Francis was born about 1770.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-NLH : 12 April 2016), Francis Durden, Washington county, Washington, Georgia, United States; citing family 1031, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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