DIXON CO. NE
Formed 1856, original county
Nuckolls formed 1860 from Clay
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860-1880 Dixon Co. NE Census
      No Duncan indexed

1900 Dixon Co. NE Census (HeritageQuest images 3/2007)
Allen Village, S.D.3, E.D.80, Sheet 8
Pg.87B, #148-148?, ALLEN, Edward H., head w/m born May 1875, age 25, mar. 3y, Neb, Ire, New Jersey & family
    DUNCAN, Martin, laborer w/m Mar. 1880, age 20, single, Neb. (blank) Ills. hotel clerk
    & servants and boarders
Pg.88A (sheet 9), #162?-165?, DUNCAN, Gilbert W., head w/m born Dec. 1876 age 23 mar.1y Ills./Maine/Ills. laborer (MAD: also indexed as Shelby Duncan)
    Evelyn, wife w/f Jan? 1877 age 22 mar.1y 1 child, 1 living, Neb./NY/NY
    Martha??, dau. w/f Nov. 1899 ?1? single Neb./Ills./Neb.
Pg.88B (sheet 9), #163?-166?, DUNCAN, James W., head w/m May 1845 age 55 mar.30y, Maine/England/Maine harness maker
    Sarah J?. wife w/f May 1851 age 49 mar.30y, 4 ch, 4 living, Ills./England/England
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, James W., widow Duncan, Sarah; G 147 & A 140 Ill. Inf.; 1880 June 28, Invalid Appl. #398891, Cert. #257138; 1913 Aug. 30, Widow Appl. #1013632, Cert. #768518, Iowa. (MAD: enlisted Como, Whiteside Co. IL; ? 1860 Carroll Co. IL; 1870 Greene Co. IA; 1880 Cedar Co. NE; 1900 Dixon Co. NE, b.1845 ME)
 

1895 "Roster of soldiers, sailors, and marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, residing in Nebraska, June 1, 1895" pub. York, Neb.: Nebraska Newspaper Union, 1895 (HeritageQuest image 3/2007, Local History Reel/Fiche Number 9146; FHL book 978.2 M2n and fiche 1,010,064 and film 844,966 item 4)
      Pg.168, soldiers from Illinois: Duncan, J.W., Private, Co.A, 140 Infantry, and Co.G, 147 Infantry; resides Wakefield [MAD: Dixon Co. NE]
 

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