Mathew DUKE
He married Hixy Cheek 13 May 1807 at of North Carolina . Hixy Cheek was born at Warren, North Carolina 15 Aug 1788 daughter of Randolph Cheek and Nancy Green .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Littleton C. Duke
born Abt 1809.
Harriet Green Duke
born 21 Apr 1811.
Emily Edward Duke
born 8 Jan 1810.
Alfred M. Duke
born 1813.
Matthew Jackson Duke
born 1815.
Melvina Dunseath Duke
born 1817.
Mariah Louise Duke
born 1819.
Elizabeth Henry Duke
born 21 Feb 1824.
Robert Randolph Duke
born 21 Feb 1824.
David Moore Duke
born 1 Apr 1826.
Hixy Francis Duke
born 1831.
Nancy Turner Duke
born 1833.
Mathew Duke died 19 Apr 1849 at Chickasaw, Mississippi .
Hixy Cheek died 1866/70 at Navasota, Grimes, Texas .