Jane Gracy Polk

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Jane Gracy Polk (Knox)

Also Known As: "Janette; “Jean ;Gracy;"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 11, 1852 (75)
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt James Knox and Lydia Bone Knox
Wife of Samuel Polk
Mother of James K. Polk, 11th President of the USA; Jane Maria Walker; Lydia Eliza Caldwell; John Lee Polk; Marshall Tate Polk, Sr. and 4 others
Sister of Robert Knox; Thomas Knox; Naomi Leech and Gracey Knox
Half sister of James Wallis; Matthew Wallace; Bettsy Wallace; William Eldred Wallace and Hannah Wallace

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About Jane Gracy Polk

Jane Polk (née Knox), was a descendant of a brother of the Scottish religious reformer John Knox and named her firstborn after her father James Knox.[



Jane was the great grand-niece of the Scottish clergyman, John Knox. Their son, James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States. Mother of President James K. Polk; married Samuel Polk at Hopewell Church, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, December 25, 1794; aged 68 at time of her son's inauguration, she survived her son by 2 years.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 21 2019, 16:24:13 UTC

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Jane Gracy Polk's Timeline

1776
November 15, 1776
Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
1795
November 2, 1795
Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC
1798
January 14, 1798
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
1800
1800
North Carolina, USA
1801
1801
Maury, TN, United States
1805
January 7, 1805
Mecklenburg, NC, United States
1809
July 9, 1809
Maury, TN, United States
1812
September 6, 1812
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1815
May 24, 1815
Maury County, Tennessee, United States