HEMPSTEAD CO. AR
Formed 1818 from Arkansas
Phillips formed 1820 from Arkansas, Hempstead
Lafayette formed 1827 from Hempstead
Sevier formed 1828 from Hempstead, Miller
Union formed 1829 from Hempstead, Clark
Pike formed 1833 from Clark, Hempstead
Saline formed 1835 from Pulaski, Hempstead
Columbia formed 1852 from Lafayette, Hempstead, Ouachita
Little River formed 1867 from Hempstead
Nevada formed 1871 from Hempstead, Columbia, Ouachita
Howard formed 1873 from Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1840 Hempstead Co. AR Census
      No Duncan indexed

1840 Hempstead Co. AR Census
Main Creek Twp.
Pg.172  A.B. Clemmins      1000,01  -  2110,01
      (MAD: Looking for Abraham Clement, wife Polly or Mary M., dau. of John Duncan of Crawford / Pulaski Co. MO)

1850 Hempstead Co. AR Census (pg.232 also from Mildred Hofer 1/1982)
Canuse Twp.
Pg.232, #44, Sarah DUNCAN 39 TN (blank) $825
                  Jeremiah L. 20, Ashley L. 18 TN
                  Easter A.P. 15 TN
                  Elizabeth E. 12 MS
                  Sarah M. 9, Amarilla C. 6 AR
                  (MAD: Sarah the widow of Wm. B. Duncan of 1830 McNairy Co. TN census, 1840 Marshall Co. MS census; Ashley Summerfield Duncan mar. as A.S. Duncan to Sallie M. Pipkin 8/19/1869 Yalobusha Co. MS, bur. Gonzales Co. TX; Esther Ann Parl Duncan mar. Ebenezer C. Walton 5/17/1857; Elizabeth Emali Duncan mar. Irvin Roberts 8/19/1858; Nancy Duncan had mar. Abraham W. Gee 12/27/1849; Amarilla Duncan mar. Byron L. Sanders 11/29/1865 Hardin Co. TN)
Saline Twp.
Pg.252, #17, Sarah MOSS 65 VA (blank) $1000
                  Zachariah 32 VA laborer
                  Nancy 27 AR
                  John M. 23 AR laborer
                  James T. 4/12 AR
                  Moas DUNCAN (m) 8 AR
                  (MAD: one Moses Dunkin mar. Elizabeth Adkins 9/10/1869)
Pg.254, #35, Chas. C. WHITE 25 AR farmer $0
                  Rebecca 22 TN
                  Thos. 2 AR
                  James LEBEN? 17 TN laborer, Scanilda (f) 16 TN
                  Charles DUNCAN 15 AR
Mine Creek Twp.
Pg.257, #2, Robert F. BRADBURY 46 VA farmer $1200
                  Mary F. 50 VA
                  Frances A. (f) 15, Susan 13, Martha 9 AL
                  Louisiana 5 MS
                  Francis A. (f) 25 VA
                  Green DUNCAN 9 AR

1860 Hempstead Co. AR Census (also from Denzil Mauldin 1/1987)
Ozan Twp.
Pg.710, #173-173, Susan HOLDEN 44 GA (blank) $775-$200
                  Mary A. 12, Martha S. 7 AR
                  Elvira DUNCAN 18 AR
                  Emily 17, Angeline 16 AL
Pg.713, #192-192, Wm. ROSENBUM 30 TN (blank) $0-$0
                  John 9 AR
                  George 18 TN corn laborer $0-$0
                  Martha 60 KY (blank) $0-$200
                  Narcissa 21 TN, Martha 19 TN
                  Green DUNCAN 20 AR (blank) $0-$0
Carouse Twp.
Pg.840-1, #1036-1036, Sarah DUNCAN 49 TN farmer $960-$1091
                  Ashley S. 27 TN farmer
                  Sarah M. 18 AR
                  Amorilla C. (f) 16 AR
                  (MAD: widow of William B. Duncan; Ashley S. Duncan in 1870 Tallahatchie Co. MS census)
Saline Twp.
Pg.856, #1138-1138, James W. AINSWORTH 30 AR farmer $0-$661
                  Mary J. 29 AR
                  Mary J. 10, Nancy J. 8, James E. 5 AR
                  Robert 2, Joseph R. 5/12 AR
                  Wm. DUNCAN 18 AR farm laborer

1870 Hempstead Co. AR Census
Bois d'Arc Twp. (page faint)
Pg.341, #72-72, DUNCAN, Green 31 AR farmer $0-$250
                  Hester 39 AR
                  Sarah 12, George 10 AR
                  Colum. G.M. (f) 9 MS
                  (MAD: Green Duncan mar. Hester Ann Hunt 10/12/1868)
 

LAND RECORDS

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Automated Records Project. Washington [Hempstead Co.], AR Land Office, Act/Treaty of April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale - Cash Entries
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed
      Duncan, Benjamin S, 80 acres, Aug 01 1837 (MAD: Clark Co. AR)
      Duncan, James, 120 acres, May 01 1861
      Duncan, Robert L, 40 acres, Apr 02 1860
      Duncan, Robert L, 40 acres, Apr 02 1860
      Duncan, Robert L, 40 acres, Apr 02 1860
      Duncan, Robert L, 40 acres, Apr 02 1860
      Duncan, Sarah, 78.01+ acres, Nov 01 1849
      Duncan, Sarah, 40 acres, Nov 01 1849
      Duncan, William B, 40 acres, Sep 01 1846
      Duncan, William W, 39.7 acres, Nov 01 1849
      Duncan, William W, 40 acres, Nov 01 1848
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Hempstead Co. Probate Record (from Mildred Hofer 1983)
      Book B, Page 293, Guardian Thomas Williamson for minors of Wm. B. Duncan, deceased. To wit: Jeremiah L. Duncan, Ashley S. Duncan, Nancy A. Duncan, Easter A. Duncan, Elizabeth E. Duncan, Sarah M. Duncan, Mary Etta (in error) should be Amarilla Duncan; appointed on request of widow April term 1845.
      MAD: William B. Duncan estate indexed as 1845, Probate Book BB pg.285, and 1844, Admin. Book G pg.437.
 

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