Duncans in Phillips Co. AR

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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised September 25, 2013

PHILLIPS CO. AR
Formed 1820 from Arkansas, Hempstead
Crittenden formed 1825 from Phillips
St. Francis formed 1827 from Phillips
Monroe formed 1829 from Phillips, Arkansas
Lee formed 1873 from Phillips, Monroe, Crittenden, St. Francis
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1850 Phillips Co. AR Census
      No Duncan indexed
      (MAD: Marshal Duncan on 1821 delinquent tax list in Walnut Twp, "removed"; from 11/17/1821 notice in "Arkansas Gazette" in "AR Family Historian" Vol.23/4 12/1985, pg.213)

1860 Phillips Co. AR Census
Big Creek Twp.
Pg.282, #45-42, Bailey KENDALL (m) 65 KY (blank) $6000-$13284
                  Martha G. 54 KY
                  Jos. D. 34 KY farmer
                  Wm. M. BRICK? (BUCK?) 30 Germany $3400-$14000
                  G.G. BAKER (m) 22 MS physician
                  Tobias McKISICK 19 GA clerk $0-$2000
                  Wm. DUNCAN 18 MS grocery keeper
                  Wm. WILLIS 32 AR
                  (& others)
                  (MAD: ? son of Dickerson Duncan, 1850 Marshall Co. MS census, 1860 Pike Co. AR census)

1870 Phillips Co. AR Census (pg.152 also from Kathy Cawley 2/2002)
Independence Twp.
Pg.27, #26-26, DUNCAN, Alex 50 GA (white) farmer $0-$0
                  Mary 40 GA keeping h.
                  Georgann (f) 15, Mary 12 GA at home
                  Lucinda 8, Aivy (f) 8 GA
                  Thomas 6, James 5 GA
                  Ann 4, William 2 GA
                  Lucy 1 AR
                  (MAD: ? 1860 Lumpkin Co. GA census)
Planters Twp.
Pg.62, #79-79, EDNEY, Celia 75 VA BLACK farm laborer $0-$0
                  Mary 19 TN BLACK farm laborer
                  DUNCAN, John 22 VA BLACK farm laborer
Pg.67, #186-184, DUNCAN, Admiral (m) 37 TN BLACK farmer $0-$0
                  Adeliane? (f) 26 AR BLACK keeping house
                  JORDONE, William 21 GA BLACK farm laborer
                  GREEN, Henry 22 VA BLACK farm laborer
Richland Twp.
Pg.91, #368-365, OWEN, Chester 27 VA BLACK farm laborer $0-$0
                  Lucy 21 AL BLACK farm laborer
                  Elizabeth 1 AR BLACK
                  DUNCAN, Mary 10 AR BLACK at home
                  WILSON, Joshua 21 GA BLACK farm laborer
Searcy Twp.
Pg.97, #18-18, DUNKIN, Reuben 51 KY BLACK farmer $0-$0
                  Candace (f) 37 MD BLACK farm laborer
                  Rosette (f) 7 AR BLACK
St. Francis Twp.
Pg.152, #287-294, CARNES, Henry 58 OH brick mason $2500-$4000
                  DUNCAN, John P. 31 KY tinsmith
                  Anna 35 KY keeping house
                  (MAD: no children)
Pg.154, #323-331, DUNCAN, Robt. A. 48 VA farmer $3000-$1000
                  Miranda 29 AR keeping house
                  Robert K. 4, Ben M. 3 AR
                  (MAD: 1860 St.Francis Co. AR census)
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Phillips Co. AR Probate Records (FHL film 1,017,318)
      Book 1, 1821-1832 - no Duncan
      Book 2, 1824-1839 - no index
      Book 3, 1841-1846 - no Duncan
      Book 4, 1846-1850:
            Pg. 119, 126, 148, 151, 161: Jan. 1848 (& later), James Duncan admr. of estate of George Irvin?.
      MAD: The 1899 will of John P. Duncan is indexed in Will Book F, pg.22
 

