Name: Seal Family01

Updated: 08-03-2020 00:08:83.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. William Polk: Birth: 19 SEP 1775 in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 26 APR 1843

  2. Elizabeth Polk: Birth: 1776 in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 1854

  3. Sarah "Sally" Polk: Birth: 22 SEP 1780 in Shelby Co., Kentucky, United States. Death: 2 SEP 1818

  4. Nancy Polk: Birth: ABT 1781 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States.

  5. Charles Polk: Birth: 26 OCT 1782 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Death: 26 AUG 1847 in Indiana, United States

  6. Christiana "Kitty" Polk: Birth: 12 NOV 1784 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: 1850

  7. Edward Polk: Birth: 1786 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: 1814

  8. Eleanor Polk: Birth: 1786 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: 1859

  9. Mary "Polly" Polk: Birth: 1790 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States.

  10. Thomas Polk: Birth: 21 FEB 1792 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: 7 FEB 1877

  11. Robert Tyler Polk: Birth: 1796 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: 1883 in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, United States

  12. Son Polk: Birth: JUN 1797 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. Death: JUN 1797 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States


Notes
a. Note:   Charles Polk the II was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He married Delilah Tyler, the daughter of Edward Tyler and Nancy Ann Langley in 1774.
  Charles and Deliah had twelve children. They were William (1775-1843), Elizabeth (1777-1847), Sarah(Sally) (1780-1818), Nancy(1778-1823), Charles (1782-1845), Edmund (1786-1814), Christiana (1787-1850), Eleanor "Nellie" (1786-1859), Mary "Polly" (1790), Thomas (1792-1872), Unnamed Male (1796-1796) and Robert (1797-1843).
  In August 1782, Indians attacked Kincheloe's Station (about 7 miles northeast of Bardstown, (also known as Polke's or Burnt Station) where Delilah and her family lived. Some were killed and other taken captive and the station looted and burned. Among the captives were a pregnant Delilah and her four children. They were forced marched to Fort Detroit, a British fort at that time; and those who survived the trek, were sold into slavery.
  After about 11 months her husband Charles discovered his family's fate, and with the ending of the Revolutionary War, he was able to go to Detroit and ransom his family along with his new son Charles who was born about 2 months after they were taken captive.
  It is believed that Charles Polk was originally buried the Maria/Mariah Creek Baptist Cemetery in Knox County. He supposedly has tombstones in both cemeteries.
  Buried: Oaktown Cemetery, Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana, USA.
  Family records of Norman Seal.
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70603659/charles-polk.

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