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Generation No. 9
James W. (9) Duke
James W. (9) Duke ( Charles8, Henry7, John Taylor6, Capt. Henry5, Col. Henry4, Thomas Duke3 " THE IMMIGRANT ", Richard Duke2, Richard1 ) was born August 25, 1805, and died January 23, 1887 in Floyd Co,Georgia. He married Minerva Hightower February 22, 1829 in Walton Co, Georgia. She was born January 13, 1810, and died June 29, 1889.
Child of James Duke and Minerva Hightower is:
* i. Eliza Frances(10) Duke, b. 1831; d. 1857; m. William J. Hicks, 1847; b. Abt. 1827, Georgia.
* ii. James Lumpkin Duke, b. October 12, 1834 Walton Co, Georgia; d. March 12, 1916 Georgia.
* iii. John Paulden Duke, b. May 20, 1838 Randolph Co, Alabama; m. Irene Isabella Orrill March 2, 1865. She was born in King and Queen Co, Virginia.
( More about John Paulden Duke )
To see photo ( 1863 ) & biographical information on John Paulden Duke go to links page and click on the 8th Georgia Infantry Webpage.
Green Reginald (9) Duke
Green Reginald (9)Duke ( Charles8, Henry7, John Taylor6, Capt. Henry5, Col. Henry4, Thomas Duke3 " THE IMMIGRANT ", Richard Duke2, Richard1 ) was born June 25, 1825 in Georgia, and died February 08, 1897 in Rome, Floyd Co,Georgia. He married (1) Nancy Emeline Sharp September 02, 1847 in Rome, Floyd Co, Georgia, daughter of Joseph Sharp and Elizabeth Shirley. She was born 1829 in Abbeville, South Carolina, and died September 1864 in Floyd Co,Georgia. He married (2) Harriett J. Holland 1865 in Floyd Co, Georgia. She was born 1844 in Georgia.
Rome Dist, Floyd Co, Georgia, Book #1, Roll #121, Page #178
Duke, Green R. - 35 yrs old - Male - Farmer - born in Georgia
Emiline - 30 yrs old - Female - born in South Carolina
Joseph - 12 yrs old - Male - born in Georgia.
Elizabeth - 10 yrs old - Female - born in Georgia
Martin - 8 yrs old - Male - born in Georgia
George W. - 6 yrs old - Male - born in Georgia
J. Alford - 2 yrs old - Male - born in Georgia
Duke, Haney - 78 yrs old - Female - born in South Carolina
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Date: Aug 5, 1870 Book # 1 Page # 161a Roll 149
Duke Green R.- 45yrs old- Male- White- Farmer-600-700-born in Georgia-1.
Harriett J.- 26yrs old- Female- White- Keeping House- born in Georgia.
Martin M.- 17yrs old- Male- White- Work on Farm-born in Georgia- Can write.
George W.- 14yrs old- Male- White- Work on Farm- born in Georgia- Can read and write.
James A.- 12yrs old- Male- White- Work on Farm- born in Georgia-Can read and write.
Julia A.- 10yrs old- Female- White- Help ?- born in Georgia- Can read and write.
Emeline- 7 yrs old- Female- White- born in Georgia.
Green R.- 5yrs old- Male- White- born in Georgia.
David E.- 2yrs old- Male- White- born in Georgia.
Stephens Mahala E.- 8 yrs old- Female- White- born in Georgia.
919th Milinta Dist, Floyd Co, Georgia,
Pg 131b & 132a, Book #1, Roll #146, S.D. #1, E.D. #62,
Green Duke-White-Male_55yrs old- Married-Farmer-born in Georgia- Father in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Harriet- White- Female- 38 yrs old - Wife- Married- Keeping House- born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Alfred- White- Male- 21 yrs old- Son- Single- Works on farm- born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Julia- White- Female- 19 yrs old- Daughter- Single- At Home- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Emmeline- White- Female- 15 yrs old- Daughter- Single- At Home- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Greenough- White- Male- 14 yrs old- Son- Single- Works on farm- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
David- White- Male- 10 yrs old- Son- Single- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Eugene-White- Male- 9 yrs old- Son- Single- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Lucy- White- Female- 8 yrs old- Daughter- Single- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Netta- White- Female- 7 yrs old- Single- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Artelia- White- Female- 4 yrs old- Single- Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Charles- White- Male- 1 month old- born in March- Single-Born in Georgia- Father born in Georgia- Mother born in Georgia.