LAND RECORDS

Index of MO and AR and Partial IL (C-D) Land Patentees, War of 1812; Warrants (Index on FHL film 983,163)
      Sec. 2, AR Patentees, from G.L.O. (General Land Office) Patent Book; with added date and Tract Book page; added county from Rand McNally Commercial Atlas (tract books on FHL film 1,302,833)
      Volume, page, name, warrant #, quarter (unless noted otherwise), section, township, range; date from tract book pages by Twp & Range; present county.
      Vol.2 pg.433: Dunham, Ephraim, heir of Leml. Dunham, #24,262; SE 18 2N 3E; 5/21/1821, p.130; present Lee Co. (MAD: Phillips or St.Francis Co. AR in 1830)
      Vol.12 pg.449: Duncan, Thomas, #24,945; NE 28 1S 2E; 2/21/1836, p.168; NW corner of present Phillips Co. (MAD: Phillips or Monroe Co. AR in 1836)

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Automated Records Project. Helena [Phillips Co.], AR Land Office, Act/Treaty of April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale - Cash Entries
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed
      Duncan, John C, 40 acres, Aug 10 1850
      Duncan, Stephen B, 320 acres, Feb 01 1843
      Duncan, Stephen, 305.2 acres, Nov 03 1847
      Duncan, Stephen, 160.19 acres, Jun 10 1847
      Duncan, Stephen, 157.86 acres, Nov 03 1847
      Duncan, Stephen, 151.2 acres, Nov 03 1847
      Duncan, William, 80 acres, Apr 25 1850
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Dec 01 1842 (MAD: see Monroe Co. AR)
      Duncan, William B, 640 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 317.42 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Jul 28 1838
      Duncan, William B, 75.44 acres, Aug 20 1838
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 322.24 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 230.94 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 80 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 80 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 160 acres, Dec 01 1842
      Duncan, William B, 80 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 160.19 acres, Apr 09 1842
      Duncan, William B, 320 acres, Oct 01 1839
      Duncan, William B, 80 acres, Oct 01 1839

Helena [Phillips Co.], AR Land Office, Act/Treaty of July 17, 1854, Entry Classification: Public Land Donation
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed
      Duncan, James, 320 acres, Jan 12 1841
      Duncan, William, 320 acres, Feb 05 1845

Phillips Co. AR Deed Index 1820-1858 (FHL film 1,107,330)
      D-496: Wm. B. Duncan to/from F. Surget, N4E (long list)
      E-54 to 58: Stevin Duncan, long list of land
      E-461: Wm. Duncan from W.M. McPherson
      F-459: Jas. Duncan to Wm. Y. Korney, imperfect
      G-204: Wm. B. Duncan to Jno. Kerr, 1W5E
      G-511: Wm. B. Duncan from Martha Agnew, P/A
      K-28: Andrew Duncan from auditor (1852)
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Phillips Co. AR Deeds
      D-496: (typed) 29 December 1836, William B. Duncan of Monroe Co. AR to Francis Surget of Adams Co. MS, $5260, land in Twp. 2S Range 3E: SW 1/4 Sec. 11, 160 acres; E 1/2 Sec. 11, 320 acres; Whole Sec. 14, 640 acres; SE 1/4 Sec. 15, 160 acres; and land in Twp 3S Range 1E: E 1/2 Sec. 28, 320 acres; E 1/2 NW 1/4 and W 1/2 NE 1/4 of Sec. 21, 160 acres; E 1/2 NW 1/4 and W 1/2 NE 1/4 of Sec. 33, 160 acres; entered in name of William B. Duncan and Co., and have been regularly transferred to said William B. Duncan by Stephen Duncan, John Kerr and Francis Surget, the partners composing the said company. No wife. Wit. A.L. Gaines, W.A. Miller. (FHL film 1,018,960)
      E-54: 23 March 1837, Stephen Duncan and wife Catherine A. Duncan to Frances Surget, all Adams Co. MS, for $1, described in cert. of purchase in favor of William B. Duncan & Co. of Natchez, MS, land in Twp. 8N Range 3W, S 1/2 Sec. 9, 320 acres, Cert. #1094 dated 10 Nov. 1835; S. 1/2 Sec. 10, 320 acres, Cert. #1095 dated 10 Nov. 1835; whole Sec. 15, 640 acres, Cert. #1100, dated as date of last; whole Sec. 17, 640 acres, Cert. #1101, dated as date of last; whole Sec. 22, 640 acres, Cert. #1106 (no date); land in Twp. 7N Range 3W: S 1/2 Sec. 17, 320 acres, Cert. #1117; S 1/2 Sec. 18, 320 acres, Cert. 1119; E 1/2 Sec. 19, 320 acres, Cert. 1120 like date; SW frac. 1/4 Sec. 19, 162.37 acres, Cert. 1121; Whole of Secs. 20, 24, 36, 640 acres each, Certs. #1122, 1123, 1128; S 1/2 Sec. 13, 320 acres, Cert. #1129; and land in S. 1/2 Sec. 8, Twp. 8N, Range 3W, 320 acres, Cert. #1193, like date; certificates of purchase recorded Helena, AR, MS District, each dated Nov. 17, 1835; also more certificates and land not copied; being the same land mentioned in a certificate of sale from Wm. B. Duncan to said Stephen Duncan 3 March 1836 filed in Jackson Co. AR. Stephen and Catharine A. Duncan appeared in Adams Co. MS 4 March 1837. (FHL film 1,018,960)
      E-461: 22 July 1839, William M. McPherson of Helena, AR, to William Duncan, $27, 320 acres, W 1/2 Sec. 32, Twp. 1S, Range 5E. Wit. R.R. Burnett, William K. Sebastian. (FHL film 1,018,960)
      F-459: 21 March 1842, James (X) Duncan of Phillips Co. AR to William G. Kavanaugh of New Madrid Co. MO, $2500, all the land located for him and in his name by virtue of what is usually called in the State of MO a New Madrid certificate granted in the then Territory now State of MO, #491, to said Duncan, certificate located in Twp. 49 North of Range 14 West in Boone Co. MO. Wit. John T. Horner, Robert Thaleny (Thalong?). (FHL film 1,018,960)
 

