The Duke Family

The following resources may prove helpful in researching Duke family genealogy. View a family tree of Washington Duke's descendants.

Many of the Duke family manuscripts collections also contain genealogical information about the Taylor and Dicey Jones Duke branch of the family, as well as the Roney family. These collections are listed in the "Duke Family Manuscript Collections" tab.

• Armstrong, Zella "The Duke Family" in Notable Southern Families, III. Chattanooga, TN: Lookout Publishing Co., 1918-1926. See pages 33-43.

• Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. The Duke Family. [s.l.] : Brandenberger, c1979-c1995.

• Duke, Nanaline H., William Robertson Perkins, and George Garland Allen. Determination by the executors of James B. Duke, deceased, of those entitled to participate in the distribution to be made under item VI of the last will and testament of said decedent and of the amounts they are, respectively, entitled to receive. [New York City, NY: Privately printed, 1927].

• Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor: His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 1949. (Online access via HathiTrust.)

• Durden, Robert F. "A Troublesome Legacy: James B. Duke's Bequests to his Cousins." North Carolina Historical Review, Autumn 1973.

• Morris, Jane Sims Davison. The Duke-Symes Family. Philadelphia: Dorrance and Co., c1940. See pages 105-119. (Online access via HathiTrust.)

• Smyth, Samuel Gordon. A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family. Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1909. (Online access via HathiTrust.)