Capt. John Polk

Private John Polk served with Montgomery County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution. John Polk is a DAR Patriot Ancestor DAR Ancestor #: A090148

Biography

Capt. John Polk served in the French and Indian Wars 1760-1766 and the Revolutionary War 1775-1780. He served as a Captain in Col. Francis Locke's regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills. He was also a planter and Indian Agent for the Catawba Indians. He assisted in keeping the Indians friendly with the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

He left will in 1803, York Co., SC., and his wife Eleanor did, also, dying in York later in the same year of 1803.

Children of Capt. John and Eleanor Shelby Polk: Charles, John, Shelby, Taylor and Eleanor.

1760-1766: Served in the French & Indian War

1775-1780: Served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills, North Carolina.

GEDCOM Note Source: RootsWeb. "Eleanor Shelby was born 10 Jul 1730 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, and died 1803 in York Co., South Carolina. She married John Polk 02, the son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor on 2 Oct 1758 in Anson Co., North Carolina. He was born 1739 in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania and died in 1785 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. The marriage of Eleanor Shelby and William Polk was only the first of several marriages between the Shelby and Polk families. We’ll explore these intermarriages more in other parts of this history.

Capt. John Polk served in the French and Indian Wars 1760-1766 and the Revolutionary War 1775-1780. He served as a Captain in Col. Francis Locke's regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills. He was also a planter and Indian Agent for the Catawba Indians. He assisted in keeping the Indians friendly with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Children of Capt. John and Eleanor Shelby Polk: Charles, John, Shelby, Taylor and Eleanor.

Daughters of the American Revolution Records POLK, JOHN Ancestor #: A090148 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER Birth: 1739 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA Death: ANTE 4-11-1803 YORK DIST SOUTH CAROLINA Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV P 489, 494; MECKLENBURG CO NC COURT MINS, BK 1, 1774-1800, P 24

GEDCOM Note

Officer Am. Rev,: mem. Provincial Commissions of N.C., 1766, 71, 73; agt. to Catawba Indians; per The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, page 70, Vol. II

notes

Date of death might specifically be 1803.

References

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Hannah Shelby (born Polk) by SmartCopy: Jun 22 2015, 23:49:36 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother William Polk by SmartCopy: Jun 22 2015, 23:51:44 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Polk-262

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John married Eleanor Shelby on October 2, 1758 in South Carolina (per "U.S. & International Marriage Records").

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1760-1766: Served in the French & Indian War

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1775-1780: Served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills, North Carolina.

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John Polk is a proven ancestor for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

When Capt. John Polk was born on 18 January 1739, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, William Ezekiel Robert Polk II, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Taylor, was 34. He married Eleanor Shelby on 2 October 1758, in South Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in York, South Carolina, United States in 1790. He registered for military service in 1760. He died before 11 April 1803, in York, York, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Polk Family Cemetery, Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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