McDONALD CO. MO
Formed 1849 from Newton
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 McDonald Co. MO Census (pg.95 also from Vivian Biddle 1982)
53rd District
Pg.93, #2-2, William W. KING 25 IN farmer $200
                  Zilphy 20 AL
                  Robert Larkin 3 TX
                  John Jefferson 10/12 TX
                  (MAD: Wm. W. King mar. Telphy or Telpy Duncan 5/27/1847 in Red River Co. TX)
Pg.95, #29-29, Peter DUNCAN 58 DELA farmer
                  Rebeca 24 KY
                  Hewet C. 21 KY farmer
                  Lewis Cass 1 MO
 

1860 McDonald Co. MO Census (no stamped page numbers, each page numbered individually)
Cooper Twp, P.O. Loonesville
Pg.53, #360-360, Wm. W. KING 35 IN farmer $1000-$200
                  Zilpha (f) 29 AL
                  Robert L. 11 TX, Jno. J. 10 TX
                  Wm. B. 2 MO, David 6/12 MO
Pg.56, #381, Peter DUNCAN 67 DE farmer $0-$0
                  Rebecca 38 IN
                  Lewis Cass? (Duncan) 11 MO
                  Sarah E. 9 MO
                  Josephus 7, Lydia A. 4 MO
                  (MAD: 1870 Jasper Co. MO census)
 

1870 McDonald Co. MO Census
Elk Twp.
Pg.10, #158-152, DUNCAN, Deiner? (Duiner? Deemer??) (m) 44 CT (white), farm laborer, mother of foreign birth (alone)
Rockwood Twp.
Pg.54-55, #17-17, DUNCAN, Dicy (f) 51 TN keeping house $3000-$500
                  John 20 MO farm laborer
                  James 10, Eveline 10 MO
                  Perry (m) 8 MO
                  (MAD: 1860 Newton Co. MO census, widow of A.J. Duncan)
Pg.55, #18-18, DUNCAN, William 27 MO farm laborer $0-$300
                  Susan J. 20 TN keeping house
                  (no children, not mar/in/year)
                  (MAD: William W. Duncan mar. Susan Jane Lamberson 1/10/1867)
Pg.55, #19-19, DUNCAN, Duncan 24 MO farm laborer $0-$0 mar/in/Jan.
                  Nancy J. 19 TN keeping house mar/in/Jan.
                  (MAD: 1880 census shows George C. Duncan)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Index to War of 1812 Pension Applications and Bounty Land Warrant Applications; National Archives Film (FHL films 840,458 and 840,459)
      Duncan, Peter L. or Peter, widow Rebecca; SO 25112, SC 15930; BL 94440- 40-50 cancelled, 54460-80-50, 43553-80-55; Private, Capt. John Duvall's Co. KY Mil. 3/29/1813 to 9/28/1813; Sol. res. 1851, 1853 McDonald Co. MO, 1855, 1856 Newton Co. MO, 1856 McDonald Co. (PO Kent) MO, 1871 Jasper Co. (PO Avilla) MO; maiden name of soldier's 1st wife Nancy A. Hopkins, widow Rebecca Crossley m. Jan. 1848 Jasper Co. MO; soldier d. Sept. 20, 1881, Bower's Mills, MO; Remarks: Soldier was in the engagement at Ft. Meigs, BLW 94440-40-50 cancelled in brief.
      (MAD: 1820 Scott Co. KY census; 1830 Daviess Co. KY census; 1840 Newton Co. MO census; mar. Rebecah Crosby 1/30/1847 Jasper Co. MO; 1850 McDonald Co. MO census)
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Pike Co. MO Deeds
      G-5: 10 Nov. 1832, Gibson Jenkins and wife Sophia to Peter Dunkin (no locality), $150, W 1/2 NE frac. 1/4 Sec.11 T52 R1E, being 65 acres. Wit. Francis Wath, Bird Price. (FHL film 974,438)
      H-42: 26 Oct. 1839, Peter Duncan and wife Nancy (X) (no locality) to Mordicai Amos of Pike Co. MO, $350, land on Ramsey Creek, the W 1/2 NE frac. 1/4 Sec.11 T52 R1E. Wit. Francis Watts JP. (FHL film 974,439) (MAD: ?? see Peter Duncan of 1840 Newton Co. MO census, 1850 McDonald Co. MO census, first wife Nancy A. Hopkins)
 

OTHER RECORDS

Some early Duncans in McDonald Co. MO:
      Nancy M. Duncan, 29 Nov. 1866, mar. Thomas Davidson.
      Sarah F. Dunkin, 10 Dec. 1873, mar. William H. Smith (McDonald Co. MO per Hunting for Bears lists; Warren Co. MO per IGI or Ancestral File)
      W.M. Duncan, 10 June 1869, bankrupt, deed C-423 to Thomas H.B. Laurance. (from Vol.VII#2, Spring 1987, "MO State Genealogical Association Journal" FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 7/1992)
      G.W. Duncan, 29 May 1886, made will, over age 45, naming wife Martha Jane and dau. Rosa Etter, and step-dau. Mary S. Boman; recorded 1 Sept. 1886 in Will Book A, pgs.55-56 (pg.106, Vol.25, 12/1974, "MO Pioneers" FHL book 977.8 D2h, also from Evelyn Sigler and Denzil Mauldin 1984)
      William W. Duncan, before 27 Oct. 1899, died; a Mason; pub. in "The Pineville Democrat" [McDonald Co. MO] (Vol.VII#4, Winter 1987, "MO State Genealogical Association Journal" FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 7/1992)
      MAD: one Hewit Duncan d. by 1842 Daviess Co. KY, wife Rebecca Hopkins, from info of Patrick Hays 8/2000; Peter L. Duncan of McDonald Co. MO had son Hewit C. Duncan.
 

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