LOWNDES CO. GA
Formed 1825 from Irwin
Thomas formed 1825 from Baker, Decatur, Irwin, Lowndes
Clinch formed 1850 from Ware, Lowndes
Berrien formed 1856 from Lowndes, Coffee, Irwin
Colquitt formed 1856 from Lowndes, Thomas
Brooks formed 1858 from Lowndes, Thomas
Echols formed 1858 from Clinch, Lowndes
Lanier formed 1919 from Berrien, Lowndes, Clinch
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1860 Lowndes Co. GA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Lowndes Co. GA Census
Corporation of Valdosta
Pg.323, #187-187, DUNCAN, Edward 45 SC BLACK farming $0-$200
                  Sarah 30 SC BLACK keeping house
                  Edward 18 GA BLACK RR hand
                  Dianna (f) 15 GA BLACK farm hand
                  Janey (m) 13 GA BLACK (sex written over)
                  Louisa (f) 12 GA BLACK
663rd G.M.
Pg.330, #302-302, DUNCAN, Dan 23 SC BLACK farming $0-$0
                  Lizabeth (f) 16 GA BLACK keeping house
                  (no children)
(blank district) P.O. Valdosta
Pg.332, #329-329, DUNCAN, Crawford 40 SC BLACK farming $0-$0
                  Dascas (f) 47 SC BLACK keeping house
                  Richard 19, Martha 17 GA BLACKS farm hands
                  Carter (m) 15 GA BLACK farm hand
                  Liza (f) 11, Johnson (m) 9 GA BLACKS
                  Simmeon (m) 7, Grant Gen. (m) 2 GA BLACKS
Pg.350, #592-592, DUNCAN, T.S. (m) 33 NC farming $0-$0
                  Sarah 33 AL keeping house
                  Margaret L. 12, Richard 7, Rachel 4 GA
                  (MAD: Thomas Duncan, 1860 Wilkinson Co. GA census)
Pg.371, #929-929, DUNCAN, Elkin (m) 40 GA farming $0-$0
                  Sarah J. 25 GA keeping house
                  William 10, Samuel 5 GA
                  DUNCAN, Lorenzo (m) 41 GA fisherman
Pg.373, #953-953, ALEXANDER, Thornton 70 GA BLACK farming $0-$0
                  Susan 65 GA MULATTO keeping house
                  STRICKLAND, Benjamin 20 GA BLACK farm hand
                  DUNCAN, Corcane (f) 23 GA BLACK keeping house
                  Levi 6, Ada 4 GA BLACKS
 

COUNTY RECORDS

Lowndes Co. GA Record of wills, v.A, 1871-1915 (FHL film 514,711; county records start 1870)
      No Duncan
 

LAND RECORDS

GA Land Lotteries; Lowndes Co. GA
      Name, lottery year, militia district & county of residence, draw
      Duncan, James A., 1820, of Brooks Dist., Jones Co., drew lot #108 in Dist.11, Irwin Co. (MAD: later Lowndes or Clinch or Echols Co.)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

GA Confederate Soldiers Pensions; Index - Dobson, W.P. to Ellington, Allen J. (FHL film 1,493,057)
      MAD: The Pension records themselves are alphabetic within the county. The index is small 3x5 cards preprinted with "Name:" and "Service:" and "Res.:" and "Remarks"; also looked at any Dunan and Dunk.. names listed; cards include witnesses for other confederate soldiers.
      Information in FHL Catalog: Confederate soldiers received pensions for military service beginning in 1879; law changed 1891 to include widows; cards in this record for the witnesses of these soldiers & widows attesting to service of each soldier; alphabetical by name of pensioner, included on card are notations concerning county of residence, unit designation, and husband's name in the case of widow cards.
      J.P. Duncan, Co.B, 63rd GA, application in Lowndes Co. GA
 

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