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    Colonel William Polk (9 July 1758 – 14 January 1834) was a North Carolina banker, educational administrator, political leader, renowned Continental officer...
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  • William Polk is the name of: William Polk (colonel) (1758–1834), American Revolutionary War officer, bank president, namesake of Polk County, North Carolina...
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  • December 7, 1747, the seventh of eight children born to William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near present-day Carlisle...
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    1732 to William and Margaret Taylor Polk. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and had been born in the Province of Maryland. In 1753, Polk moved to...
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    William Polk Hardeman (November 4, 1816 – April 8, 1898) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He had fought in...
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  • (1815–1862), Tennessee congressman William R. Polk (1929–2020), foreign policy consultant, author William Polk (colonel) (1758–1834), American Revolutionary...
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    Tennessee and his cousin William Polk was a trustee. Polk's roommate was William Dunn Moseley, who became the first Governor of Florida. Polk joined the Dialectic...
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  • Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Colonel William Cumming historical marker...
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    Atlanta Campaign. Leonidas Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Colonel William and Sarah (née Hawkins) Polk. William was a Revolutionary War veteran...
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    William Hawkins Polk (May 24, 1815 – December 16, 1862) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's...
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    Colonel McNeal House, also referred to as McNeal Place or the Ezekiel Polk McNeal House, is an Italianate mansion in Bolivar, Tennessee, part of Hardeman...
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    Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was Colonel William Polk. He moved to Maury County, Tennessee, in 1823. Polk served in the Tennessee Senate from 1831...
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    cavalry. Polk was born at Camp McGraw in Batangas in the Philippines on December 13, 1911, to Colonel Harding Polk, and the former Esther Fleming. Polk graduated...
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    from parts of Henderson and Rutherford counties. It was named for William Polk, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War. The Tryon International Equestrian...
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  • Buis Holloway's Company, Alabama Cavalry: Cpt E. M. Holloway LTG Leonidas Polk Escort: Greenleaf's Company, Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf (Corps...
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    army after the Battle of Chickamauga, taking over the corps of Leonidas Polk at Chattanooga, Tennessee, besieging the Union Army there. During the Chattanooga...
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  • Switzerland and in Rugby, England. His father, Andrew Jackson Polk, was the son of Colonel William Polk. His mother, Rebecca Van Leer, was an heiress from the...
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  • Regiment included: Colonels: Colonel Thomas Polk (1775, original officer) Colonel Adam Alexander (1775, Lt. Col.; 1776-1778, Colonel) Colonel George Alexander...
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  • County, North Carolina was named after American Revolutionary War colonel William Polk. Six counties in the United States are named after James A. Garfield...
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    Richard Taylor, served as a lieutenant colonel in the American Revolution. Taylor was a descendant of Elder William Brewster, a Pilgrim leader of the Plymouth...
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    Parker 25 April Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 7 May Lieutenant Colonel Edward R. Coppock (ad interim) 9 May Lieutenant Colonel William F. Hoey (ad...
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    later became the property of Colonel Alexander B. Andrews. A historic marker for the tree was erected in 1938 by the Colonel Polk Chapter of the Daughters...
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    Pierre G. T. Beauregard MG Leonidas Polk MG Braxton Bragg Escort: Alabama Cavalry: Cpt Robert W. Smith MG William J. Hardee (w) BG John C. Breckinridge...
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    Blotner and Noel Polk, eds.) (Library of America, 1990) ISBN 978-0-940450-55-4 William Faulkner: Novels 1942–1954 (Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk, eds.) (Library...
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    Randal William McGavock (1826–1863) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, Southern planter, and colonel in the Confederate States Army. He served...
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    Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk and defended east Mississippi from William T. Sherman during the Meridian Campaign of February 1864. Polk's relatively small force...
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    re-election, defeating Independent Democrat William Hawkins Polk, brother of former president James K. Polk, with 63.37% of the vote. This election took...
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  • Capt. Thomas M. Angel. Company I - Henderson County, Capt. William M. Shipp. Company K - Polk County, Capt. John C. Camp Company L - Haywood County, Capt...
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    nominee, William Seward. He served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk from 1845 to 1849, overseeing the Mexican–American War. After leaving the Polk administration...
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  • Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard 7,000 men, 16 guns (k-306, w-1153, m-87 = 1,546) MG Leonidas Polk Escort: Orleans Light Horse Company:...
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