POLK (ALL LINES) & LOGAN Plus Related Lines of Bill Polk

UPDATE, 22 July 2008 - There is a new file on William Polk & Margaret Taylor Descendants, same title as old file, this one only to 6 generations (due to private material in later generations), but all sources are present (unlike the old file). No notes, these truncated because of private material in said notes. If reference is made in the file to notes, you will have to contact me for info.

UPDATE, 5 Oct 2007 - I have seen much erroneous and unproven information on the Internet about the ancestry of Robert (Bruce?) Polk of Somerset Co., MD. Some of the info in the file I have below of this man's ancestry is NOT PROVEN. This file reflects, basically, what the old Polk genealogies state, that Robert (Bruce?)Polk's father and grandfather were Sir Robert Pollock II and I, respectively, of Ireland. I do not think these two Sir Pollocks existed. I put the file here some years ago so people would have access to information in print that is often hard to find (hard copy). The data in the file has sources, but some of the sources are genealogies, and genealogies are often wrong. Please do not perpetuate Robert Polk's ancestry as given here and what you might find elsewhere on the Internet as fact. Robert (Bruce?) Polk's ancestry is not known. Questions, contact me via email.

UPDATE, 5 Oct 2007 - Capt. John Polk who m. Eleanor Shelby - lots of material published for him is erroneous. Questions, contact me.

UPDATE, 2 May 2007 - I just returned from a visit to Madison Co., AR. I have many tombstone pictures of the Evan Shelby Polk family line. I did not find the grave of Evan Shelby Polk. Contact me with questions.

UPDATES, 6-8 Sep, 2005: Most files are new. I have truncated all notes and most sources from these files (for your information about the type and volume of sources I have, I left sources in a few of the files). Adding notes (especially) and sources causes some of these reports/files to become too large and cumbersome and very slow to load. I have several thousand pages of notes and of sources. If you want/need to know the source for something or need detailed information which might be contained in notes, please email me.

UPDATE OF 1 Aug 2005: If you are a descendant of William Polk/Margaret Taylor (greatgrandparents of President James Knox Polk), I strongly recommend you read the file entitled "William Polk m. Margaret Taylor - WHO IS HE?"

I have posted several of my unknown (or unlinked; within the file, the progenitor is designated by name with UNLK after the name) Polk lines here, but I have many, many more Polks and bits and pieces of Polk lines just waiting to be hooked up with known Polks. See the UNLINKED people file. Info there may help you; your info/response may help me.

I am interested in ALL Polk lines, including females. I work on all of them. If you don't find what you are seeking here, contact me (sorry, no search available). The files shown here are research databases, not finished products.

Please contact me with questions, deletions, additions, comments. I welcome information on your family line.

I am happy to correspond with people and help them find their Polk roots and/or discuss Polks and related lines and exchange info, and answer any questions I can.

