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Samuel was born in Tryon, Ney York and later became a farmer.
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Jane was born in Maury County, Tennessee.
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Samuel and Jane are married in Mecklenburg County, New York.
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James Knox Polk was born near Pineville, Mecklenburg County, New York. He is a Scots-Irish Presbyterian and the eldest of ten.
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Jane Maria Polk was married to James Walker, had 12 children, and is the sister to James Knox Polk.
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Was married to Dr. Silas M Caldwell, had 5 children, and is the sister to James Knox Polk.
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Was married to Mary Polk, had 6 children, and is the brother to James Knox Polk.
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Was married to Laura Theresa Wilson, had 2 children, and is the brother to James Knox Polk.
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James moved to Tennessee in what us now Maury County.
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Was not married, and the brother to James Knox Polk.
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Was not married and is the brother to James Knox Polk.
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Was married to Adlai Osborne Harris, had 6 children, and is the sister to James Knox Polk.
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Polk was a sickly child and one day was taken to Dr. McDowell in Danville, Kentucky. He was diagnosed with gallstone. He was given brandy while strapped to a bare wooden table. The surgery was successful and he became healthy.
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Was married to Dr. John Brown Hayes, had 6 children, and is the sister to James Knox Polk.
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Was married to Belinda G Dickinson, had no children, and is the brother to James Knox Polk.
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Died sadly when he was only 21, and is the brother to James Knox Polk.
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James graduated at the University of North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts at Chapel Hill, New York. Later became a lawyer.
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James practiced at Columbia, Tennessee.
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James was chief clerk of Tennessee Senate.
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James marries Sarah at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. They are married for 25 years, and 165 days.
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James represented Tennessee in the US House of Representatives.
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Samuel Died in Maury County, Tennessee at he age of 55 years, and 123 days.
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James Knox Polk was the only president to be the speaker of the house of representatives.
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The day it was delivered it was raining. However, Polk still delivered it outdoors with a large military parade.
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James served one term as the 11th president. He defeated Henry Clay (Whig) as a democrat.
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Under the direction of secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, the Naval Academy opens at Annapolis, Maryland.
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Texas is admitted as a slave state, making it the twenty-eighth state in the Union.
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After Zachary Taylor received orders to go on or near the Rio Grande in attempts to discourage Mexican invasion, He clashed with Mexican soldiers on the northern banks of Rio Grande. Congress declares and James K Polk signed the declaration of war on Mexico.
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James denied his reelection and retired to Nashville.
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"I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and become a sovereign. As a private citizen, I will have no one but myself to serve, and will exercise a part of the sovereign power of the country. I am sure I will will be happier in this condition than in the exalted station I now hold."
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James dies due to a Lethal case of cholera in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 53 years, 225 days. He died only 3 months after presidency. He is buried at Polk Place, Nashville.
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Jane Knox Polk died in Maury County, Tennessee and was 75 years, and 57 days old.
