County, Missouri children: 10 Pearl May, born August 28, 1890, Atta Vista, Missouri married to John Milstead; no children reside~ 512 North 16th Street, Independence, Kansas Hazel Ann, born June 2, 1892, Pattonsburg, Missouri married John.-Asher, five children; resides at Trenton, Missouri Clarence Earl, born April 14, 1894, Pattonsburg, Missouri Married and has one son. Resides at 901 Midland Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado Leo, bor.n August 12, 1896, Altamont, Missouri, died November, 1896 Allie Quinn, born August 16, 1898, Altamont, Missouri; married Charles Smith, deceased. Four daughters from first marriage. Second marriage to Jack Hart; resides at 945 0 Street, Rio Linda, California Albin Benjamin, born August 15, 1900, Altamont, Missouri; married; has one daughter and one son; resides at Gallatin, Missouri Harmon Franklin, born May 2, 1903; married 1933 to Edna May Brown. Four girls and four boys. Res.ides at Gallatin, Missouri Denver Jenkins, born March 31, 1907, married Daisy Frazier; two sons, resides 3312 South Toledo Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma Hilda Elizabeth, born Jul¥ 18, 1909, died September 14, 1956; married Ralph Shaw; two daughters and one son. Address: Coffey, Missouri Charles Edward, born April 12, 1912, died June, 1914 All of these children of Fannie Catherine Polk and John N. Wathen were born in Daviess County, Missouri 43 Harmon Franklin Wathen, son of Fannie Catherine Polk and John No Wathen born May 2, 1903, Altamont, Missouri married 1933 to Edna May Brown, born March 17, 1916, Pattonsburg, Missouri children: 8 Bernice Gertrude, born January 7, .1934, married Richard Davis; four sons; resides 723 North Osage, Independence, Missouri Denver Dean, born May 4, 1935; wi~e, Ethel; one daughter; resides in Gower, Missouri Shirley Irene, born December 12, 1936; husband, Vernon Justis; three daughters; resides 2206 East 56th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri Donald George, born July 24, 1938, unmarried; resides 4541 Greystone Court (G), Kansas City 50, Missouri Rosalie Clare, born November 30, 1942; unmarried; resides 4541 Greystone Court (g), Kansas City 50, Missouri Twin to Josephine Ellen, born November 30, 1942, married to Keith Johnson, resides 4202 .North Jackson, Kansas City North, Missouri Robert Allus, born November 3, 1947, Gallatin, Missouri Larry Keith, born March 12, 1951, Gallatin, Missouri

The information on Albin Stewart Polk was contributed by Mr. Harmon Wathen, Gallatin, Missouri, grandson of Albin Stewart Polk.

V Burr Harrison Polk, fourth son of Wilson and Rosann Polk born November 30, 1837, Nelson County, Kentucky died September 3, 1917, ·Daviess County, Missouri married December 23, 1869, Daviess County, Missouri, to Nancy Catherine Deering, daughter of John C. and Amelia Deering. born October 15, 1852, Daviess County, Missouri died November 20, 1927; both are buried in Cope Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Daviess County, Missouri children: 9 1) Clarence Elijah, born April 19, 1872, Daviess County, Missouri died May 4, 1950 Kansas City, Kansas, buried Cope Cemetery married March 15, 1896, Daviess County, to Catherine Elizabeth Crowder children: none

2)Wesley, born December 4, 1876, died in infancy 3)Lillie Belle, born June 26, 1880, Daviess County, Missouri married June 26, 1880, Daviess County, to Fred E. Dewey, deceased; no children; resides in Cameron, Missouri 4)Carilla Orena, born November 27, 1881, Daviess County, Missouri married Dr. J. F. Hedrick of.Weatherby, Missouri, June 22, 1901. One son who died in infancy She died December 8, 1946, and is buried in Cope­ Shambough Cemetery S)Dora Mae, born November 8, 1883, Daviess County, Missouri died July 29, 1953, buried in Hickory Cemetery, near Jameson, Missouri married November 29, 1903 to Thomas J. Hedrick of Weatherby, Missouri 44 children: Rollin Jennings Hedrick, born June 1, 1906, Daviess County, Mo. married June 25, 1938, to Geraldine Josephine Bledsoe children: Brenda Kay, born March 10,1939 David Wayne, born July 11, 1958 Resides in Guilford, Missouri Bertha Helen Hedrick, married Nova w. House; died July 11, 1959, Topeka, Kansas; buried Coffey, Missouri one son: Donald House, resides 905 Braeburn Drive, Fairfax, Va. Cora Alice Hedrick, born December 16, 1907, Daviess County, Mo. married Frank M. Fellrath; no children; resides at 116 North 18th Street, Montebello, California Robert Galen Hedrick, born January 29, 1912, Daviess County, Mo. Is married; one child: Thomas James Hedrick, born 11-16-1951 Resides at 5537 Horton, Mission, Kansas

6)Harvey, born May 24, 1887, died in infancy 7)Laura, born July 6, 1888, died in infancy 8)Alice Metta, born December 24, 1892, Daviess County, Missouri married April 4, 1918, ~o Albert I. Mann d~ed December 30, 1954, Plant City, Florida; buried Lakeland Cemetery children: Elmer I, Mann, 609 Langford Circle, Plant City, Florida Iola Mann Langford, Greenville, Florida; 4 children

9)Stella Arletta, ·born June 10, 1894, Daviess County, Missouri died May 5, 1962, DeKalb County, Missouri, buried Hopewell Cemetery married January 8, 1913, to ~erman A. Harms children: 5 sons Clarence Victor Harms, born 9-20-1918, DeKalb County, Missouri married 1~17-1942 to Gladys Legg children: Patricia Ann, Junetta Marie, deceased resides in Maysville, Missouri Hubert Frederick Harms, born 5-24-1920, DeKalb County, Missouri married 7-6-1941 to Daisy Luella Reno children: Retha Mae, deceased; Vernon Frederick, Rena Marie, Ruby, La Vera Resides at Osborn, Missouri Harold Herman Harms, born 10-10-1922, DeKalb County, Missouri married Ruth Horness childr~n: Joan Theresa Donald Kevin Resides at 1149 Horton Road, Muskegon, Michigan Wesley Alvin Harms, born 4-20-1925, Daviess County, Missouri married 5-16-1944, to Virginia Mae Stephenson chidlr-~n: Hazel Loyce Judyth Joyce Lynn Alvin resides at Weatherby, Missouri Garold Harms, Kidder, Missouri, born September 7, 1935 45 Burr H. Polk enlisted as a volunteer in the Union Army, November 10, 1861, and served throughout the war; was promoted by his captain, James w. Briscoe, to sergeant of his company in the 6th Kentucky Regiment, and was later commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. He was in all of the principal battles of the war in the west. He came to Missouri in 1866. He was a farmer by occupation•. He bought land in Daviess County in 1883 and 1885 in Section 32-60-29. This was in turn deeded by deed dated December 16, 1919, by Nancy C. Polk and other hei~s of Burr H. Polk. - (Information furnished by Garold Harms, Kidder, Missouri)