Family Photos

• Emeline (Smith) Morehead Martin (27 KB)
  This is Emeline with her first husband (Morehead). Emeline is one of the four daughters of John D. Smith.
• Elizabeth (Smith) Alford (18 KB)
  Elizabeth is one of the four daughters of John D. Smith, and the wife of Noel Alford.
• Three of the sons of Needham J. Alford (32 KB)
  L to R: Needham Bryant Alford; Jesse Powell Alford; William T. Alford.
• Everett Bell Rowland & wife Rubie Lee Thomeson (286 KB)
  Everett Rowland was my first cousin, one generation removed, son of Francis Marion Rowland, whose father was Henry Rowland, killed by Indians about 19 Oct 1863, near Perrin, Jack Co., TX. Henry Rowland was the son of Riley H. Rowland and wife Catherine Artman/Aretman, both of Ray Co., MO. Riley Rowland was the son of Dowdle Rowland/Rachel Fletcher
• Samuel Polk's house in Columbia, TN. (40 KB)
  Samuel Polk built this house. His son was James Knox Polk, President of the U. S.
• Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston (9 KB)
  Born Rogers Clark Ballard, son of Andrew Jackson Ballard/Frances Ann Truuston, who on October 27, 1884, at his mother's request, had his name legally changed to Thruston, by an act of the County Court in Fayette County, KY., to carry on the Thruston name. Rogers C. B. Thruston was the man who did such extensive research of the Polks with William Harrison Polk, and who tried to convince WHP not to show the connection of William Polk (wife Margaret Taylor) to William Polk (wife Nancy Knox Owens) as fact but as theory, because no one knew it was fact
• Noel Alford, Son of Needham J. Alford (56 KB)
  Noel was my gggranduncle, brother of my gggrandfather Jacob L. Alford
• Annie Belle Wheeler and sister Prudence (14 KB)
  Annie Belle Wheeler, the younger female in this picture, was my paternal grandmother. She and her sister Lizzie Prudence "Prudy" Wheeler were daughters of William Anderson Wheeler/Eliza D. Amos. This picture taken in the mid-later 1880s
• James Richard "Dick" Logan, and Family (105 KB)
  James is the son of John C. Logan. James and his wife Leona (Weeks) Logan are seated. James is holding John Drury Logan and Leona is holding James M. Logan. Back, L to R: Nancy E., Pearl Mildred, Mark K. The girl seated next to her father is Eppie.
• Preston Wayne Polk, U. S. Army (59 KB)
  Preston was my nephew, son of my 1/2 brother Marion Preston Polk. Preston was killed in action in Vietnam on 20 Nov 1966
• Adella (Logan) Turnbow Taylor (54 KB)
  Adella was the daughter of John C. Logan, and my grandaunt, sister of my grandfather John M. Logan.
• Marion Preston Polk and wife Leatrice (25 KB)
  Marion was my 1/2 brother, son of Benjamin Franklin Polk and Lucy Golden. Leatrice, his wife, was Leatrice Lavern Hardman. Picture taken during WWII
• Mary Ann Virginia "Jennie" Logan and unknown man (59 KB)
  The man, I believe, is one of Jennie's two husbands. Some Logan researchers think the man is John C. Logan, Jennie's father. I compared facial features of this man and John C. Logan and do not believe he is her father. Can anyone solve this puzzle?
• Malvern Hill Logan and Wife Harriet with Children (58 KB)
  Malvern Hill Logan was the son of John C. Logan. The children's names are given in the Logan data, but I have not yet figured out which of those names belong to these faces.
• Taylor Polk, 1849 Land Patent, Arkansas (110 KB)
  Taylor Polk was my 3rdgreatgrandfather. This patent is for "The Wilds" the original land the Taylor Polk family settled (actually squatted) on when they had to leave Indian land (forced out by U. S. government) in (now) eastern Oklahoma
• Needham Judge Alford, 1848 Louisiana Land Patent (119 KB)
  Needham Judge Alford was my 3rdgreatgrandfather on my mother's side. He moved from Sabine Parish,LA., to Limestone Co., TX., in the 1850s, and died in Limestone County in 1869
• Tombstone, President James Knox Polk (51 KB)
  Nashville, TN.
• Tombstone, Thomas Gilchrist Polk (187 KB)
  Thomas Gilchrist Polk, 1839-1853, son of Thomas Gilchrist Polk/Mary Eloise Trotter, Hillcrest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS.
• Mark Logan, With Unidentified Man (67 KB)
  Mark Logan (with cane) was the son of John C. Logan.
