DELAWARE MISCELLANEOUS
 

Also see the published abstracts and indexes to military records by Virgil D. White and others for Duncans who served in the various wars.
 

1665-1697 Delaware Census
      No Duncan indexed

Delaware (information from Charles Gordon 8/1983)
      CJG: searched all 3 counties fairly well early; nothing much on Duncans, etc., here; many references to a David Duncan from 1690 to 1725 in court records, jury duty, etc.
 

Monthly Meeting Records, 1740-1943, Society of Friends, Wilmington Monthly Meeting; from original records in the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and Department of Friends Records in Philadelphia (FHL film 441,417; from Louis Boone 9/1984)
      George Duncan signed for Daniel Hall to move from Chester MM (Delaware) to Duck Creek (Maryland) 1739. (LB: may have moved to NY?)
      George Duncan signed something for Thomas Brown, 1718-19 (LB: no explanation of what was signed).
      John Duncan from Abington MM (Bucks Co. PA) (LB: no date, about 1718).
      John and Elizabeth Duncan, 12-10-1807, Elizabeth Duncan to Baltimore (MD) MM.
      Elizabeth Duncan acknowledged for marriage to one not a member, dated Wilmington, 6-18-1807.
      Elizabeth Duncan from Deer Creek, 2 Nov. 1829.
      Elizabeth Duncan from Cecil MM, 8 month 1832, dec'd 3 month, 7th day, 1836.
      Elizabeth Duncan, died 11/13/1851 Wilmington.
 

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, David R.; E 4 US C. Inf.; 1884 Aug. 14, Invalid Appl. #520043, Cert. #984696, Del.
      Duncan, George W.; F 7 Del. Inf.; 1925 Oct. 1, Invalid Appl. #1525475, no cert., Calif; remarks C2330357. (MAD: ? 1850 Montgomery Co. PA, 1860 Kent Co. MD, 1870 Talbot Co. MD; 1910 Imperial Co. CA b.1846 DE)
      Duncan, William H.; C 3 Del. Inf.; 1863 June 19, Invalid Appl. #26606, no cert.
 

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