Census was taken July 2, 1880. The census shows that Charles was 1 month old but states his birth month as March, this being so then he would have been 4 months old not 1 month old.
Courtesy of Carl Fowler to Glenda Sorrells ( Daughter-in-law of Nellie Duke ), July 8, 2002.
Green R. Duke served in the Confederate Army. He fought at the BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA two times being injured both times.
by Douglas P. Reid;
Green's family settled in the Central Grove District ( Armuchee ) of Floyd County, near his brothers, James and David, sometime before 1860.
He donated land and $90.00 for the Pleasent Valley North Baptist Church. His son Martin, later gave land to the school board for a school house, the Central Grove School or " Duke School House ", on 19 May 1900.
Julia Ann Duke's husband, William McKenzie, was a preacher at the Floyd Springs Baptist Church above Armuchee.
Green R. Duke's property in 1890 consisted of 151 acres, a black mare, a mule, 2 milk cows, 5 hogs, 53 sheep, 2 wagons, farming and household items. He farmed cotten.
Green bought the Armuchee property ( 160 acres ) from his brother, David, on 4 December 1852.
He was present in a land transaction of Thomas Duke on 6 January 1850.
( Thomas was 47 in 1850, and was probably an uncle or brother ).
On 20 January 1862 Green R. was appointed administrator for his brother, David's, estate.
In the Civil War, Green R. Duke was injured three times, and as a result, he required pain medication for the rest of his life. His tombstone inscription says he was " a good man ".
Green's second wife is thought to be a Dellinger, and married a Holland, who died in the Civil War. Third Corporal Jno. S. Holland, Central Grove District, this part of Floyd County was settled in 1854. Jimmie Duke and his family being the first settlers.
Mr Duke bought 160 acres of land at the intersection of the O'Brien and Central Grove roads for a gun valued at $25.00.
His son, Lumpkin Duke, was a prominent man in the neighborhood and raised a large family, the boys which engaged in the sawmill business. Two of his sons, Lumpkin and Tom, are now living in Rome and are still engaged in the same kind of work.
Jim Duke's brother Green R. Duke, settled on what is now known as Green Duke place in 1860. His son, Martin M. Duke, who is now living in this neighborhood, is the oldest living descendant of the original settlers.
Martin M. Duke gave the land on which the Central Grove School was built in 1900. The institution was known as Duke School House for many years.
Mrs. Henry O. Littlejohn ( Mary Emeline Duke ), one of his daughters, lives near the school. Henry O. Littlejohn, who served the Berry School for the longest continous peroid of any of its employees, in charge of much of the carpentry work and the superintendent who built all of the log houses.
DUKE, Green R.-- Private Sept. 25, 1861. Discharged, disability, May 10, 1862. Reenlisted May 10, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga. Sept 19, 1863. Captured at Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 16, 1864. Released at Camp Chase, O. June 12, 1865.
The Plat exhibited above represents the survey made by me for Green R. Duke on the 4th of March 1892.
The parcels of land forming the farm of same, are in the 23rd and 24th Districts of orginally Cherokee, now Floyd County, Georgia, as shown in the Plat.
The area of the whole lot, 283-2-3, in One Hundred and Seventy Nine acres and a half ( 179 1/2 ). Deducting Fourty acres, along the eastern part of said lot, belonging to W. M. Brett, there remains One Hundred and Thirty Nine and a half acres ( 139 1/2 ) owned by Green R. Duke.
Said Duke, also ownes Eleven and Ninety Five Hundredths acres in the N. W. Corner of Lot Three, Twenty Third District and Third Section, as shown in the Plat, making an aggregate in both parcel's of 151 1/2 acres, owned by Green R. Duke.
I certify that all the particulars stated are correct to the best of my knownledge and belief. I value said Homestead at One Thousands Dollars ( $1000.00 ).
