When Thomas Polk Jr was born in 1733, in Cecil, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Polk Sr, was 30 and his mother, Lurvinah Johns, was 34. He married Priscilla Dunn on 17 June 1748. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cheraws District, South Carolina, United States in 1790. He died in 1799, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 66.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Scottish: shortened form of Pollock .
Sorbian (Półk and Pólk): probably from a short form of a personal name based on Old Slavic plъkъ ‘crowd, army’ (see Polka 3).
East German (of Slavic origin): variant of Polke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAmerican Revolutionary War Military, Political Figure. Born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he moved to North Carolina, in 1753 and participated in the War of Sugar Creek, when local settlers took …
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