Duncans in Barry Co. MI

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

Last revised August 21, 2007

BARRY CO. MI
Formed 1829 from St. Joseph, Kalamazoo
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1830 Barry Co. MI Census
      No Duncan indexed

1840 Barry Co. MI Census
Thornapple Twp
Pg.35  Ebenezer Duncan       0011,1  -  0100,1

1850 Barry Co. MI Census
Thorn Apple
Pg.186, #453, Henry DUNCAN 34 NY blacksmith
                  Samantha 33 NY
                  Aletha (f) 1/12 MI
                  Hiram DENISON 35 NY blacksmith $600
                  Willis DENISON 12 MI
Pg.187-8, #463, Ebenezer DUNCAN 35 NY farmer $1000
                  Sabrina 39 NY
                  Mary 7, George 5, Emery 1 MI
                  John McNAIR 20 NY laborer, Martha 16 NY
                  James DUNCAN 64 VT farmer
                  (MAD: Ebenezer Duncan in 1860 Kent Co. MI census)

1860 Barry Co. MI Census
Town of Baltimore
Pg.620, #1021-114, George DUNCAN 41 NY farmer $500-$300
                  Betsy 39 OH
                  Alace (f) 9 OH, Mary 2? MI
Assyria Twp.
Pg.707, #691-636, James DUNKIN 70 NY farmer $7200-$1550
                  Jane 67 NY
                  Mary A. 29, George W. 25 NY
                  Susan FONDA? 17 NY

1870 Barry Co. MI Census
Baltimore
Pg.47R, #61-61, DUNCAN, Geo. W. 52 NY farmer $1000-$500
                  Betsy J. 32 OH keeping house
                  Alice A. 19 OH at home
                  Emma A. 9 MI at home
                  Mary M. 6 MI at home
                  Rebecca A. 3 MI
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers." by Crisfield Johnson; pub. Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880, 642 pgs. (LH4582; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL film 1,000,079 item 2)
      Pg.487, 488: Thornapple Township. ... Duncan Lake, in the northwest, ... One Ebenezer Duncan, who had made a settlement hard by, was the first white resident of that locality, and he took part in the building of the mill ... erected in the fall of 1836. ... Mr. Duncan afterwards settled upon section 28, but eventually removed to Oregon, his present home. (MAD: Barry Co. MI 1840 census)
 

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