Adam Duke (abt. 1794 - abt. 1860)

Born about 1794 in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died about Jan 1860 at about age 66 in Panola, Texas, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Duke Name Study.

Adam was born about 1794. He is listed on the tax list in Conecuh County, Alabama as early as 1818.^[1][2] He was married to Catherine, and they raised their family there.^[3][4][5] In the late 1850s, they moved to Panola County, Texas, where Adam bought large tracts of land.^[6][7] The family sold most of it after he passed away in early 1860,^[8][9] He is buried in the Nutt Cemetery, which is located on the land that Stephen M. Nutt purchased from his heirs.

Adam and Catherine had 7 children:^[10]

• George Lewis Duke (1827–1894)
  • m. 1st Narcissa Watson
  • m. 2nd Judith Ann Williams
  • m. 3rd Melissa D. Akin
  • m. 4th Sarah Elizabeth (Leslie) Campbell
  • m. 5th Nancy Elizabeth (Fallwell) Lake
• Sarah Amanda Duke (1829–1868)
  • m. John Henry Ross
• Mary Elizabeth Duke (1833?–1903?)
  • possibly the mother of Adeline Duke Pierce and Brinson "Tobe" Duke)
• William Henry Duke (1836?-1867?)
  • m. Elisa "Licey" Ross; one daughter, Mary Francis (Duke) Cranford
• Nancy A. Duke (1838?–1907)
  • m. 1st M. Kendricks; one daughter, Elizabeth Catharine (Kendricks) Beck
  • m. 2nd William M. Ellis
• Catherine Jane Duke (1840–1860)
  • m. Daniel Butler Ross; two daughters, Catherine and Amanda Fitz Ellen Ross
• Matilda Frances Duke (1842–1919)
  • m. 1st Thomas G. Davis (KIA Civil War); one daughter, Alice (Davis) Holtzclaw
  • m. 2nd Alfred G. Pierce

DNA

• Paternal relationship is suggested through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. J.R. Duke, FTDNA kit # B750248, and potentially his 4th cousin, B.E. Duke, FTDNA kit # 132546, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor, possibly Joel Duke, who could be the father of both John M. Duke, the 3x great grandfather of J.R. Duke, and Adam Duke, the 3x great grandfather of B.E. Duke. Their haplogroup is I-BY62571.
• While the current Y-DNA connection is not enough to confirm the connection to Joel Duke, it has been speculated that John M. Duke may have been his brother, and yDNA evidence indicates that to be a possibility, although the closeness of the relationship is still unproven. Descendants of both men are known to descend from John Duke from Isle of Wight, Virginia. Their haplogroup is I-BY62571.^[11]

Research Notes

• Some sources indicate that Adam's father was Joel,^[10] but the Smyth book lists him as John. No records have provided definite proof at this time. It is also theorized (but unproven) that John M. and Adam may be the brothers of Joel Emerson Duke,^[12] and there are distant autosomal matches that suggest a connection, but none of his male descendants are known to have done a yDNA test at this time.

Can you help solve the mystery of their ancestors?

• Land records also seem to suggest that there could have been a relationship between Adam Duke, Joel Duke, and John Duke.
• One user edited his biography to say that "he married Catherine Nutt in 1826 in Georgia," but this was unsourced. If anyone has a source to prove their marriage date and location or Catherine's maiden name, please contact the manager of this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920," database with images, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 1898 #181891 : accessed 20 January 2023), Name: Adam Duke; Other Event Date: 1818; Other Event Location: Alabama; Roll #: 10; Archive Collection #: SG031411; Name Range: Donaldson - Evam.
2. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920," database with images, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 1898 #181892 : accessed 20 January 2023), Name: Adam Duke; Other Event Date: 1818; Roll #: 10; Archive Collection #: SG031411; Name Range: Donaldson - Evam.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-JJM : 20 February 2021), Adam Custer, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing 101, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 2,330.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-8KV : 4 October 2021), Adam Dukes, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing p. 273, NARA microfilm publication, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "'United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPB-ST7 : 19 December 2020), Adam Dukes, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "Deeds, 1846-1893; index, 1846-1893," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3SX-434L-9 : 23 Jan 2023), Panola > Deed records v. C-D 1851-1854 > image 160 of 451; county courthouses, Texas.
7. ↑ "Deeds, 1846-1893; index, 1846-1893," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3SX-FBTF : 23 Jan 2023), Panola > Deed records v. E-F 1854-1859 > image 454 of 762; county courthouses, Texas.
8. ↑ "Texas Probate Records, 1800-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q9-18ND : 22 May 2014), Panola > Final records 1855-1862 vol C-D > image 689 of 785; county courthouses, Texas. (Transcription)
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Adam Dukes (1794–Jan 1860), Find A Grave: Memorial #43886324, citing Nutt Cemetery, Panola County, Texas, USA; Maintained by janemcash (contributor 46778944).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Mitchell, Gwenneth Aenone Marshall. Snap and Me and the Marshalls, 144-145, Austin, Texas, 1980.
11. ↑ "Duke Y-DNA Results," FamilyTreeDNA, group surname study (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/duke/dna-results : accessed 20 Jan 2023).
12. ↑ Smyth, Samuel Gordon. A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, 393, New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1909.