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Ezekiel Polk (December 7, 1747 – August 31, 1824) was American soldier, pioneer and the paternal grandfather of President James Knox Polk.
Impulsive, avaricious, and grandiloquent, this farmer, Indian fighter, speculator, politician, filibusterer, Revolutionary soldier, and pioneer on six frontiers, was a unique embodiment of much of the spirit of the Old West in the early days of the republic.
Ezekiel Polk (7 de diciembre de 1747 - 31 de agosto de 1824) fue un soldado estadounidense, pionero y abuelo paterno del presidente James Knox Polk.
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.,
Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Ezekiel Polk born 1747 Carlisle, Lancaster, Pennsylvania died 1824 Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States including parents + descendants + 2 photos + 6 genealogist comments + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
Pioneer and Patriarch. History knows Colonel Ezekiel Polk (December 7, 1747 – August 31, 1824), only dimly, as a grandfather of a President, James K. Polk. Yet the different careers of a...
28 de oct. de 2018 · Ezekiel Polk was an officer in the Continental Army and a pioneer of modern Tennessee. Polk established his family on the frontier and future generations would be politically powerful in (what was then) the west for a long time.
