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Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk

Male 1806 - 1864  (58 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Leonidas PolkLeonidas Polk was born on 10 Apr 1806 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA (son of William Polk and Sarah Sophia Hawkins); died on 14 Jun 1864 in Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried in 1864 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.

    Leonidas married Frances Ann Devereux on 4 May 1830 in Wake, North Carolina, USA. Frances (daughter of John Devereux) was born in in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Katherine Polk
    2. Sarah Polk
    3. Susan R Polk
    4. Elizabeth Devereux Polk
    5. William Mecklenburg Polk
    6. Alexander Hamilton Polk
    7. Frances Devereux Polk
    8. Lucia Polk was born on 23 Oct 1845 in North Carolina, USA; died on 27 Dec 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William PolkWilliam Polk was born on 9 Jul 1758 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Colonial America (son of Thomas Polk and Susanna Spratt); died on 14 Jan 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.

    William married Sarah Sophia Hawkins on 1 Jan 1801. Sarah (daughter of Philemon Hawkins, III and Lucy Davis) was born on 6 Mar 1784 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; died on 10 Dec 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Sophia HawkinsSarah Sophia Hawkins was born on 6 Mar 1784 in Warren, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Philemon Hawkins, III and Lucy Davis); died on 10 Dec 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Lucius Junius Polk, Sr was born on 16 Mar 1802 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 3 Oct 1870 in Maury, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1870 in Ashwood, Maury, Tennessee, USA.
    2. Lucinda Davis Polk was born on 12 Jan 1804; died on 9 May 1805; was buried in 1805 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    3. 1. Leonidas Polk was born on 10 Apr 1806 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Jun 1864 in Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried in 1864 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.
    4. Mary Brown Polk was born on 28 Aug 1808 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Mar 1835 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1835 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Alexander Hamilton Polk was born on 19 Sep 1810 in Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Sep 1830 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1830 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    6. John Hawkins Polk was born in 1812; died on 28 Oct 1813; was buried in 1813 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Rufus King Polk was born on 15 Mar 1814 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 Feb 1846 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Ashwood, Maury, Tennessee, USA.
    8. George Washington Polk was born on 12 Jul 1817 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Jan 1892 in Maury, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1892 in Ashwood, Maury, Tennessee, USA.
    9. Susan Spratt Polk was born on 25 May 1822 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 10 Jul 1909 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA; was buried in 1909 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    10. Andrew Jackson Polk, Sr was born on 10 Aug 1824 in North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Mar 1867 in Ashwood, Maury, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1867 in Ashwood, Maury, Tennessee, USA.
    11. Charles Junius Polk was born on 8 Oct 1828 in Wake, North Carolina, USA; died on 16 Oct 1831 in Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1831 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas PolkThomas Polk was born in 1730 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Colonial America (son of William Polk, Jr and Margaret Taylor); died on 26 Jan 1794 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1794 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.

    Thomas married Susanna Spratt in 1740 in North Carolina, Colonial America. Susanna (daughter of Thomas Spratt) was born in 1734 in Accomack, Virginia, Colonial America; was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Susanna Spratt was born in 1734 in Accomack, Virginia, Colonial America (daughter of Thomas Spratt); was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Polk
    2. Ezekiel Polk
    3. Charles Polk
    4. Margaret Polk
    5. Mary Polk
    6. Martha Polk
    7. James Polk
    8. 2. William Polk was born on 9 Jul 1758 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Colonial America; died on 14 Jan 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.

  3. 6.  Philemon Hawkins, IIIPhilemon Hawkins, III was born on 3 Dec 1752 in Bute, North Carolina, Colonial America (son of Philemon Hawkins, II and Delia Martin); died on 28 Jan 1833 in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1833 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA.

    Philemon married Lucy Davis on 22 Aug 1775 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, Colonial America. Lucy was born on 9 Jul 1759; died on 29 Sep 1807 in North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1807 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lucy Davis was born on 9 Jul 1759; died on 29 Sep 1807 in North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1807 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Eleanor Howard Hawkins was born on 23 Jun 1776; died in 1855.
    2. William Hawkins was born on 20 Oct 1777 in Granville, North Carolina, USA; died on 17 May 1819 in Sparta, Georgia, USA.
    3. Ann Hawkins was born on 3 Sep 1779; died on 11 Jan 1846 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1846 in Vaughan, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
    4. John Davis Hawkins, Sr was born on 15 Apr 1781 in Pleasant Hill, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died on 5 Dec 1858 in Franklin, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1858 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Delia Hawkins was born on 16 Oct 1782; died on 21 Dec 1851; was buried in 1851 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    6. 3. Sarah Sophia Hawkins was born on 6 Mar 1784 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; died on 10 Dec 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1843 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Joseph Warren Hawkins, Dr was born on 15 Sep 1785 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; died on 5 Aug 1842 in Warren, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Benjamin Franklin Hawkins was born on 28 Oct 1787; died on 22 Nov 1828 in North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1828 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Philemon Hawkins, Jr was born on 5 Jun 1789 in USA; died on 22 Mar 1817.
    10. George Washington Hawkins was born on 20 Oct 1793; died on 26 Mar 1816; was buried in 1816 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA.
    11. Lucinda Davis Ruffin Hawkins was born on 26 Jun 1795.
    12. Mildred Brehon Hawkins was born on 13 Dec 1801; died on 15 Oct 1802.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Polk, Jr was born in 1700 (son of William Polk, Sr and Nancy Knox); died in 1753 in West Yadkin, North Carolina, Colonial America.

    William married Margaret Taylor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Taylor
    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Polk was born in 1730 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Colonial America; died on 26 Jan 1794 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1794 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Ezekiel Polk was born on 7 Dec 1747 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Colonial America; died on 31 Aug 1824 in Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA.

  3. 10.  Thomas Spratt
    Children:
    1. 5. Susanna Spratt was born in 1734 in Accomack, Virginia, Colonial America; was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.

  4. 12.  Philemon Hawkins, IIPhilemon Hawkins, II was born on 28 Sep 1717 in Gloucester, Virginia, Colonial America (son of Philemon Hawkins and Ann Eleanor Howard); died on 10 Sep 1801 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1801 in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.

    Philemon married Delia Martin in 1743 in Warren, North Carolina, USA. Delia (daughter of Zacariah Martin) was born in 1717 in Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America; died on 20 Aug 1794 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1794 in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Delia Martin was born in 1717 in Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America (daughter of Zacariah Martin); died on 20 Aug 1794 in Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1794 in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Joseph Hawkins died in in 1785.
    2. Delia Fanny Hawkins
    3. Ann Hawkins died on 12 Mar 1781.
    4. John H Hawkins was born in 1744 in Bute, North Carolina, Colonial America; died in 1802 in Warren, North Carolina, USA.
    5. 6. Philemon Hawkins, III was born on 3 Dec 1752 in Bute, North Carolina, Colonial America; died on 28 Jan 1833 in Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1833 in Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Benjamin Hawkins was born on 15 Aug 1754 in Bute, North Carolina, Colonial America; died on 6 Jun 1816 in Indian Agency, Near Roberta, Georgia, USA; was buried in 1816 in Roberta, Crawford County, Georgia, United States of America.



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