Seaborn Jeremiah Duke (1808 - 1881)

Born 8 Mar 1808 in Franklin, Heard, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane Brown — married 4 Dec 1823 in Putnam, Georgia

Husband of Mary Jane (Dansby) Duke — married 30 Oct 1838 in Troup, Georgia

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1881 at age 72 in Troup, Georgia

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Biography

Seaborn was born about 1808. He passed away in 1881.

He married Mary Dansby Cato on 30 October 1838 in Troup County, Georgia. ^[1] She had been married previously to William Cato.

They appear together with three Cato children and five Duke children in the 1850 census. ^[2] The Duke children were:

• Mary, 10
• Martha, 9
• Sarah, 7
• Lorena, 4
• Frances, 1

The Cato children were:

• Ellen, 18
• Robert, 16
• William, 24

In the 1860 census, Seaborn is listed as a Methodist Clergyman. Seaborn and Mary's household include the above Duke children, plus a Robert Duke, age 24 (who might have Robert Cato).^[3]

In the 1880 census, he is listed as age 72, employed as a local preacher. He and Mary are living with daughter Lenora (possibly Lorena above?), a Hardaway family, and a Lola Wood.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Seaborn J. Duke amd Mary J. Cato in the Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944. Hunting For Bears, comp.. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.Ancestry Record 7839 #55990
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYD-2PG : 4 April 2020), Sebnn [Seaborn] J Duke in household of William W Cate, Troup county, part of, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing family 492, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Seaborn J Duke in the 1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Census Place: Heard, Georgia; Page: 764; Family History Library Film: 803127. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Ancestry Record 7667 #11281288
4. ↑ Sebom [Seaborn] J. Duke in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrisonville, Troup, Georgia; Roll: 167; Page: 558C; Enumeration District: 127. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry Record 6742 #41050442

• Year: 1838; Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.