MEcKLENBuRG Co., N. c., !


August Z, 1914.
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O>'''''>Hh u iecebEN IiooD-eSnty-IOury years tt
age.


MEcKLENBuRG Co., N. c.,


Angus, z, 1914. I
was acquainted with Col. Ezekiel Polk before
and after the Revolutionary war. II was my un-
dersta nding at tho time, and ard it often that
nc assisted in getting up the Mecklenburg Decld-
ration OF Independence, and that he signed that in
s'rument--of this have no doubt. heard that
~ihen CORVALLIS came to Cha rlotte on his way
rom Camden. that Col. Ezekiel Polk, then living
IN South Carolina near the Mecklenburg line, was
forced, in order to 81 his property from de:tfuc-
ton, to take protection. Many wings were COM
PEELED todo this. The British threatened to burn
his house and destroy his property. Colonel Polk
escaped with his property, he could-
some of which the troops Of CORVALLIS captured
IN crossing The 4adkin River. ! heard that Corn.
Wallis SAID if he could catch him he would hang
him. That he true whig there can be no
doubt-and consider that charge of tory ism false.
He was considered "a man of fine talents.


REUBEN HOOD.
Signed in presence of Murgarc, Hood.


Statement of Col. AUGUSTUS ALEXANDER.


MEcKLENBURG Co., N. c.


August |, 1914.
was acquainted with Colonel Ezekiel Polk
from my boyhood until he removed from North
Carolina. ! am now seven,y-two years of age.





the whole time. Ezekiel Polk and my fi,her were
always intimate. My father was signer Of the
Meckienburg Declaration of independence. nc.
yer heard this charge Of toryism until | saw il in
the Charlotte Journal. was indignant when [
saw 1t, and pronounced it then, and do pronounce
1t now. false slandcr. He lived in Mecklen-
burg for many years after The Revolution, and
stood high as a man of talents and stern integrity.


AUGUSTUS ALEXANDER


Statement of Susan ALExAN DER.
MEcKLENBURG Co.. NJ c.,
August |, 1914. I
have good memory, and was an active per-
son IN the time Of the Revolutionary war. |
heard that Ezekiel Polk did take protection. in or.
Ger 10 protect his family and property from the
ravages OF the tories. | l.nve never hear rd IN.
east suspicion of his bearing arms against his
country or of his intention do so--and would
certainly have heard it. if II had been so. have
heard that he was one of the sgners ofthe Decla-
ration OF Independence in Meckenburg, and be.
ilevr hun 10 have been man of stern integrity
and talents. SUSAN ALEXANDER
Mrs. Susan Alexander is the lady with whom
General jackson and his mother yed for sever.
al weeks when driven by the British from tho
WaXaws.