STE. GENEVIEVE CO. MO
Formed 1812, Original District
Washington formed 1813 from Ste. Genevieve
Jefferson formed 1818 from Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis
Madison formed 1818 from Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve
Perry formed 1820 from Ste. Genevieve
St. Francois formed 1821 from Jefferson, Washington, Ste. Genevieve
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1870 Ste. Genevieve Co. MO Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

OTHER RECORDS

Some early Duncans in Ste. Genevieve Co. MO:
      James Duncan, 15 Feb. 1810, mar. Jane McLaughlin ("MO Marriages Before 1840" by Susan Ormesher)
      Mary Ann Duncan, 2 Dec. 1819, of IL, mar. William Linn Esq. of Ste. Genevieve; from Dec. 11, 1819, issue of "Missouri Herald" pub. at Jackson, MO Territory, now Cape Girardeau Co. MO (pg.44, Vol.3, 1968, "Missouri Pioneers," FHL book 977.8 D2h, from Evelyn Sigler and Denzil Mauldin 1984) (MAD: she from Bourbon Co. KY)
      Matthew Duncan, 29 Nov. 1832, owner of land in Ste. Genevieve Co., Book 6, pg.64, Minutes of First and Second Board of Land Commissioners. (from "Index to the Minutes of the First and Second Board of Land Commissioners, MO" 1805-1812; 1832-1835; by St.Louis Gen. Society; from Louis Boone 1984)
      William Duncan, 11 Nov. 1847, witness to will of Francois Valle naming wife Mary Ann Valle; co-witness Ferdinand A. Roy; recorded 22 Sept. 1849; from Ste. Genevieve Co. MO Abstract of Wills & Administrations 1807-1855 (from pg.25, Vol.19, 3/1973, "MO Pioneers," FHL book 977.8 D2h, from Evelyn Sigler and Denzil Mauldin 1984)

"MO State Genealogical Association Journal" Vol.XIV #3, Summer 1994 (FHL book 977.8 D25m, from Dorothy Franks 2/1995)
      Pgs.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.
 

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