Leonidas Polk

1806 - 1864  (58 years)

• Name	Leonidas Polk  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	10 Apr 1806	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1823	West Point, Orange, New York, USA   [2]
  Residence	1850	Bayou Lafourche R Side, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA   [3, 5]
  	Slaveholder: 215
  Burial	1864	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Death	14 Jun 1864	Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Leonidas Polk - Where Gen Polk Fell	25 Oct 1869	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA   [9]
  		Leonidas Polk - Where Gen Polk Fell
  Reference Number	5744
  Person ID	I5744	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Polk,   b. 9 Jul 1758, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Colonial America d. 14 Jan 1834, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Sarah Sophia Hawkins,   b. 6 Mar 1784, Warren, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Dec 1843, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	1 Jan 1801
  Family ID	F2108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Ann Devereux,   b. North Carolina, USA
  Marriage	4 May 1830	Wake, North Carolina, USA   [8]
  Children	1. Katherine Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   2. Sarah Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   3. Susan R Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 4. Elizabeth Devereux Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   5. William Mecklenburg Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   6. Alexander Hamilton Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   7. Frances Devereux Polk  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   8. Lucia Polk,   b. 23 Oct 1845, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Dec 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F2110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Apr 1806 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Military Service - 1823 - West Point, Orange, New York, USA Marriage - 4 May 1830 - Wake, North Carolina, USA Residence - Slaveholder: 215 - 1850 - Bayou Lafourche R Side, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA Burial - 1864 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Death - 14 Jun 1864 - Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia, USA Leonidas Polk - Where Gen Polk Fell - 25 Oct 1869 - Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	8 Photos
  	Leonidas Polk General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A., Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
  	The Funeral Service for the Rt Revd Leonidas Polk - Saint Paul's Church The Funeral Service for the Rt Revd Leonidas Polk, D. D., Saint Paul’s Church, June 29, 1864 605 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Georgia
  	Lt General Leonidas Polk - marker where he died on Pine Mountain during the Civil War This cenotaph memorial to Lt General Leonidas Polk, Bishop is located atop Pine Mountain in Georgia on the spot where he met his death. Photo and information was provided by Donald Greyfield and findagrave.com with much thanks.
  	Leonidas Polk - Where Gen Polk Fell
  	Leonidas Polk Sartain, William. "Leonidas Polk Missionary bishop of the Southwest." Leonidas Polk, bishop and general. New York : Longmans, Green, and co. 1893. 179. http://archive.org/stream/leonidaspolkbish01polk#page/n197/mode/2up (accessed July 29, 2013).
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  	U.S. Passport Application for Reverend Leonidas Polk 6 Aug 1831 to New York U.S. Passport Application for Reverend Leonidas Polk 6 Aug 1831 to the Passport Office in New York. It reads that Reverend Leonidas Polk wanted to travel to France and was requesting a United States Passport, listing the Rev. as living in Raleigh, North Carolina. This record was provided by ancestry.com with much thanks.
  	Leonidas Polk Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.). "[Portrait of Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, officer of the Confederate Army]." Photograph. [between 1860 and 1864]. Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000441/PP/ (accessed July 29, 2013).

  
  

• Sources

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