• Herschel Logan (85 KB)
  Herschel Logan was the son of John C. Logan, and my granduncle, older brother of my grandfather John M. Logan.
• Oran Joseph Logan, with Child (59 KB)
  Oran J. Logan was the son of John C. Logan, and my granduncle, brother to my grandfather John M. Logan. I think the child is his daughter.
• John M. Logan, As a Young Man (45 KB)
  John M. Logan is my maternal grandfather, father of my mother Beulah Logan Bruton Polk.
• Tombstone, Truston Polk (46 KB)
  Truston Polk, Governor of Missouri for about 10 months in 1857, elected in 1856, resigned in Oct 1857 as he was elected U. S. Senator. Son of William Nutter Polk/Lavenia Causey. Bellefontaine Cemetery, ST. Louis, MO.
• James Richard "Dick" Logan, with Wife and Family (83 KB)
  James was the son of John C. Logan. This is a more recent family photograph than the other one on this home page. James and wife Leona (Weeks) are seated. Children, back row, L to R: (Unknown, not sure if child, possibly relative), Nancy E., Pearl Mildred, Eppie, Mark K. In same row as parents, L to R: Ila Mae, James, Leona, John Drury, James M.
• Tombstone, William Polk (44 KB)
  William Polk, 1758-1834, son of Thomas Polk/Susanna Spratt; Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, NC. Photo by Jay Denmark, Raleigh, NC., date taken unknown to me.
• Jacob L. Alford, Jr. (47 KB)
  Jacob Jr. was the son of Jacob L. Alford, who was the son of Needham Judge Alford.
• Tombstone, Charles Polke (174 KB)
  Charles Polke, Feb 1744/1745 (double dating) Sep 1823, son of Charles Polke (the Indian Trader) and wife Christian Cartlidge; Maria Creek Cemetery, Knox Co., IN.
• Samuel Stevenson,Wife Mary, and Children (39 KB)
  Sam Stevenson was the son of John A. Stevenson and Martha Nancy Alford. He married Mary Cowan (wife in picture). The children are: (back) Lottie B. and (front) Myron Bell.
• John D. Smith's burial location (63 KB)
  Limestone Co., TX., northwest of Groesbeck, drawing I made in 1999 based on description of the John D. Smith graveyard in a deed I found in the Limestone County Courthouse
• Annie Belle (Wheeler) Polk, With Her Daughters (86 KB)
  Annie was my grandmother, wife of James Franklin Polk, and the mother of my father Benjamin Franklin Polk. Sitting to the right of Annie is Eliza Paralee "Pearl," the eldest child of my paternal grandparents. The other daughters in back, L to R are: Annie, Lydia Belle "Pete," Ruby, Leo, William Mattie. Picture taken during a family reunion in Crowell, TX.in the 1950s.
• John D. Smith Graveyard Deed, page 1 (293 KB)
  John D. Smith, c1811-1845, lived in Limestone Co., TX., and was buried in a cemetery called originally the "John D. Smith Graveyard." Subsequently, the cemetery came to be called the Alford Cemetery, then the Horton Cemetery. The cemetery has been long lost. John D. Smith was my 3rdgreatgrandfather on my mother's side.
• Martha (Alford) Stevenson and Adult Children (38 KB)
  Martha was my maternal greatgrandmother, and the daughter of Jacob L. Alford/Sarah Ann Smith. To her right is Sam Stevenson, her son. In the back, L to R, are her two daughters, Ophelia Belle and my grandmother Lawrence (Laura), who married my grandfather John M. Logan.
• John D. Smith Graveyard Deed, page 2 (164 KB)
  John D. Smith, c1811-1845, lived in Limestone Co., TX., and was buried in a cemetery called originally the "John D. Smith Graveyard." Subsequently, the cemetery came to be called the Alford Cemetery, then the Horton Cemetery. The cemetery has been long lost. John D. Smith was my 3rdgreatgrandfather on my mother's side.
• Lewis Polk (77 KB)
  Lewis Polk was the son of Benjamin Polk, Jr., my greatgrandfather. Lewis was my greatgranduncle.
• John Calhoun Logan & Sons (327 KB)
  John Calhoun Logan was my maternal greatgrandfather. The sons in front row are: James Richard "Dick" Logan (on his father's right) and Malvern Hill Logan. In the back row, L to R: Oran Joseph Logan; Mark Logan; John Marron Logan; Herschel Logan.
• POLK, Evan Shelby, Marker, Huntsville, AR. (1074 KB)
  This marker is on the courthouse lawn in Huntsville, Madison Co., AR. I took the photo on 20 April 2007.
• Magdalen (Tasker) Porter Polk Will (892 KB)
