Overview

Location

Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Polk

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• General Thomas Gilchrist Polk (b.1791-d.1869) - owner; cousin of President James K. Polk
• Mary Eloise Trotter Polk - wife of Thomas Polk
• Mary A. Polk (b.1817-d.?) - daughter of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk
• Jane Polk (b.1819-d.?) - daughter of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk
• William Polk (b.1821-d.?) - son of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk
• Richard Polk (b.1823-d.?) - son of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk
• Emily Polk (b.1825-d.?) - daughter of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk
• Thomas Polk (b.1827-d.?) - son of Thomas G. and Mary E.T. Polk

• Rayfield Johnson - free black man; barber

Associated Enslaved Persons

From the Slave Narrative of Lizzie Polk

• Louisa Polk - maid and seamstress
• Lizzie Polk (b.1860-d.?) - daughter of Rayfield Johnson and Louisa Polk

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• MSGenWeb Library Slave Narrative Project: Lizzie Polk. Mississippi Slave Narratives from the WPA Records. http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/xslaves/polk-xslave.htm
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Covey Connections

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