Minerva DUKE

Female 1842 - 1922  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Minerva DUKE was born 18 Feb 1842, Randolph Co. AL (daughter of James Lumpkin DUKE and Minerva Hightower); died 30 Jan 1922, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    1860 Federal Census
    Name: Morrison Duke [Minerva Duke]
    Age in 1860: 17
    Birth Year: abt 1843
    Birthplace: Alabama
    Home in 1860: Rome, Floyd, Georgia
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    Alexander Johnston 32
    Mary Ann Johnston 27
    Esther A Johnston 1
    Mary A Johnston 3 months
    Jas Dake 54
    Minervia Duke 50
    Sarah P Duke 21
    Thomas F Duke 20
    Morrison Duke 17
    Edmond T Duke 15
    Allen G Duke 18
    Jeremiah F Duke 7
    William Camp 37
    Martha J Camp 36
    Sarah A R Camp 18
    Marian J Camp 16
    William C Camp 13
    Eliza T Camp 11
    John F Camp 9
    Josephine Camp 7
    Hosen M Camp 5
    George W Camp 2

    1870 Federal Census
    Name: Minerva Duke
    Age in 1870: 27
    Birth Year: abt 1843
    Birthplace: Alabama
    Home in 1870: Subdivision 49, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    James Duke 64
    Minerva Duke 60
    Sallie P Duke 32
    Minerva Duke 27
    Jeremiah F Duke 17

    1880 Federal Census
    Name: Minerva Dukes
    Age: 37
    Birth Year: abt 1843
    Birthplace: Alabama
    Home in 1880: Flat Woods, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's name: James Dukes
    Father's Birthplace: Georgia
    Mother's name: Minera Dukes
    Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
    Occupation: Keeping House
    Household Members:
    James Dukes 74
    Minera Dukes 70
    Sallie P. Dukes 42
    Minerva Dukes 37
    Frank J. Dukes 28

    1900 Federal Census
    Name: Manerva Brown
    Age: 53
    Birth Date: Feb 1842
    Birthplace: Alabama
    Home in 1900: Rome Ward 1, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Cornelieus Brown
    Marriage Year: 1885
    Years Married: 15
    Father's Birthplace: Georgia
    Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
    Mother: number of living children: 0
    Mother: How many children: 0
    Household Members:
    Cornelieus Brown 71
    Manerva Brown 53

    1910 Federal Census
    Name: Maneria Brown [Minerva]
    Age in 1910: 68
    Birth Year: abt 1842
    Birthplace: Alabama
    Home in 1910: Rome Ward 2, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Sister
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Father's Birthplace: Georgia
    Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
    Household Members:
    John P Duke 71
    Sallie P Duke 71
    Minerva Brown 68
    Latte L Devan 10

    Died:
    Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927
    Name: Manerva Brown [Manerva Dukes]
    Birth Date: 18 Feb 1842
    Birth Place: Randolph County, Alabama
    Death Date: 30 Jan 1922
    Death Place: Rome, Floyd
    Death Age: 79
    Race: White
    Ethnicity: American
    Gender: Female
    Father Name: James Dukes
    Mother Name: Marnerva Hightowers
    FHL Film Number: 2297137

    Minerva married Cornelius Brown. Cornelius was born Mar 1829, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Lumpkin DUKE was born 25 Aug 1805, Georgia (son of Charles DUKE and Nancy Elliott); died 23 Jun 1887, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    1860 Federal Census
    Name: Jas Dake
    Age in 1860: 54
    Birth Year: abt 1806
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1860: Rome, Floyd, Georgia
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Rome
    Value of real estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Alexander Johnston 32
    Mary Ann Johnston 27
    Esther A Johnston 1
    Mary A Johnston 3 months
    Jas Dake 54
    Minervia Duke 50 [wife]
    Sarah P Duke 21
    Thomas F Duke 20
    Morrison Duke 17
    Edmond T Duke 15
    Allen G Duke 18
    Jeremiah F Duke 7
    William Camp 37
    Martha J Camp 36
    Sarah A R Camp 18
    Marian J Camp 16
    William C Camp 13
    Eliza T Camp 11
    John F Camp 9
    Josephine Camp 7
    Hosen M Camp 5
    George W Camp 2

