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GONZALES CO. TX
Formed 1836 from Old Mexican Municipality
Comal formed 1846 from Bexar, Gonzales, Travis
DeWitt formed 1846 from Goliad, Gonzales, Victoria
Guadalupe formed 1846 from Bexar, Gonzales
Lavaca formed 1846 from Colorado, Victoria, Jackson, Gonzales
Caldwell formed 1848 from Gonzales
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 Gonzales Co. TX Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 1983)
(two stamped page numbers on each page)
Peach Creek
Pg.325 (650), #14-14, T.I/J. SANDERS (m) 33 NC (blank) $100
Nancy 27 AL
Margaret 11 AL
Isaac 3 TX
James CANACHY 30 KY (blank)
Luiza (f) 17 TX (not m/in/year)
(MAD: see 1860 Fayette Co. TX census, Nancy Duncan b.1824 Jackson Co. AL, mar. 2nd William Adams 1861 Hays Co. TX)
Gaudalou.
Pg.333 (666), #153-153, John DUNCAN 30 LA blacksmith $50
Nancy 25 LA
Luizar (f) 1 TX
Gandies
Pg.334 (668), #175-175, Benjamin DUNCAN 57 MO -- $20,000
Amanda 16, Elizabeth 12 TX
Becky (f) 10, Benjamin 9 TX
(MAD: one Ben Duncan 21 TX in 1860 Medina Co. TX census)
1860 Gonzales Co. TX Census (and from Jean Walker 6/1984)
P.O. Gonzales, taken 6/21/1860
Pg.93, #337-311, Benj. DUNCAN 71 GA farmer $27,000-$9,000
Bettie 21 TX
Robt. 3 TX
Chas. T. RHODES 27 GA overseer $0-$200
Mary 37 GA
Nancy 8, Jno. T. 6 AL
Rebecca 4, Betsey 8/12 TX
P.O. Big Hill, taken 6/22/1860
Pg.97, #381-353, M.C. BLASSINGAME (f) 28 GA planter $3,500-$25,000
Nardia? (f) 5, Matty 4, Sally 3 TX
Jno. SIMMONS 22 MS planter $0-$18,000
P. AVANT (m) 24 TN overseer $0-$500
Jas. DUNCAN 53 SC farm hand $0-$300
J.K.P. BLACKBURN (m) 23 TN school teacher $0-$250
1870 Gonzales Co. TX Census
Precinct #1, The inner & outer town of Gonzales (first name first)
Pg.403, #50-50, Branett BADGER (m) 31 GA (white) druggist $2000-$500
Elizabeth M. 27 TX keeping house $2000-$0
Helen M. 8 TX $2500-$100
Walter H. 6 TX $2500-$120
Alice A. 1 TX $2500-$120
Ann DUNCKIN 50 MS BLACK cook
Precinct #1 (first name written first)
Pg.411, #156-156, Alexander DUNCKIN 65 TN BLACK laborer $0-$300
Phoebe 50 MO BLACK keeping house
Pg.414, #196-196, Green DUNCKIN (DUNEKIN?) 50 GA BLACK laborer $0-$50
Rachael 40 KY BLACK keeping house
Jane WILLIAMS 26 TX BLACK cook? $0-$75
William A. 10, Sarah 8 TX BLACKS
Lewis 6, Catherine 3 TX BLACKS
Precinct #2
Pg.437, #333-346, DUNCAN, Jordon (m) 43 KY BLACK farming $0-$469
Dilley (f) 33 KY BLACK keeping house
Mariah (f) 18 TX BLACK "help"
Coleman 15, America (f) 12 TX BLACKS "help"
Houston (m) 10 TX BLACK "help"
Jordon Jr. (m) 6 TX BLACK
Cally (f) 10 TX BLACK
Precinct #3
Pg.467, #476-476 indexed John Duncan, actually John RUINAN
MILITARY RECORDS
Index to TX Confederate Pension Records (from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1983)
Application, Name, County, Book
06121, Duncan, Ann Eliza, Gonzales, 1
HISTORIES before 1923
1914 "History of TX and Texans" by Frank W. Johnson, Vol.1-5 (SUTRO book F386 J66 1914, CA State Library, Sutro Branch; and FHL book 976.4 H2j)
Vol.3 pg.1360: JOHN DUNCAN, now living in Columbus [Colorado Co.], TX; b. 28 Aug. 1838 in Matagorda Co. TX, son of Capt. John Duncan of KY and Julia (Coen) Duncan of CT. Both parents were brought to AL during childhood where they married; Capt. John Duncan operated boats on the Alabama River between Catawba, Mobile and Selma. Captain John Duncan came to Texas shortly before the TX Revolution, to the Caney Valley; he enlisted in Moseley Baker's Company, was in service until the end after the Battle at San Jacinto, then he returned to his lands in Alabama and returned to Texas with slaves. Capt. John Duncan & wife had five children, son John is now the only survivor. The others were Thomas (oldest), Samuel, Mrs. Dexter Walker, Mrs. John Reeves. John Duncan was in the Civil War, married 12 March 1885 Miss India Green of Gonzales Co., dau. of William Green who came from MS. John Duncan & wife had one child, John Green Duncan, who died in young manhood at the age of 24 (MAD: no wife mentioned for John Green Duncan). (MAD: ?? 1830 Mobile Co. AL census; ?? son of Samuel Duncan died 1826 Fayette Co. KY; 1850 Matagorda Co. TX census shows John Duncan b. 1795 PA)
"A Twentieth century history of southwest Texas" by William Barret Travis; pub. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1907, 1313 pgs. (LH11946, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,601 items 1-2)
Vol.II, pg.205: BEN DUNCAN is not only one of the brave pioneers who did a bold and faithful part in snatching Texas from the hands of the Indians and desperadoes who infested its soil in the early days, but has brought himself to a substantial condition of prosperity, brightened with honor and affection. He was born in Gonzales county, this state, in 1838, was reared on the frontier and remained to be a large factor in the preservation of law and the development of the county into civilized and modern communities. In 1856, then eighteen years of age, he came to the vicinity of his present home in Frio county, and has therefore been a resident of his locality for more than half a century.
