Sarah (Childress) Polk (1803-1891)

Mrs Sarah (Childress) Polk, 11th First Lady of the United States

She was born on a plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1824, she married U.S. President James Polk. They died without children.

Planter & Alderman of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee

1777-1819

Mrs Elizabeth (Whitsett) Childress

1780-1863

James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (1845-1849)

1795-1849

Associated Houses

Nashville, Tennessee