Charles Taylor Polk was the son of Andrew and Martha Kimball Polk. Andrew and Martha are both buried in Leon County, Texas. Charles grandfather was Charles Polk b.1760, a revoluntionary war soldier buried in San Augustine, TX.
Charles T. married Mary Elizabeth Denton on Dec 21, 1848 in Cherokee County, TX. She died in 1872.
2nd marriage was to Theodicia Logan on Sept 7, 1876 in Cherokee county, TX
Siblings were:
Louisa Polk b: ABT 1816 in Tennessee
Eirline Polk b: 1816/1826
Jemima Ann Polk b: ABT 1826 in Mo
Martha Jane Polk b: 1828 in Mo d. Sept 11, 1856, Cedar Hill cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County ,TX; married Dr. Thomas J. Moore on Apr 1, 1845 in San Augustine, TX
Carroll Polk b: 1830 in Mo
Winifred "Minnie" Polk b: 1832 in Missouri (buried in Waco TX, Oakwood Cemetery,died Oct 7, 1908; married James Monroe Anderson, a prominent lawyer in Cherokee county TX, on Nov. 26, 1851.
Cherokee County, TX 1850 Federal Census
Polk Andrew 58 N.C.
Polk Charles T. 30 MO.
Polk Martha 57 VA.
Polk Mary E. 20 AL.
Polk Thomas H. 7/12 TX.
Polk Winneford 16 MO.
1860 Federal Census Cherokee County, Texas
Polk C T 41
Polk J A 9
Polk A 1
Polk M E 30
Polk M L 6
Polk T H 10
ANCESTRY:............................
***John POLK(b. 1739 PA) married Eleanor Shelby in 1758. John served in the revolutionary war as a Captain in the militia.They were the parents of Evan Shelby Polk,CHARLES POLK, Eleanor Polk, John Polk, William Polk and Taylor Polk.
*Charles Polk "Civil Charlie" (b. 1760) married Margaret Baxter. He served in the American Revolution and served as a Sergeant in a mounted spy company from Stewart county in TN during the War of 1812 era. He died in San Augustine county in 1848, burial site unknown.
*Andrew Polk (b.1789)(d. 1856)Andrew married Martha Kimball (b.1793 TN)in 1815. Andrew and family moved from Tennessee to Missouri and then on to Texas. According to the census, they were in Howard county, MO during 1830 and 1840. They settled in Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1840's. Andrew and Martha moved to Centerville, Leon County, Texas, and lived there until their deaths. They are in the Makamson Cemetery at Leona in Leon County, TX.
The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
*Charles Taylor Polk = see above
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(***)Strongly recommend that any Polk male descendant of John Polk/Eleanor Shelby have his DNA tested. Such DNA testing of multiple descendants of John and Eleanor POLK will probably be the only way we will lay to rest the descendants of President Polk.
Charles T. married Mary Elizabeth Denton on Dec 21, 1848 in Cherokee County, TX. She died in 1872.
2nd marriage was to Theodicia Logan on Sept 7, 1876 in Cherokee county, TX
Siblings were:
Louisa Polk b: ABT 1816 in Tennessee
Eirline Polk b: 1816/1826
Jemima Ann Polk b: ABT 1826 in Mo
Martha Jane Polk b: 1828 in Mo d. Sept 11, 1856, Cedar Hill cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County ,TX; married Dr. Thomas J. Moore on Apr 1, 1845 in San Augustine, TX
Carroll Polk b: 1830 in Mo
Winifred "Minnie" Polk b: 1832 in Missouri (buried in Waco TX, Oakwood Cemetery,died Oct 7, 1908; married James Monroe Anderson, a prominent lawyer in Cherokee county TX, on Nov. 26, 1851.
Cherokee County, TX 1850 Federal Census
Polk Andrew 58 N.C.
Polk Charles T. 30 MO.
Polk Martha 57 VA.
Polk Mary E. 20 AL.
Polk Thomas H. 7/12 TX.
Polk Winneford 16 MO.
1860 Federal Census Cherokee County, Texas
Polk C T 41
Polk J A 9
Polk A 1
Polk M E 30
Polk M L 6
Polk T H 10
ANCESTRY:............................
***John POLK(b. 1739 PA) married Eleanor Shelby in 1758. John served in the revolutionary war as a Captain in the militia.They were the parents of Evan Shelby Polk,CHARLES POLK, Eleanor Polk, John Polk, William Polk and Taylor Polk.
*Charles Polk "Civil Charlie" (b. 1760) married Margaret Baxter. He served in the American Revolution and served as a Sergeant in a mounted spy company from Stewart county in TN during the War of 1812 era. He died in San Augustine county in 1848, burial site unknown.
*Andrew Polk (b.1789)(d. 1856)Andrew married Martha Kimball (b.1793 TN)in 1815. Andrew and family moved from Tennessee to Missouri and then on to Texas. According to the census, they were in Howard county, MO during 1830 and 1840. They settled in Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1840's. Andrew and Martha moved to Centerville, Leon County, Texas, and lived there until their deaths. They are in the Makamson Cemetery at Leona in Leon County, TX.
The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
*Charles Taylor Polk = see above
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(***)Strongly recommend that any Polk male descendant of John Polk/Eleanor Shelby have his DNA tested. Such DNA testing of multiple descendants of John and Eleanor POLK will probably be the only way we will lay to rest the descendants of President Polk.
