ST. FRANCOIS CO. MO
Formed 1821 from Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Washington
Iron formed 1857 from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St. Francois, Washington, Wayne
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 St. Francois Co. MO Census (from Vivian Biddle 1982)
Liberty
Pg.67  Thomas Duncan      0000,101  -  0001,001
            (MAD: ? 1850 Crawford Co. MO census)

1850 St. Francois Co. MO Census (also from Vivian Biddle 1982)
Pg.162, #144, James DUNCAN 26 TN farmer $0
                  Elizabeth 27 TN (not mar/in/year, no ch. shown)
                  (MAD: ?? 1860 Madison Co. MO census ??)

1860-1870 St. Francois Co. MO Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

OTHER RECORDS

St. Francois Co. MO Marriages (FHL film 914,393)
      Pg.84: James S. Duncan and Elizabeth Ham, both of age, of Co. of St. Francois, mar. 11 June 1846 by Samuel P. Harris JP
      Francois Dunkin mar. Luther R. Chapman 7 May 1840; listed on "Hunting for Bears" CD as St.Clair Co. MO, listed as St.Francois Co. MO in query by Donna Kennedy 1999 with info the family moved to Crawford Co. MO by 1850, named dau. Obedience.
 

The St.Francois Co. MO Historical Society webpages include birth, death and probate index information, including Duncans. (web address from Charles Dalton 9/2002) Scroll down the page and click on the Historical Society pages:
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mackley
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Revolutionary War, War of 1812 & Indian Wars Index - MO (from index cards of Kit Smith 8/1983)
      Margaret Duncan, St. Francois Co., #30039, July, 1880

BENJAMIN R. DUNCAN Civil War Pension #734234 (from Audrey Miller 6/1989; see Madison Co. MO)
      Questionnaiare, 4 May 1898, answers by Benj. R. Duncan (/s/ B.R. Duncan). Married, wife's maiden name was Amanda A. Lewis, married 27 May 1860 in Madison Co. MO by Squire Amos Lunsford, recorded in Fredericktown, MO. I was never married before. Three children living: Emma Duncan b. Aug. 24, 1868; Mary Rosetta Duncan b. March 25, 1872; Benjamin F. Duncan b. April 6, 1874.
      Pensioner dropped, 4 May 1906 because of death.
      Declaration for Widow's Pension, act of April 19, 1908. (no date, received 8 Dec. 1916) Amanda A. Duncan, widow of Benjamin Ray Duncan, who was at Pilot Knob or Fredericktown in the war; that she was married under the name of Amanda Angeline Lewis at Minta Motte, MO, on 27 May (no year) by Rev. Noah Lunsford; she had not been previously married; the soldier had not been previously married; the soldier died June 1906 at or near Hot Springs, AR; her P.O. is Knob Lick, R.F.D. 1, City or town of Knob Lick, St. Francois Co. MO.
 

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