Duncans in Darke Co. OH

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

Last revised August 17, 2012

DARKE CO. OH
Formed 1809 from Miami
Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert, Williams formed 1820 from Darke
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820-1830 Darke Co. OH Census
         No Duncan indexed


1840 Darke Co. OH Census (Dungan from Budd Duncan 7/1988)
Van Buren Twp.
Pg. 4  Harden Duncan        2100,01       - 1100,1
         (MAD: 1850 Hendricks Co. IN census)
Allen Twp.
Pg.10  Isiah Duncan         3000,1        - 0000,1
Butler Twp.
Pg.37  Isaac Dungan         1002,201      - 1110,001

1850 Darke Co. OH Census
Franklin
Pg.330, #24, Nelson DUNKIN 32 OH farmer $1200
                  Mary 30 OH
                  Belinda 8, James 6 OH
                  Rachel 2, Rhoda 3/12 OH
Butler
Pg.423, #25, James T. DUNCAN 30 OH farmer
                  Rosemond 29 OH
                  David ROBISON 41 PA shoemaker
                  Mary A. DUNCAN 7 OH
                  Hester 6, Isaac N. 4 OH
                  John W. 3, Elizabeth 1 OH
Pg.423, #26, Joseph R. DUNCAN 28 OH farmer
                  Elizabeth A. 19 OH mar/in/year
Pg.423, #27, Isaac DUNCAN 55 OH farmer $2500
                  Hester 54 PA
                  Elizabeth 20, Rachel 17 OH
                  William S. 12, Margaret 10 OH
Pg.423, #28, William ROBISON 33 PA farmer $1100
                  Hester 22 OH
Pg.423, #29, John C. DUNCAN 29 OH farmer (bottom of page)
                  Catherine DUNGAN 25 (blank) (top of next page)
                  Eli DUNGAN 6, Wm. S. 4 OH
                  Huldah 2, Jonathan 2/12 OH
 

1860 Darke Co. OH Census
Franklin Twp. (all families this twp. had counties of birth given)
Pg.114 (728), #7, Nelson DUNKIN 43 "Clay" Co. OH (blank) $4320-$150
                  Susanah 32 Darke Co. OH
                  Malinda 16, James 15 Darke Co. OH
                  Tranna? J. STEPHEN (f) 7? (6?) (76?) Miami Co. OH
York Twp.
Pg.323 (645), #276, David DUNCAN 34 OH farmer $3000-$650
                  Nancy 31 OH
                  Catharine 13 OH
                  Alonzo THOMPSON (m) 7 OH
Greenville Twp
Pg.330, #569-583, Amos DUCAN 25 OH Phi. $800-$100
                  Anna 21 OH
                  Delphius (f) 1 OH
                  (MAD: Amos E. Duncan, 1850 Miami Co. OH; 1870 Greene Co. OH)
 

1870 Darke Co. OH Census
Adams Twp.
Pg.48, #192-188, DUNCAN, Nelson 54 OH farmer $3,000-$239
                  Susan 43 OH keeping house
                  Vianna J. (f) 16 OH helps mother
                  Alwilda (f) 13, Martha 10 OH attending school
                  Sarah A. 8, Clara (f) 5 OH attending school
                  Armina (f) 4 OH at home
Pg.48-49, #193-189, GRUBB, John 53 PA farmer $4400-$1900
                  Mary A. 37 PA keeping house
                  David 15 OH works on farm
                  Ruben 13, Minerva 10 OH attending school
                  GRUBB, Martha 5 OH attending school
                  DUNCAN, Mary J. 17 OH domestic servant
Monroe Twp.
Pg.250, #9-9, DINKINS, Henry 48 NC farm laborer $0-$225
                  Elisabeth 42 VA keeping house
                  Jesse F. 24, John H. 22 NC farm laborers
                  Thomas M. 20 NC farm laborer
                  Rebecca S. 18 NC helps in house
                  Samuel H. 16 NC farm laborer
                  Martha E. 11 NC helps in house
                  George W. 14 NC farm laborer
                  William S. 9, Stephen A. 6 NC at home
                  Mary A. 5 NC at home
                  Dorinda J. 2 OH at home
Pg.265, #227-227, DUNCAN, Jesse 36 OH farmer $0-$510
                  Margaret 26 OH keeping house
                  Mary 6 OH at home
Twin Twp.
Pg.307, #15-15, NIGHTLY?, Jacob 28 OH farm laborer $0-$1000
                  Eliza 28 OH keeping house
                  Fernandez (m) 5 OH
                  DUNKIN, Samuel 16 SC farm laborer
York Twp.
Pg.403, #1-1, DUNCAN, David 44 OH farmer $8,500-$1,315
                  Nancy 40 OH keeps house
                  Catherine A. 23 OH assists mother
                  Thompson A. 17 OH works on farm
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Darke Co. OH Marriage Record (probate court) (FHL film 1,030,772)
      Vol. A-1, 1817-1840 - no index
      Vol. B-1, 1839-1852 - checked each page from 9, 1840, to 119, 1847 - no Duncan
      MAD: Isaac Dungan mar. Damanis Brach 10/12/1850, 3-210
      MAD: Joseph Duncan mar. Elizabeth Ann Snyder 9/2/1849, 3-184
      MAD: Wm. Robeson mar. Hester Dungan, 9/2/1849, 3-184
      MAD: Isaac Dungan mar. Elizabeth Schooley 9/11/1853
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Darke Co. OH Probate Index 1818-1878 (FHL film 1,030,770)
      #2330: Duncan, Nelson - Samuel Duncan, gdn. docket W-578, Appt. & bond Journal F-130, Record D-481.
      No other