    1870 Federal Census
    Name: James Duke
    Age in 1870: 64
    Birth Year: abt 1806
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1870: Subdivision 49, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    James Duke 64
    Minerva Duke 60
    Sallie P Duke 32
    Minerva Duke 27
    Jeremiah F Duke 17

    1880 Federal Census
    Name: James Dukes
    Age: 74
    Birth Year: abt 1806
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1880: Flat Woods, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Minera Dukes
    Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
    Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
    Occupation: Farmer
    Household Members:
    James Dukes 74
    Minera Dukes 70
    Sallie P. Dukes 42
    Minerva Dukes 37
    Frank J. Dukes 28

    HISTORICAL RECORDS

    A HISTORY OF RONE & FLOYD CO. BY BATTEY_Encyclopedic Section, Page 365

    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 intersect- ion of the O'Brien and Central Grove roads for a gun valued at $25. His son, Lumpkin Duke, was a prominent man in the neighborhood and raised a large family, the boys of which engaged in the saw mill business. Two of his sons, Lumpkin and Tom Duke, are now living in Rome and are still engaged in the same kind of work.

    Buried:
    Grave location:
    www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124375451&ref=acom

    James married Minerva Hightower 22 Feb 1829, Walton Co. GA. Minerva was born 13 Jan 1810, Georgia; died 29 Jan 1889, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Minerva Hightower was born 13 Jan 1810, Georgia; died 29 Jan 1889, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    1860 Federal Census
    Name: Minervia Duke [Minerva Duke]
    Age in 1860: 50
    Birth Year: abt 1810
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1860: Rome, Floyd, Georgia
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Alexander Johnston 32
    Mary Ann Johnston 27
    Esther A Johnston 1
    Mary A Johnston 3 months
    Jas Dake 54 [husband]
    Minervia Duke 50
    Sarah P Duke 21
    Thomas F Duke 20
    Morrison Duke 17
    Edmond T Duke 15
    Allen G Duke 18
    Jeremiah F Duke 7
    William Camp 37
    Martha J Camp 36
    Sarah A R Camp 18
    Marian J Camp 16
    William C Camp 13
    Eliza T Camp 11
    John F Camp 9
    Josephine Camp 7
    Hosen M Camp 5
    George W Camp 2

    1870 Federal Census
    Name: Minerva Duke
    Age in 1870: 60
    Birth Year: abt 1810
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1870: Subdivision 49, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    James Duke 64
    Minerva Duke 60
    Sallie P Duke 32
    Minerva Duke 27
    Jeremiah F Duke 17

    1880 Federal Census
    Name: Minera Dukes
    Age: 70
    Birth Year: abt 1810
    Birthplace: Georgia
    Home in 1880: Flat Woods, Floyd, Georgia
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: James Dukes
    Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
    Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
    Household Members:
    James Dukes 74
    Minera Dukes 70
    Sallie P. Dukes 42
    Minerva Dukes 37
    Frank J. Dukes 28

    Buried:
    Grave location:
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124375490

    Notes:

    Married:
    Georgia Marriages to 1850
    Name: James Duke
    Spouse: Minerva Hightower
    Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1829
    Marriage County: Walton
    Marriage State: Georgia

    Children:
    1. James Harold Lumkin DUKE was born 12 Oct 1834, Georgia; died 12 Mar 1916, Georgia; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
    2. Sarah P. DUKE was born Mar 1838, Alabama; died Aft 1910, Georgia.
    3. John P DUKE was born 20 May 1838, Alabama; died 15 Aug 1917, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
    4. Thomas V DUKE was born ca 1840, Alabama; died 19 Sep 1863, Battle of Chicamauga, TN; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
    5. 1. Minerva DUKE was born 18 Feb 1842, Randolph Co. AL; died 30 Jan 1922, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
    6. Allen G. DUKE was born ca 1842, Alabama; died 05 Nov 1905, Calhoun Co. AL; was buried , Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Calhoun Co. AL.
    7. Edmond DUKE was born ca 1845, Alabama.
    8. Jeremiah Franklin Alexander Star (Frank) DUKE was born 04 May 1853, Georgia; died 10 Sep 1901, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles DUKE was born ca 1765, Georgia (son of Thomas DUKE and Elizabeth); died 22 Jan 1850, Floyd Co. GA.

