BROOME CO. NY
Formed 1806 from Tioga
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1810-1850 Broome Co. NY Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Broome Co. NY Census
Union
Pg.221, #1779-1685, William DUNCAN 43 IRE farmer $3850-$0
                  Maria 30 PA
                  William 12, Alexander 11 NY
                  Henry WINFIELD 18 NY hired
                  (MAD: 1850 Tioga Co. NY census)
 

1870 Broome Co. NY Census
Town of Kirkwood
Pg.318, #87-91, FINCH, Ezekiel 72 NY farmer $4000-$350
                  WESTBROOK, Nancy 30 NY housekeeper
                  DUNCAN, Timothy 22 NY farm laborer, parents of foreign birth
Town of Maine
Pg.376-377, #249-253, DUNCAN, Truman J. 34 NY carpenter & joiner $1200-$215
                  Ollive (f) 28 NY keeps house
                  Eliza 7, Charles 5 NY at home
                  Frederick 4, Grant (m) 1 NY at home
                  (MAD: indexed as Freeman J.)
Union (fading ink)
Pg.489, #362-371, DUNCAN, William 56 NY farmer $8000-$1500
                  Maria 49 PA keeping house
                  Wallace (m) 22 NY
                  Alexander (m) 20 NY
                  Stella (f) 9 NY
 

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, Truman J.; widow Duncan, Olive H.; E 50 NY Engrs; 1889 Nov. 26, Invalid Appl. #740535, Cert. #560696, NY; 1900 May 22, Widow Appl. #719841, Cert. #497936, NY. (MAD: b. Schoharie Co. NY, mar. Olive Howard 1865 Broome Co. NY, had 2nd fam. in Camden Co. NJ area, per query of Stanley Dunn 1993)
 

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