|
|
Duncan research files of |
FAYETTE CO. IL
Formed 1821 from Bond, Wayne, Clark, Jefferson
Marion formed 1823 from Fayette, Jefferson
Clay formed 1824 from Wayne, Lawrence, Fayette
Clinton formed 1824 from Washington, Bond, Fayette, Crawford
Shelby formed 1827 from Fayette
Effingham formed 1831 from Fayette, Crawford
CENSUS RECORDS
1830 Fayette Co. IL Census
Pg.232 Mathew Duncan 0213,811 - 0011,01
(MAD: 1820 Jackson Co. IL census,
1840 Shelby Co. IL census)
234 James M. Duncan 0010,01 - 2300,2001
(MAD: 1820 Jackson Co. IL census; lived Fayette Co. IL
1821-1831, had public domain land in Effingham Co. IL
and many other counties; mar. Margaret Sprigg 2/1/1820
Randolph Co. IL)
1840 Fayette Co. IL Census
Eastern
Pg.173 Charles B. Duncan 0000,2 - 0000,1
(MAD: son of Nimrod Duncan and Lucy Browning; mar.
Elizabeth Mahon 11/7/1839; 1850 Marion Co. IL census)
1850 Fayette Co. IL Census
Pg.422, #518, Hale T. DUNCAN 40 KY farmer $200
Mary 27 TN
Betsey Ann 9 TN
Nancy 5, Sarah 3, Marilla M. 1 IL
(MAD: ?? 1860 Marion Co. IL, age 40, new family ??; Hale T. Duncan mar. Mary Howard 4/11/1844, consent of her mother Elizabeth Ross)
Pg.425, #565, Nimrod DUNCAN 31 KY farmer $250
Mary A. 18 IL
(MAD: not mar/in/year)
(MAD: Nimrod Duncan mar. Mary Ann Brown 8/20/1848 with consent of her father W.D. Brown)
1860 Fayette Co. IL Census
Richland Twp.
Pg.54, #355-361, Nimrod DUNCAN 39 KY (blank) $0-$250
Mary Ann 26 IL
Lucy Ann 8, Mary S. 6 IL
Geo. W. 4, Sarah F. 1 IL
James DUN 30 KY farming $600-$400
Margaret 25 KY
Mary "2" 10 IL
1870 Fayette Co. IL Census
Bear Grove Twp.
Pg.600, #83-88, CROUCH, J.W. (m) 36 IL farming $6000-$1000
Jane M. 33 IL keeping house
Wm. M. 14 IL at school
Sarah J. 12 IL at school
Martha L. 6 IL
Mary E. 3 IL
Thetta A. (f) 1 IL
Lisanna W. (f) 76 VA no occupation
DUNCAN, J. (m) 22 IL farm hand
(MAD: J. Duncan indexed as age 12 but age plainly written)
Pg.600, #86-91, DUNCAN, Wm. 40 TN farming $7000-$1200
Solphronia (f) 36 IL keeping house
Amanda 17 IL at school
Wm. 9, James 7, Dora 3 IL
Jesse (f) 6/12 IL b.Dec.
(MAD: 1860 Clinton Co. IL census; "Solphronia" as written)
Pg.600, #88-93, WILLIAMS, Wm. A. 26 MO farming renter $0-$200
Mary E. 22 TN keeping house
Joseph 2 IL
DUNCAN, Jos. D. 22 IL farm hand
(MAD: ??? Jas? D. - indexed Jos. D. but hard to tell)
Sharon Twp.
Pg.650, #24-24, DUNCAN, Wm. W. 30 OH physician $1000-$400, mar. in Sept.
Jennie S. 24 OH keeping house, mar. in Sept.
-not named (m) 1/12 IL b.July- (crossed out)
Wilberton Twp.