Mr. Duncan is one of the small guard of old frontiersmen still living, and certainly none of that band have had a more typical experience. ... Ben Duncan has always been a stockman, but of late years has taken up such other interests as general farming and the raising of bees. He owns a fine ranch four miles north of Moore, Medina county, as well as other lands, and has a fine business block in town, where he lives and enjoys a still active life. At one time he had extensive cattle interests in Arizona, in addition to those in Texas. (MAD: nothing said about a wife and children)
OTHER RECORDS
"De Witt's colony" (Texas) by Ethel Zivley Rather; pub. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas, 1905, 115 pgs. (LH11947, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
Pg.70. List of the Original Settlers in DeWitt's Colony. Name, married or single, date of arrival, size of family, size of grant, date of title, reference to "Titles, DeWitt's Contract"
*Duncan, Benjamin, single, Oct. 16, 1828, 1 person in family, 1/4 arpent size of grant, June 28, 1831, 297-300
*(footnote: This table is compiled from "Titles, De Witt's Contract," two volumes, and "Titles to Special Grants," one volume, all three (manuscript) in the General Land Office of the State of Texas. Names marked with a star are those of colonists who were unable to write, and for whom others had to sign.)
Some early Duncans in Gonzales Co. TX:
Benjamin Duncan, 28 June 1831, had patent to 1/4 league of land in Dewitt's Colony, Gonzales Co. TX (from "Index to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in TX" by Virginia H. Taylor, originally published as "Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of TX" (by Glass?), FHL book 976.4 R2tv; Houston, TX, library book 976.4G 549; from Lucille Mehrkam and from Jean Walker 1984) Benjamine Duncan's title was listed on pg.600, "Abstract of Titled and Patented Lands Compiled From the Records of the General Land Office of the State of Texas" published in Austin in 1860, and indexed by Paul Campbell (published in Vol.3#2 "Texas Heritage Quarterly," from Lucille Mehrkam 2/1984 and CA State Library, Sutro Branch, book F385 T48) Benjamin Duncan arrived in TX 16 Oct. 1826, single, one person, had title 9 Feb. 1830 in DeWitt's Colony, and on 26 June 1831 as native of US, single. (pg.67, Titles in DeWitt's Colony, "1830 Citizens of TX" by Gifford White (from Ray Duncn 2/1995)
--- Duncan, 30 June 1835, marriage bond to marry Benjamin Taylor (MAD: one Polly Ann Duncan mar. Benjamin B. Taylor 25 July 1835 in Bourbon Co. KY, parents Roger Duncan & Sally Redmon, from "Duncans of Bourbon Co. KY" by Ardery; ? probably no connection)
Benjamin Duncan, 19 Aug. 1838, mar. Elizabeth Taylor
Benjn. Duncan, 1840, on tax list, 1 white pole, Title under patent to 3321 acres, surveyed 369 acres based on grant, 4 tl Sequin, 10 cattle (pg.55, perhaps "1840 Citizens of TX; Tax Rolls" Vol.2, by Gifford White, FHL book 976.4 R2wge and fiche 6,100,365; from Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
W.B. Duncan, 1840, on Harris' list of double tax not returned, 531 acres (pg.72, perhaps "1840 Citizens of TX; Tax Rolls" Vol.2, by Gifford White, FHL book 976.4 R2wge and fiche 6,100,365; from Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
Benjamin F. Duncan, 24 Feb. 1845, mar. Mary Smith
Benjamin F. Duncan, 1846, on tax list ("Republic of Texas: Poll Lists for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins, 1974; FHL book 976.4 R4m, from Lucille Mehrkam 1984 and Ruth Robertson 1983)
B. Duncan, 1854, on scholastic list 1854-1855 with 1 male and 1 female, total 3; District 12, Gonzales Co. (pg.48, "Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" by Gifford White, 1979, from Lucille Mehrkam 3/1984; FHL book 976.4 J2w)
Amanda Duncan, 19 Aug. 1857, mar. Joseph S. Bouldin
Ashley S. Duncan, 1912, died; Ashley S. Duncan (father) 1831-1912 CSA; Sarah M. Duncan, 1847-1942, bur. Gonzales City Cemetery (pg.66-67, Vol.X#1, Sept. 1975, "Quarterly of the South" TX Gen. & Hist. Society; from Jean Walker 7/1984) (MAD: Ashley Summerfield Duncan; one A.S. Duncan mar. Sallie M. Pipkin 8/19/1869, said to be in Yalobusha Co. MS; 1850-1860 Hempstead Co. AR census)
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