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TUSCARAWAS CO. OH
Formed 1808 from Muskingum
Coshocton formed 1810 from Muskingum, Tuscarawas
Harrison formed 1813 from Jefferson, Tuscarawas
Holmes formed 1824 from Coshocton, Wayne, Tuscarawas
Carroll formed 1833 from Columbiana, Stark, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas
CENSUS RECORDS
1820 Tuscarawas Co. OH Census Wayne Twp. Pg.160 Henry Duncan 310001 - 20210 1830 Tuscarawas Co. OH Census Wayne Twp. Pg. 20 Henry Duncan 0101,1000,1 - 0201,2001
1840-1860 Tuscarawas Co. OH Census
No Duncan indexed
1870 Tuscarawas Co. OH Census
Oxford Twp.
Pg.260, #59-56, HILL, Jessie (m) 58 OH farmer $6000-$800
Rebecca 48 OH keeping house
Susan 25 OH at home
Isaac 19 OH works on home farm, mar. in Nov.
Eliza F. 4 OH at home
Sophia 18 SWITzerland son's wife in family, mar. in Nov., parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN, William 16 OH farm laborer
Pg.264, #111-107, DUNCAN, Leven (m) 46 MD farm laborer $0-$200
Charles 21, Jacob 19 MD farm laborers
James 15, Daniel 13 MD farm laborers
Sarah 11 MD keeping house
Louisa 9 MD at home
Julia 7 MD at home
(MAD: 1860 Worcester Co. MD census)
Salem Twp.
Pg.313, #101-102, POLAND, James 92 VA farmer-retired $2000-$400
HAMBY, John 66 MD farmer, mar. in Apr.
Nancy J. 49 OH keeping house, mar. in Apr.
DUNCAN, Elizabeth 19 OH domestic
Pg.313, #102-103, LOVETT, Daniel 69 MD farmer $800-$200
Margaret 55 MD keeping house
DUNCAN, William 17 OH farm laborer
ESTATE RECORDS
Tuscarawas Co. OH Will Record 1810-1864 (typed) (FHL film 890,354)
1-63: Will of Henry Duncan of Wayne Twp, Tuscarawas Co. OH, 10 Aug. 1833. To my wife Elizabeth Duncan all residue during her life or widowhood for support of my minor children, to give them education so far as circumstances will permit and keep them together as long as she remains single if they live agreeable with her and the remainder of the family. All my children shall have equal shares at death of my wife except two of my sons that is James and John Duncan for circumstances not here specified they are to have $50 less than a share in proportion to the others and my dau. Anne who is weakly of body, to have 1/3 part of a share more than any of the rest of my children. Executor to sell the farm on which we now reside at any time deemed proper; appoint wife Elizabeth Duncan and son Benjamin Duncan executors. Wit. Henry Beardorff, Daniel Baker, Peter Himes; probated April 1834.
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Washington Co. PA Deed (SLC 2/2009)
2C-202/203: 24 ... 1818, Henry Duncan of Tuscarawas Co. OH, attorney in fact for Elizabeth Duncan his wife, to Richard Miller of Washington Co. PA; for $350, sell to Richard Miller their right etc. to the one undivided fifth part of a tract or piece of land ... (meets & bounds not copied) containing 183 acres some perches (it is part of the tract of land granted to James McNairy decest in pursuence of a warrant dated 8 Sept. 1785) for which a patent was obtained 26 Sept. 1787 and inroled in the Rolls Office in Patent Book No.11 page 221 on 29 Sept. 1787; and by the said James McNary decest bequeathed to the said Elizabeth Duncan in his will dated 17 Feb. 1815 duly proven and recorded in the office for recording wills, and the said Elizabeth Duncan legatee of the said James McNairy decest by instrument dated 27 Feb. 1818 appointed her husband the said Henry Duncan her attorney in fact to sell the undivided fifth part together with the right etc. of him the said Henry Duncan attorney in fact for Elizabeth Duncan his wife in virtue of the power of attorney. /s/ Henry Duncan. Wit: John White, John Miller. Recd. for $350, wit. John Miller. Washington Co. PA, appeared Henry Duncan, agent of Elizabeth Duncan his wife, 23 March 1818. Rec. 22 June 1818. (FHL film 862,524)
HISTORIES before 1923
"Ohio annals : historic events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in other portions of the state of Ohio : adventures of Post, Heckewelder and Zeisberger, legends and traditions of the Kophs, Mound Builders, red and white men : adventures of Putnam and Heckewelder, founders of the state : local history, growth of Ohio in population, political power, wealth and intelligence" by Charles Whittlesy, Lachlan McIntose; ed. by Charles Hollowell Mitchener; pub. Dayton, Ohio: T.W. Odell, 1876, 364 pgs. (LH10310, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 977.1 H2mi and film 928,153 item 7)
Pg.306: Oldest Inhabitants of Wayne Township: Born between 1760 and 1770 ... Henry Duncan. Born between 1770 and 1780, Mrs. Henry Duncan, ... (MAD: 1830 Tuscarawas Co. OH census)
OTHER RECORDS
Some early Duncans in Tuscarawas Co. OH:
Margaret Duncan, 15 May 1834?, mar. Henry Webb.
Mary Duncan, 8 Dec. 1835, mar. David Young.
Henry Duncan, 1825, on tax list ("Index of the OH 1825 Tax Duplicate" by Gerald M. Petty, 1981, FHL book 977.1 R42p; from Deone Penquite 10/1991)
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