ST. MARY PAR. LA
Formed 1811 from Assumption
Iberia formed 1868 from St. Martin, St. Mary
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820-1840 St. Mary Par. LA Census
      No Duncan indexed
      (MAD: one William Duncan mar. Jane Odom (also given as Jane Adam or Odoom or Oden) 8/27/1825 St.Mary Par. LA; ?? see 1820 E.Baton Rouge Par. LA census; ?? see St.Martin Par. LA 1806 and 1817 records; see Liberty Co. TX, William Duncan age 40 b.SC, wife Jane age 28, in 1826; ?? see William Duncan of Attakapas Dist., St.Martin Par. LA, 1806 and 1817)

1850 St. Mary Par. LA Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1983)
Pg.212, #212-213, James B. DUNCAN 28 NY physician $0
                  Caroline E. 25 LA
                  Eliza 7, Adeline 5 LA
                  Gertrude 3, Eveline 1 LA (next page)
Pg.215, #257-259, J.R. MARTETTE 27 TN overseer
                  Stephen DUNCAN 56 TN planter $100,000

1860 St. Mary Par. LA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 St. Mary Par. LA Census
Ward 2, P.O. Franklin
Pg.471, #25-23, DUNCAN?, Stephen 23 LA MULATTO F.h. $0-$0
                  Silvia (f) 24 LA BLACK K.h.
                  Rebecca 4, Dina (f) 1 LA MULATTO at home
Ward 3, P.O. Franklin
Pg.492, #50-48, DUNCAN, Guinie (f) 22 LA BLACK F.hand $0-$0
                  Mary 1 LA BLACK at home
                  JORDON, Geo. 14 LA BLACK H.sevt.
                  DUNCAN, Vina (f) 12 LA BLACK at home
Town of Franklin, Ward 3
Pg.545, #305-256, MINTZ, Elija (m) 24 LA (white) Parish Sheriff $0-$0
                  LONEL, Chas. 21 TX BLACK laborer
                  DAVIS, Henry 25 KY MULATTO laborer
                  WRIGHT, Tom 27 IRE (white) laborer, parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, Louis (m) 20 LA BLACK laborer
                  DAVIS, Eliza (f) 80 VA BLACK at jail
                  MARKS, J.F. (m) 62 GA (white) sadler
                  CLAUSSE, Geo. 50 GERmany (white) jailor, parents of foreign birth
                  Caroline 62 LA keep H.
                  CULIN (BULIN?), Emily (f) 31 LA (white) at home
                  Lewis 12 LA at home
                  MARKS, Dan 12 LA (white) at home
                  Mary 10, Lucy 6 LA at home
 

LAND RECORDS

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Opelousas, St. Landry Par. LA, Land Office, Act/Treaty of April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries (Internet address as of 6/3/2001)
      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed, County/Parish
      Duncan, Stephen, 95.88a, Jun 25 1848, Iberville (MAD: ? 1850 St.Mary Par. LA census)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

"Records of LA Confederate Soldiers and LA Confederate Commands" by Andrew B. Booth, 1920, Vol.2, B-G (FHL film 1,305,384 and 1,685,400; also from Evelyn Sigler 3/1985, and pgs.712-714 from Florence Dyess 1987 & 1990)
      Duncan, John, Pvt. 1st Fld. Batty. LA Arty. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861, Berwick Bay. Roll for Nov. and Dec. 1861, Present. (MAD: Berwick Bay, St.Mary Par. LA)
 

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