EDWARDS CO. IL
Formed 1814 from Madison, Gallatin
Crawford formed 1816 from Edwards
Jefferson formed 1819 from Edwards, White
Wayne formed 1819 from Edwards
Lawrence formed 1821 from Crawford, Edwards
Wabash formed 1824 from Edwards
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830-1850 Edwards Co. IL Census
      No Duncan indexed
      (MAD: one Roland Dunkin mar. Sarah Pedely 3/13/1824; not identified on census)

1860 Edwards Co. IL Census
P.O. Albion
Pg.829-30, #178-178, Alfred DUNCAN 36 IL MULATTO labourer $0-$0
                  Mary 30 IN MULATTO
                  Louisa 12, Martha 10 IN MULATTOS
                  Susannah 8, Isabella 6, John 1 IL MULATTOS
                  Rhoda CUTLISON? 2 IL (white)
                  (MAD: Alfred Duncan mar. Mary Gibson 1/12/1854)

1870 Edwards Co. IL Census
French Creek Precinct, P.O. Grayville
Pg.329, #115-113, SMITH, Jesse R. 60 NC farmer $1250-$325
                  Rebecca 60 TN keeping house
                  James 22 IL farmer
                  Elizabeth 23 TN
                  George B? 18 KY
                  Laura 17 IL
                  DUNCAN, John 10 IL BLACK
 

LAND RECORDS

Edwards Co. IL Deed Indexes, copied to 1860 (copied by CVD in SLC 5/2/2013)
   Grantee index v.1-2, 1815-1888 (FHL film 1,401,782 item 3-4)
      No Duncan earlier than 1872
   Grantor index v.1 (D-Z) 1816-1870 (FHL film 1,401,783 item 1)
      A-28: Duncan, James D. to James Baird, Deed, Aug. 25, 1818, A-28, 100 acres
      A-30: Duncan, James D. to James Baird, Deed, Aug. 25, 1818, A-30, 65 acres
 

Edwards Co. IL Deeds (SLC 9/11/2013)
      A-28/30: 25 Aug. 1813, James D. Duncan alias Dunken and Sarah his wife of Knox Co. IN to James Baird of same, for $300 paid, sell parcel of land on the north side of the River Wabash containing 100 acres which is part of that well known tract containing 400 acres which was granted by the US to one Joseph Hamlin Jr. as head of a family in Vincennes on or before 1783 and the said tract containing 100 acres, part of the afsd 400 acre tract, was by Laurent Hamlin & Francois Hamlin, brothers and only heirs at law of said Joseph Hamlin Jr. conveyed to Henry Vanderburgh in fee on 30 Jan. 1800, recorded in Knox Co. 18 Dec. following in Book B pages 410 and 411, and the same was by William MacIntosh, Executor, and Francis C. Vanderburgh, executrix, of Henry Vanderburgh decd. conveyed to said James D. Duncan alias Dunkin in fee on 25 Aug. 1813, refer to deed; together with appurtenances, warrant title. /s/ James Dunkin, Sarah (X) Duncan. Wit. Jos. Brown, George R.C. Sullivan. Certification 23 Feb. 1816 in presence of Rob? Brent? J.P. Ack. 17 June 1814 by Wilson Lagow J.P. of Knox Co. IN. Recorded July 20, 1815. (FHL film 1,401,786)
      A-30/32: 25 Aug. 1813, James D. Duncan alias Dunken and Sarah his wife of Knox Co. IN to James Baird of same, for $195 paid, sell parcel of land containing 65 acres on the north side of the River Wabash which is part of that well known tract containing 300 acres which Laurent Hamlin & Francois Hamlin, brothers and only heirs at law of one Joseph Hamlin Jr., who in 1783 was head of a family at Tract Zimermans? by deed 4 April 1800, recorded in said county in Book B folios 449 and 450 fully conveyed to one John Harbin in fee and which by the Commissioners of the US Land Office for the District of Zimmes?? confirmed and ordered surveyed on the north side of the River Wabash, and the said parcel of land containing 65 acres by deed 7 Sept. 1810 recorded in said county 23 Sept. 1811 in Book F, folio 130 & 131 was by John Harben & wife conveyed to said James D. Duncan alias Dunkin in fee, together with appurtenances, warrant title. /s/ James Dunkin, Sarah (X) Dunkin. Wit. Jos. Brown, George R.C. Sullivan. Ack. 17 June 1814 by Wilson Lagow J.P. of Knox Co. IN. Ack. 23 Feb. 1816 by James Duncan before Robt. Baird, J.P., Edwards Co. IL. Recorded July 20, 1815. (FHL film 1,401,786)
 

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