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From: Ancestry.com Biographies ...
Eleanor Shelby was born 10 Jul 1730 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, and died 1803 in York Co., South Carolina. She married John Polk 02, the son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor on 2 Oct 1758 in Anson Co., North Carolina. He was born 1739 in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania and died in 1785 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. The marriage of Eleanor Shelby and William Polk was only the first of several marriages between the Shelby and Polk families. We’ll explore these intermarriages more in other parts of this history.
Capt. John Polk served in the French and Indian Wars 1760-1766 and the Revolutionary War 1775-1780. He served as a Captain in Col. Francis Locke's regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills. He was also a planter and Indian Agent for the Catawba Indians. He assisted in keeping the Indians friendly with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Children of Capt. John and Eleanor Shelby Polk: Charles, John, Shelby, Taylor and Eleanor.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Polk
Gender: Male
Birth Place: PA
Birth Year: 1739
Spouse Name: Eleanor Shelby
SpouseBirth Place: Dy
Spouse Birth Year: 1730
MarriageYear: 1758
Marriage State: SC
Number Pages: 1
Family Data Collection - Deaths
Name: Elinora Eleanor Shelby
Death Date: 1803
County: York
State: SC
Country: USA
Elinora/Eleanor (Shelby) Polk's Will, signed by her X on 6 May 1803
and probated 31 Oct 1803 is on file in York Co. SC, Will Book A, pg.
129, case #61, file #350. The witnesses of the Will includes her son,
Taylor Polk, her daughter, Eleanor, and Wily Sanders. She appointed
her friend, Robert Harris to serve as the executor of her estate.
Other records pertaining to her estate can be found in Will Book B,
pg. 474, and pg. 550 (or 551). (Source: Lola Withrow in Ancestry.com
post of 25 Nov 1998)
4-Eleanor SHELBY
b: abt 1741 in PA??
d: 1803 in York Co, SC
sp-John POLK
b: abt 1739
m: 2 Oct 1758 in NC
d: 1803 in York Co, SC
. . . . . . . . 5-John A POLK
b: abt 1767 in Mecklenburg Co, NC
d: 2 May 1845 in Maury Co, TN
. . . . . . . . sp-Elizabeth ALDERSON
m: bef 1790 in Mecklenburg Co, NC
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