  Will, Magdalen Pollok or Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Office of the Register of Wills, No. 9, folio 117
• Robert Polk/Polke, Will, Somerset Co., MD. pg. 1 (202 KB)
  Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, In the beginning, Robert shows himself as "Robt. Polke of Somerset County," and he signs his "X" as Robt. Polke." His son, "Robert Polk" is a witness.
• Beulah (Logan)Bruton Polk (48 KB)
  My mother, late 1930s.
• Benjamin Franklin "B. Frank" Polk (36 KB)
  My father; taken around 1920, Crowell, TX.
• B. Frank Polk and Beulah (Logan)Bruton Polk (13 KB)
  My parents; taken in the front yard of their home at 911 N. Main, Lamesa, TX., 1975.
• Beulah (Logan) Bruton Polk (49 KB)
  My mother, the flapper; taken in mid-1920s, probably in Graham, TX.
• Eliza Paralee "Pearl" Polk (43 KB)
  Pearl was the oldest child of James Franklin Polk and Annie Belle (Wheeler) Polk. I knew her as "Aunt Pearl."
• John M. Logan and Laura (Stevenson) Logan (74 KB)
  John and Laura are my maternal grandparents. This photo taken on their wedding day.
• William Polk "Gotch" Hardeman (9 KB)
  William Polk Hardeman was the son of Thomas Polk Hardeman and Mary W. Polk. Mary W. Polk was the daughter of Ezekiel Polk and Mary Wilson.
• James Franklin Polk (17 KB)
  James is my paternal grandfather. This photo was taken before 1920 on the porch of the place he farmed in Foard Co., TX.
• Capt. Charles Polk Tombstone (35 KB)
  Picture taken by D. Wayne Love, Oct 1999, at Pleasant Grove Camp Ground, Union Co., NC.; copy of picture provided to me by Wayne. Capt. Charles Polk is NOT buried here. His grave is near Brief, Union Co., NC.
• James Franklin Polk; Francis Marion Rowland (61 KB)
  James Franklin Polk (standing) is my paternal grandfather. Marion Rowland is my first cousin twice removed. Marion Rowland was more like James' brother than cousin. Marion Rowland's father was killed by Indians in Jack Co., TX., in 1863.
• Polk Tartan (11 KB)
  Tartan is from the Clan Pollock. I put this here for information. I CANNOT PROVE ANY connection of any POLK lines I have in my data to the Pollock lines of Scotland and royal lines of Europe, etc.
• Robert Polk/Polke, Will, Somerset Co., MD. pg. 2 (238 KB)
  Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703.
• William Anderson Wheeler (22 KB)
  William was my paternal greatgrandfather, the father of Annie Belle Wheeler, the wife of James Franklin Polk. Photo taken, I believe, in the 1880s, probably in Vernon, TX.
• Jency (Polk) Anderson (18 KB)
  Daughter of Taylor Polk/Jency Walker.
• Robert Polk/Polke, Will, Somerset Co., MD., pg. 3 (205 KB)
  Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703.
• Eliza (Amos) Wheeler (21 KB)
  Eliza was my paternal ggrandmother, wife of William Anderson Wheeler. She was buried in a cemetery in Vernon, TX., then later removed when the railroad reached Vernon in the early 1890s (to make way for the tracks). She was reburied in East View Cemetery in Vernon, but her grave was unmarked and is now lost.
• Christiana (Polk) McCoy (22 KB)
  Wife of Isaac McCoy, and mother of John C. McCoy, one of the founders of Kansas City, MO.
• Robert Polk/Polke, Will, Somerset Co., MD., pg. 4 (208 KB)
  Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703.
• Isaac McCoy (31 KB)
  Father of John C. McCoy, one of the founders of Kansas City, MO.
• Woodside, Home of John C. McCoy (42 KB)
  Woodside, home of John C. McCoy, Kansas City, MO.
• Mary Polk Branch (89 KB)
  Daughter of Joseph Gerald Branch and Mary Jones Polk
• Dr. William Julius Polk & wife Mary Rebecca Long (105 KB)
  William Julius Polk, son of William Polk/Grizelda Gilchrist and Mary Rebecca A. Long, daughter of Lunsford and Rebecca (Edwards) Long
• Jacob L. Alford (32 KB)
  Jacob was my maternal gggrandfather. I think this picture was taken during the Civil War. Clothing appears to be some sort of uniform, especially the belt. I have the original daguerrotype, enclosed by leather case, typical of those carried by soldiers in the Civil War
• Sarah Ann (Smith)Alford (10 KB)
  Sarah was my maternal gggrandmother, daughter of John D. Smith, wife of Jacob L. Alford. Photo taken at home in Graham, TX., before 1920.
• Stevensons and John M. Logan (36 KB)
