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PARKE CO. IN
Formed 1821 from Vigo, Unorganized Territory
Montgomery formed 1823 from Parke, Putnam
Vermillion formed 1824 from Parke
Fountain formed 1826 from Montgomery, Parke
Tippecanoe formed 1826 from Unorganized Territory, Parke
CENSUS RECORDS
1830 Parke Co. IN Census
Pg.104 John Dunkin 1110,0010,0001 - 1011,01
(MAD: ?? 1820 Hardin Co. KY census;
? d. 1839 Platte Co. MO?)
105 Nathan Dankin? 1200,01 - 2000,1
(MAD: to Macoupin Co. IL)
115 John Dunkin 1012,001 - 2021,01
William Dunkin 0000,1 - 0000,1
1840 Parke Co. IN Census
Pg.150 William Green 1001,0010,001 - 0220,01
Rev. Pensioner Jesse Duncan age 85
1850 Parke Co. IN Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 1/1984)
Green Twp.
Pg.216, #825-825, Halbert HAMILTON 39 KY farmer $2000
Nancy 31 KY
Robert DUNCAN 9, John R. 7 IN
Sarah E. TODD 17 IN
Melvin HUTTON (m) 14 IN
Nancy TODD 9 IN
Pg.217, #829-829, Thomas BURNSIDES 46 KY farmer $2000
Elizabeth 44 OH
Mary J. 16, Isaac N. 12 IN
John H. 9, David W. 9 IN
Sarah M. 6, Martha C. 5 IN
Isaac 50 KY farmer $2000
Robert DUNCAN 15 IN farmer $0
1860 Parke Co. IN Census
Rockville
Pg.584, #17-17, Calvin W. LIVINGS 37 NH banker $4000-$2500
Esther 33 ENG
Esther H. 14, Freddy W. (m) 12 NY
Charles 9 NY
George 5, William H. 1 IN
Elizabeth DUNCAN 18 IRE servant
1870 Parke Co. IN Census
Green Twp.
Pg.84, #254-238, ROSS, John 31 IN (white) farmer $0-$300
Mary 27 IN K.H.
Martha 7 IN
Caleb 15 IN F. laborer
DUNCAN, R.C. (m) 35 IN F.laborer $0-$150
Penn Twp.
Pg.130, #14-14, SILER, Elzira E. (f) 39 IN K.H. $1500-$1200
Hannah 67 NC K.H.
DUNCAN, Woodard (m) 22 IN at school $1200-$0
NEWLIN, Olivia (f) 20 NC school teacher
ESTATE RECORDS
Parke Co. IN Index to Estates, 1833-1981 (FHL film 2,230,726 item 1; SLC 2/2009)
Duncan, Jesse: Adm/exec. A.L. Rouche, amount of bond $40, June 15, 1848; Order Book 4-246; Inventory 9-92; Sale Bill 9-92; Bond Record 1-248; Amount Current Record 5-126; Complete Record 9-91; when discharged Dec. 12, 1850.
Quit 1900, no other Duncan
Parke Co. IN Complete Record Book v.9, Sept. 1850 to March 1852 (FHL film 2,230,729 items 1)
9-91/93: December term, 1850, At a Probate Court begun and held at the Court House in the town of Rockville in the County of Parke and state of Indiana on the 2nd Monday, the same being the ninth day of December 1850 ... The final settlement of the Estate of Jesse Duncan deceased. Be it remembered that at the June term of the Parke Probate Court in 1848 in Park Co. IN, Addison L. Rouche was duly appointed administrator of the estate of Jesse Duncan decd, and Letters of administration were granted, ... (copy of wording) ... 15 June 1848, letters of administration granted to Addison S. Rouch ... Bond dated 15 June 1848 by A.L. Rouche and Jno. G. Davis, $40, to administer estate of Jesse Duncan. Afterwards continued in September and December 1848, and March, June, September, and December 1849, and March, June and September 1850. Now 9 December 1850 Addison L. Roache administrator files an account current. 1848, to boarding nursing & attending deceased in his last sickness, bill by William Green, Dr., $14.50. Received payment in full, December 13, 1850, Wm. (X) Green. Administrator reports he received from the Pension agent at Madison Indiana the sum of $14.50 balance and the deceased as a Revolutionary Soldier at the time of his death, which he has paid over to William Green. The decedent had no other property at the time of his death of any kind whatever. He charges nothing for his services as administrator nor does the clerk make any charge for his services. /s/ A.L. Roache, Dec. 12, 1850. Confirmed by the court, December 13, 1850.
