Download or read book Sentimental Journeys to Duke, Shackelford, Crockett, and More Than Four Hundred Allied Families written by Columbus Welcome Duke and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Duke of Kershaw County, South Carolina, and his wife, Ann, had eleven children, ca. 1762-ca. 1782. His will was written in 1784. Record lists children and some grandchildren for each generation but chiefly follows line of descent to the author's father, Columbus Welcome Duke, Sr. (1849-1931). He was born in Coosa County, Alabama, the son of Allen Morgan Duke (1825-1872). He maigrated to Smith County, Texas, with his parents ca. 1868. He married Susan Eliza Meek (1854-1945) in 1875 at Lindale, Texas. They had eight children, 1876-1898. Descendants lived in Texas and elsewhere.