VI William Isaac Polk, son of Wilson Polk and Rosann Howsley born April 20, 1840, Hardin County, Kentucky died November 7, 1927, Norman, Oklahow~; buried at Smith Cemetery, near Norman married January 26, 18613, DeKalb County, Missouri, at Maysville, to Esther Ann Schuchman, born November 24, 1848, St. Clair County, Illinois. She died December 12, 1922, and is burled at Smith Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of George Schuchman. Her mother was of French descent. children: 10 1) George Wilson Polk, born November 6, 1868, DeKalb County, Mo. 2) Rosa Lee Polk, born March 5, 1870, DeKalb County, Missouri 3) John Brown Polk, born August 8, 1872, DeKalb County, Missouri died March 13, 1899, Norman, Oklahoma, buried Smith Cemetery 4) Margaret Ann Polk, born April 12, 1875, DeKalb County, Missouri 5) James w. Polk, born June 3, 1877, Tarrant County, Texas 6) Lulls P0 lk, born January 7, 1879, Clay County, Texas died July 1, 1879, Clay County, Texas 7) William Isaac Polk, Jr., born September 4, 1880, Montague County, Texas 8) Penelope Polk, born April 4, 1885, Montague County, Texas 9) Stella Irene Polk, born August 10, 1887, Montague County, Texas 10) Verna Polk, born July 28, 1891, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

William Isaac Polk, fifth son of Wilson and Rosann Polk, was a Corporal in Company D, Sixth Regiment, Kentucky Infantry. He was enrolled at Elizabethtown, Kentucky in October, 1861. He was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, January 5, 1865. He went with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1866, and married in DeKalb County, Missouri, in 1867. He and his family lived in DeKalb County until 1875-1877, when they moved to Tarrant County, Texas. They also lived in Mantague and Clay Counties in Texas before making the land run in Oklahoma in 1889, where they settled near Norman, Oklahoma. He was a farmer by occupation. True to the history of the Polks from the time they went to Kentucky, he was a member of the Baptist Church. He was one of the five sons of Wilson Polk who were soldiers in the Union forces during the Civil War. William Isaac and Burr Harrison Polk served in the same regiment througho1.1t- the war, while Samuel, Albin and John Rowan served in the 9th Kentucky Regiment. 46 Children of William Isaac Polk and Esther Ann Schuchman

1) George Wilson Polk, eldest son born November 6, 1868, DeKalb County, Missouri died November 1, 1942, buried at Ioof Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma married 1893, to Ella Willet, in Bonham, Texas. She died in 1898, and is buried in Bonham, Texas children: Birdie, mar·;.ied Dr. Donovan Tool, resides in Edmond, Oklahoma one daughter: Myrtle Alice Alice, married Ben Fleming, resides in Norman, Oklahoma no children; husband deceased Ella, born February 15, 1898, Bonham, Texas married May 21, 1920, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to August Floyd, born August 22, 1895, Gainesville, Georgia died May 5, 1961, buried at IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma seven children 2) Rosa Lee Polk born March S, 1870, DeKalb C~unty, Missouri died 1955, buried IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma married October 20, 1892, Norman, Indian Territory, to Dr. Sames Danlel Tucker, born April 6, 1851, Paoli, Indiana; died in Norman, Oklahoma, January 23, 1911, buried IOOF died, 1955, buried in IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma children: James ·oant-el, Jr., born 1893, Gordonville, Texas married Julia Anderson. 2 children Resides in San Diego, Cal\fornia--Box 10-109 William Clay Tucker, born 1895-96, died January 3, 1903, Gordonville, Texas Robert Lee Tucker, born Dece~ber 17, 1898,Gordonville, Texas Married Flora McDaniels. No children. Resides near Norman, Oklahoma Both are veterans of World War I

4) Margaret Ann Polk born April 12, 1875, DeKalb County,Missouri died November 21, 1961, Vancouver, British Columbia, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Vancouver married: three times 1) November 20, 1893, Norman, Oklahoma, to Albert Ely Harrison, born December 13, 1875, Waterville, Minnesota; died March 29, 1916, Nelson, British Columbia children: 4 sons William Albert Harrison born May 21, 1895, Cleveland County, Oklahoma married September 7, 1921, Nelson, British Columbia, to Elsie Grizzell; three children, one of whom died in infancy. Resides in Nelson, British, Columbia Easom Alfred Harrison born December 23, 1898, Cleveland County, Oklahoma married November 1, 1921, Hnrdesty, Alberta, to Laurf-ne Evelyn Warming; three children Resides in Vancouver, British Columbia 47

Arthur Lee Harrison, born September 15, 1900, Cleveland County, Oklahoma married May 8, 1924, Los Angeles, California, to Monta Pitts; no children. resides in Long Beach, California Lionel Wilbur Harrison born December 5, 1902, Cleveland County, Oklahoma married in Los Angeles, California, to Martha Essie Triplett; no children. resides in Bakersfield, California 2) November 21, 1917, Nelson, British Columbia, to Henry Gunderson, born October 23, 1889, in South Dakota; died August 23, 1933, Nelson, British Columbia 3) March 16, 1936, to Fred Raine, born June 13, 1889, Quinton, Northamptonshire, England; died March 4, 1963, Vancouver, British Columbia

Margaret Ann Polk and her first husband, Albert E. Harrison, moved to British Columbia from Oklahoma, in March, 1906.

s) James Wallace Polk, son of William Isaac Polk born, June 3, 1877, Tarrant County, Texas died 19S4, Norman, Oklahoma, buried Smith Cemetery married Beulah May Whitton, October 5, 1902, Shawnee, Oklahoma She was born October 5, 1885. Resides at Norman, Oklahoma children: 9 William Frank Polk, born March 31, 1904, married Fay Quisenberry; one son Ollie May Polk, born August 4, 1905, married Christopher Marcus Smith; deceased Russell Homa Polk, born December 29, 1906, married Ada Smith; one son Arthur Harold Polk, born June 11, 1908, married Wynona Hensley; four children Esther Ann Polk, born April 2, 1910, married James Penrod; one child Milburn Wallace Polk, born December I, 1912, married Essie May Muse; three children. A second marriage, name of wife not known; two children Verna Rosa Polk, born March 2, 1915; married Bill Anderson; no children Claudia Rae Polk, born March 30, 1921, married Alvin Christenson; three children John Roland Polk, born January 8, 1923, married Agnes ___; three children 48

7) William Isaac Polk, Jr., son of William Isaac Polk born September 4, 1880, Montague County, Texas married January 22, 1905, in Oklahoma, to Ann B. Payne, born January 4, 1889, Oklahoma(lndian Territory) They reside at Blanchard, Oklahoma children: 4 William Edwin, born November 19, 1905, died October 12, 1962, and is buried at Newcastle, Oklahoma. He married three times, the first two wives being deceased. The first wife was the mother of his four sons, who are all married and living in Oklahoma. His third wife, Sybile Barker, whome he married on October 13, 1960, survives. ·Ethel E. Polk, born December 11, 1906, married Charles Warner; one son, Edwin L. Warner. She resides at Norman, Oklahoma Billy Ann Polk, born March 1, 1927, married Donald M. Ezell; has four children; resides in Midwest City, Oklahoma Melvin-Cecil Polk, born November 19, 1921, died December 22, 1922, and is buried in Smith Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma

8) Ada Penelope Polk, daughter ·of William Isaac Polk born April 4, 1885, Montague County, Texas married 1902, to John Nelson Johnson, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma; he was born October 8, 1884, near Joplin, Missouri. They reside in Elk City, Oklahoma children: 6 Floyd Otto Johnson, born September 3, 1903, Cleveland County, Oklahoma; married Atha Goff, born October 22, 1913; two children Vern Emblis Johns:Jn, born September 28, 1905, Caddo County, Oklahoma, married Rosa Breeze. He died February 23, 1964, and is buried at Carter Oklahoma. Children: 5 Aura Lee Johnson, born October 30, 1907, Caddo County, Oklahoma, married Rhoda Vitato; 4 children Earl Nevel Johnson, born September 11, 1912, Caddo County, Oklahoma, married Metsie McLaren; 4 children Hugh Donald Johnson, born April 12, 1917, McClain County, Oklahoma; married Ruth Kennamer; 4 children Glee Warren Johnson, born April 20, 1920, died at 7 months of age; buried at Newcastle, Oklahoma