Pg.827, #186-186, DUNCAN, Nimrod (m) 52 KY farmer $0-$0 (white)
Mary 39 IL keeping house
Lucy 20, Mary 17, George 15, Sarah 12 IL
Elizabeth 10, Barba (f) 6, Nancy 3, Amanda 1 IL
LAND RECORDS
Original Land Entries, Fayette Co. IL, Wilberton Twp, Twp 5N Range 2E (from Lois Laird to Dorothy Franks to MAD 1990)
LL: It is generally assumed that Nimrod Duncan died in Logan Co. KY before the Duncan family migrated to Fayette Co. IL because of Logan Co. KY Deed V-118 in 1837; however, land records in Fayette Co. IL show one Nimrod Duncan there as early as 1829; this may have been Nimrod Duncan Jr., but facts are not known at this time.
Section 4
1839, Sept. 26, Nimrod Duncan, NE NW 41.91 acres (LL: apparently Jr.)
1837, Apr. 12?, Charles B. Duncan, NW 40 acres
Section 5
1849, June 19, Richard Day, SE 42.07 acres
1849, March 1, Richard Day, SW 40 acres
1837, April 13, Charles B. Duncan, E SE 80 acres
1837, Feb. 3, Richard Day, W 80 acres
Section 8
1845, Feb. 17, Richard Day, NW 40 acres
1848, Aug. 11, John B. Dunn, SW 40 acres
1849, March 1, Richard Day, E, NW NW 120 acres
1869, Nov. 30, Jos. W. Gelsinger & Nimrod Duncan, NE SW 40 acres (LL: has to be Jr.)
1837, March 28, John B. Dunn, NE SE 40 acres
1829, Aug. 25, Nimrod Duncan, SE 40 acres
Section 17
1848, Aug. 11, John B. Dunn, NW 40 acres
1850, Feb. 1, Nimrod Duncan, SW 40 acres (LL: Jr.)
1852, Aug. 10, Same (Nimrod Duncan), SE 40 acres
1838, Sept. 15, John B. Dunn, E 80 acres
1854, Jan. 20, John B. Dunn, SW 40 acres
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Clay Co. IL Deeds 1826-1878 (from grantor index on FHL film 1,008,797; grantee index on FHL film 1,008,799; SLC 6/19/2008)
B-103: Mortgage, 1 March 1838, William Linn & wife Polly Ann Linn of town of Vandalia, IL, to Joseph Duncan of Morgan Co. IL, land (many tracts, not copied) in Counties of McLean, Shelby, Fayette, Effingham and Clay; Joseph Duncan is security for Wm. Linn as receiver of public moneys. Wit. J.M. Duncan. /s/ William Linn, Polly Ann Duncan Linn. Acknowledged as Mary Ann Duncan Linn. (FHL film 1,008,801)
Clinton Co. IL Deeds (SLC 6/19/2008 & 6/20/2008)
E-478: 1 March 1837, James M. Duncan and wife Margaret F. of Fayette Co. IL to James D. Morrison of Randolph Co. IL, $40, quit claim to said James Donaldson Morrison the E 1/2 SW 1/4 Sec.28 Twp.2N Range 2W. Wit. F. Fireman, Jas. W. Berry. (FHL film 1,007,046)
Jefferson Co. IL Deed (FHL film 1,003,257)
A-196: 13 Dec. 1831, James M. Duncan and wife Margaret T. of Vanachas? in Fayette Co. IL to Samuel? Atcheson of Jefferson Co. IL, $80, 80 acres, W 1/2 SW 1/4 Sec. 5, Twp 3S Range 4E, sold at auction to Duncan by William Lee, admr. of estate of James Kelly decd, Sept. 1837; court decree. No wit.
Marion Co. IL Deed (FHL film 1,011,001)
F-431: 30 July 1848, John B. Dunn and wife Mary (X) of Fayette Co. IL to Charles B. Duncan of "said" Co., for $25, E 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec. 4, T5N, R2E, 20 acres. Wit. W.D. Brown. Appeared in Fayette Co.
