Green Reginald DUKE b. 25 Jun 1825 Georgia d. 08 Feb 1897 Rome, Floyd Co. GA: Appalachian Aristocracy

1825 - 1897 (71 years)

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Name	Green Reginald DUKE
Born	25 Jun 1825	Georgia
Gender	Male
Died	08 Feb 1897	Rome, Floyd Co. GA
Buried	New Armuchee Cemetery, Armuchee, Floyd Co. GA
	Grave location, tombstone photo, and portrait: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScnty=439&GRid=27419226&
Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1860 Federal Census Name: Green R Duke Age in 1860: 35 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1860: Rome, Floyd, Georgia Gender: Male Post Office: Rome Household Members: Green R Duke 35 Emeline Duke 30 Joseph Duke 12 Elizabeth Duke 10 Martin M Duke 8 George W Duke 6 J Alfred Duke 2 Nancy Duke 78 1870 Federal Census Name: Green R Duke Age in 1870: 45 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Subdivision 49, Floyd, Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Rome Household Members: Green R Duke 45 Harriett J Duke 26 Martin M Duke 17 Geo W Duke 14 James A Duke 12 Julia A Duke 10 Emeline Duke 7 Green R Duke 5 David E Duke 2 Mahala E Stephens 8 1880 Federal Census Name: Green Duke Age: 55 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1880: Rome, Floyd, Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Harriet Duke Father's Birthplace: Georgia Mother's Birthplace: Georgia Occupation: Farmer Household Members: Green Duke 55 Harriet Duke 38 Alfred Duke 21 Julia Duke 19 Emmiline Duke 15 Greenough Duke 14 David Duke 10 Eugene Duke 9 Lucy Duke 8 Netta Duke 7 Artelia Duke 4 Charles Duke 1 month MILITARY SERVICE He served in the Confederate Army. He fought at the BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA two times being injured both times. ARMY OF TENN. CSA BUTTS COUNTY, GA. BAILEY'S VOLUNTEERS 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. HISTORICAL RECORDS Source: NOTES ON THE GREEN R. DUKE FAMILY 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 for the Pleasant 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, two wagons, farming and household items. He farmed cotton. 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." ------------------- Source: A HISTORY OF RONE & FLOYD CO. BY BATTEY_Encyclopedic Section, Page 365 Green's second wife is thought to have been 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. 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. Jim Duke's brother Green R. Duke, settled on what is known as the 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 the Duke School House for many years. Mrs. Henry O. Littlejohn, one of his daughters, lives near the school. Henry O. Littlejohn, who served the Berry School for the longest continous period of any of its employees, in charge of much of the carpentry work and the superintendent who built all of the log houses. LAND RECORDS 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 23d & 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 & Seventy Nine acres and a half (179 1/2). Deducting Forty acres, along the eastern part of said lot, belonging to W. M. Brett, there remains One Hundred & Thirty Nine and a half acres (139 1/2) owned by Green R. Duke. Said Duke, a also, owns Eleven & Ninety Five Hundredths acres in the N. W. Corner of Lot Three, Twenty Third District & 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 know- ledge and belief. I value said Homestead at One Thousand Dollars ($1000). J. A. Arnold, Sr.,(County Surveyor of F.[Floyd] Co., Ga.) Sworn to and Subscribed before me this March 9th 1892 H. J. Johnson, Ordinary Filed March 9 1892 H. J. Johnson, Ordinary WILL 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, Harriett 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 be 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 & 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 the personal property belonging to your petitioner. Schedule "B." Hereunto attached contains a correct list of the 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 Schedule "A" Personal 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 & Kitchen furniture 50.00 Schedule "B" Creditors W M Brett, Rome GA Toney Duke, Rome GA C. A. Thornwell Atty for M Lauren, Rome, Ga.GEORGIA FLOYD COUNTY) 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 per- sonal property owned by applicant, and that the list of creditors thereto attached in complete, and thier post-offices correctly given so far as they are known to applicant. Sworn to and subscribed Green R Duke before me this Feby 24th 1892) H. J. Johnson, Ordinary Notice published, and written notice mailed to M F McLauren as required by law, This the 24th day of Feby 1892. H. J. Johnson, Ordinary GEORGIA FLOYD COUNTY Personally; comes before the undersignd Green R Duke, who, upon oath, says that he has given notice in writing personnaly to W M Brett & C A Thomas will agent for McLauren, of the filing of his application for homestead & exemption and of the day of hearing the same in terms of the law in such cases made and provided. Sworn to & Subscribed) before me this March 17th 1892 G. R. Duke H. J. Johnson, Ordinary
Person ID	I28455	Master File
Last Modified	14 Feb 2015

Father	Charles DUKE, b. ca 1765, Georgia , d. 22 Jan 1850, Floyd Co. GA (Age ~ 85 years)
Mother	Nancy Elliott, b. ca 1782, South Carolina , d. Aft 1860, Georgia (Age ~ 79 years)
Family ID	F12206	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Nancy Emeline Sharp, b. 1829, Abbeville Co. SC , d. Sep., 1863, Floyd Co. GA (Age 34 years)

Married Sept. 2, 1847 Floyd Co. GA

Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Nancy E. Sharp
Spouse: Green R. Duke
Marriage Date: 2 Sep 1847
Marriage County: Floyd
Marriage State: Georgia

Children

+	1. Joseph Cornelius DUKE, b. 10 Jun 1848, Floyd Co. GA , d. 26 Jan 1930, DeKalb Co. AL (Age 81 years)
+	2. Nancy Elizabeth DUKE, b. 04 Nov 1849, Floyd Co. GA , d. 15 Sep 1925, Davis Co. UT (Age 75 years)
+	3. Martin Miller DUKE, b. 04 Jul 1852, Floyd Co. GA , d. 16 Apr 1935, Floyd Co. GA (Age 82 years)
	4. Geroge W. DUKE, b. ca 1854, Floyd Co. GA
	5. James Alfred DUKE, b. ca 1858, Floyd Co. GA
+	6. Julia Ann DUKE, b. 10 Sep 1860, Floyd Co. GA , d. 17 Jun 1944, Floyd Co. GA (Age 83 years)
	7. Emeline DUKE, b. ca 1863, Floyd Co. GA
	8. Albert DUKE

Last Modified 7 Feb 2015

Family ID F12217 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Harriet J. Dellinger, b. 1844, Georgia , d. 1891, Floyd Co. GA (Age 47 years)

Children

	1. Green Reginald DUKE, Jr., b. ca 1865, Floyd Co. GA
	2. David Edmund DUKE, b. ca 1868, Floyd Co. GA
+	3. Eugene DUKE, b. Aug 1871, Floyd Co. GA , d. 1950, Carroll Co. GA (Age ~ 78 years)
+	4. Lucy Lee DUKE, b. 28 Dec 1872, Floyd Co. GA , d. 24 Oct 1953, Contra Costa Co. CA (Age 80 years)
	5. Unetta DUKE, b. ca 1873, Floyd Co. GA
	6. Artelia DUKE, b. ca 1876, Floyd Co. GA
	7. Charles Wright DUKE, b. 1880, Floyd Co. GA
	8. Joanna (Josie) DUKE, d. 05 Jun 1969
+	9. William Dison DUKE, b. 10 May 1889, Floyd Co. GA , d. 27 Dec 1965, Floyd Co. GA (Age 76 years)

Last Modified 7 Feb 2015

Family ID F12218 Group Sheet | Family Chart