Born in Grainger County,Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Sims
and Eleanor (Dumville) Sims
Sister of
Mary Wright (Sims) Duke
Wife of
William Green Duke
— married
20 Oct 1833 in Saline,TWP Hempstead, Arkansas USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann (Duke) Greenhill, Robert M. Duke, William Samuel Duke, Samuel Gerard Duke and Nancy Ellen (Duke) Hart
Died about
at about age 78
in Red River County, Texas
Profile last modified
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Nancy (Sims) Duke settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.
This profile is part of the Early Red River, Texas One Place Study.
Biography
Name: Nancy Ellen Sims.[1]
Born: 15 Mar 1804 Grainger County, Tennessee.[1]
Married: 2nd William Green Duke, 20 Oct 1833 Hempstead County, Arkansas.[1]
Divorced her 1st husband, William J. Warson, in 1825 in Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory.
Died: abt 1883 Red River County, Texas.[1]
Buried: White Rock Cemetery, Red River County, Texas.[1]
For census listings, see profiles of her husband & son-in-law.
Nancy (Sims) Duke was a Texan.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~0.39%
Brenda (Sherritt) Mitchiner
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