9) Stella Irene Polk, daughter of William Isaac Polk born August 10, 1887, Montague County, Texas died February 1, 1960, San Benito, Texas, buried IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma married: twice 1) September 6, 1905, Moore, Oklahoma, to Orval Addison Courtney, born June 6, 1880, Collin County, Texas; died c. March 4, 1953, and is buried in Sunnylane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma children: 2 Emma Lou Courtney~ born October 24, 1906, Cleveland County, Oklahoma; married November 9, 1925, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Henry Gayle Archerd, born June 29, 1905, Madill, Oklahoma Reside at 2312 Barclay Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma one child: Karen Gaylaine Archerd, born June 18, 1936, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; married A~ril 20, 1957, Oklahoma City, to Paul Kent Moeckel, born July 28, 1932, Los 49

Angeles, California; two children: Dianna Lynn, born May 25, 1958, Belleville, Illinois, and David Wayne, born May 30, 1959, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois

Dorothy Marie Courtney, born March 3, 1911, Sulphur, Okla­ homa; married June 13 1 1927, to Liebert Penn, in Gaines­ ville, Texas; he wa~ born January 5, 1907, Cordell, Oklahoma; reside in Tucumcari, New Mexico. childrens 3 1) William Frank Penn, born October 17, 1930 1 Cordell, Oklahoma; married March 4, 1949, to Mozell Rinker, in Tucumcari, New Mexico; children: Shirley Michele Penn, born April 13, 1951, Tucumcari, New Mexico Arvie Cheryle Penn, born February 14, 1953, Harlingen, Texas William Earnest Penn, born February 18, 1961, Mercedes, Texas; died May 20, 1963', buried at Lancaster, California William Frank Penn divorced; he lives in Palmdale, California; Mozell Rinker Penn lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico 2) Lieberta Lou Penn, born January 21, 1934, Cordell, Oklahoma; married George Wt 11.iam Turner, born October 31, 1928, Aiken, South Carolina children: Catherine Lou Turner, born December 28, 1954, Kenmore, New York Timothy William Turner, born June 24, 1962, Riverside, California 3) Michael Ray Penn, born July 11, 1941, Hobart, Oklahoma; married April 13, 1963, to Mary Ann Campbell, in Las Vegas, Nevada; reside in Burbank, California Stella Irene Polk divorced Orval A. Courtney on August 5, 1911. 2) married September 1, 1915, to Carl John Heims in Norman, Oklahoma; he was born November 21, 1385, Medaryville, Indiana; died September 18, 1962, San Benito, Texas, and is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma children: 2 Anna Lorene Heims., born July 30, 1916, Norman, Oklahoma; married January 24, 1939, to Steve Marion Elam, in Purcell, Oklahoma; he was born April 7, 1916, Warburn, Illinois(born Steve Marion Bone, but adopted by his aunt and uncle, Richard and Mabel s. Elam, January 15, 1929, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, after his parents died) children: 2 Jimmy Steve Elam, born March 10, 1948, Little Rock, Arkansas Judy Jan Elam, born February 8, 1954, Harlingen, Texas Reside in San Benito, Texas

Mary Esther Heims, born September 11, 1918, Cleveland County, Oklahoma; married September 13, 1942, to Maurice D. Johnson, in Houston, Texas; he was born 50

March 23, ·1916, Oxford, Arkansas children: 2 Darryl Francis Johnson, born August 29, 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma Susan Dianne, born May 10~ 1949, Ponca City, Oklahoma Resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

10) Verna Polk, daughter of William Isaac Polk born July 28, 1891, Cleveland County, Oklahoma married December 9, 1907, Purcell, Oklahoma, to Ezra Roscoe Stine, born November 3, 1-387, in Kentucky; died May 14, 1949, buried IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Oklahoma children: 7 Roscoe Elsworth Stine, born Lexington, Kentucky, October 26, 1908; married Jewel Cable, June 25, 1932; 2 sons Esther Stine, born Norman, Oklahoma, November 2, 1910; died August 27, 1911, Lexington, Kentucky James Pearl Stine, born March 25, 1913, Norman, Oklahoma; married Carmen Crawford, September 8, 1934; no children Albert Lee Stine born January 28, 1915, Norman, Oklahoma; married Lucille Thompson, February 27, 1933; two daughters and one son Anna Mae Stine born September 23, 1916, Norman, Oklahoma; married Charles Brown, November 18, 1932; one daughter Madelene Stine born August 6, 1920, Norman, Oklahoma; married Fred Glass, July 14, 1936; two daughters Luella Stine, born March 14, 1925, Norman, Oklahoma; married Bill Ruick, August 23, 1943; one daughter. Divorced a:1d remarried to David Ray Johnson, October 16, 1949; no children Verna Polk Stine resides in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

VII John Rowan Polk, sixth son of Wilson Polk born May 22, 1943, Hardin County, Kentucky died February 15, 1900, Kansas City, Missouri; buried Black Cemetery, northwest of Winston, Missouri,, Daviess County married Noveffiber 26, 1868, Daviess County, Missouri, to Rebecca Frances West, born October 29, 1847, Boone County, Missouri; died July 7, 1913, Winston, Missouri; buried Black Cemetery marriage ceremony by B. F. Kenney, minister of the Ba?tist Church. Filed for record on December 5, 1868, in Marriage Record C, page 206, Daviess County, Missouri children: 3 Metta Alice William Franklin Grace Ruth John Rowan Polk was a veteran of the Civil War, also. He served twice: Company G of 9th Kentucky Cavalry, from August 22, 1862, to August 21, 1863; 18th Illinois Infantry,Caompany D, as a lieutenant. He was enrolled and mustered in March 13, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas, and mustered out with the company on December 16, 1865, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. While in Arkansas, he contracted typhoid fever which left him with eye trouble. He went with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1866. He resided at Victoria, Emporia, and Winston, in Daviess County. For a time after his marriage to Fanny West, and after the birth of their first child, he resided in DeKalb County. 51

In 1878, he moved back to Daviess County. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He belonged to We~tern Star Lodge,. A. F. and A. M• .fl:15, Wjnston, Missouri, and was also a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar. In 1883, he was appointed to the railway mail service during Grover Cleveland's first term of office. For a time after this appointment, he lived in Cameron, Missouri, until he was transferred to Quincy, Illinois, where they lived until 1896, when he was transferred for life to Kansas City, Missouri. He died on February 15, 1900, jn Kansas City, Missouri. He was six feet tall, with dark hair, dark complexion, and hazel eyes. After his death, Fanny West Polk received a widow's pension of $12 a month until her death in 1913.

