NEWS ARTICLE
LAKEPORT LEGACIES TO FEATURE POLK FAMILY PLANTATIONS
09/26/2017
"The prominent Polk family moved at the center of the historical processes that created “king cotton” in the newest parts of the Old South. Former President James K. Polk, who served from 1845-49, invested in cotton while his relatives ran cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta. He purchased a plantation in Yalobusha County, Miss., in 1834. A nephew, William Wilson Polk, owned a large plantation at Walnut Bend in Phillips County, Ark., and financed his uncle’s presidential run.
George W. Polk, a cousin of President Polk, co-owned the Hilliard Plantation on Grand Lake in Chicot County. Polk with his brother-in-law, Isaac Hilliard, owned 151 slaves and 550 acres of improved land in 1850. In 1845, he built a magnificent Greek Revival home near Columbia, Tenn., which he named “Rattle and Snap.”
The Polks’ and their business network represent patterns of cotton investment that characterized the late 1840s and early 1850s and built the slave empire of the Old Southwest."
William was the son of Col. Ezekiel Polk and Mary Wilson and the nephew of President James Knox Polk.
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Suggested edit: The press release copied here is from the advertisement of a talk I gave a few years ago. It is incorrect; I'm not sure if someone mixed up the notes I sent or if it was my mistake (although I don't remember ever having the following misconceptions) but anyway: William Wilson Polk was James K Polk's uncle, not his nephew. He also did not finance the campaign. He leant JKP some money after the election. There may be other errors but those are the glaring ones.
Contributor: Kelly Jones (50233867)
LAKEPORT LEGACIES TO FEATURE POLK FAMILY PLANTATIONS
09/26/2017
"The prominent Polk family moved at the center of the historical processes that created “king cotton” in the newest parts of the Old South. Former President James K. Polk, who served from 1845-49, invested in cotton while his relatives ran cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta. He purchased a plantation in Yalobusha County, Miss., in 1834. A nephew, William Wilson Polk, owned a large plantation at Walnut Bend in Phillips County, Ark., and financed his uncle’s presidential run.
George W. Polk, a cousin of President Polk, co-owned the Hilliard Plantation on Grand Lake in Chicot County. Polk with his brother-in-law, Isaac Hilliard, owned 151 slaves and 550 acres of improved land in 1850. In 1845, he built a magnificent Greek Revival home near Columbia, Tenn., which he named “Rattle and Snap.”
The Polks’ and their business network represent patterns of cotton investment that characterized the late 1840s and early 1850s and built the slave empire of the Old Southwest."
William was the son of Col. Ezekiel Polk and Mary Wilson and the nephew of President James Knox Polk.
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Suggested edit: The press release copied here is from the advertisement of a talk I gave a few years ago. It is incorrect; I'm not sure if someone mixed up the notes I sent or if it was my mistake (although I don't remember ever having the following misconceptions) but anyway: William Wilson Polk was James K Polk's uncle, not his nephew. He also did not finance the campaign. He leant JKP some money after the election. There may be other errors but those are the glaring ones.
Contributor: Kelly Jones (50233867)
NEWS ARTICLE
LAKEPORT LEGACIES TO FEATURE POLK FAMILY PLANTATIONS
09/26/2017
"The prominent Polk family moved at the center of the historical processes that created “king cotton” in the newest parts of the Old South. Former President James K. Polk, who served from 1845-49, invested in cotton while his relatives ran cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta. He purchased a plantation in Yalobusha County, Miss., in 1834. A nephew, William Wilson Polk, owned a large plantation at Walnut Bend in Phillips County, Ark., and financed his uncle’s presidential run.
George W. Polk, a cousin of President Polk, co-owned the Hilliard Plantation on Grand Lake in Chicot County. Polk with his brother-in-law, Isaac Hilliard, owned 151 slaves and 550 acres of improved land in 1850. In 1845, he built a magnificent Greek Revival home near Columbia, Tenn., which he named “Rattle and Snap.”
The Polks’ and their business network represent patterns of cotton investment that characterized the late 1840s and early 1850s and built the slave empire of the Old Southwest."
William was the son of Col. Ezekiel Polk and Mary Wilson and the nephew of President James Knox Polk.
————————————-
Suggested edit: The press release copied here is from the advertisement of a talk I gave a few years ago. It is incorrect; I'm not sure if someone mixed up the notes I sent or if it was my mistake (although I don't remember ever having the following misconceptions) but anyway: William Wilson Polk was James K Polk's uncle, not his nephew. He also did not finance the campaign. He leant JKP some money after the election. There may be other errors but those are the glaring ones.
Contributor: Kelly Jones (50233867)
LAKEPORT LEGACIES TO FEATURE POLK FAMILY PLANTATIONS
09/26/2017
"The prominent Polk family moved at the center of the historical processes that created “king cotton” in the newest parts of the Old South. Former President James K. Polk, who served from 1845-49, invested in cotton while his relatives ran cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta. He purchased a plantation in Yalobusha County, Miss., in 1834. A nephew, William Wilson Polk, owned a large plantation at Walnut Bend in Phillips County, Ark., and financed his uncle’s presidential run.
George W. Polk, a cousin of President Polk, co-owned the Hilliard Plantation on Grand Lake in Chicot County. Polk with his brother-in-law, Isaac Hilliard, owned 151 slaves and 550 acres of improved land in 1850. In 1845, he built a magnificent Greek Revival home near Columbia, Tenn., which he named “Rattle and Snap.”
The Polks’ and their business network represent patterns of cotton investment that characterized the late 1840s and early 1850s and built the slave empire of the Old Southwest."
William was the son of Col. Ezekiel Polk and Mary Wilson and the nephew of President James Knox Polk.
————————————-
Suggested edit: The press release copied here is from the advertisement of a talk I gave a few years ago. It is incorrect; I'm not sure if someone mixed up the notes I sent or if it was my mistake (although I don't remember ever having the following misconceptions) but anyway: William Wilson Polk was James K Polk's uncle, not his nephew. He also did not finance the campaign. He leant JKP some money after the election. There may be other errors but those are the glaring ones.
Contributor: Kelly Jones (50233867)
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