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    1820 Federal Census
    Name: Charles Duke
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Walton, Georgia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 4
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 9
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 12
    Total Slaves: 1
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 13

    1830 Federal Census
    Name: Charles Duke
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Newton, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
    Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 8
    Total Slaves: 1
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

    1840 Federal Census
    Name: Charles Duke
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 729, Carroll, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
    No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 7
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

    LAND RECORDS

    Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799
    Name: Duke, Charles
    County: Oglethorpe
    Year: 1798
    District: DUKE

    Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832
    Name: Charles Duke, Sen.
    Number: 71
    District: TWELFTH DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE
    Residence: Coxe's
    County: Morgan
    Comment: soldier of Indian war.; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838

    HISTORICAL SOURCES

    NOTES ON CHARLES DUKE AND HIS FAMILY by Douglas P. Reid

    Charles had a son by a first marriage who was a small boy in 1800 and witnessed his wedding to Nancy Elliott. Charles lived near the young families of James, Robert, and William Duke in Walton Co., Georgia in the 1820's. These men, as well as men named Thomas Duke and David Duke (son of John P. Duke) were probably all closely related to him; all except Robert appear on land records together with Charles. When Charles bought land from Henry White of Clarke County in 1826 - land adjacent to William Beard - Thomas and James Duke acted as testators. (These men both may be his sons or brothers). In 1830, Charles Duke is shown in Morgan County, while his son James was in Walton County where he had married Minerva Hightower in 1829.

    Charles Duke seems to be related to John P. Duke who died in 1829 in Morgan County. Charles was at the estate sale, and later, drew for the orphans of John P. Duke in a land lottery in 1832. Other Duke relatives at this sale were Edmuond Duke (administrator), Thomas Duke, Sr. (son of John Taylor Duke), Thomas Duke, and John Duke, Sr.

    The commonality of these men show that most of them were descended from the same family of John Taylor Duke, son of Captain Henry Duke and Elizabeth Taylor of Prince George County, Virginia. (The "tobacco Dukes" were also descended from John Taylor Duke). John Taylor Duke and his sons, Henry, Thomas, James, and Edmond moved to Georgia (Wilkes Co.) in the 1770's and 80's. These son were in their forties by then, with families of their own. It is known that Henry and Thomas both had sons named Charles Duke. Our Charles Duke was likely the son of James, Edmond, Thomas, or possibly Henry, and the grandson of John Taylor Duke. (See Evelyn Duke Brandenberger's "The Duke Family" for more on these men and their ancestry).

    The records are silent as to where Charles Duke was in 1840. He was probably in Floyd County. By then his son, David D. Duke, and Thomas Duke, (who may also have been his son) were in Floyd. Thomas and David had married sisters - Mary Ann and Martha White - in Walton County in 1829 and 1835. By the 1850's Charles and Nancy along with James, John, Nancy, and her husband (whom she married in Floyd County in 1842). David, and Green R. were all in Floyd County, along with Thomas Duke. Thomas left soon after 1850. The children of Thomas Duke (born about 1803), and Mary Ann White (born about 1807), who married in Walton County on 2 August 1829, were Martha (b-1830), James R. (b-1833), Mary A. (b-1835), Lousana (b-1837), Charles M. (b-1849), David W. (b-1843), Edmond I. (b-1845), and John T. (b-1849).

    James Duke was appointed Administrator of Charles Duke's estate on 7 April 1856. Charles was remembered as a "big, stout, tall man," and was knwn to his grandchildren as "Grand-Sir."

    Charles married Nancy Elliott. Nancy was born ca 1782, South Carolina; died Aft 1860, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Elliott was born ca 1782, South Carolina; died Aft 1860, Georgia.