Children: Metta Alice Polk, born September 25, 1869, Daviess County, Missouri died May 18, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri; buried Black Cemetery, Daviess County, Missouri, next to her father and mother married January 2, 1894, Quincy, Illinois, to John Sylvester Moore, born July 5, 1870, Keokuk,Illlnois; died July 4, 1927, Kansas City, Missouri; buried Mount Moriah Cemeter_y, Kansas City, Missouri children: 6 Luella Esther Moore, born December 23, 1894; Nodaway County, Missouri; died December 1, 1918, Kansas City, Missouri, of influenza, and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, Kansas City; married June 29, 1916, to E. w. Simon, in Kansas City; no children Rowena Maybird Moore, born September 8, 1896, Nodaway County, Missouri; married January 1, 1927, to Ernest F. Otten; divorced in 1931; resides at 4836 29th Street South, Arlington, Virginia; no children Herbert Moore, born May 13, 1899, Kansas City, Missouri No record of this son. ' Nellie May Moore born February 8, 1903, Kansas City, Missouri; died August 6, 1903, Kansas City, Missouri; remains were moved from Union Cemetery, Kansas City, to Black Cemetery, Daviess County, when her mother died in 1911 Marie Moore born February 12, 1907, Kansas City, Missouri; married July 29, 1937, Crown Point, Indiana, to s. Glen Roberts, and resides at 15130 Ashland Avenue, Harvey, Illinois Jack Francis Moore, born January 29, 1909, Kansas City, Missouri; died, October, 1945, Kansas City; buried Mount Moriah Cemetery, .Kansas City; married twice; no children William Franklin Polk, born May 23, 1876, DeKalb County, Missouri; died August 26, 1956, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida; cremated; married .December 20, 1897, Kansas City, Missouri, to Edith Omeallia, born December 20, 1874, Courtland, New York; died June 13, 1933, Miami, Florida, burled Miami Memorial Park, Miami, Florida; one child: Willis Polk, born August 20, 1908, Panama Canal Zone, died April 18, 1918, Miami, Florida; buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia, Florida. Edith L. Omeallia was the daughter of William~• Omeallia, a native of Delaware. Her mother was Martha Francis, born in Groten, New York. Much of Frank Polk's life was spent in the islands of the Caribbean, the Panama Canal Zone, and Florida. Grace Ruth Polk born July 5, 1884, Winston, Daviess County, Missouri; died 52

December 3, 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana; buried Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Missouri married: twice 1) Vincent Howard Shaw, May 9, 1906, Winston, Missouri; he was born October 29, 1879, Kidder, Missouri; died November 28, 1906, buried Kidder Cemetery, Kidder, Missouri no children 2) William Harrison Gentry, October 5, 1916, Kansas City, Missouri, at the home of Sylvester Moore, by R. F. Jaudon, pastor of the Tabernacle Ba9t'lst Church. Harrison Gentry was born November 13, 1887, Smithville, Clay County, Missouri; died July 10, 1962, Jefferson City, Missouri; buried Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Missouri children: 2 Katherine Gentry, born April 1, 1919, Kansas City, Missouri; married August 30, 1947, Jefferson City, Missouri, to William Bushman, born September 3, 1917, Gallup, New Mexico, son of Samuel Milton Bushman and Lina Morlock; three children: William Harrison Bushman born December 3, 1948, Richmond Heights, Missouri Prank Gentry Bushman, born December 29, 1951, Richmond Heights, Missouri David Louis Bushman born July 31, 1954, Richmond Heights, Missouri Mary Frances Gentry born March 14, 1921, Kansas City, Missouri; married September 28, 19·46, Jefferson City, Mi ssourl, to Robert E. Holliway, Jr., born April 20, 1920, Jefferson City, Missouri; son of Robert E. Holliway and Florence Tuckley; reside at 115 Douglas Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri; children: 2 Jane Gentry Holliway born September 29, 1947, Jefferson t, City, Missouri Robert Harrison Holliway born July 6,. 1952, Jefferson City, Missouri

VIII Mary Ann Polk, second daughter of Wilson Polk Born 1845, Hardin County, Kentucky Died, 1919, buried Cope Cemetery, Daviess County, Missouri Married: twice 1) July 10, 1862, Hardin County, Kentucky, to William T. Stewart, son of John H. Stewart, by Morgan Larue Marriage Book D, #19 "Mary Ann Polk by consent of father, Wilson Polk. Married at Wilson Polk's in the presence of Thomas Lewis and Wilson Polk." Children: 5 Wilson Stuart, born January 3, 1868, died September 11, 1925, buried in Cope Cemetery Wallace Stuart, born 1870, died 1933, buried in Muddy Cemetery, Daviess County, ' Missouri Alice Stuart, born August 2, 1872; date of death not known, but is buried in Muddy Cemetery, Daviess Co· .. :nty, Mi ssourl married twice: 1) John w. Cain children: Edna Cain Teel, Winston, Missouri Edith Cain Diels, Kansas City, Missouri; Wesley Cain, Kansas City, Missouri 2) Franl< Bowman Burr Stuart--no information Frank Stuart--no information S3 IX Jane Catherine Polk, daughter of Wilson Polk born 1848, Hardin County, Kentucky died near Waco, Texas, date unknown married September 21, 1871, Daviess County, Missouri, to Charles H. Harlan, a widower; he was in cotton ginning business. no children of this l,. rriage, altho he ·had children of his first marriage. After the death of Jane Catherine, he married Mary Ann Polk Stuart.

X Rosanna Polk, daughter of Wilson Polk born 1851, Hardin County, Kentucky died married December 1, 1878, DeKalb County, Missouri, to John N. Sharp. The license, however, was issued in Daviess County. No further information available on Rosanna Polk.

XI Margaret Polk, daughter of Wilson Polk born May 1, 1853, Hardin County, Kentucky died March 14, 1927, Daviess County, Missouri married June 11, 1868, Daviess County, Missouri, to Anderson Hall Garrison, born November 3, 1844, Daviess County, Missouri, died June 6, 1°93, Daviess County, Missouri chi ldran: 14 Clara Garrison, born April 18, 1869, Daviess County; died May 3, 1963, Daviess County, married August 18, 1895, to Charles Duffey, Daviess County. Children: 5 Sue Vilma Duffey, born 8-3-1896, Daviess County; died September 15, 1958; married October, 1919, to Oliver Heaston Charles Herbert Duffey, born January 6, 1900, Daviess County; died March 28, 1928; married Olive Easter, March 5, 1921. Margaret Martha Duffey, born April 12, 1901, Daviess County; married September 2, 1919, to Wiley Burns. Reside at Jameson, Missouri Rowena Edith Duffey, born April 26, -1907, Daviess County; married June, 1925, to Francis M. Earp Ralph Everett Duffey, born April 26, 1907, Daviess County; married January, 1926, to Merle Shaw Fannie Garrison, born September 24, 1870, Daviess County; died October 20, 1946; married December 25, 1898, to Rickard Bellamy Edward Garrison, born March 11, 1872, Daviess County; died July 25, 1952; married Lillie Ford, February 24, 1895 George Wilson Garrison, born September 22, 1873; Daviess County; died September 20, 1931; married twice: 1) Lucy Okley, May 6, 1897; 2) Lizzie Teeter, December 23, 1909 Lula Garrison, born September 28, 1875, Daviess County; died March 25, 1925; married January 2, 1898, to Beauregard Minor Bertha Garrison, born June 20 1877; died April 3, 1963; married September 4, 1898, to Amos Spiers Frederick Garrison, born December 30, 1878, Daviess County; died February 18, 1945; married July 3, 1904, to Lucy Evearnan Arthur Garrison, born October 7, 1880, Daviess County; died October 8, 1943; married September 14, 1902, to Rebecca Adams Annie Garrison, born April 29, 1883, Daviess County; died August 16, 1883 54 Lizzie Garrison, twin.to Annie, died October 24, 1883 Leonard Garrison, born September 23, 1884, Daviess County; died September 30, 1963; married June 29, 1904, to Grace Teeter Katie Garrison, born April 22, 1887, Daviess Co~nty; died January 20, 1947; married August 31, 1910, to Glen Bright Russell Garrison, born July 19, 1890, Daviess County; married August 17, 1908, to Ida Kirchner; resides at Hamilton, Missouri Carl Garrison, born August 7, 1892, Daviess County; married March 15, 1915, to Viola Wood; resides in California

The following is a copy of the obituary of Margaret Polk Garrison sent'by a granddaughter, Mrs. Wiley Burns(Margaret M. Duffey) from one of the papers in Daviess County.