Morgan Co. IL Will Record (FHL film 1,317,859)
B-83: Will of Ann M. Duncan; being under many obligations for the kindness shown to me by my father, mother and sisters; to my brother-in-law Charles W. Price in trust all my estate, consisting chiefly of following (land description not copied here; land in Morgan Co. IL, Fayette Co. IL); land in trust for support of my father James M. Duncan and my mother Margarett T. Duncan during their joint lives, and the survivor for his or her life; if necessary a portion be sold; after their deaths to my sisters Caroline C. Price and Margaret Jane Duncan, share and share alike. Appoint Charles W. Price executor. Sept. 18, 1851. Wit. Wm. Brown, Susan B. Brown. Proved on oath of witnesses 27 Jan. 1851. Bond posted by Charles W. Price and James M. Duncan, for Charles W. Price to act as exec.
HISTORIES before 1923
"Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois" by Jacob L. Traylor; pub. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1904, 768 pgs. (LH8173, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
Pg.124,127: J.P. PRICE, Montgomery Co., farmer, East Fork township. He was born in Fayette county, Illinois, October 22, 1849, a son of Thomas and Celia (Duncan) Price. The father, a native of Virginia, remained in that state until about twenty years of age, when he removed to Tennessee, where he carried on general farming, ... he died in the year 1861. In his family were eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom four are now living. J.P. Price remained a resident of Fayette Co. until age 16, then to Montgomery Co., married Dec. 13, 1872, to Miss Helen Isabel McNitt, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Cress) McNitt. ....
OTHER SOURCES
"MO State Genealogical Association Journal" Vol.XIV #3, Summer 1994 (from Dorothy Franks 2/1995)
Pg.124-128 contain an article about William Linn of Ste.Genevieve and Perry Cos. MO and Fayette Co. IL, by Phyllis J. Bauer, assisted by Norman R. Peters. "This article first appeared in the surname quarterly 'Lynn/Linn Lineage,' Vol. VII, No. 1 - Spring 1993." Among other things, the article says that William Linn of Ste.Genevieve married Polly Ann Duncan of Cape Girardeau, about the end of 1819, and refers to tax lists in Perry Co. MO from 1819 to 1826. The article says that Polly Ann Duncan was the sister of Joseph Duncan, Governor of Illinois 1834-1838, and that the Linns lived in or near Vandalia, Fayette Co. IL, when William died in 1847. The article has much more about their family and lives, and lists sources.
"Fayette [Co. IL] Facts" Vol.13 #3, Sept. 1984 (FHL book 977.3797 B2f; and from Catherine Strider 5/1985)
Pgs.89-92 contain an article about the Duncan Family, with the note that material for the sketch of the Duncan Family was furnished by Mrs. Irene Brookshier of Moweaqua, IL, her daughter, Glenora Brookshier Cole of Phoenix, Ariz. & R.A. Carlock of Taylorville, Ill. The older generations had been printed in a book by Nancy Reba Roy, "Descendants of William Duncan, the Elder." The article covers Nimrod Duncan, b.ca 1766 Culpeper Co. VA, d. bef. 1836 in Logan Co. KY, mar. 12/24/1797 in VA to Lucy Browning; his widow Lucy was in Morgan Co. IL in 1836 where she gave power of attorney to her son Charles B. Duncan of Morgan Co. to settle the estate of the deceased Nimrod Duncan in Logan Co. KY. The settlement of the estate named all the heirs. The article gives much more about the children of Nimrod Duncan and Lucy Browning, and the children of his son Nimrod Duncan (Jr.) and Mary Ann Brown. Greenup B. Duncan, son of Nimrod Duncan (Sr.), lived in Greene Co. IL. Charles Browning Duncan, son of Nimrod Duncan (Sr.), died in 1873 in Erath Co. TX, from other information, author unknown.
END
Return to Index to Duncan Research Files in Illinois
Return to The Genealogy Bug's Home Page