J.A. Arnold Sr., County Surveyor Of Floyd County, Georgia.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this March 9th, 1892, H.J. Johnson, Ordinary. Filed March 9th, 1892, H.J. Johnson, Ordinary.
To the Ordinary of Said County, the Petition of Green R. Duke a resident of said County, Shows that he is a head of a family, consisting of himself, his wife, Harrett E. Duke, 45 years old, and six minor Children, to wit , - Lucy Ann Duke 18 yrs old, Unetta Duke 16 yrs old, Artelia Duke 12 yrs old, Charles Duke 11 yrs old, Joanna Duke 7 yrs old, and William D. Duke 5 yrs of age.
And that he desires under the Constitution of Georgia, and the Statutes in reference thereto, to have laid off and set apart as a homestead for the use of said family, on and out of 151 1/2 acres of land, the property of Petitioner, Situated in said County and bounded on the West by the Lands of W.M. Brett, on the North by Charley Weeks, on the South by Mrs. John Hogan, on the East by the lands of Smalley. 120 acres of lot 283, being and lying in 24th Dist and 3rd Section, and 8 acres off of lot No 3 in 23rd and 3rd District, Floyd County, Georgia, which Petitioner values at 800 Dollars.
Petitioner also desires to have exempt and set apart the personal property embraced in Schedule " A. " Hereunto attached to which reference is made as a part of this petition. Said Schedule Contains a minute and accurate Description of all personal property belonging to your petitioner.
Schedule " B. " Hereunto attached contains a correct list of names and post-offices of the Creditors of petitioner.
Your Petitioner prays that on order may issue to the County Surveyor of Said County, requiring ( ? ) him to lay off and make a plat of a homestead for said family out of the lands above Described and make return thereof in accordance with law. Your Petitioner asks that the usual notice in such cases may issue, and be published as required by law, and your petitioner will ever pray. Green R. Duke
1 Black Mare - $75.00
Dark Iron Gray horse mule - $50.00
2 Milk Cows - $20.00
5 Head Hogs - $8.00
53 Head Sheep - $53.00
1 two Horse wagon - $10.00
1 one Horse wagon - $10.00
Farming tools - $5.00
50 Bushels Corn - $25.00
Household and Kitchen furniture - $50.00
Toney Duke, Rome Georgia.
C.A. Thornwell Atty for M. Lauren, Rome, Georgia.
Floyd County, Georgia
In person comes before the undersigned, Green R. Duke, who on oath, says; that the statements contained in the foregoing petition are true, that the schedule contains a minute and accurate description of all the real and personal property owned by applicant, and that the list of creditors thereto attached in complete, and their post-offices correctly given so far as they are known to applicant.
Sworn to and Subscribed, Green R. Duke before me this Feb 24th, 1892, H.J. Johnson, Ordinary.
Notice published, and written notice mailed to M. F. McLauren as required by law,
This 24th day of Feb 1892, H.J. Johnson, Ordinary.
Personally; comes before the undersigned Green R. Duke, who, upon oath, says that he has given notice in writing personnaly to W.M. Brett and C. A. Thomas will agent for McLauren, of the filing of his application for homestead and exemption and of the day of hearing the same in terms of the law in such cases made and provided.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 17th day of March 1892, Green R. Duke. H. J. Johnson, Ordinary.
Burial: Farmer's Cemetery ( Armuchee Cemetery )Rome, Floyd Co, Georgia
Military Service: Notes sent to me March 5, 2005 by Dennis Duke.
The Green R.(Robert) Duke from Butts County is probably a relative, 3rd cousin via one of Henry Duke's other sons. But our Green was Lieutenant Green R. Duke of Co. C., 1st Regiment, Georgia State Line (Floyd Infantry). The following was provided to me by the great-great grand daughter of Capt. John Paulden Duke, CSA, Mrs. Gloria Ramsaur. John Paulden Duke was Green's nephew.
Green R. Duke joined many others from Floyd County to fight during the Civil War. In November 1862, he is listed as a 4th Lieutenant, Company C, 1st Regiment , Georgia State Line, "Floyd Infantry." After the war was over Green R. along with three of his Duke nephews: James Lumpkin, John Paulden and Allen Gregory were members of Floyd County Camp #368 UCV. He was injured three times during the war and as a result, required medication for pain the remainder of his life.