Margaret Polk Garrison "Marga-ret Polk, daughter of Wilson and Rose Ann r>olk, was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, at their home near Stephensburg, Kentucky, on May 1, 1853, and in the spring of 1866 came to Daviess County, Missouri; departed this life at her ho:ne near Winston, Missouri, March 14, 1927; age: 73 years, 10 months and 13 days. She was united in marriage to Anderson Hall Garrison of Daviess County, Missouri, June 11, 1868. To this union were born seven sons and seven daughters. With the exception of two daughters who died in infancy, this family of seven sons and five daughters survive to mourn the loss of their devoted mother. She also leaves one brother, William Polk, of Norman, Oklahoma, forty-one grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and a large circle of friends. The husband and father passed away June 6, 1S93. She was a member of the Free Baptist Church for many years. Of late years she has enj~yed herself visiting with her chilclren, all of whom are married: Clara Duffey, Civil Bend, Missouri Fanny Bellamy, Neelyville, Missouri Edward Garrison, Longdele, Oklahoma George Wilson Garrison, Weatherby~ Missouri Lulu Minor, Sterling, Colorado Bertha Spiers, Winston, Missouri Fred Garrison, Winston, Missouri Arthur Garrison, Welch, Oklahoma Leonard Garrison, Dodge City, Kansas Katie Bright, Omaha, Nebraska Russell Garrison, Altamont, Missouri Carl Garrison, Kansas City, Missouri

"Mother dear, we would not wish you back To travel O'er this road of pain; But sometime God will lift the veil And, we s hal 1 see our mot her once again.••

The funeral services were held at the Fairview church close to her home, March 18, 1927, and~were attended by D large concourse of friends and neighhors." 55

Chapter IX

Miscellaneous Records

This chapter ls made up of records which really had no place in the story of the Edmond Polk, Junior, family, but which are valuable.

I Captain Charles Polke, brother of Major Edmund Polke, and son of Charles Polke, the Indian Trader

DAR Magazine, Volume 47, August, 1915, pages 76-79, by Mrs. Amos G. Draper, gives an account of two other Charles Polks, an uncle and a nephew, of the North Carolina branch of the family. Both were prominent in the American Revolution. Our interest in the article is found on page 78-79, which give an account of Captain Charles. Beginning with column 2, page 78: "•-•.-some years after the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized, search was begun for another Charles Polk, who also was a Captain during the Revolution, and who moved to Kentucky, near Bardstown, in 1780, and from there to Knox County, Indiana, where be died in 1823~ He was a conspicuous Indian Fighter after the Revolution, and an officer, under Harrison, at Vincennes. After weeks and months of research, it was discovered that this Charles Polk was bo~n in Frederick County, Maryland, that so far as known, he is not related to the Polks of North Carolina; that he was not the son of William Polk, etc. The will of his father, Charles Polk, Senior, was probated June 20, 1753, in Frederick County, Maryland, and mentions his six children: Sarah~ William, Thomas, Charles, Edmund and John. Sarah married Anstil Piety, and died in Kentucky, in 1835, aged 99 years; Charles, born in 1744, married Delilah Tyler in 1774. She was born in 1755, was the daughter of Edward Tyler (b 1719) and Anne Langley, and a descendant of Robert Tyler, Senior, the emigrant, and died in 1797. They lived first in that part of Virginia which is now West Virginia, (Brooke County), about sixteen miles from the Ohio River, on what was then called, ''Cross Creek." As both of the other Charles Polks served during _the Revolution, in "the Cross Creek expedition", there seemed to be authentic evidence that all of them were on Cross Creek during the Revolution. But the Cross Creek expedition was in North Carolina, and Cross Creek then is Fayetteville now, while the Cross Creek settlement in Virginia during the Revolution is now Wellsburg, West Virginia. In 1780, Charles and Delilah moved to Kentucky, and in 1799 he was a resident of Shelby County, Kentucky, and deposed in regard to the murder of Logan•s family, by Daniel Great­ house (see Jefferson's Notes), having led a varied life, between those dates, as is shown by the birth-place of their son, Charles. Their children were: William, Elizabeth,(who married Captain Spear Spencer, son of John and Margaret Spencer, for whom Spencer County, Kentucky, and Indiana, and the town of Spencer, Indiana, are named, and who was killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811, after having been wounded three times), Nancy, who married Peter Ruby; Sallie, who married Captain William Bruce; Charles, who was born at Detroit, while his mother was held in captivity there, in 1782, and who married Mary McQuaid; Ellen, who married John Hollingsworth; and Kitty, who married Rev. Mr. McCoy, a missionary among the Indians. For official proof of service of this Charles Polk, who also was a Captain during the Revolution, see Virginia Revolutionary Soldiers(1912), page 354, "Charles Polk, Capt. I. P. D. 43, D 92", which, being interpreted, means that Charles Polk was a Captain in the Illinois Department, and 56 his services are mentioned in a collection of manuscript rolls on pages 43 and 92."

Another most interesting contribution made were the Family Bible Records of Edmund and Sarah Sartor Polk. They were contributed by Mrs. B. L. Dunkerly, Sr., of Oaktown, Indiana, who was their foster daughter.

Page 1 Marriages

1st generation: Charles Polk, Sr., Born 1744, died 1823 married 1774 to Delilah Tyler

' 2nd generation: Charles Polk, Jr. born October 20, 1782, died January 19, 1839 married in 1803 to Margaret McQuaid, born January 10, 1785, died 1855

3rd generation: James Polk, born Se:)tember 5, 1804, died July 22, 1886 married Oct~ber 29, 1829 Harriet Shepherd, born July 29, 1808, died November 22, 1899

4th generation: their children's marriages Louisa Polk to Henry Gilham, 1850 William A. Polk to Kate Harper, 1858 Edmund to Sarah Sartor, 1858 Horace Polk to Mollie Sartor, 1866 Mary to George Hok~, 1870 Charles Polk to Minnie Scanling Helen Polk to E. P. Clark, 1877 page 2 Charles, born 1744, died 1823; Edmund, born 1746, died 1825; Sarah, born 1748, died 1844; and Thomas, born 1756, died 1815-­ these four were the Old Polke family, born in the 17th century in Virginia on the Potomac River. Charles died 79 years of age Edmund died 87 years old in Kentucky Sally (Piety) died 96 years old in Kentucky Thomas died 65 years old in Kentucky These emigrated to Kentucky in 1780

Charles Polke, Sr. married Delilah Tyler, 1774, came to ~entucky in 1780, and to Indiana Ter·;-itory in 1808, and died 1823, 79 years.

