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Jane “Gracy” Knox Polk

Birth: 15 Nov 1776
Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 11 Jan 1852 (aged 75)
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery

Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 35.6192212, Longitude: -87.0336848
Memorial ID: 6659665 View Source

Mother of President James K. Polk; married Samuel Polk at Hopewell Church, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, December 25, 1794; aged 68 at time of her son's inauguration, she survived her son by 2 years.
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Her parents were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of Pres. Polk, also buried in the same cemetery Robert Gillespie.

Mother of President James K. Polk; married Samuel Polk at Hopewell Church, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, December 25, 1794; aged 68 at time of her son's inauguration, she survived her son by 2 years.
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Her parents were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of Pres. Polk, also buried in the same cemetery Robert Gillespie.

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1772–1827 (m. 1794)

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6659665/jane-polk: accessed ), memorial page for Jane “Gracy” Knox Polk (15 Nov 1776–11 Jan 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6659665, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Sammy Graham (contributor 50055563).

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