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1845
1849
JAMES KNOX POLK.
For years and years, and long ere we fought to be free,
I-rish folk came to this land. An-drew Jack-son's
kin were of this race and so were James Pol-lock's. They
found it was good for them to be here and not in their old
home. When the time came to try to get free from the
yoke of Eng-land, they were right glad to help.
The real name, Pol-lock, soon came to be Polk. The Polks took up land on the west edge of North Car-o-lina. In 1795, in the farm house of Sam-u-el Polk, a son was born who came to have the name of James Knox Polk, to be Gov-ern-or of his own State, and Pres-i-dent of the U-ni-ted States in years to come.
The child was not strong, but bright. As years came to
