Alma Eleanor DUKE

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• _UID: 582B79E1B93040D79FF80A8306934264401F

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma Duke
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife [daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name: [Father] William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma E Duke
Age: 22
Birth Date: Oct 1877
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: School teacher

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma Duke
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: 1876
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: C William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Teacher, public school

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: [Miss] Alma Duke
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Precinct 26, Jefferson, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Teacher, public school

DOB given as 7 Oct 1879 in cemetery transcription for Pleasant Hill by Linda Raybon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) with this note:

This is a partial list of the graves, the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County.

Buried:
Grave location with tombstone photo.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967179&

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• _UID: DE409FA789D243FDBA4E8989C4488CF3A48A

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles W Dukes
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of James H. and Anne E. Dukes]
Post Office: Grove Hill
Household Members:
Name Age
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

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William Duke
Age in 1870: 16
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
Name Age
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: William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nannie Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
William Duke 24
Annie Duke 23
Alma Duke 2
[No Name]Duke 10 months [Warren Cornelius Duke]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles W Duke
Age: 46
Birth Date: May 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Charles W Duke 46
Nancy J Duke 43
Alma E Duke 22
Warren C Duke 20
Clara L Duke 19
James W Duke 14

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: C William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age in 1910: 55
Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, home farm
Household Members:
C William Duke 55
Nancy J Duke 52
Alma Duke 34

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, General Farm
Home Owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
William Duke 65
Nancy J Duke 62

CEMETERY RECORDS

Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information

This is a partial listing of the graves , the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County

Charles William Duke may have been one of the charter members of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church along with members of the Kirk and Rutledge families who married into the Dukes.

Source: Ancestors and Kin: © Copyright by Mary Kennedy Reynolds, 1991 p. 882

Buried:
Link to grave site with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967351&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Ott. Duke [Charles William Duke]
Event Date: 22 Apr 1928
Event Place: Allen, Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 73y 11m 24d
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Spouse's Name: Nancy Jane Kirk
Father's Name: Henry Duke
Mother's Name: Louisa Yard [Yow]
[Not having seen the original record, I can't explain why his name was indexed in this manner. However, based on his wife's name, his father's name, and his mother's first name, this most likely is Charles William Duke.]

Charles married Nancy Jane KIRK 21 Dec 1876, Clarke Co. AL. Nancy (daughter of James J. KIRK and Louisa YOW) was born 09 Mar 1857, Clarke Co. AL; died 1 Feb 1940, Camden, Wilcox County, AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: FECA4CEFA05E4E75B9A47B41C47800C8E15F

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1860: 4
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Okirk 18
Henry Lukem 18
Gilman Clark 8

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1870: 13
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Name: William Clark
Age in 1870: 2
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50 [step-father]
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2 [half-brother]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Nannie Duke
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Note: Lived next to her mother, Louisa and step-father, J. D. Clark plus her siblings James B. Kirk, Lavinia Kirk, and Anna Kirk.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 43
Birth Date: Mar 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles W Duke
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age in 1910: 52
Birth Year: 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Street address: Suggsville Road
House Number: April 30
Dwelling Number: 556
Family Number: 556
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 3,000
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at first Marriage: 19
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Nancy Jane Duke 73
Beulah Murphy 65

She died at her son Warren's home in Camden, Wilcox Co. AL.

Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information

DOB 9 Mar 1857
DOD 1 Feb 1910

This is a partial listing of the graves, the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County

Buried:
Grave location with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967521&

Died:
died at son, Warren's home

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Death Date: 01 Feb 1940
Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 83
Estimated Birth Date: 1857
Spouse's Name: Chas. Wm Duke
Father's Name: James Bradley Kirk
Mother's Name: Louisa Yow
Film Number: 1908586
Reference Number: cn 5671

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 17 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

James H. Duke and Nancy J. Kidd [transcription error Kirk]
Date: 21 Dec 1876
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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• _UID: 3C5E3FBF38964FC89D1538B885ED07F78FDA

Notes:

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&

Notes:

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

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• _UID: 29889AD2E4914D13BB4E9E17ACDF28C225B6

Notes:

Lived in Clarke Co. AL in 1830, later moved to Wilcox Co. AL.

Served as a private in Co. B 38th AL Infantry. Each man in Company B enlisted for three years or the war. They enlisted at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama on March 29, 1862 and were paid a $50 bonus for signing.