Darke Co. OH Probate Court (looking for Complete Record D-481 for Nelson Duncan)
      Civil Journal Vol. D 1861-63 - no Duncan (FHL film 1,030,778)
      Will Record Vol. D 1878-85 - no Duncan (FHL film 1,030,788)
      Civil Record Vol. D 1864-66 - no Duncan (FHL film 1,030,784)
      Complete Record books not on film
 

LAND RECORDS

Darke Co. OH Deed Book 1822-1838 (FHL film 865,195)
      No index
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Pulaski Co. IN Deed (FHL film 1,710,676; SLC 10/8/2011)
      C-575: No.350. Robert Dixon Qt. Claim to Jesse Dunkin. 25 April 1851, Robert Dixon and wife Rachel of Darke Co. OH for $20 paid by Jesse Dunkin Jr. of afsd (sic), quit claim to said Jesse Dunkin Jr., our interest in premises with appurtenances in Pulaski Co. IN, the E 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec.6 Twp.31 North of Range 1 West of 2nd principal Meridian in District of lands subject to sale at Winamac, IN, containing 85 acres and 72/100 of an acre, also W 1/2 of NW 1/4 and Lot No.5 of Sec.5 in Twp.31 North of Range 1W ... containing 146 acres and 85/100 of an acre. /s/ Robert (X) Dixon, Rachel Dickson. Wit. William Wight, John Gregg. Robert Dixon and wife Rachel appeared 25 April 1851 before John Gregg, J.P., Darke Co. OH. Certification by J.W. Frizell, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Darke Co. OH for John Gregg Esq. Recorded Oct. 2, 1854. (FHL film 1,710,676; SLC 10/8/2011)
 

Miami Co. OH Deed (FHL film 560,802)
      21-370: 6 May 1844, Nelson Dunkin and wife Mary Dunkin of Dark Co. OH, for $50 paid, sell to Aaron Dunkin of Miami Co. OH, premises in Miami Co. OH, all of the undivided part, being SW 1/4 Sec.24 Twp.6 Range 5E, warrant title. /s/ Nelson Dunkin, Mary (X) Dunkin. Wit. Daniel Young, David (X) Conaway. Nelson Dunkin and wife Mary Dunkin appeared before Daniel Young, J.P., Dark Co. OH, 6 May 1844. Recorded 6 Aug. 1844.
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"Biographical sketches of the state officers, and of the members of the Sixtieth General Assembly of the state of Ohio" by W. Darwin Crabb; pub. Columbus: Ohio State Journal book and job rooms, 1872, 111 pgs. (LH7176, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
      Pg.94: House. Thomas Duncan Stiles, the Representative from Darke county, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. The father of Thomas D. Stiles was Edward James Stiles, and his mother was the daughter of Hon. Thomas Duncan, a lawyer of great prominence in Pennsylvania, at one time, and who was afterward Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. ... (MAD: no dates)
 

"Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : historical and biographical." by J.H. Battle; pub. Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., 1883, 799 pgs. (LH6232, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL film 934,922 item 3 and 928,022 item 1)
      Pg.337-338: Town of Fowler and Centre Township - Benton County. JAMES WHARRY, Surveyor of Benton County, was born at Greenville, Ohio, July 23, 1841. He ... enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ... Second Lieutenant of his company, and in September of the following year was advanced to the First Lieutenancy of Company H and subsequently ... After the war, he recommenced carpentering in his native State, and continued that and surveying until 1869, when he emigrated to Missouri. In February, 1874, he came to Fowler. Mr. Wharry is a Republican ... he was married in April, 1867, to Miss Mary Robertson, of La Fayette, ... John and Eliza (Duncan) Wharry, parents of the subject of this sketch, were natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Ohio, of Scotch descent, and the parents of ten children, only eight of whom are now alive. They were among the pioneers of Ohio, and especially of Darke County, where Mr. Wharry located in 1821. Both he and wife are now dead. (MAD: John Wharry mar. Eliza Duncan 1838 in Preble Co. OH)
 

OTHER RECORDS

Some early Duncans in Darke Co. OH:
      John Dunkin Jr., 16 Aug. 1819, of Adams Co. OH bought land from John Clary and wife Anna of Adams Co. OH, in Darke Co. OH, recorded Deed A-114. (pg.6, "Darke Co. OH Deed Records 1817-1834, Deed Books A through D" by Anita Short & Ruth Bowers, FHL book 977.147 R2s)
      John Duncan, 1821, on tax list (from index cards of Kit Smith 8/1983, source not given)
      John Duncan Jr., 13 Jan. 1823, and wife Orpha of Adams Co. OH sold land to Nathaniel Anderson of same, wit. Henry Young and John Dunkin, recorded Deed Book B-80. (pg.17, "Darke Co. OH Deed Records 1817-1834, Deed Books A through D" by Anita Short & Ruth Bowers, FHL book 977.147 R2s)
      John Duncan, 1825, nonresident, on tax list ("Index of the OH 1825 Tax Duplicate" by Gerald M. Petty, 1981, FHL book 977.1 R42p, from Deone Penquite 10/1991)
 

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