COURT RECORDS

"Reports of cases at law and equity argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Arkansas; January and July term 1846 and January term 1847" ("Arkansas Reports") Vol.7, by E. H. English, pgs.100 to 102 (California State Law Library, Sacramento, 12/2003)
      DUNCAN v. RIPLEY; Supreme Court of Arkansas; 7 Ark. 100; January, 1846, Decided.
      Appeal from the Circuit Court of Phillips county. This was an action of replevin brought by Thomas C. Ripley against James Duncan, for a mare and colt, and determined in the Phillips circuit court in October 1845, before the Hon. John T. Jones, judge.
      The plaintiff filed with his declaration the following affidavit: "STATE OF ARKANSAS, COUNTY OF PHILLIPS. Sct. Personally came before the undersigned, clerk of the circuit court in and for the county and state aforesaid, Thomas C. Ripley, the plaintiff in the foregoing declaration, who, being first duly sworn, says on oath that he is lawfully entitled to the possession of the property in said declaration named, and that the same was wrongfully taken and is wrongfully detained by the said James Duncan, the defendant therein named, and that this said plaintiff's right to the same has accrued within two years. THOMAS C. RIPLEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17th of Oct. 1844. WILLIAM KELLER, Clerk."
      The declaration was in the cepit et detinet. At the May term 1845, defendant appeared, and filed a plea in abatement of the writ, alleging, in substance, "that the plaintiff did not file in the office of the clerk of the court, before the issuance of the writ, the affidavit of himself or some credible person for him, stating that his, the plaintiff's, right of action for the property in the declaration mentioned has accrued within two years next before the commencement of the suit, according to the statute," &c. Issue was taken to the plea, the cause submitted to the court, sitting as a jury, the court found for plaintiff, and, as the record states, "the defendant saying nothing further in bar or preclusion of said plaintiff's action," rendered judgment that plaintiff retain the goods, and awarded a writ of inquiry returnable to the next term, at which time the writ was executed, and final judgment rendered. Defendant appealed, and assigned for errors: 1st, that the court found for appellee on appellant's plea in abatement: 2d, the court rendered judgment against appellant without process having been served upon him, &c. &c.
      (opinion) JOHNSON, C. J. It is contended by the appellant that the circuit court erred in rendering judgment against him when he had not been legally served with process. To recognize the force of this objection at the present stage of the proceedings, admitting it to be well founded in fact, would be to permit the party pleading to retrace his steps, and thereby to invert the whole order of pleading as prescribed and settled by the wisdom and experience of ages. If he desired to question the sufficiency of the service, he should have moved to that effect in apt time and before interposing his plea in abatement of the writ. By pleading in abatement of the writ, he has admitted the legal sufficiency of the service, and that the court has rightfully acquired jurisdiction of his person. It is also contended that there is error in the judgment upon the plea. The plea denies the sufficiency of the affidavit. We have carefully compared the affidavit with the section of the statute upon which it is founded, and believe it to be a substantial compliance with it. Judgment affirmed.
