Margaret [Taylor] Polk
1st married Mary Winslow Wilson
1769 - Anson Co., North Carolina
2nd married Bessie Campbell
1792 - Mecklenburg Co., NC
3rd married Sophia Neely
November 24, 1810 - Maury Co., TN
Revolutionary War - commanded a
company of Cavalry Rangers under
Col. William Thompson, that fought
at Cane Brake, December 22, 1775.
He rose to the rank of colonel.
Served in the defense of Sullivan's
Island and was at the battle of
Rayborn Creek, July 15, 1776.
A signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration.
After the war, Polk's atheist beliefs
brought him increasing conflicts with
his neighbors. By 1790 he removed his
immediate family to Tennessee, becoming
one of the pioneers in the area that is
now Hardeman County.
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.
Carlisle was in Lancaster Co. until Cumberland Co. was created 1750.
Margaret [Taylor] Polk
1st married Mary Winslow Wilson
1769 - Anson Co., North Carolina
2nd married Bessie Campbell
1792 - Mecklenburg Co., NC
3rd married Sophia Neely
November 24, 1810 - Maury Co., TN
Revolutionary War - commanded a
company of Cavalry Rangers under
Col. William Thompson, that fought
at Cane Brake, December 22, 1775.
He rose to the rank of colonel.
Served in the defense of Sullivan's
Island and was at the battle of
Rayborn Creek, July 15, 1776.
A signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration.
After the war, Polk's atheist beliefs
brought him increasing conflicts with
his neighbors. By 1790 he removed his
immediate family to Tennessee, becoming
one of the pioneers in the area that is
now Hardeman County.
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.
Carlisle was in Lancaster Co. until Cumberland Co. was created 1750.
Family Members
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MAJ Samuel Polk
1772–1827
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Matilda Golden Polk Campbell
1775–1853
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William Wilson Polk
1776–1848
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Clarissa Polk McNeal
1782–1846
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Mary Ophelia Polk Hardeman
1785–1835
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Louisa Polk Collier
1787–1869
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Ezekiel Polk Jr
1793–1793
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COL Charles Perry Polk
1813–1893
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Eugenia Polk Neilson
1815–1895
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Benigna Polk Wood
1816–1887
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Gen Edwin Fitzhugh Polk
1818–1854
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