Ruby DUKE

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Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name Ruby Widow Duke Mcleod
Death date 01 Aug 1971
Death place Montgomery County, Alabama
Gender Female
Age at death 80y
Estimated birth year 1891
Father name James H. Duke
Mother name Jennie Elizabeth Brown

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
about James H Dukes
Name: James H Dukes
Age in 1860: 10
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male [ in household of James H. and Anne E. Dukes]
Post Office: Grove Hill


Listed as 70 years old in 1920 Census, Wilcox County, AL, Camden.

Tombstone in Camden Cemetery, Wilcox Co. AL has his DOB 1848 DOD 1920.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17915502&

All of the tombstones are a brass plaque on granite which gives an indication they are part of the same family. They are the only Dukes buried in this cemetery.

Buried next to him is Jennie E. Duke, DOB 1858, DOD 1928. This most likely is his wife.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17915503&



Birth:
DOB on tombstone is 1848.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17915502&

Died:
DOD on tombstone is 1920.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17915502&

James married Jennie Elizabeth Brown 15 Oct 1874, Clarke Co. AL. Jennie (daughter of J. Henry Brown and Mary Allen) was born 1858; died 22 Apr 1928, Camden, Wilcox, AL; was buried 23 Apr 1928, Camden Cemetery, Camden, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Listed as 68 years old in 1920 Census, Wilcox County, AL, Camden.

According to her death record:
Father name J. Henry Brown
Father birth place Camden, Ala.
Mother name Mary Allen
Mother birth place Wilcox Co., Ala.

Buried:
Grave and photo of tombstone are located
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17915503&

Died:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974

Name Jennie B. Duke
Death date 22 Apr 1928
Death place Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender Female
Race or color (on document) White
Race White
Age at death 70y 3m 30d
Estimated birth year 1858
Birth place Wilcox Co., Ala.
Marital status Widowed
Spouse name James H. Duke
Father name J. Henry Brown
Father birth place Camden, Ala.
Mother name Mary Allen
Mother birth place Wilcox Co., Ala.
Occupation Housewfie
Residence Camden, Ala.
Cemetery name Colledeca
Burial date 23 Apr 1928

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Married:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 342 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

James H. Duke and Jinnie Brown
Date: 15 Oct. 1874
County: Clarke
Performed by: Justice of the Peace

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James H Dukes
Age in 1860: 39
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Grove Hill
Value of real estate: $350
Value of personal property: $1775
Household Members:
James H Dukes 39
Ann E Dukes 32
Susanna J Dukes 12
James H Dukes 10
Olivia C Dukes 8
Charles W Dukes 6
Emma Dukes 3
Thomas L Dukes 1
David A Dukes 2 months

1860 Slave Schedule
James H. Dukes owned 2 slaves, 1 black female aged 24 and 1 black male age 3.

Listed as 41 years old on US Census, 1870, Clarke Co. AL. Cane Creek Beat, Page 217. Post Office: Lower Peachtree

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: J H Duke
Age in 1870: 41
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Value of real estate: $200, Personal property: $300
Household Members:
J H Duke 41
Ann Duke 40
William Duke 16
Emma Duke 14
Thomas Duke 12
Nancy Duke 8
Alice Duke 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James H. Duke
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anne E. Duke
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
James H. Duke 58
Anne E. Duke 57
Thomas L. Duke 21
Nancy A. Duke 19
Alice L. Duke 13

James married Ann Elizabeth CLARKE 10 Dec 1846, Clarke Co. AL. Ann (daughter of William H. CLARKE and Melinda BREWER) was born 28 Sep 1828, Clarke Co. AL; died 17 Nov 1904, Brooksville, Hernando Co. FL; was buried , McGeachy Cemetary Hernando Co. FL. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann E Dukes
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of James H. Dukes]
Post Office: Grove Hill

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann Duke
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of her husband, J. H. Duke]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Note: Neighbors were the families of W. H. Clarke and Ed Clarke, probably her brothers.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Amlza E. Duke
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James H. Duke
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Housekeeper

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann E Duke
Age: 71
Birth Date: Jul 1828
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Precinct 6, Hernando, Florida
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law [in household of William Rutledge and Olivia Duke Rutledge]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DU&GSfn=a&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=201&GRid=15438600&df=all&

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Married:
Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920
Spouse 1: J. H. Duke
Spouse 2: Ann Clarke
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1846
Marriage Place: Clarke
Performed By: Justice Peace
OSPage: 118

Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 118 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

J. married Mary Allen. [Group Sheet]

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LAND AND TAX RECORDS

Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799
Name: Duke, Hardy
County: Oglethorpe
Year: 1798
District: STEWART

1807 Land Lottery Eligibles - Oglethorpe County, GA, Cap't Garland T. Watkin's District: Draws Name
Henry Dukes, son of Thomas Duke
Hardeman Duke
Thomas Duke, Sr.
William Duke, Jr.