There were born 11 children to the above courle: Judge William Polke, 1775 Elizabeth Polke Spencer Sally Polke Bruce, m. Capt Bruce (25 children?) iiancy Polke Ruby, born 1 780 Charles Polke, Jr. at Detroit, 1782 (Indians captured his mother) Christiana, married Isa=::c McCoy, Baptist missionary Edward Polke, m. Achsah Van 1Meter or Jane Elliott1 Eleanor, John Hollingsworth, born 1788, died 1854 Polly married Phillip Bell Dr. Thomas Polke, born 1790, married Miss Sloan Robert Polke, married Elizabeth Widener

All were dead by 1880 Dr. Thomas Polke died in Texas 1876, aged 80 years The first five children were the ones captured by Indians, as was the mother. S1 page 3 Births

Charles Polke, Jr., born at Detroit October 22, 1782, died 1845 married 1803 to Margaret McQuaid Polke, born in Shelby County, Kentucky, January 10, 1785, died 1855

Their sons and daughters:

James;· born in Shelby·County, ·Kentucky, September-5, 1804 Delilah, born in Shelby County, Kentucky, January 1, 1806, died 1874 Lucinda, born ·January 6, 1808, died 1872, married Obed Macy William Bruce, born March 17, 1810, died 1814 Nancy, twin to Wm. Bruce, died 1835 Elizabeth Polke, Born November, 1812, married c. w. Short Ednund Polke, born August 13, 1815, married Jane Elliott Isabel Polke, born January 1, 1818 Charles, III, born January 20, 1820, died 1839 Christiana, born May-12, 1822, married Jonathan P. Cox Isaac Polke, born November 2, 1824, married 1) Mary Cox; 2) Martha Couchman John M. Polke, born February 26. 1827, married Eliza J. Hill, died Bruceville, Indiana, 1881 (Print Polk's parents) Margaret, born April 19, 1830, married Henry Bartley Five survivors in 1894: James, Elizabeth, Christiana, Isaac, and Margaret 1886 page 3 continued Deaths William Bruce Polke, September 1814 Nancy Polke (consumption) February, 1835 Isabel, August 19, 1837 Charles, III, January 19, 1839 Charles, Junior, August 26, 1845 Margaret, June 19, 1855 Edmund, July 28, 1861 Lucinda Macy, August 3, 1872 Delilah Blackburn, August 4, 1874 John M. Polke, January 5, 1882 Births

James Polke, born September 5, 1804 married 1829 Harriet Shepherd Polke, born July 28, 1808, died 1899 7 children Louisa born December 20, 1830 William Anderson, born May 16, 1833 Edrrund, born February 25, 1836, died 1918 Charles, born August 28, 1838 Mary M. born March 19, 1840 Horace s., born May 20, 1843, died 1932 Helen I. born November 9, 1846

Copied from the family Bible of Edmund and Sarah Sartor Polk 58

II Will of Thomas Polke, brother of Major Edmund Polke and Capt. Charles Polke

Nelson County Kentucky, Will Book A, page 1014 "In the name of God Amen: I Thomas Polke of Nelson County and State of Kentucky, being of perfect mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following-- Imprimes 1st I give and bequeath to my brother Edmond Polke five shillings 2nd I give and bequeath my brother Charles Polke five shillings 3rd I give and bequeath to my brother Ralph Matson five shillings 4th I'give and bequeath to my sister Sarah Piety five shillings 5th I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Lucy Polke all my moveable estate and likewise the use of my land with all the appurtenances thereof during her life, and of her death I will to her youngest son Ignatius Abel twenty pounds in property. Lastly I do constitute and appoint my loving wife Lucy Polke and Samuel Abell my executors of this my last will and Testament. _In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my seal this 15th day of September, 1804. Thomas Polke (seal) Signed, sealed, published and Delivered in the pre·sence of Teste: Edmond Abe 11 Mathais Weller William Keith Goodlove Hamp

At a County Court held for Nelson County on Monday the 9th day of November 1807, The last will and Testament of Thomas Polke deceased was proved by the oath of Mathias Weller and Willliam Keith subscribing witnesses thereto and sworn to by Samuel Abell one of the Executors therein named and ordered to be recorded. Test: Ben Grayson, c. c. III Hannah, daughter of Edmund, Sr., married Adam Guthrie, who was born in Cork, Ireland, and came to America at the age of 12 in 1774. He lived with his sister near the headwaters of the South Branch of the Potomac, which is present Pendleton County, West Virginia. In 1788, he started westward to Kentucky, and fell in with the party of Edmond Polke, a veteran of the Revolution. James Guthrie, son of Adam and Hannah, was born December 5, 1792, Bardstown, died March 13, 1869.(Dictionary of American Biography, Volume VIII, page 61)

Edmond Polk was remarkable for his integrity and Piety, as well as his handsome person. He married Mary Fultz. They were the parents of 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died at the age of 87. His eldest daughter, Hannah, married Adam Guthrie on November 5, 1788 She was born December 25, 1765, died March 17, 1842. Her children were Elizabeth, Edmund, James, John, and Polly

Guthrie, American Guthries and Allied Families, page 441 59 IV ''The Virginia Genealogist", volume 7, #3, page 105

Virginia Land Grants in Pennsylvania

Edmond Poke, 1774, Cross Creek, Yohogania County 1775, " " " " John Polk, 1774, Raccooon Creek

V Accumulating records on the families of Edmund, Sr., Edmund, Jr. end Wilson Polk, has led to the assumption, not proved, that Rosann Polk's mother, Aleathea s. Howsley, was a Smiley. "Bardstown, Kentucky May 27, 1964

Dear Mrs. Bushman:

1) First Smiley on Will book, William Smiley, lists personal property,

1809 . f 2) Caleb Hardesty, guardian for Hugh and Elizabeth Smiley, infant heirs of William Smilty, Rachael and John Smiley, admr of the said William Smiley, 1814. 3) Will of Edmond Polke devised to daughter Sarah Fowler wife of Zachariah Fowler, land containing 81 acres, on which they lived. 4) Deed dated 1822 from Edmond Polke to Zachariah Fowler 84 acres on Rogers Run. Consideration $500 5) Edmond Polke devised to wife land on which they resided, containing 160 acres, 1821.

(signed) Mrs. Albert Thompson 105 East Broadway Bardstown, Kentucky"

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s.11.,, · '••· lequeath ■ taoo. to bi-other Dav14 Sn1ile7 ,•ho retidee in Irelaad, ltalan.ce ot eatate to DaT1d Smll•J' (nephew or Syauel Smil-, aml aon ot lllliam Smiley. -'U1ea Bactley, Sr. nieoea and nephews. Nephew llqla Balley, who married Caroline Rebber, haTing di14, hi• wit•

Caroline to recelYa\hle pan. Debt, owed Samuel r. Beall to l»e

V pal4. frH4om, hnrae, .to. to ala•• Tom.. E1ecutor1: J"ohn,.. !u>Nn,

Hite. Book i'. page 38. • • • • Speecl, Thoaaa Aug. 12, 1841•--?l.arob 14-, lMle

• •• Bequeath• estate to 11lte llery.,.,. and her 2 eons Thomas epeacer Speel aad Johll la•• Speed.. SlaTe Tom to be treed &nd ,:iven t100. Ith• to Liberia ar oule14e ot the United Statea, other-dee t,, belong to

!hoaaa s. Speed. lxeoutor: Tho•• s. Speed. Wi\n•■1e1: PrOYecl ltr

•• oath• of Thomae P. Ll~1toa, ond Vlill iam Durke, to be 1a '\he hah4 writing of teetaor. • • Sllelburne, John AU«Det l'I, 1822--~ct. 11, 1111.

