Decades in the making.  For the first time, the complete descendants of Charles Polke the Indian Trader of the Potomac (ca. 1703-1753), of America’s famous Polk family, are assembled and explained.  Three volumes, each over 1,000 pages, trace that major Polk branch over three hundred years, as they pioneered at the edge of civilization for three hundred years and reached from the Potomac down the Ohio and across the plains to California and the Oregon Country. Biographical details of many important political figures, and records from every U.S. war. Detailed analysis previous research of other Polk branches. Also related families including in early New England. Appendix of unique letters, estate files, early manuscripts.  Likely to remain the definitive genealogy of this Polk family for many years. All sources annotated, every-name index.

Hardcover: 3,323 pages

Year: 2019