Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 4, Part 3 : James Knox Polk
, by Richardson, James D.- ISBN: 9781426461422 | 1426461429
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/31/2007
JAMES KNOX POLK was born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., November 2, 1795. He was a son of Samuel Polk, a farmer, whose father, Ezekiel, and his brother, Colonel Thomas Polk, one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, were sons of Robert Polk (or Pollock), who was born in Ireland and emigrated to America.