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- Ezekiel Polk was the Grandfather of the United States President,
James Knox Polk.
Ezekiel was a Tax Assessor in 1778, Justice of the Peace, Tavern
Keeper and Sheriff in 1782.
Because of the unpopularity of William Tryon, at one time the royal
governor of North Carolina, the General Assembly of NC, in 1779
abolished Tryon Co. and out of its territory organized two new
counties, Lincoln and Rutherford.
On 22 Jun 1812, from Adlici Osburn of Bellmont Co., NC estate, a
transfer and land warrant #2003, 2500 acres on Tennessee River, and
#1971, 500 acres on Cane Creek, a fork of Buffalo River to Ezekiel and
Samuel Polk.
On 12 Jan 1813, Harman Miller conveys 50 acres on Rutherford Creek to
Ezekiel Polk.
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