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| | Polk County, Tennessee Genealogical Records Information |
 | | By the petition of some 100 citizens, Polk County was created by an act of the legislature on November 28, 1839, from parts of Bradley and McMinn. |
 | | David Ragen, as Sheriff pro-tem was authorized to hold the first electction, while commissioners James McKamy, William Shields, Samuel Parks, Abraham Lillard and Jacob Moore were to lay off the county into seven civil districts. |
 | | Those who remained were the Becklers, Miolin, Nocarina, Genollic, Sholtz, Pace and Chable families, who soon were integrated into the local community. |
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