•1 giTe to Cb•pla1B S•fon and ileedOIIJ Shelburll 1ixty dollar• 1a IPI .uA tra4• '!I• the reet haTe had to Rob1aon,Berr1man,,~peaoer,

Paeobel,PollJ, ptsalteth,Shelburn., children then the bel&l!.Ott ot my e1tnte real &4 pereonal I loan to my beloTed wite, Ell~abeth fl~•l• ban a• loq w. she continues my w14o•, tbea a Negro man t ..,- the na• of

,-,er, I ~.,• \o -, two la•, children., MalT1na and Richmond Llhelbuft.• 62

Second Census of Kentucky, G. Glenn Clift, (1800) page 141, R•bert Heusley, Nelson County, 8-30-1800 Thomas Housley, Henderson, 10-lal800 First Census of Kentucky, Charles B~ Heinemann page 49, John Howsley, 12-4-1789 63

VI In attempting to locate the family of Edmond Polke, Jr., in Illinols, a Civil War record of a William Polk was sent from the Archives in Washington, D. C. I do not know if he belongs to the same family or not, or whether he is the son of William Polk, one of the twins of Edmond, Jr. and Margaret, but he was resident of Freeport, Illinois, in 1861, when he enlisted. From the papers which were obtained from the National Archives, the following record is pieced togetheri

National Archives Date 8-22-1963 File Designation: William Polk WC439468

. Wi 1 liam Polk born 1839, probably, Illinois died, 1901, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married October 20, 1864, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Margaret Grace McKinney He was resident of Freeport, Illinois in 1861, when he enlisted, and again in 1864. In 1865, he was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1901, he was a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, living at 3614 Tyson Street, Tacony, Philadelphia.

His widow applied for a pension on May 27, 1901. She died at the home of a son, Octobe.r 4, 1916, in New York City. Was cremated in New Jersey. The son, Charles A. Polk, was born in 1871. In 1916, he was living at 13 West 64th Street, New York City. His wife's name was Annie R. Polk.

In his application for a pension, filed at Baltimore, Maryland, May 11, 1865, William Polk stated that he was 26 years old, a resident of Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois; was a 1st lieutenant who enlisted at Freeport, Illinois on August 15, 1861, as a private in Company "B", cot1111anded by Capt. James P. Davis, in the 26th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers, commanded by Colonel John M. Loomis; discharged May 14, 1864.

Also said, "while storming the heights of Tunnel Hill at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, in the state of Tennessee, on November 25, 1863(being a 1st Lt. and commanding his company), he was shot in the right eye with a minnie ball, totally destroy­ ing the eye and breaking the jaw bone, and the ball is still lodged in his neck." Also said, "since leaving the service he had resided at Freeport, Illinois, and Baltimore, Maryland, where his occupation has been claim agent." His widow's application for pension states that he enlisted at Freeport, Illinois, on April 19, 186l, in Company•~", 11th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Grateful acknowledgment is made to a~l those who contributed to the compilation of this booka Mrs. Albert Thompson, Bardstown, Ken­ tucky; Judge and Mrs. Charles Brandom, Gallatin, Missouri, for their invaluable help in locating records of the Wilson Polk family in Dav­ iess County, Missouri; to Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Burns, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams, Jameson, Missouri, who located the graves of Wilson and Rosann, as well as contributing much information regarding des­ cendants still living in north Missouri; to Mrs. Beatrice Payne Webb, Louisville, Kentucky, for her knowledge of the Edmund Polk family; to Mrs. H. G. Archerd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for her work in compiling the information on the William Isaac Polk family; to Mrs. Rowena Moore, for her work in searching the records in the National.Archives; to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Roberts, for help in locating sources in Cook County, Illinois; to Mrs. Roberts. Gill, Mobile, Alabama, for her permission to use her DAR paper; to the Rev. Mr. Brooks Faulkner, pastor of Cox's Creek Baptist Church, Kentucky, for information on the Wilson Creek Baptist Church; to Mr. Harmon Wathen, Gallatin, Missouri; to Mr. Garold Harms, Kidder, Missouri; to Mr. Hugh Crowder. Cameron, Missouri; to Elizabeth Pate, Ellzabe_thtown, Kentucky; to Mrs. Charles E. Craik, Jr., Louisville, Kentucky; to Mr. James Morris, reference librarian, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois; to Mr. Joseph Woll, Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois; to my sister, Mary Frances Holliway, Jefferson City, Missouri; and last, but by no means least, to my Kentucky friend, Csrmaine Bruce Hall, Liberty, Missouri, who directed me to Nelson County, Kentucky.

Without the contributions of all these people, there would be no book. There are no words to express my deep appreciation for the wonderfully generous help of each person in making complete this ten year project.

Katherine Gentry Bushman

May 11, 1964 12 Taylor Street Staunton, Virginia

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BIBLIOORAPHY

History 2£. Cook County, Illinois, Andreas, A. T., 1884, A. T. Andreas, publisher, Chicago, Illinois, pages 814-815 Album 2£. Genealogy and Biography, Cook Count¥, Illinois, 1898, Calumet Book and Engraving Company, Chicago, Illinois, pages 562-563 History of New Salem Baptist Church, Nelson County, Kentucky 1 1801- 1901, w. o. Carver, 1901 The Polk FamilX and Kinsmen, w. H. Polk, Louisville, Kentucky, 1912 American Gut.hries and Related Families, Guthrie, page 441 Historical Register of Virginians in the American Revolution by Gwathmey Ancestries of Foy 1 Macl 1 Herron1 Swendell 1 Hamilton F!milies by o•Gorman, 1933, pages 18, 188 Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume III, page 527 '' " , 5th Series, Volume IV, page 417 Dictionary of American Biography, Volume VIII, page 61 Record of Wills in Nelson County, Kentucky, 1784-1851, Annie Walker Burns, 1934, pages 173-174

Census Records:

First Census of Kentucky, 1790, Charles Brunk Heinemann Second Census of Kentucky, 1800, G. Glenn Clift Third Census of Bullitt County, Kentuckt, Annie Walker Burns Bell, 1936 Census of Kentucky, 1810, Nelson County, Volume 8, National Archives Census of Kentucky, 1820, Nelson County, Volume 15, National Archi~es Census of Kentucky, 1830, Nelson County, Volume 25, National Archives " " " '' Bullitt County, Volume 4, " " Census of Illinois, 1840, Cook County, Volume 2, National Archives tt " " 1850, " " Vo 1 ume 5, " " " n " 186 0 , " " Vo 1ume 9 , " '' Census of Missouri, 1870, Daviess County, Volume 8, National Archives tt •• " 1880, •• n Microfilm, State Historical Society, of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Magazines1

DAR Magazine, Volume 47, August, 1915, pages 76-79 The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 7, #3, page 105

Land Grant Records, National Archives, Washington, D. C. Pension records, " " " " " Nelson County records, County Clerk's office, Bardstown, Kentucky Bullitt County records, County Clerk's office, Shepherdstown, Kentucky Hardin County records, County Clerk's office, Elizabethtown, Kentucky Daviess County records, Recorder of Deeds office, Gallatin, Missouri 68

Texas Archives, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin, Texas Missouri Health Department, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City, Missouri Dade County, Florida, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Miami, Florida Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville, Florida City Clerk's office, Arcadia, Florida Lyonsville Cemetery Records, Mr. Walter Hoyt, 1611 Plainfield, La Grange, Illinois DAR paper of Mrs. Roberts. Gill, 4 Buerger Road, Mobile, Alabama, on · Thomas Polke, son Edmund Polke, Sr., 1479526

