Person:Sarah Polk (4)

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Sarah 'Sally' Polk
b.9 Sep 1780 Shelby County, Kentucky
d.2 Sep 1818 Knox County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1774
  1. Judge William Polk1775 - 1823
  2. Elizabeth Polk1776 - 1855
  3. Sarah 'Sally' Polk1780 - 1818
  4. Nancy Polk1781 -
  5. Charles Polk, Jr.1782 - 1845
  6. Christiana Polk1784 - 1850
  7. Edward PolkAbt 1786 - 1814
  8. Eleanor Polk1786 - 1859
  9. Mary 'Polly' PolkAbt 1790 -
  10. Dr. Thomas Polk1792 - 1872
  11. Robert Tyler Polk1796 - 1843
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Oct 1798
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sarah 'Sally' Polk
Gender Female
Birth? 9 Sep 1780 Shelby County, Kentucky
Marriage 23 Oct 1798 to Major William Bruce, Jr.
Residence Abt 1799 Coxs Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, United Stateswith Major William Bruce, Jr.
Residence 1805 Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United Stateswith Major William Bruce, Jr.
Death[2] 2 Sep 1818 Knox County, Kentucky


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Notes

When she was two, Sarah Polk, along with her older siblings, Judge William and Elizabeth, younger sister Nancy and Mother Delilah who was 7 months pregnant, were captured by the Wabash Indians at Kincheloes Station, Nelson County, Kentucky, and forced marched to a British held fort to what is now the area of Detroit, Michigan.[3] They were held there for almost a year before being retrieved by Capt. Charles Polk. While in captivity Charles Polk was born.


From "Polk Family and Kinsmen", by William Harrison Polk:
Robert Caldwell Scroggin had a grandson, John Henderson Scroggin, son of Joseph Scroggin, whose wife, Lucinda Bruce, was a daughter of Capt. Charles Polk's daughter, Sallie, who, with her mother and three other children were captured by Indians in Aug., 1782, in Nelson County, Ky., and taken to Detroit and sold to the British Commandant.
References
  1. ↑ Judy & Gary Griffin, jerseygriff@gmail.com. Hutchinson - Laird - Griffin - Eggleston and Related Families.
  2. ↑ Bruce, William, 1776-1853. Memoirs of The Bruce Family. (Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States : Rainbow Class, Bruceville Christian Church, 1954).
  3. ↑ Polk, William Harrison. Polk family and kinsmen. (Louisville, Ky.: Bradley & Gilbert, 1912)
    pages 390-392.

    http://www.archive.org/stream/polkfamilykinsme00polk#page/390

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