Colonel Ezekiel Franklin POLK
1747 - 1824 (76 years) 
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Name Ezekiel Franklin POLK Title Colonel Born 7 Dec 1747 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA 
Gender Male Died 31 Aug 1824 Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA Age 76 years Buried Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA - EPITAPH - Colonel Ezekiel Polk,
grandfather of James K Polk,
President of the United States of America.
Here lies the dust of old E.P.,
One instance of mortality.
Pennsylvania born, Carolina bred,
In Tennessee died upon his bed.
His youthful days were spent in pleasure,
His later days in gathering treasure.
From superstition lived quite free,
And practiced strict morality.
To holy cheats was never willing
To give one solitary shilling.
He can forsee--and forseeing
He equals most men in being--
That Church and State will join their power,
And misery on their country shower;
The Methodist, with their camp-brawlings,
Will be the cause of this downfalling;
An error not desined to see,
He waits for poor posterity.
First fruits and tenths are odious things,
And so are bishops, tithes and kings.
Ezekiel Polk Headstone Person ID I6804 The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree Last Modified 22 Apr 2013
Father William Bruce POLK, II, b. 1705, Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA , d. 10 Jan 1753, Carlisle, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 48 years) Mother Margaret TAYLOR, b. 1704, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 10 Jan 1763, Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 59 years) Married 1724 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Family ID F10653 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Jane WINSLOW, b. 1746, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA , d. 29 Oct 1791, Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 45 years) Married 1769 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Children 1. Matilda Golden POLK, b. 5 Dec 1770, Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Sep 1853, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)2. Thomas Benjamin POLK, b. 5 Dec 1770, Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, USA , d. 1 Oct 1819, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 48 years)+ 3. Major Samuel Wilson POLK, b. 5 Jul 1772, Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, USA , d. 5 Nov 1827, Columbia, Maury, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)4. John Lee POLK, b. Nov 1774, York, South Carolina, USA , d. 5 Jul 1809, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 34 years)5. William Wilson POLK, b. 10 Sep 1776, York, South Carolina, USA , d. 8 Oct 1848, Walnut Bend, Phillips, Arkansas, USA (Age 72 years)6. Madison Tate POLK, b. 1778, d. 1778 (Age 0 years) 7. Mary Ophelia POLK, b. 6 Apr 1785, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA , d. 24 Sep 1835, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA (Age 50 years)8. Louisa POLK, b. 1787, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Dec 1869, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)Last Modified 22 Apr 2013 Family ID F10654 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Bessie Campbell DAVIS, b. 1771, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA , d. 1794, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 23 years) Married 1792 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Children 1. Clarissa POLK 2. Ezekiel T POLK, b. 2 Apr 1793, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA , d. 2 Apr 1793, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 0 years)Last Modified 22 Apr 2013 Family ID F10655 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Sophia NEELY, b. 1776, Maury, Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Dec 1851, Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years) Married 24 Nov 1810 Maury, Tennessee, USA Children 1. Charles Perry POLK, b. 27 Oct 1813, Maury, Tennessee, USA , d. 27 Oct 1893, Corinth, Mississippi, USA (Age 80 years)2. Eugenia POLK, b. 1815, Maury, Tennessee, USA , d. 16 Oct 1895, Corinth, Adams, Mississippi, USA (Age 80 years)3. Benigna POLK, b. 30 Jul 1816, Maury, Tennessee, USA , d. 27 Jan 1886, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)4. Edwin Fitzhugh POLK, b. 6 May 1818, Maury, Tennessee, USA , d. 4 Apr 1874 (Age 55 years)Last Modified 22 Apr 2013 Family ID F10656 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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