FLOYD CO. KY
Formed 1799 from Fleming, Mason, Montgomery
Clay formed 1806 from Madison, Floyd, Knox
Perry formed 1820 from Clay, Floyd
Lawrence formed 1821 from Floyd, Greenup
Pike formed 1821 from Floyd
Morgan formed 1822 from Floyd, Bath
Johnson formed 1843 from Floyd, Morgan, Lawrence
Magoffin formed 1860 from Floyd, Johnson, Morgan
Martin formed 1870 from Lawrence, Floyd, Pike, Johnson
Knott formed 1884 from Perry, Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1810-1850 Floyd Co. KY Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Floyd Co. KY Census
Prestonburg
Pg.18, #124, Henry HAINLINE?? 30 KY farmer $135
                  Elizabeth 25 KY spinster
                  Andrew 14, Sarah 12, Martha 10, Daniel 8 KY
                  Margarette 5, Tandy? (m) 2 KY
                  Jas. H. DUNCAN 22 VA farmer $0-$30
Pg.18, #125, John DUNCAN 45 VA farmer $0-$100
                  Leah? (Linda? Sarah? Lousa?) 40 VA spinster
                  Joseph 16, John D. 14, William T. 13 VA
                  Mary C?. 9, Thomas 6, Charles 5 VA
                  (MAD: 1850 Russell Co. VA census; 1870 Carter Co. KY census)
Pg.42, #282, James F. DUNCAN 30 VA farmer $0-$175
                  Martha 19 VA seamstress
                  John M. 1 KY
                  (MAD: 1870 Johnson Co. KY census)

1870 Floyd Co. KY Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

MILITARY RECORDS

JESSE DUNCAN, Rev. Pension Application S-16774 (FHL film 970,863; from National Archives)
      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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OTHER SOURCES

"Jenny Wiley country, a history of the Big Sandy Valley in Kentucky's eastern highlands and genealogy of the region's people" (Boyd, Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd Cos.?) by C. Mitchel Hall, 1972, 4 vols. (from Evelyn Sigler 1/1985; also FHL book 976.92 H2h) (4 volumes)
      Pg.305: Johnson Family, contains information on some of the Duncans in this area.
 

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