James Harold Lumkin DUKE

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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.

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James married Mazera W. Duke. Mazera was born 09 Jan 1834; died 18 May 1883, Floyd Co. GA; was buried , Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co. GA. [Group Sheet]