James took part in the Battle of Chicamauga. Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army attacked Gen. William Rosencrans' Union Army forcing a Union retreat to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 34,000 total causalties. The 18,000 Confederate losses included 37 men from the 38th Alabama. In addition, 151 soldiers of the 38th were wounded and five were missing.

Missionary Ridge was the site of a major battle in the drive back to Chattanooga. Many members of the 38th Alabama were taken prisoner and sent to Rock Island.
James was captured on Nov. 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN according to his Civil War military records. On 11 December, 1863 he was received at the military prison in Louisville, KY, and was discharged to Rock Isle IL on 12 Dec. 1863.

James died a prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL, on 21 December 1863 of pneumonia and diarrhea. His buried in grave number 44 south of the prison barracks.

Rock Island Prison, built in 1863, was located on a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. Over 12,000 Confederates were imprisoned there during the war. These included many 38th Infantry soldiers captured at Missionary Ridge.

The island facilities were converted and built in 1863; they were not yet completed in December of that year, when the first Confederate prisoners were incarcerated. The construction was makeshift. The first prisoners were 468 Confederates captured in battles at Chattanooga, Tennessee. That month more than 5,000 total would swell the population of Rock Island Prison.

Rock Island was not without its problems?ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies. At one time it was called the "Andersonville of the North." Most died from disease or exposure, as sanitation was primitive as in all army encampments. The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed.

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry Joined Winter 1862;
Captured at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; POW at Rock Island IL, died December 21, 1863.

http://www.38thalabama.com/


From W. R. Kirk's Journal, James was

"was of fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes, about six feet high - had a strong constitution, a little stooped, of an ardent temperament - he had a taste for farming. Was from his boyhood religiously inclined. Left father after he was twenty one years old and commenced business for himself. His first effort was to work on a farm as a hireling at 50 cts per day. Was never stingy, but when he commenced doing business for himself, practiced rigid economy and in a few years had lands and other property to the value of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. He married Louisa Yow. He joined the Confederate Army in winter of 1862. Made a good soldier. Was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge, carried to Rock Island Ill. where he died soon after. He left four children. His widow married J. D. Clark in 1866."



CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James J Kirk
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Kirk 18
Henry Luker 18
Gilman Clark 8

1860 Slave Schedule
James J. Kirk owned 7 slaves, 2 males ages 30, 8; 5 females ages 22, 16, 13, 9, 2



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=1977216&GRid=9111816&

Inscription:
KIRK, J.J. PVT
Co. B 38 ALA Reg
CSA
Plot: Grave # 44

Died:
Information from his Civil War Records.

James married Louisa YOW. Louisa (daughter of Bradley YOW and Nancy HARRIS) was born 15 Mar 1825, Randolph Co. NC; died 25 Aug 1893, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: C33F9F2A087C47A292D05E509EAA0429BD8C

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Yow
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Family Number: 426
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer Yow 18
Winny Yow 18
Eli Yow 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Kirk
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of her husband James J. Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Clark
Age in 1870: 44
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Clark
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. D. Clark
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists In Farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=clark&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=38&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=32129548&df=all&

Other Events:

• _UID: C60F571E8A2947098B75A5723F0DE119AA7C

Notes:

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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CENSUS RECORDS

1830 Census

Name: James Kirk
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarke, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored: 8

1840 Census
Name: James Kirk
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wilcox, Alabama
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 - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12


LAND RECORDS

Name: James J Kirk
Issue Date: 10 Apr 1848
Place: Wilcox, Alabama, USA
Land Office: St. Stephens
Meridian: St Stephens
Township: 11-N
Range: 4-E
Section: 36
Accession Number: AL1480__.083
Document Number: 9294
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL1480__.083&docClass=STA&sid=1hw2vqp5.r2j

MEMOIRS

From W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866

He came to Ala. in 1818, when he was 24 years old. lived several years on Pigeon Creek in Clark County Ala. Father moved to Wilcox County in ___ and bought land on Bear Creek, engaged in farming until his decease.

My father was a man of very limited education. He had a good mind. Nature did much for him in this respect - had a strong memory. He studied no book but the Bible, much of which he had committed to memory. He delighted in the Psalms of David and Proverbs of Solomon. I have met very few ministers who could quote from the Bible so appropriately and readily as he could.

