GRACEY / KNOX/ POLK Family History

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John Knox
BORN1708, Scotland
MARRIEDJean Gracey, 1730 Coleraine, Ireland
CHILDREN
  1. (M) William b. 1736 IRELAND d. 19JUL1776 NC
  2. (M) Absalom b. 1738 IRELAND d. 1808 OH
  3. (M) John b. 1739 IRELAND d. 1802 NC
  4. (F) Mary b. 31JUL1742 NC d. 1823 NC
  5. (M) Samuel b. 1JAN1746 IRELAND d. 11FEB1837 GA
  6. (M) Joseph b. DEC1747 IRELAND d. 02MAR1836 TN
  7. (M) James b. 1752 NC d. 10OCT1794 NC
  8. (M) Benjamin b. 10APR1759 NC d. 27FEB1842 Rowan Co., NC
DIED12OCT1758 Rowan County, North Carolina
SOURCESE. Boehms Skelley (Note 1) , Find A Grave (Note 2) , RootsWeb (Note 3)

CAPT. James Knox
BORN1752 North Carolina
MARRIEDLydia Bone Gillespie 4 NOV 1772 Rowan Co., North Carolina
CHILDREN
  1. (M) Robert b. 18AUG1774 NC d. 1869 TN
  2. (F) Naomi b. 1775 NC
  3. (F) Jane Gracey b. 15NOV1776 NC d. 11JAN1852 TN
  4. (M) Thomas b. 1780 NC
DIED10OCT1794 Mecklenburg Co., NC
SOURCESE. Boehms Skelley (Note 1) , Find A Grave (Note 2) , RootsWeb (Note 3)

Samuel Polk
BORN5 JUL 1772 Tryon North Carolina
MARRIEDJane Gracey Knox 25DEC1794 Hopewell, NC
CHILDREN
  1. (M) James Knox b. 02NOV1795 NC d. 03JUN1849 TN
  2. (F) Jane Maria b. 14JAN1798 NC d. 11OCT1876 TN
  3. (F) Lydia Eliza b. 17FEB1800 NC d. 29MAY1864 TN
  4. (M) Franklin Ezekiel b. 23AUG1802 NC d. 21JAN1831 TN
  5. (M) Marshall Tate b. 17JAN1805 NC d. 12APR1831 TN
  6. (M) John Lee b. 23MAY1802 NC d. 28SEP1831 TN
  7. (F) Naomi Tate b. 2JUL1809 NC d. 6AUG1836 TN
  8. (F) Ophelia Clarissa b. 6SEP1812 NC d. 18APR1851 NC
  9. (M) William Hawkins b. 24MAY1815 NC d. 15DEC1862
  10. (M) Samuel Wilson b. 17OCT1817 NC d. 24FEB1839
DIED3 NOV 1827 Columbia North Carolina
SOURCESE. Boehms Skelley (Note 1)

James Knox Polk(Note 4)
BORN02NOV1795, Mecklenburg Co., NC James Knox Polk (Eleventh President of the USA) was the eldest of 10 Children born to Samuel and Jane Knox Polk. As president, he successfully realized the popular American belief in "manifest destiny". That is, that all of the land westward to the pacific Ocean was naturally ours.
MARRIEDSarah Childress, 01JAN1824 Murfreesboro, TN
11TH President of U.S.1845 - 1848
DIED3JUN1849, Nashville, TN
SOURCESE. Boehms Skelley (Note 1)

Note 1: E. Boehms Skelley, Gracey / Woody book, (Tennessee Valley Publishing Co., Knoxville, TN 1998).
Etta Skelley
1121 Cresthaven Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
The genealogy of President James Knox Polk was obtained from page 3 of the Gracey/Woody book

Note 2:
Information for John Knox was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)
Information for Jean Gracey Knox was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)
Information for William Knox was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)
Information for James Knox was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)
Some information for Sanuel and Jane Gracey Knox Polk's family was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)
Information for President James Knox Polk was obtained from the Find A Grave Web Site (view WEB page)

Note 3:
Information for John Knox and Jean Gracey's family was obtained from the ROOTSWEB Site (view WEB page)
Information for James Knox and Lydia Gillespie's family was obtained from the ROOTSWEB Site (view WEB page)

Note 4:
Jim Gracey is the 3rd cousin 3 times removed of President James Knox Polk

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