Green R. married a second time (ca 1864) to Harriet Dilllinger Holland and they were the parents of nine children: Green Reginald Jr., David Edmund, Eugene, Lucy Lee, Unetta, Artelia, Charles Wright, Joanna, and William Dison. These children also had large families, numbering sixty grandchildren.
In 1890, Green R's property consisted of 151 acres ( 9 acres had been donated to the church), a black mare, a mule, two milk cows, 5 hogs, 53 sheep, two wagons, farming and household items.
Lieutenants are the most influential officers in the military. But you can't make Captain without going through Lieutenant and it does represent a special trust and position of responsibility not given to most members of the military.
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Burial: Farmer's Cemetery ( Armuchee Cemetery ) Rome, Floyd Co, Georgia Census: 1860, Floyd Co, Georgia
Listed as Emiline ( her middle name ) Duke, age 30, Female, born in South Carolina.
Burial: Farmer's Cemetery ( Armuchee Cemetery ), Floyd Co, Georgia
* 12...i. Joseph Cornelius (10) Duke, b. June 10, 1848, Carroll Co, Georgia; d. January 26, 1930, DeKalb Co, Alabama.
* 13...ii. Nancy Elizabeth Duke, b. November 04, 1849, Lindale, Floyd Co, Georgia; d. September 15, 1925, Clinton, Davis Co, Utah.
* 14...iii. Martin Miller Duke, b. July 04, 1852, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. April 16, 1935, Floyd Co, Georgia.
* iv. George William Duke, b. 1854, Floyd Co,Georgia; m. Elizabeth White, October 09, 1879, Floyd Co, Georgia.
* v. James Alfred C. Duke, b. 1859, Floyd Co,Georgia; m. Lula Holcomb, February 20, 1881, Floyd Co, Georgia.
* 15...vi. Julia Ann Duke, b. September 10, 1860, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. June 17, 1944, Floyd Co, Georgia.
* vii. Emeline Duke, b. 1863, Floyd Co,Georgia.
* viii. Albert Duke, b. Unknown.
* ix. Green Reginald (10) Duke, b. 1866, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. Abt. 1950, Chattanooga, Tennessee; m. (1) Floy H. Linder, June 28, 1893, St. Petersburg, Florida; m. (2) Minnie King, May 24, 1896.
* x. David Edmond Duke, b. March 24, 1868, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. February 24, 1931, Carroll Co, Georgia; m. (1) Lucy A. J. Hanson, March 25, 1890, Carroll Co, Georgia; b. October 22, 1871, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. June 16, 1909, Carroll Co, Georgia; m. (2) Delonie Cole Hewitt, November 06, 1910; b. November 08, 1890, Paulding Co, Georgia; d. Nov 1985.
Burial: St. Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Carroll Co, Georgia
See " NEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION " on page 20 for new info on the David Edmond Duke families.
Burial: St. Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Carroll Co, Georgia
* 16...xi. Eugene Duke, b. August 1871, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. June 1950.
* xii. Charles Wright Duke, b. May 18, 1872, Rome, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. August 15, 1971, Polk Co, Georgia; m. Lelia Mae Dewberry, December 24, 1900, Dalton, Whitfield Co, Georgia; b. February 12, 1883, Paulding Co, Georgia; d. November 24, 1960, Cedartown, Polk Co Georgia.
Burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Polk Co, Georgia
* 17...xiii. Lucy Lee Duke, b. December 28, 1872, Rome, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. November 1953, Antioch, Contra Costa, California.
xiv.* Unetta Duke, b. 1872, Floyd Co,Georgia; m. John Staten.
Nickname:: " Netta "
* xv. Artelia Duke, b. 1873, Georgia; m. Wilson Bailey.
* xvi. Joanna " Josie " Duke, b. 1884, Floyd Co,Georgia; m. Jack Spain.
* 18...xvii. William Dison Duke, b. May 10, 1889, Floyd Co,Georgia; d. December 28, 1965, Aragon, Polk Co Georgia.
