Listers, Mary Lib Taylor, an excellent Warren Co researcher, has sent me the following information concerning the William R. Duke listed by Manly Wade Wellman (in "The County of Warren") as a Revolutionary War pensioner in the 1840 census. Mrs. Taylor gave her permission to share this with the list: > Just thought I would send some information to help clear up some things > which are not quite correct in Mr. Wellmans book THE COUNTY OF WARREN. > On page 117, Mr. Wellman names a William R. Duke as one of the Rev War > veterans. Mr. Duke's initial is P and not R as stated in the book. He > did > indeed live at that time in the household of one of his sons Doctor M. > Duke. > Doctor being a given name and not a medical Dr. > This William P. Duke is one of my great, great, great, great > grandfathers. > He has been confused with another William P. Duke who was also in Warren > County at the same time. This William later moved to another state. > Several > early researchers have put this information out to the public in > error. The > Duke Family, by Evelyn Brandenberger, is a great source for information > about the different Duke lines in Warren County. Somehow she managed > to get > them in order and with proof. > I am not sure that this William P. Duke was once a commissioner for the > establishment of Warren County's boundries, as there was another William > Duke here at this time also. > Thanks so very much to Mrs. Taylor for sharing this information. -Sandy >