Colonel William Polk (9 July 1758 – 14 January 1834) was a North Carolina banker, educational administrator, political leader, renowned Continental officer...

William Polk is the name of: William Polk (colonel) (1758–1834), American Revolutionary War officer, bank president, namesake of Polk County, North Carolina...

December 7, 1747, the seventh of eight children born to William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near present-day Carlisle...

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...

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...

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...

(1815–1862), Tennessee congressman William R. Polk (1929–2020), foreign policy consultant, author William Polk (colonel) (1758–1834), American Revolutionary...

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...

Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Colonel William Cumming historical marker...

Atlanta Campaign. Leonidas Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Colonel William and Sarah (née Hawkins) Polk. William was a Revolutionary War veteran...

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...

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...

from parts of Henderson and Rutherford counties. It was named for William Polk, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War. The Tryon International Equestrian...

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...

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...

army after the Battle of Chickamauga, taking over the corps of Leonidas Polk at Chattanooga, Tennessee, besieging the Union Army there. During the Chattanooga...

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...

of 1812. James Polk, joined the Tennessee Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of...

Buis Holloway's Company, Alabama Cavalry: Cpt E. M. Holloway LTG Leonidas Polk Escort: Greenleaf's Company, Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf (Corps...

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...

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...

Dancy–Polk House (also known as the Col. Francis Dancy House) is a historic residence in Decatur, Alabama. The house was built in 1829 for Colonel William Francis...

was commanded by Lt. Col. William G. Belknap and would be the right wing of the army. The 2nd Brigade was commanded by Colonel David E. Twiggs and was the...

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...

Jacksonite policies. Cannon was succeeded as Governor of Tennessee by James K. Polk in 1839, who later became President of the United States. Born in Guilford...

Regiment included: Colonels: Colonel Thomas Polk (1775, original officer) Colonel Adam Alexander (1775, Lt. Col.; 1776-1778, Colonel) Colonel George Alexander...

County, North Carolina was named after American Revolutionary War colonel William Polk. Six counties in the United States are named after James A. Garfield...

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...

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...

married to Gertrude Polk, who was a first cousin about 4 times removed to Colonel Ezekiel Polk grandfather of U.S. President James Knox Polk. One of Winder...