MILITARY RECORDS
JESSE DUNCAN, Rev. Pension Application S-16774 (FHL film 970,863; from National Archives; extract from Alice Duncan 1978-79)
Born 1754 (78 yrs old in 1832), died 9 Feb. 1848, Park Co. IN. Entered service 1778 in Caswell Co. NC, a pvt under Capt. Robt. Moore, Gen. Lincoln, and Maj. Donaho and Col. Lytle; wit. John Price Sr. of Green Co. TN. Muster rolls show Jesse a private in Capt. Reid's Co. 1st Reg, May 1776, discharged 28 May 1779. (MAD: Russell Co. VA County Court Law Order Book 6-31, 5 May 1818; wit. William Paskel, Jesse served ca 1778 under Col. James Sanders, Capt. Robert Moore, Gen. Ash.) Declaration 17/19 Feb. 1829 in Washington Co. VA, age 74; reference ca 1829 to Thomas Paskill of Pulaski Co. KY; declaration 2 Sept. 1832 in Rush Co. IN, age ca 78; declaration 2 May 1833 in Parke Co. IN where he had two children; declaration 29 Dec. 1835 in Russell Co. VA where he also had children, wit. James Lynch; declaration 13 April 1839 in Floyd Co. KY where he had grandchildren living, wit. Jesse Hall; declaration 15 Feb. 1840 in Parke Co. IN where he had daughter living, wit. Lewis Noel; administrator of estate Addison L. Roache, Jesse d. 9 Feb. 1848 in Parke Co. IN; no widow; children: Nancy Lark; Phoebe Lynch; Sally McCoy; Amy Collins; Hannah Green.
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HISTORIES before 1923
1916 "Parke Co. IN Memorial" author not given, pub. by Rockville Chautauqua Assn. (FHL film 1,320,808 item 6)
No index; following from page by page scan
Pg.4-5: The Tippecanoe Campaign and Battle ... no Duncan mentioned.
Pg.127: Revolutionary Soldiers ... It is to be regretted that the request made to the township vice presidents of the Centennial celebration to identify the graves of all Revolutionary soldiers in the County failed of its purpose. It is probable that a score or more soldiers of the American Revolution came to the County in its dearly days ... The most notable, Captain Daniel Stringham ... One Revolutionary soldier, John Duncan, is buried in the Rockville cemetery; another ... No others were reported. ... War of 1812.
1880 "History of Vigo and Parke counties together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley" by Hiram Williams Beckwith (FHL film 934,921 item 3)
Book 1, pg.1-264, History of Wabash Valley by Beckwith
no Duncan biography
Book 2, pg.1-504, History of Parke Co. IN by Beedle
Pg.76: Adams Twp. Rockville Cemetery: ... There are 42 soldiers' graves. One soldier of the revolution lies here -- Jesse Duncan, who fought at Guilford Courthouse. This grave, on the east end of lot No. 147, is unmarked, and all trace of it would long since have disappeared had not Mr. Alexander taken pains to preserve its identity. (other soldiers names) ... Following are the names of the nation's defenders sepulchered in this cemetery: Jesse Duncan, ...
Pg.195: Union Twp. Early Settlers. ... John Duncan entered land in 1822 or 1823, and Thomas Carmichael could not have been non-resident far from this date. ...
Book 3, pg.1-525, History of Vigo Co. IN by Judge S.B. Gookins
No Duncan biography
"Annual report of the Indiana State Horticultural Society : proceedings of the tenth annual session, held at Indianapolis, Jan. 3, 4, and 5, 1871." (anonymous); pub. Indianapolis: R.J. Bright, state printer, 1871, 193 pgs. (LH7249, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
List of members: (pg.8) R.C. Duncan, Nurseryman, Portland Mills, Indiana (MAD: ? Parke Co. IN 1870 census; Portland Mills, Putnam Co. IN)
1893 "Portrait & Biographical Record Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Cos. IN" by Chapman Bros. (FHL film 934,915 item 6)
No Duncan biography in Parke Co. IN; see Montgomery & Fountain Cos. IN.
