Colonel William Polk

1758 - 1834  (75 years)

• Name	William Polk  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	9 Jul 1758	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]
  	Twin for Ezekiel
  Gender	Male
  DAR Number	A090198  [3]
  Military	1778	North Carolina, USA   [2, 3, 8]
  Death	14 Jan 1834	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I24305	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Brigadier General Thomas Polk,   b. 1732, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Jun 1794, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Spratt,   b. 1734, Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, USA d. 1763, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1755	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F2981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hankins
  Family ID	F8670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Jul 1758 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Military - 1778 - North Carolina, USA Death - 14 Jan 1834 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S614] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattanooga, TN; Date:1922;;), Volume II Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191 Also available on ancestry.com also outlined: http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends Notable_Southern_Families.pdf Montgomery Section starts on page 241. [S1274] Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, (Name: Location: North Carolina;;), Record for William Polk. [S1275] DAR Ancestor A090198, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revoluition; Location: North Carolina;;), William Polk. [S1385] SAR Application 41753, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), Thomas Polk. [S3312] Graham, George Washington, The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, (Name: Neale Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1905;), Book found on Heritage Quest. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Thomas Polk http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=892039&indiv=try [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Brigadier General Thos Polk http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=800658&indiv=try [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.