James
Knox
Polk
Born in Maury, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Hawkins Polk
and Mary L. Corse
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2011
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Biography
James was born in 1840 and died in 1924.
Sources
- 1850 Census:"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDR-HMQ : Thu Oct 05 21:36:13 UTC 2023), Entry for William H Polk and Mary Polk, 1850.
- 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census", database with images
Year: 1880; Census Place: District 1, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 1271; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 150
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #10820175 (accessed 1 October 2023)
James K Polk (40), married, Farms, head of household in District 1, Maury, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee. - Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current", database with images
Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #24052980
Ancestry Record 60525 #87278382 (accessed 1 October 2023)
James Knox Polk burial (died on 12 Jan 1924) in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Wheatland, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States of America.
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2, FTDNA kit #153671
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