CERRO GORDO CO. IA
Formed 1851 from Floyd
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Cerro Gordo Co. IA Census
Lake Twp.
Pg.864, #1151-948, Joseph DUNCAN 52 PA day laborer $150-$100
                  Harvey (m) 18, Lucinda 16 OH
                  (MAD: 1850 Van Wert Co. OH census, wife Sarah; ?? 1870 Clayton Co. IA b.PA)

1870 Cerro Gordo Co. IA Census
Madison Twp. (indexed Lake Twp.)
Pg.411, #83-95, DUNCAN, Thos. 70 SCT retired farmer $700-$100, parents of foreign birth
                  Almena (f) 33 NY house keeps
                  Janet (f) 21 IL teaching school, father of foreign birth
                  Marian (f) 19 IL teaching school, father of foreign birth
                  (MAD: 1860 McHenry Co. IL census)
 

LAND RECORDS

Cerro Gordo Co. IA Deed Index, 1858-1864 (FHL film 1,481,029; SLC 7/26/2014)
      G-22/23: Duncan, Thomas from Abraham J. Abbott, filed Jan. 20, 1864, dated May 8, 1863, warranty deed, G-22 & 23, NW 1/4 of 11, 96.21 acres
      G-24: Duncan, Thomas from Theron Palmeter, Jan. 20, 1864, Jany. 18, 1864, warranty deed, G-24, W 1/4 of E 1/4 of S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec.24, 96.22
      G-70: Duncan, Thomas from H.A. Stiles, March 8, 1864, Feb. 25, 1864, warranty deed, G-70, SW 1/4 of S 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec.24, 96.22
 

Cerro Gordo Co. IA Town Lots, Index to Deeds (FHL film 1,481,029; copied 6/6/2015 by CVD)
      Grantors - no Duncan (Item 4)
      Grantors - Vol.A item 5 - no Duncan
 

Cerro Gordo Co. IA Deeds (FHL film 1,509,812; have jpg images 6/5/2015)
      G-22/23: 8 May 1863, Abraham J. Abbott of McHenry Co. IL to Thomas Duncan of afsd, for $400 paid, sell parcel of land in county of Cerro Gordo, Iowa, the NW 1/4 Sec.11 Twp.96N Range 21W containing 160 acres according to survey, with appurtenances, warrant title. /s/ Abraham J. Abbott. Wit. L.D. Seaman, Ellen A. Seamen. Ack. before J.H.W. Meade, J.P. of McHenry Co. IL, 8 Oct. 1863. Certification by Elam M. Lamb, Clerk of McHenry County Court, that Henry W. Meade Esq. was a J.P. in McHenry Co. IL. Filed for record Jan. 20, '64. (FHL film 1,509,812; have jpg image)
      G-24: Theron Palmeter and Ulrica C. Palmeter wife of said Palmeter of Cerro Gordo Co. IA for $50 paid by Thomas Duncan, sell to said Thomas Duncan premises in Co. of Cerro Gordo, the W 1/4 of E 1/2? of S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec.24 Twp.96N Range 22W, with appurtenances, warrant title. Ulrica C. Palmeter relinquishes her dower. 13 Jan. 1864. /s/ Theron Palmeter, Ulrica C. Palmeter. Wit. Hiram Heath. Certification by Hiram Heath, J.P. of Cerro Gordo Co. IA, given under my hand at Clear Lake, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1864. Filed for record Jan. 20, 1864. (FHL film 1,509,812; have jpg image)
      G-70: We, Hiram A. Stiles and Mary A. Stiles his wife of Hancock Co. IA for $150 paid by Thomas Duncan of Cerro Gordo Co. IA, sell to said Thomas Duncan the premises in county of Cerro Gordo, the SW 1/4 of S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec.24 Twp.96N Range 22W, containing 5 acres more or less, with appurtenances, warrant title, and Mary A. Stiles, wife of said grantor hereby relinquishes her dower. 25 Feb. 1864. /s/ H.A. Stiles, Mary A. Stiles. Executed in presence of Hiram Heath. Certified by Hiram Heath, J.P., at Clear Lake, Iowa, Feb. 25, 1864. Filed for record March 8, 1864. (FHL film 1,509,812; have jpg image)

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