Captain Charles Pearson during the Civil War ,later laid out the Saluda Mountain Railroad March 8, 2021 james metcalf
Rev TR Ruppe ,county treasurer ,pastor of Big Level Baptist ,Leader in the Polk temperance movement in the early 20th Century and confederate veteran February 4, 2021 james metcalf
Martin Cornwell ,Polk's last surviving Confederate ,who enlisted in 1862 with the Tryon Mountain boys co i of the 54th nc ,died in 1942 99 years old February 4, 2021 james metcalf
