Polk Cemetery - 4C 27 - Bolivar, TN - Tennessee Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

County of marker: Hardeman County
Location of marker: Matilda St. & S. Union St., Bolivar
Erectedby: Tennessee Historical Commission

Marker text:

4C   27
POLK CEMETERY The land was acquired by James R. Polk, Jr., and others on October 23, 1845 as a family cemetery for the descendants of Ezekiel Polk. Colonel Polk, the patriarch of the Polk family in Tennessee, was the grandfather of President James Knox Polk. The elder Polk was instrumental in framing the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and served in the Revolutionary War. He lived in Maury County before settling in Hardeman County.

Marker Name: Polk Cemetery Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Person Marker Number: 4C 27 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Tennessee Historical Commission

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