BENTON CO. MS
Formed 1870 from Marshall, Tippah
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Benton Co. MS Census
Twp.3, Pg.28, SD 1, ED 9
Pg.262D, #230-"135"(235), DUNCAN, G.W. (m) 25 MS mar. farming TN AL
                  S.E. (f) 24 MS wife keeping house AL AL
                  (MAD: G.W. Duncan mar. Miss S.E. Reid 1/31/1879)
Twp.3, Pg.33-34, SD 1, ED 9
Pg.265A, #281-286, DUNCAN, F.E. (m) 34 MS mar. (blank) KY GA
                  Eliza 37 AL wife keeping house AL AL
                  Annie E. 12 MS dau. MS AL
                  E.W. (m) 9 MS son MS AL
                  Nettie F. 5 MS dau. MS AL
                  Geo. W. 59 KY father widowed farmer NC KY
                  (MAD: 1870 Marshall Co. MS census; Geo. W. had son Freeman in 1860 Marshall Co. MS census)
District 4, Pg.5, SD 1, ED 10
Pg.278A, #35-39, DUNCAN, Henry W. 48 TN mar. farmer SC SC
                  Ester 37 MS wife keeping house AL AL
                  Cordelia 18 MS dau. at home TN MS
                  William 15 MS son laborer farm TN MS
                  Ann 13 MS dau. TN MS
                  Florence 11 MS dau. TN MS
                  Cora 2 MS dau. TN MS
                  Elmor 2/12 MS son b.March TN MS
                  SMITH, Jack 21 MS (blank) single laborer farm MS MS
                  (MAD: 1870 Tippah Co. MS census)
Pg.278A, #36-40, DUNCAN, Elisabeth (f) 42 TN single farmer SC SC
                  Saphrona (f) 46 TN single keeping house SC SC
                  (MAD: 1870 Tippah Co. MS census, daus. of Samuel and Elizabeth Duncan)
Pg.278A, #41-48, PIG, Berry 30 AL mar. farmer AL AL
                  Mahala 35 MS wife keeping house SC KY
                  Mary 10 MS dau. AL MS
                  William 8 MS son AL AL
                  Walter 6 MS son AL AL
                  Lee 4 MS son AL AL
                  Flora 1 MS dau. AL AL
                  DUNCAN, Malinda 74 KY mother-in-law widow SC SC
                  (MAD: 1870 Tippah Co. MS census, widow of John Duncan; Miss M.L. Duncan mar. W.B. Pigg 9/12/1869 Tippah Co. MS; birthplaces of parents as given for PIG children)
District 11, Pg.10, SD 1, ED 11, all household numbers blank
Pg.293B, (blanks), DUNCAN, Kate (f) 26 MS widow farmer AL SC
                  Zelda 9 MS dau. MS MS
                  Mary 8 MS dau. MS MS
                  Willie 5 MS son MS MS
 

LAND RECORDS

Benton Co. MS Deeds (from Bennie Reeds to Evelyn Sigler to MAD 10/1988)
      7-164: 27 July 1881, Thomas Duncan, H.W. Duncan, Malinda Burge, Cephronia Duncan and E.W. Duncan, to G.W. Duncan, for $150, 30 acres, in SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp 4, Range 2 East. All 5 signed by mark.
      7-165: 27 July 1881, G.W. Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Malinda Burge, H.W. Duncan and E.W. Duncan, to Cephronia Duncan, for $150, 22 acres in SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp 4, R.2E. Malinda and E.W. signed by mark.
      7-167: 27 July 1881, G.W. Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Cephronia Duncan, Malinda Burge, and H.W. Duncan to E.W. Duncan, 20 acres in SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp. 4, R2E. Cephronia and Malinda signed by mark.
      7-168: 27 July 1881, G.W. Duncan, H.W. Duncan, Malinda Burge, Cephronia Duncan and E.W. Duncan, to Thomas Duncan, $150, 30 acres in SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp. 4, R2E. Cephronia, Malinda, and E.W. signed by mark.
      7-219: 27 July 1881, Elizabeth W. and Cephronia Duncan to H.W. Duncan, $12, 6 acres in SE 1/4 Sec. 17, Twp. 4, R2E. /s/ E.W. (X) Duncan, Cephronia (X) Duncan.
      (MAD: heirs of Samuel Duncan and wife Elizabeth Duncan of 1850-1860 Tippah Co. MS census; George W. Duncan, Henry W. Duncan, Elizabeth W. Duncan)
 

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