Charles Taylor Polk was the son of Andrew and Martha Kimball Polk. Andrew and Martha are both buried in Leon County, Texas. Charles grandfather was Charles Polk b.1760, a revoluntionary war soldier buried in San Augustine, TX.
Charles T. married Mary Elizabeth Denton on Dec 21, 1848 in Cherokee County, TX. She died in 1872.
2nd marriage was to Theodicia Logan on Sept 7, 1876 in Cherokee county, TX
Siblings were:
Louisa Polk b: ABT 1816 in Tennessee
Eirline Polk b: 1816/1826
Jemima Ann Polk b: ABT 1826 in Mo
Martha Jane Polk b: 1828 in Mo d. Sept 11, 1856, Cedar Hill cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County ,TX; married Dr. Thomas J. Moore on Apr 1, 1845 in San Augustine, TX
Carroll Polk b: 1830 in Mo
Winifred "Minnie" Polk b: 1832 in Missouri (buried in Waco TX, Oakwood Cemetery,died Oct 7, 1908; married James Monroe Anderson, a prominent lawyer in Cherokee county TX, on Nov. 26, 1851.
Cherokee County, TX 1850 Federal Census
Polk Andrew 58 N.C.
Polk Charles T. 30 MO.
Polk Martha 57 VA.
Polk Mary E. 20 AL.
Polk Thomas H. 7/12 TX.
Polk Winneford 16 MO.
1860 Federal Census Cherokee County, Texas
Polk C T 41
Polk J A 9
Polk A 1
Polk M E 30
Polk M L 6
Polk T H 10
ANCESTRY:............................
***John POLK(b. 1739 PA) married Eleanor Shelby in 1758. John served in the revolutionary war as a Captain in the militia.They were the parents of Evan Shelby Polk,CHARLES POLK, Eleanor Polk, John Polk, William Polk and Taylor Polk.
*Charles Polk "Civil Charlie" (b. 1760) married Margaret Baxter. He served in the American Revolution and served as a Sergeant in a mounted spy company from Stewart county in TN during the War of 1812 era. He died in San Augustine county in 1848, burial site unknown.
*Andrew Polk (b.1789)(d. 1856)Andrew married Martha Kimball (b.1793 TN)in 1815. Andrew and family moved from Tennessee to Missouri and then on to Texas. According to the census, they were in Howard county, MO during 1830 and 1840. They settled in Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1840's. Andrew and Martha moved to Centerville, Leon County, Texas, and lived there until their deaths. They are in the Makamson Cemetery at Leona in Leon County, TX.
The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
*Charles Taylor Polk = see above
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(***)Strongly recommend that any Polk male descendant of John Polk/Eleanor Shelby have his DNA tested. Such DNA testing of multiple descendants of John and Eleanor POLK will probably be the only way we will lay to rest the descendants of President Polk.
Charles T. married Mary Elizabeth Denton on Dec 21, 1848 in Cherokee County, TX. She died in 1872.
2nd marriage was to Theodicia Logan on Sept 7, 1876 in Cherokee county, TX
Siblings were:
Louisa Polk b: ABT 1816 in Tennessee
Eirline Polk b: 1816/1826
Jemima Ann Polk b: ABT 1826 in Mo
Martha Jane Polk b: 1828 in Mo d. Sept 11, 1856, Cedar Hill cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County ,TX; married Dr. Thomas J. Moore on Apr 1, 1845 in San Augustine, TX
Carroll Polk b: 1830 in Mo
Winifred "Minnie" Polk b: 1832 in Missouri (buried in Waco TX, Oakwood Cemetery,died Oct 7, 1908; married James Monroe Anderson, a prominent lawyer in Cherokee county TX, on Nov. 26, 1851.
Cherokee County, TX 1850 Federal Census
Polk Andrew 58 N.C.
Polk Charles T. 30 MO.
Polk Martha 57 VA.
Polk Mary E. 20 AL.
Polk Thomas H. 7/12 TX.
Polk Winneford 16 MO.
1860 Federal Census Cherokee County, Texas
Polk C T 41
Polk J A 9
Polk A 1
Polk M E 30
Polk M L 6
Polk T H 10
ANCESTRY:............................
***John POLK(b. 1739 PA) married Eleanor Shelby in 1758. John served in the revolutionary war as a Captain in the militia.They were the parents of Evan Shelby Polk,CHARLES POLK, Eleanor Polk, John Polk, William Polk and Taylor Polk.
*Charles Polk "Civil Charlie" (b. 1760) married Margaret Baxter. He served in the American Revolution and served as a Sergeant in a mounted spy company from Stewart county in TN during the War of 1812 era. He died in San Augustine county in 1848, burial site unknown.
*Andrew Polk (b.1789)(d. 1856)Andrew married Martha Kimball (b.1793 TN)in 1815. Andrew and family moved from Tennessee to Missouri and then on to Texas. According to the census, they were in Howard county, MO during 1830 and 1840. They settled in Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1840's. Andrew and Martha moved to Centerville, Leon County, Texas, and lived there until their deaths. They are in the Makamson Cemetery at Leona in Leon County, TX.
The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
*Charles Taylor Polk = see above
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(***)Strongly recommend that any Polk male descendant of John Polk/Eleanor Shelby have his DNA tested. Such DNA testing of multiple descendants of John and Eleanor POLK will probably be the only way we will lay to rest the descendants of President Polk.
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