John R. Duke Family 

CRAWFORD COUNTY, GA - BIBLES - John R. Duke Family

Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
Archives by: Patsy Gaultney Adams  PAdams1053@aol.com


Table of Contents page: 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/crawford.htm
Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm


John R. Duke Holy Bible Records of Marriage and Birth
Bible in possession of Lenora Haskins, Dudley, Georgia
Recorded by Patsy Gaultney Adams 20 May 1998
John R. Duke was Bornd May 23, 1826
Sarah J. Duke was Bornd Nov 29, 1834 (nee Sarah Jane Brice/Bryce)
Mary E. Duke was Bornd (not legible)
another name (not legible) Bornd Dec 6, 1852
nnen T. Duke was Bornd Oct 13, 1854
James C. Duke was Bornd Nov 11, 1855 James Campbell Duke)
Sarah E. Duke was Bornd March 18, 1857 (Sarah Elizabeth)
Thomas J. Duke was Bornd Dec 12, 1858
Susan Duke was Bornd Nov 14, 1860
John Duke was Born Oct 22, 1862
Josiah R. Duke was Born Aug 14, 1864
Dolly Duke was Born Jan 22, 1867
Morgan Duke was Bornd July 13, 1868 (aka: Capton Morgan)
Wolf Duke was Bornd Dec 19, 1869
David Duke was Bornd Jan 7, 1874
Matty Duke was Bornd Dec 15, 1873
Ben Hill Duke was Bornd Dec 12, 1880
*Handwriting all the same ...almost perfect calligraphy style
Marriage Record is an 8x10 page in the Bible as a Marriage Certificate.
All the handwriting is the same except for the witnesses. 

It appears all witnesses actually signed the page.
John R. Duke of Crawford County, Ga and Sarah J. Bryce of
County and State on may 3,1849 at her father’s House by the Rev. 
Heyham Powell of same County and State.
Witness J J Clarks Witness W-Wells