General Lucius Junius Polk

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Subject was the brother of Leonidas Polk and 1 of 10 children by two wives. He lived from 1802-1870 and built Hamilton Place.

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The antebellum plantation estate of Hamilton Place at Ashwood, Maury County, is a rare and exquisitely crafted example of the Palladian style of architecture. It was built from 1829 to 1831 by Lucius Junius Polk (1802-1870), one of the five sons of Colonel William Polk of North Carolina who each relocated to Maury County to establish large cotton plantations. The 1,400-acre plantation occupied a quadrant of the 5,648-acre "Rattle and Snap" tract acquired by Colonel Polk after the Revolution. Lucius Polk became one of the wealthiest planters in Maury County. He served in the state Senate in 1831 and was adjutant-general for the state from 1851 to 1853.

The house was begun in 1829 and completed two years later by crews sent out from North Carolina. Lucius named it Hamilton Place after his recently deceased brother, Alexander Hamilton Polk. The earliest and best detailed of the Polk mansions at Ashwood, the house embodies elements copied from high-style precedents. The design of the front was adapted from Palladio's Villa Pisano for the Montagnardas, and an interior arcade is taken from Brunelleschi's design for the hospital in Florence, Italy. The floor plan is loosely based on that of the White House, where Lucius Polk married Andrew Jackson's niece, Mary Ann Eastin, in a ceremony in 1832. Polk's large fortune was devastated by the Civil War, but Hamilton Place remained in the family until the 1970s.

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Lucius Junius Polk was an American politician and planter from Tennessee.

Lucius Junius Polk was born in 1802 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was Colonel William Polk. He moved to Maury County, Tennessee, in 1823.

Polk served in the Tennessee Senate from 1831 to 1833. He served as Adjutant General for the state of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853.

Polk was also a wealthy cotton planter. He owned 30 slaves in 1836 and 52 slaves in 1840.

He was a Knight Templar.

Polk married Mary Ann Eastin, a grand-niece of Rachel Jackson (the wife of President Andrew Jackson) in April 1832. Their wedding took place at the White House in Washington, D.C.. They resided at Hamilton Place near Columbia, Tennessee, and had a large family together.

After Mary Ann Polk had died, Lucius married Frances Anne Erwin, with whom he had an additional son and daughter. Frances Polk also died in her 30s.

He died in 1870. He was buried on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church.