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Duncans in Jasper Co. MS

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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug
Last revised December 26, 2010

JASPER CO. MS
Formed 1833 from Indian Lands
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Jasper Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1850 Jasper Co. MS Census (part also from Kirby D. Watkins 1984)
Pg.38, #115-124, D.L. CAMPBELL (m) 42 NC farmer $1000
                  Matilda 32 TN
                  Jesse C. 15, James C. 14 TN
                  Rufus H. 6, Tennessee (f) 5 MS
                  Christopher C. 3 MS
                  A. Duncan (m) 1 MS
Pg.42, #158-172, Hugh BUCHANAN 40 NC farmer $0
                  Pamelia 35 SC
                  John Anderson 15, Mary C. 10 MS
                  Ransom Duncan 8, Malissa C. 6 MS
                  Susan Natharine 2 MS
Pg.50, #269-289, Samuel NEILY 32 SC farmer $300
                  Mary E. 28 GA
                  James H. 8, Malinda K. 7 GA
                  John R. 6, Thomas J. 4 GA
                  Francis M.(m) 9/12 MS
Pg.63, #430-451, Edy NEILY 66 SC (blank) $100
                  Irena 38, Wm. B. 28 SC laborer
                  Henry H. 25, John R. 22 SC
                  Nancy 20, Jacob G. 17 SC
                  (MAD: see York Co. SC & Baldwin Co. GA)

1860 Jasper Co. MS Census
      Indexed David Duncan pg.128, but was David DAWKINS; no other Duncan indexed

1870 Jasper Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

MILITARY RECORDS

JAMES DUNCAN, Rev. Pension Application S-37901, PA, NC, GA (MS) (FHL film 970,863; National Archives Roll 863)
      Applied 19 Nov. 1827, age 74-5? in Feb. 1827, in Baldwin Co. GA; enlisted in 1776 for 2 years at Pittsburg (PA) under Capt. Andrew Waggoner, Col. James Wood; witnesses Benjamin Gilbert of Putnam Co. GA who served with James, Wm. Y?. Hansell of GA.
      Statement of James Duncan, son of James, 22 Jan. 1850; that James Sr. lived in Baldwin Co. GA 4-5 years before his death, before that he lived in NC; James Sr. d. 17 Feb. 1834 in Baldwin Co. GA, leaving no widow and only 4 children heard of in 4-5 years: James, John, Jane Harris, Edy Neely. Eady Nealy of Jasper Co. MS on 16 June 1851; John Duncan and Jane Harris of Pontotoc Co. MS on 26 July 1852; James Duncan Jr. still living 26 July 1852.
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