His father and mother were old Seceders "after the strictest sect." It was from them he learned to memorize Scripture. All through his childhood and youth his Sabbaths were employed in the catechetical exercises and he venerated the Sabbath to his last day.

He was always thoughtful, never spoke at random - would rarely speak harshly of anyone before his children. Was kind and obliging to all, and devoted to the interest of his children. There never was a more self-denying, self-sacrificing father for the sake of his children in everything save education. He always seemed to think that to read and write - and a knowledge of the primary rules of arithmetic was sufficient. I have always been astonished at his views on this subject when I think of his good and sound judgment in every thing else. He was decidedly in favor of an educated minister. He was always peaceable, rarely had any difficulties. I never new (sic) him to have a violent personal enemy. He had but little to do with the world outside his own private matters. He never saw the courthouse of his county save as a juror.

He was proverbially honest, frugal and industrious and always had friends. He lived in the Methodist Church the last eighteen years of his life but always favored Calvinism. This was owing to early training by his parents, who as I have already said were rigid Seceders. A more industrious and energetic hard working man never lived. No man was tried harder to moddle (sic) his children after himself than he did.

Buried:
Grave location:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188025915

James married Jane WALKER 1823. Jane (daughter of Andrew WALKER and Elizabeth MOORE) was born 1796, South Carolina; died Sep 1835, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1830 Census
Name: James Kirk
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarke, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8


MEMOIRS

W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866

She was born South Carolina I think.

My mother! Thoughts of her always make me sad. She died when I was but thirteen months old. From what father and my brothers and sisters have told me, I realize she had every qualification of a mother save an education. I have often thought that she must have been in some respects superior to all other women, Is it wrong for me to say this? She had a large family of children, some of whom were self-willed and head strong - and yet I have heard that she was never known to manifest the least impatience towards us, and I have nay heard my dear father with tears in his eyes, for he used to tell me "of mother, that she never spoke and unkind word to him in her life." I said in some respects I have thought that she must have been superior to all other women. I have been mixing and mingling among all classes of men for eleven years, and have not found the man that could say as much for his wife or the wife that could say as much for the husband.

I never new my father to utter a falshood (sic) nor even the semblance of falshood (sic). Therefore I believe he literally spoke the truth when he told me that Mother never spoke an unkind word to him. His tears verified it.

But little did he think that. That short sentence made an indellible (sic) impression on my mind, and that I would record it in the future in honor of her precious memory to transcribe to generations unborn. I would not have that sentence blotted from my memory for all this world.

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Burial: Yow Plantation, Pine Hall, AL
Info is from Carol Lawrence Vidales larrance421@yahoo.com

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Wilcox,AL Bradley Yow
males: 3 <5 1 5-10 1 20-30
females: 1 10-15 1 30-40
slaves: 1 10-24
total of 8 in household, 3 employed in agriculture

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradley Yow
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Family Number: 426
Value of real estate: $1500
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer 18
Winney 18
Eli 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradley Gow [Yow]
Age in 1860: 52
Birth Year: abt 1808
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Value of real estate: $3000
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 52
Nancy Yow 63
Winsie Yow 27

LAND RECORDS

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 12 Jun 1834
Acres: 80.45
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 27
Accession Number: AL0370__.113
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Cahaba

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 22 Sep 1835
Acres: 40.1
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 34
Accession Number: AL0980__.133
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Demopolis

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 1 Jan 1852
Acres: 40.1
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 34
Accession Number: AL3500__.230
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Demopolis

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 2 Feb 1852
Acres: 80
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 11-N
Range: 10-E
Section: 4
Accession Number: AL1910__.304

Bradley married Nancy HARRIS 20 Feb 1830, Randolph, NC. Nancy (daughter of Capt. John Harris, Jr. and Martha Ann (Patsy) Hunter) was born ca 1797, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died Aft 1860, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Yow
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Family Number: 426
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer Yow 18
Winny Yow 18
Eli Yow 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Gow [Yow]
Age in 1860: 63
Birth Year: abt 1797
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 52
Nancy Yow 63
Winsie Yow 27

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Married:
North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
Name: Bradly Yow
Spouse: Nancy Harriss
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Randolph
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source: County Court Records at Asheboro, NC & Family Hist

Name: Bradey Yow
Gender: Male
Spouse: Nancy Harriss
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 20 Feb 1830
Bond #: 000115396
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003433
County: Randolph
Record #: 01 312
Bondsman: Dudley Willett