Hardyman moved to Miss. Territory (now south Alabama, Clarke Co. Al.) in 1809

HISTORICAL RECORDS
Source: Reverend T. H. Ball. A.M. A Glance Into The Great Southeast or Clarke County, Alabama And Its Surroundings From 1540 to 1877, Grove Hill, Alabama, 1882, p. 345.

"Hardyman Duke came from Georgia in 1809, and settled on James Creek in 1811. His sons were Thomas, William, Henry, John, Charles, Michael, and Welcome Parks. William Duke, now about sixty-five years of age, is the miller at Cobb's mill on Silver Creek."

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STATE CENSUS AND TAX RECORDS

MISSISSIPPI

Census List 1810-Washington County, Mississippi Territory
Heads of Families Hardiman Duke

Duke, Hardiman
white males over 21: 1
white males under 21: 0
white females over 21: 1
white females under 21: 0

Mississippi Census, 1805-90 about Hardiman Duke
Name: Hardiman Duke
State: MS
County: Washington County [later became part of Alabama]
Township: Tax List
Year: 1811
Database: MS Early Census Index

Note: Clarke County was formed from Washington County, Mississippi Territory in 1812 and became part of the Alabama Territory when it was formed from Mississippi Territory in 1817

ALABAMA

Alabama Census, 1810-90
Name: Hardiman Dukes
State: AL
County: Clarke County
Township: Tax List Miss Territory
Year: 1813
Database: AL 1810-1819 Tax Lists Index

1816 Clarke County Mississippi Territory Census
Dukes, Hardiman
white males over 21: 1
white males under 21:3
white females over 21: 1
white females under 21: 1

Alabama Census, 1810-90
Name: Hardeman Dukes
State: AL
County: Clarke County
Township: Alabama Territory
Year: 1816
Record Type: Resident's List
Database: AL 1811-1819 Tax Lists Index

He wrote Hardyman Duke on the petition to the Federal govt. to gain compensation for his losses in a burn-out by the Indians in 1815 in Miss. Territory. He was a territorial judge.

MILITARY RECORDS

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811; Record Group: 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984; Series Number: M905; Roll Number: 25

Name: Hardyman Duke
State or Territory: Orleans Territory
Military unit: Tenth Regiment, Militia
Service Year: 1806

INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS

"The cabin that was built by Hardyman Duke is still standing, a family of Walkers live in the house. The house is located in the Syrene community located near Lower Peach, Tree. I was amazed at the craftsmanship that went into the home. The logs were joined with wooden pegs. This dwelling is probably the oldest in this county." Kay Duke Boutwell aboutwell@yahoo.com

Message from Vernon Duke on genealogy.com 14 Oct. 1999 on the Duke Family Forum:
"They [Hardyman Duke and Sally Jordan] were married March 25, 1805 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He came to Clark County, Alabama in 1809 and settled in the James Creek area around 1811. He had seven sons-Thomas, William, James Henry (my ancestor),John, Charles, Michael, and Welcome Parks. He had a least one daughter-Emily Jane. The last record of Hardyman was the 1830 census. I assume he died between 1830 and 1840. There is some indication he died in 1839 in Clark County. But, I do not know where in the County he is buried."

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)


Name:
Name is also spelled Hardiman and Hardyman.

May have been named for a family association with John Hardeman. "On 21 Oct 1830 John Hardeman witnessed a deed by Thomas Duke Jr. of Coweta Co GA" (see Evelyn Duke Brandenberger, The Duke Family, Vol. I, p. 323 [S.l]: Brandenberger, ©1979-©1995)

Hardeman married Sally JORDAN 25 Mar1805, Oglethorpe, GA. Sally was born 1785, Oglethorpe Co. GA; died 1828, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Source:Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters: Daughters of the American Revolutions, Volume 5 Marriage Records of Greene Co. GA (1787-1875) and Oglethorpe Co. GA (1795-1852) By Mrrs, Herschel W. Smith
Originally published Atlanta, GA 1949, Reprinted for Clearfield Co. Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore MD. 1995, 2001 p.163

Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

Name: Sally Jordan
Spouse: Hardman Duke
Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1805
County: Oglethorpe
State: Georgia

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Possibly Parents of Ann. Source http://www.censusdiggins.com/alabama_marriages.c.html
Could also be Clarke, William B. married Johnson, Polly 12 Apr 1817 Clarke Co AL Same web database

William married Melinda BREWER 26 Sep 1820, Marengo Co AL. [Group Sheet]

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