1904 "Standard atlas of Parke County, Indiana : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county ... Analysis of the system of U.S. land surveys" comp. & pub. by Geo. A. Ogle (SUTRO microfilm 277 Reel 53 book 209, CA State Library, Sutro Branch)
Pg.75, Patrons' Reference Directory: Duncan, Ira W., farmer, Sec.3, Sugar Creek Twp, P.O. Tangier, 1904 (date settled in Parke Co.)
1881 "Combined History of Shelby & Moultrie Counties, Illinois : and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers" pub. by Brink, McDonough & Co. (FHL film 1,000,516 item 1)
Pg.297: Shelby Co. IL, Holland Twp. John Duncan, M.D. Dr. Duncan is among old practitioners of Shelby Co. He was born in Parke Co. IN in 1826. His parents, Nathan and Elizabeth Lavinia Duncan, were natives of NC. They emigrated to IN about 1820, and remained in that state until 1834, when they removed to Macoupin Co. IL and settled near Clyde, where Nathan Duncan still resides. They were among the first settlers and pioneers of both IN and IL. ... June 20, 1865, when he came to Shelby Co. In March 1858 he married Nancy Jane Jones, native of Macoupin Co. ... (MAD: see Shelby Co. IL for more)
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Hardin Co. KY Deed (FHL film 388,595)
J-513: Indenture made at Frankfort, KY, 1 Nov. 1824, Henry Banks of City of Richmond, VA, to John Duncan of Indiana, John Duncan lately claimed 244 acres by several purchases within a tract of 8,000 acres patented in name of Daniel Linder in Hardin Co., said patent recorded in Circuit Court of US by Henry Banks; Duncan wants to obtain conveyance of same tract; in consideration of $122 paid by John Fife of Hardin Co. who sold to John Duncan, 244 acres conveyed by said John Fife and Philip Banger as will appear by deeds recorded in Hardin Co., and 40 acres to John Goodman recorded in said court. Wit. J.B. Thatcher, Jos. Crutcher.
OTHER SOURCES
"Parke Co. IN Old Land Entree Book" by Lilian Hargrove Weller (FHL book 977.2465 R2w) and "Parke Co. IN Land Entries" Vol.I, by Immogene B. Hannan Brown (FHL book 977.2465 R2b and film 1,307,567)
These books list the early land entries 1822-1827 and later, by township and range, including John Duncan of Hardin Co. KY who had 160 acres in T15N R6W (Union Twp.) in 1822, many other entries by a John Duncan in Union, Greene and Penn Twp., and an Andrew and Absolom Duncan who had an entry of 80 acres in T17N R8W (Liberty Twp.) in 1829.
Early existing Parke Co. IN Deeds have been abstracted by Immogene B. Hannan Brown in volumes (FHL books 977.2465 R2b v.2 and later)
"Parke Co. IN Abstract of Deed Book D, 1832-1833" Vol.II, which includes a deed in 1832 from John Duncan and wife Elizabeth of Greene Twp. The author noted that Deed Books A, B and C were destroyed by fire 1832.
"Parke Co. IN Relief Record of Deeds" Vol.III, with the author's note that the relief record of deeds was started in 1833 after the fire. This volume includes deeds by John Duncan and wife Betsy or Elizabeth in 1826, 1827 and 1829, and John Duncan and wife Uly in 1827 (MAD: from Lincoln Co. NC), and a deed in 1831 to Nathan Duncan.
"Parke Co. IN Abstract of County Deed Record 1, 1833-1834" Vol.IV, includes deeds in 1832 to Williamson Duncan, and deeds in 1833 by John Duncan as attorney for Alexander Moore and wife Nancy.
"Parke Co. IN Abstract of County Deed Record 2, 1834-1836" Vol.V, includes deeds in 1834 by Mary Duncan formerly Mary Wood of Nelson Co. KY (sister of John Wood, late of Parke Co. Ind.) to her son Charles Duncan and her son-in-law James W. Tyler of her interest in the estate of her brother John Wood; and 1834 and 1835 deeds from John Duncan and wife Elizabeth, Williamson Duncan and wife Jane (MAD: 1850 Posey Co. IN census) and John Duncan and wife Uley of "Maccoupin" Co. IL.
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