Lt. Colonel Ezekiel Polk

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A090075

Other information gives the name Mary Winslow Wilson as his wife rather than May Jane Wilson.

Son of William Polk I & 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 links:
Parents:
William Polk (1700 - 1753)
Margaret Taylor Polk (1704 - 1763)

Spouses:
Mary Jane Winslow Wilson Polk (1746 - 1791)
Bessie Campbell Polk*
Sophia Neely Polk*

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18808120

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel_Polk

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother William Polk by SmartCopy: Jun 22 2015, 23:51:44 UTC

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