  This photo is of Martha (Alford) Stevenson, and her children and son-in-law. In the back, L to R are John M. Logan, his wife Laura (Stevenson) Logan, Laura's sister Ophelia Belle Stevenson; in front, L to R are Laura's and Ophelia's siblings, Samuel and Jacob (on either side of their mother, Martha Nancy (Alford) Stevenson). Photo taken in late 1890s or early 1900s, probably in Jack Co., TX., possibly in Graham, Young Co., TX.
• Needham Judge Alford & Wife Martha (Waddell)Alford (45 KB)
  Needham and Martha were my maternal ggggrandparents. This photo was taken in 1869 or earlier as Needham died in 1869. He was a Methodist minister and was known as the "Bulldog Preacher." He was preaching in Texas by 1829.
• Ezekiel Polk's Grave (57 KB)
  This tombstone is in the Polk Cemetery, in Bolivar, TN. I took it on 24 April 1992. I doubt if Ezekiel Polk was ever buried here.
• General Lucius Eugene Polk (110 KB)
  Lucius Eugene Polk, son of William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca A. Long
• Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN. (42 KB)
  This is a picture of the cemetery gate and historical marker. I took this on 24 April 1992.
• Antoinette Van Leer Polk (109 KB)
  Antoinette Van Leer Polk, daughter of Andrew Jackson Polk and Rebecca Van Leer
• Gen. Thomas Polk's Grave, Charlotte, NC. (34 KB)
  Grave is located in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in downtown Charlotte. I took photo in April 1992.
• Leonidas Polk and Wife Francis A. Devereux graves (45 KB)
  Both originally buried in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA., St. Paul's Church; reburied 1945, New Orleans, LA., Christ Church Cathedral chancel
• Gen.Thomas Polk's flat tombstone, Charlotte, NC. (53 KB)
  The wording was almost gone on the flat tombstone in April 1992 when I took this picture. A few words, including Polk, can be read.
• Tombstone, Lucius Eugene Polk & Wife Sally (41 KB)
  St. John's Churchyard, Maury Co., TN. Lucius Eugene Polk, son of William Julius Polk/Mary Rebecca A. Long; his wife Sally Moore Polk, daughter of Rufus King Polk/Sarah Moore Jackson
• Polk Cemetery, Muddy Fork, Howard Co., AR. (50 KB)
  This picture, which I took in Sept. 1988, shows what a bulldozer did to the graves outside the fenced area. Many, many graves lost. This is where the black Polks, descendants of Taylor Polk, Jr. are buried, and Taylor Polk, Jr. is buried here, also, but outside the fenced area. His grave may be under the debris pushed up by the bulldozer. SHAME on the lumber company who did this!
• Tombstone, Porter Orville Polk (39 KB)
  Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK. Porter Orville Polk, son of J. William Polk/Nora Belle McClintock
• St. John's Churchyard, Maury Co., TN. (62 KB)
  These two large tombstones are typical of the type found in this Polk burying ground. Many, many Polks are buried here. I took this picture in April 1990.
• Tombstone, Samuel Polk (213 KB)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury Co., TN. Samuel Polk, son of Ezekiel Polk, and father of President James Knox Polk
• Leonidas Polk, 1839 (298 KB)
  Leonidas Polk, son of William Polk/Sarah "Sally" Hawkins. Picture from "Leonidas Polk Bishop and General" 1915, William Mecklenburg Polk
• Leonidas Polk, 1852 (88 KB)
  Leonidas Polk, son of William Polk/Sarah "Sally" Hawkins. Picture from "Leonidas Polk Bishop and General" 1915, William Mecklenburg Polk
• Leonidas Polk, 1861 (128 KB)
  Leonidas Polk, son of William Polk/Sarah "Sally" Hawkins. Picture from "Leonidas Polk Bishop and General" 1915, William Mecklenburg Polk
• Leonidas Polk, 1863 (180 KB)
  Leonidas Polk, son of William Polk/Sarah "Sally" Hawkins. Picture from "Leonidas Polk Bishop and General" 1915, William Mecklenburg Polk

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, (Or Pollok/Pollock/Polke)


• Genealogy Report: Charles Polke, the Indian Trader/Christian Cartlidge & Their Descendants (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Polk, VERY??? Son Wm. Polk/Nancy Knox (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Robert (Bruce??) Polk, (or Pollock or Polke) (View PDF)

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