Sandy, I'm glad I could help a little. I don't know the reason why Green Duke, Sr. would have given Lewis the land in trust either, for as you said, it was usually done in cases of a minor. Perhaps someone reading these messages can help and will reply. By the way, have you seen the messages being posted by Kevin Dukes about the William Duke family? I think he may be able to help you in some of this. Deloris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy" <teylu@earthlink.net> To: "Deloris Williams" <vze3zfbd@verizon.net> Cc: <NCWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [NCWARREN-L] DUKE - the various Green Dukes > > On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 12:47 AM, Deloris Williams wrote: > > > Son LEWIS- in trust for my son GREEN B. DUKE, land adj. > > MRS. MARSHALL, COL. BENJAMIN HAWKINS, WILLIAM WATSON, the fork of the > > creek, > > the land I gave my son LEWIS, the ridge path, the ninety-six old field, > > also > > Negroes Peter, Nan, Lucy, Fed, and Petro, and my son GREEN, may have the > > profits from this property, but may not remove or sell the Negroes or > > abuse > > the property. > > Deloris, > > Thanks so much for all of the information. > > One thing strikes me as perhaps a bit "odd" in the above excerpt from > the will of Green Duke Sr. > This will apparently was written 14 Feb 1811, at which time the Green B. > Duke enumerated in Warren Co in 1850 was already married (he married in > 1806) - > and in 1811 this Green B. Duke (husband of Rebecca Robertson) would have > been about 30 years old. > > So I'm not clear why Green Duke Sr. placed property with son Lewis "in > trust for son Green B. Duke" ?? > > Normally, such trusts involve children under age 21 - but perhaps > someone knows some other reason why this property might have been placed > "in trust" for a married man now 30 years old? > > -Sandy > >