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    1860 Federal Census
    Name: Nancy Duke
    Age in 1860: 78
    Birth Year: abt 1782
    Birthplace: South Carolina
    Home in 1860: Rome, Floyd, Georgia
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Rome
    Household Members:
    Green R Duke 35 [son]
    Emeline Duke 30
    Joseph Duke 12
    Elizabeth Duke 10
    Martin M Duke 8
    George W Duke 6
    J Alfred Duke 2
    Nancy Duke 78

    Children:
    1. Edmund DUKE
    2. Sarah (Sally) DUKE
    3. Liza DUKE
    4. Thomas DUKE
    5. Lucy DUKE
    6. Martha DUKE
    7. 2. James Lumpkin DUKE was born 25 Aug 1805, Georgia; died 23 Jun 1887, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
    8. William H. DUKE
    9. John Paul DUKE
    10. Charles E. DUKE
    11. Elizabeth (Liza) DUKE
    12. Nancy DUKE
    13. David D. DUKE
    14. Martha DUKE
    15. Lucy Ann DUKE
    16. Green Reginald DUKE was born 25 Jun 1825, Georgia; died 08 Feb 1897, Rome, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , New Armuchee Cemetery, Armuchee, Floyd Co. GA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas DUKE was born ca 1734, Brunswick Co. VA; died Aft 1820, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: D33F3D97229742CAA00F1F92273C80524044

    Notes:

    CENSUS RECORDS

    Database: GA 1800 Territorial Census (Oglethorpe Co.)
    Name: Thomas Duke
    State: GA
    County: Oglethorpe County
    Township: No Township
    Year: 1800
    Page: 000

    1820 United States Federal Census
    Name: Thomas Dake [Thomas Duke]
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Capt Shaws District, Morgan, Georgia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
    Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 2
    Slaves - Females - Under 14: 3
    Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 2
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 2
    Total Slaves: 7
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9

    1830 US Census
    Name: Thomas Dicke [Thomas Duke]
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Coweta, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
    Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
    Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
    Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
    Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 2
    Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
    Total Free White Persons: 2
    Total Slaves: 7
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

    1840 US Census
    Name: Thomas Duke
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 6, Coweta, Georgia
    Age: born ca 1775
    Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
    Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
    Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
    Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
    Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
    Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
    Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 2
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 7
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 5
    Total Slaves: 10
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 15

    LAND AND TAX RECORDS

    Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799
    Name: Duke, Thomas
    County: Oglethorpe
    Year: 1798
    District: DUKE
    Page: 41

    DUKE FAMILY DNA PROJECT at Familytreedna.com

    Group 4: Eastern Henrico Co. VA, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama; includes (among others) descendants of Capt. Henry Duke, Prince George Co VA as well as an individual whose family line was included in distribution of the James Buchanan Duke estate.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dukedna/dukedna.htm

    http://mysite.verizon.net/hbwhitmore/Duke/index.html

    Taylor Duke, Warren Co, NC [family participated in James Buchanan Duke estate distribution on basis of documentation of descent from Taylor Duke through a Robert Duke of Orange County, NC (Kit No. 25203)

    Ancestry Unknown, perfect match at 37 markers for Kit No. 170006 Welcome P. Duke descendant (Kit No. 95358)

    Welcome P. Duke, b. ca. 1815, d. Harris County GA aft 14 Jun 1880, and wife Mary Hickey, b. ca 1815, through son Thomas Jefferson Duke b. 1845 Troup County, GA (Kit No. 170006)

    John Taylor Duke, son of Capt. Henry Duke of VA, through Hardiman Duke, moved to Clarke Co AL from GA in 1809; Hardiman was a son of Thomas Duke of Coweta Co, GA. (Kit No. 17177, Dwight)

    Capt. Henry Duke of VA, through son John Taylor Duke, through JTD's son Thomas Duke of Coweta Co, GA, through Thomas's son Hardiman Duke; Hardiman moved to Clarke Co AL from GA in 1809 (Mark, Kit No. 57292)

    Thomas married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 55F01A10CBBC4C6EA0B158DFF6DFA78A3E99

    Children:
    1. 4. Charles DUKE was born ca 1765, Georgia; died 22 Jan 1850, Floyd Co. GA.
    2. James DUKE
    3. Thomas DUKE, Jr. was born ca 1770, Virginia; died Aft 1850, Coweta Co. GA.
    4. Jane DUKE
    5. John T. DUKE
    6. Henry DUKE
    7. Lucy DUKE
    8. Elizabeth (Betsy) DUKE
    9. Hardeman DUKE was born Abt 1785, Georgia; died Abt 1839, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Old Salem Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL.
    10. Mariah DUKE