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... his maternal grandfather, a captain of militia during the American Revolution. ... 
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busy .... His father's father, after whom the future president was named, was 
known as Captain ... against the Shawnees, and during the Revolution he joined 
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the American Revolutionary War. He was elected to the North Carolina... [DOC] [TLE] Archibald Yell (1797?1847) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas [PAR] Mar 11, 2015 ... Yell County and Yellville (Marion County) were named for him. Archibald ... His 
father, a pirate captain, Revolutionary War soldier, and Southern planter, was 
also ... Her maternal grandparents raised the surviving child, Mary Scott Yell. ... 
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James ... He never touched the inheritance left from his grandmother's side of the
... [DOC] [TLE] James Monroe - Wikipedia [PAR] James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States, serving between 1817 
and 1825. .... Sixteen years old, he began forming a close relationship with his 
maternal ... U.S. President who was a Revolutionary War veteran, since he 
served as an .... One of Monroe's slaves named Daniel often ran away from 
Monroe's... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch ... [PAR] James Knox, an uncle to the writer, drew up a sketch of the names of his Knox 
...... of seven miles, to visit his daughter, my grandmother, just -six weeks' before 
he died. ...... in Rowan county, X. C. He served

Question: He was named for his maternal grandfather James Knox, a Revolutionary War captain
Answer: (James K.) Polk