James Knox Polk South

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James Knox Polk South was in the Company B of the 5th Kentucky Infantry, CSA. He enlisted 1861 at Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky. His highest Rank was Private. He was transferred to Company D of the 5th Kentucky Infantry, CSA. He enlisted 9 Oct 1862 at Jackson, Breathitt County, KY. He was elected 1st Lieutenant on 9 Oct 1862.


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James Knox Polk South married Eudora G. Lindsay 5 Oct 1876 in Franklin Co, KY.
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After the war he moved to Frankfort, Franklin County, KY and operated the prestigious Excelsior Academy, which opened in 1878. He was a minister in the Disciples of Christ Church and founded the Swallowfield Church in 1892.∼Spouse: Eudora Gray Lindsay (1853-1918), married October 5th, 1876, at Franklin County, Kentucky

Father: Jeremiah Weldon South (1810-1880)

Mother: Mary Magdalene Cockrell (1811-1873)

He joined the Confederate Army at age 14 by lying about his age. He was soon 15 and became a Lieutenant (1st) on the battlefield at age 17. He fought in all major battles of the Civil War with the Orphan Brigade. In 1871 he graduated from Transylvania's College of the Bible and became an evangelical preacher with the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). He married Eudorah Lindsay (also a college graduate in 1871) in 1876. Their school opened in 1878 and was accredited by the legislature in 1880. The Excelsior Collegiate Institute, by name. He and Eudorah Lindsay had 8 children. The Rev. South founded The Swallowfield Church in 1892.

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Seven brothers in the 5th Kentucky Infantry
Captain William Tyler Barry South's company was surrendered at Washington, Ga., May 6, 1865. Seven brothers in one regiment and three brothers-in-law in the Confederate service made a record equaled by few families of that time.

The elder brother, Samuel South was commissioned as colonel early in the war, but the retreat of General Bragg from KY made it impossible to recruit his regiment, so he joined his brother's company of the 5th KY. He was severely wounded at Chickamauga, and was voted a medal of honor for distinguished bravery on the field; the Rev. James Knox Polk South served as 1st lieutenant of Company D, 5th KY, and Jeremiah Weldon South, Jr., was a second lieutenant of Company B, of the same regiment; he was killed in action, as was Andrew Jackson South, also a lieutenant of this regiment. The two youngest brothers, Martin and Thomas, served in the Company of their brother. Captain South's father was Col. Jeremiah Weldon South, Colonel of KY Volunteers in the Mexican War, and a member of the KY House of Representatives and Senate. The family record shows such patriotic fighting stock from pioneer times to the present day.