Colonel William Polk was a North Carolina banker, educational administrator, political leader, renowned Continental officer in the War for American Independence, and survivor of the 1777/1778 encampment at Valley Forge.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the North Carolina House of Commons
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 9, 1758
- Died
- January 14, 1834