Family records contributed by Mrs. H. G•. Archerd, 2312 Barclay Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Mrs. Wiley Burns, Jameson, Missouri Mrs. William Bushman, ·12 Taylor Street, Staunton, Vlrglnia Mr. Hugh Crowder, Box 324, Cameron, Missouri Mrs. B. L. Dunkerly, Sr., Re R. #2, Oaktown, Indiana Mr. Garold Harms, Kidder, Missouri Mr. Harmon Wathen, Gallatin, Missouri Mrs. Lucy Polk Johnson, Purcell, Missouri Photographs by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Roberts, 15130 Ashland Avenue, Harvey, Illinois 1 INDEX ·

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Edmond Abell, 19 Carmen Crawford, 50 Ignatius Abell, 9, 17 Bruce Crowder, 40 Lucy Abell, 9 Catherine Elizabeth Crowder, 43 Nancy Abell, 9,17 Hugh Crowder, 40 Rebecca Adams, 53 Bill Anderson, 47 D Julia Anderson, 46 Henry Gayle Archerd, 48 J. Darnall, 12 Karen Gaylaine Archerd, 48 David the First, 3 John Asher, 42 Richard Davis, 43 Amelia Deering, 43 B John c. Deering, 43 Nancy Catherine Deering, 43 Sybile Barker, 48 Wilhemina Dever, 17 Rickard Bellamy, 53 Fred E. Dewey, 43 Mary Jane Bielby, 25, 27, 30 Edith Caln Diels, 52 Sarah Bielby, 25, 30, 31 Charles Duffey, 53 William Bielby, 25, 30, 31 Charles Herbert Duffey, 53 Geraldine Josephine Bledsoe, 44 Margaret Martha Duffey, 53 Daniel Boone, 13 Ralph Everett Duffey, S3 Frank Bowman, 52 Rowena Edith Duffey, 53 Rosa Breeze, 48 Sue Vilma Duffey, 53 Glen Bright, 54 Thomas Duncan, 19 Brown family, 21 Governor Dunmore, 13 Charles Brown, 50 Edna May Brown, 42, 43 E Margaret Brown, 17, 21-27 Samuel Brown, 21 B. W. Eads, 41 Sarah Brown, 21 Stewart Eads, 41 Jacob BrownJng, 40 Francis M. Earp, 53 Wiley Burns, 53 Olive Easter, 53 David Louis Bushman, 52 Edward the Confessor, 2,3 Frank Gentry Bushman, 52 Jimmy Steve Elam, 49 Katherine Gentry Bushman, 1 Judy Jan Elam, 49 Samuel Milton Bushman, 52 Steve Marion Elam, 49 William Bushman, 52 Mattie Enterline, 41 ~llliam Harrison Bushman, 52 Lucy Eveaman, 53 Donald M. Ezell, 48 C F Jewel Cable, 50 John w. Cain, 52 Frank M. Fellrath, 44 Wesley Cain, 52 Ben Fleming, 46 Mary Ann Campbell, 49 August Floyd, 46 w. o. Carver, 14 Lillie Ford, 53 Mary Chenoweth, 14 Zachariah, Fowler, 17, 18 William Chenoweth, 14, 19 Martha Francis, 51 Alvin Christenson, 47 Daisy Frazier, 42 G. Glenn Clift, 14 Fred Frazier, 39 Chief Cornstalk, 13 Lucy French, 14 Dorothy Marie Courtney, 48 Fulbert the Saxon, 2, 3 Enma Lou Courtney, 48 Mary Fultz, 17, 18, 19 Orval Addison Courtney, 48 Isaac Cox, 18 11

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Anderson Hall Garrison, 53 Vernon Frederick Har.ms, 44 Annie Garrison, 53 Wesley Alvin Harms, 44 Arthur Garrison, 53 Harold, 3 Bertha Garrison, 53 Albert Ely Harrison, 46 Carl Garrison, 54 Arthur Lee Harrison, 47 Clara Garrison, 53 Easom Alfred Harrison, 46 Edward Garrison·, 53 Lionel Wilbur Harrison, 47 Fannie Garrison, 53 Mary Harrison, 25, 29 Frederick Garrison, 53 Theresa Harrison, 29 George Wilson Garrison, 53 Thomas Harrison, 25, 29 Katie· Garrison, 54 William Albert Harrison, 46 Leonard Garrison, 54 Jack Hart, 42 Lizzie Garrison, 54 Bertha Helen Hedrick, 44 Lula Garrison, 53 Brenda Kay Hedrick, 44 Russell Garr"ison, 54 Cora Alice Hedrick, 44 Grace Polk Gentry, 1 David Wayne Hedrick, 44 Katherine Gentry, 52 Dr. J. F. Hedrick, 43 Mary Frances Gentry, 52 Robert Galen Hedrick, 44 William Harrison Gentry, S2 Rollin Jennings Hedrick, 44 Mrs. Robert S. Gill, 19 Thomas J. Hedrick, 43 William Gilliland, 12 Thomas James Hedrick, 44 Simon Girty, 13 Anna Lorene Heims, 49 Fred Glass, 50 Carl John Heims, 49 Atha Goff, 48 Mary Esther Heims, 49 Allen Gray, 9 C~arles Brunk Heinemann, 14 Widow Gray, 9 Wynona Hensley, 4 7 Ben G~ayson, 19 Mildred Cox Hodson, 2 Capt. Frederick Grayson, 23 Jane Gentry Holliway, 52 Daniel Greathouse, 13 Robert E. Holliway, 52 Elsie Grizaell, 46 Robert E. Holliway_, Jr., 52 Henry Gunderson, 47 Robert Harrison Holliway, 52 Adam Guthrie, 17, 58 Ruth Harness, 44 Edmund Guthrie, 19, 58 Donald House, 44 Elizabeth Guthrie, 58 Nova w. House, 44 James Guthrie, 58 Robert Housley, 62 John Guthrie, 58 Thomas Housley, 62 Polly Guthrie, 58 Aleathea s. Howsley, 33 Ann Howsley, 34 H John Howsley, 62 Rosann Howsley, 1, 33 Charles H. Harlan, 53 William M. Howiley, 34 Clarence Victor Harms, 44 Oliver Heaston, 53 Donald Kevin Harms, 44 Garold Harms, 39, 44 I Harold Herman Harms, 44 Hazel Loyce Harms, 44 Judge Innis, 13 Herman A. Harms, 44 Hubert Frederick Harms, 44 J Joan 'rheresa Harms, 44 Junetta Marie Harms, 44 Thomas Jefferson, 13 Judyth Joyce Harms, 44 Amanda Ann Jentins, 41 La Vera Harms, 44 Columbus Jenkins, 41 Lynn Alvin Harms, 44 Thomas Jenkins, 41 Patricia Ann Harms, 44 Joceline, Bishop of Glasgow, 3 Rena Marte Harms, 44 Aura Lee Johnson, 48 Retha Mae Harms, 44 Darryl Francis Johnson, SO · Ruby Harms, 44 ill

David Ray Johnson, 50 Marie Moore, 51 Earl Nevel Johnson, 48 Nellie May Moore, 51 Floyd Otto Johnson, 48 Rowena M. Moore, 51 Glee Warren Johnson, 48 Lina Morlock, 52 Hugh Donald Johnson, 48 Essie May Muse, 47 John Nelson Johnson, 48 Keith Johnson, 43 0 Lucy Polk Johnson, 39 Maurice D. Johnson, 49 Lucy Okley, 53 Susan Dianne Johnson, 50 Edith Omeallia, 51 Vern Emblis Johnson, 48 William H. Omeallia, 51 Vernon Justis, 43 Ernest F. Otten, 51

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