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Monroe Co. AR Deeds (SLC 9/10-11/2013)
      ABC-75/76: No.81. Wm. B. Duncan to Francis Surget, Deed. 29 Dec. 1836, William B. Duncan of Monroe Co. AR to Francis Surget of Adams Co. MS, for $5,266 paid, sell lands in Phillips Co. AR: Fractional Sec. 24, Twp.1N Range 4E, containing 553 acres and 18/100. The following tracts in Twp.2S Range 3E, the SW 1/4 Sec.11 containing 160 acres, the E 1/2 Sec.11 containing 320 acres, the SE 1/4 Sec.10 containing 160 acres, the whole of Sec.14 containing 640 acres, and the SE 1/4 Sec.15 containing 160 acres. Also tracts in Twp.3S Range 1E, the E 1/2 Sec.28 containing 320 acres, the E 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec.21 and W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec.21 containing together 160 acres, the E 1/2 of NW 1/4 Sec.33 and W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.33 containing together 160 acres, which lands were entered at Land Office at Helena in the name of Wm. B. Duncan and have been regularly transferred to said Wm. B. Duncan by Stephen Duncan, John Kerr and Francis Surget, the partners composing said company, and I, Wm. B. Duncan, covenant with Francis Surget that I am lawfully seized of said lands ..., warrant title. Signed at Natchez. /s/ William B. Duncan. Wit. A.L. Gains, W.A. Miller. William B. Duncan appeared 29 Dec. 1836 before C. Rawlings, Judge of Probate Court, Adams Co. MS. Certified 29 Dec. 1836 in Adams Co. MS, Recorded 8 Feb. 1837 in Monroe Co. AR. (FHL Film 1,019,817)
      F-366/367: Willis Duncan title bond to Mrs. A.M. Tapp. 29 July 1857, Willis Duncan bond to Mrs. A.M. Tapp for $2,000, that Willis Duncan sold to Mrs. A.M. Tapp the W 1/2 Sec.24 Twp.2S Range 1E containing 320 acres for $1,000, $500 paid and a note for $500 due 1 Nov. next, 1837. Now Willis Duncan to make a good quit claim deed to NW 1/4 Sec.24 Twp.2S 1E, donated by Arkansas to Abraham Duncan 29 Jan. 1851, whose legal surviving heir I am, and also the SW 1/4 Sec.24 Twp.2S 1E, donated to William J. Duncan whose legal representative I am, 29 Jan. 1851, containing jointly 320 acres more or less, embraced in the .. W 1/2 Sec.24 Twp.2S 1E, in which case this obligation be void. /s/ Willis (X) Duncan. Wit. Willis Macon. Ack. 29 July 1857 before Willis Macon, JP of Phillips Co. AR. Recorded Monroe Co. AR 31 July 1857. (FHL Film 1,019,818)
      H-202/203: Milley C. Duncan to J.R. Barron. 3 Jan. 1859, Milley C. Duncan of Monroe Co. AR sold to John Barron and Robert Barron of Phillips Co. AR a parcel of land in Monroe Co., NE 1/4 Sec.25 Twp.2S Range 1E containing 160 acres, with appurtenances, for $600 paid or secured to be paid, warrant title. /s/ Milley C. (X) Duncan at Phillips Co. in presence of D.M. Finley, Wm. R. Sims. State of AR, Twp. of Big Creek, Phillips Co., ack. 3 Jan. 1859 before D.M. Finley, JP. Recorded Monroe Co. AR 13 Jan. 1860. (FHL Film 1,019,819)
 

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