WILLIAMS CO. OH
Formed 1820 from Darke
Defiance formed 1845 from Williams, Henry, Paulding
Fulton formed 1850 from Lucas, Henry, Williams
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820-1850 Williams Co. OH Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1860 Williams Co. OH Census
Brady Twp.
Pg.157, #500-477, G.S. DUNCOMB (m) 52 OH farmer $6000-$2500
                  Nancy 43 PA
                  Margaret 21, John 19 OH
                  A.J. (m) 17, J.S?. (m) 13 OH
                  Sarah 10, Viola (f) 6 OH
                  Geo. 5, Thos. M. 3 OH
 

1870 Williams Co. OH Census
Brady
Pg.2, #22-23, DUNSCOMB, Jeremiah 23 OH farm laborer $0-$0
                  Malissa 24 OH keeping house
                  Jasper 3 OH
                  Orlando (m) 1 IN
Pg.4, #57-60, DUNSCOMB, Gilbert 65 OH farmer $8000-$300
                  Nancy 53 PA keeping house
                  Ellen 20, Viola (f) 17 OH at home
                  George 15, Marion (m) 13 OH attending school
Jefferson Twp.
Pg.102, #287-293, DUNSCOMB, John 30 OH farm laborer $0-$0
                  Rachel 25 OH keeping house
                  Francis (f) 6, Nancy 4 OH
                  LANDIS, Thomas 9 OH attending school
 

LAND RECORDS

Williams Co. OH Deed Indexes
   General index v.1 1824-1853 (FHL film 909,423)
      No Duncan
      7-660: Dunscomb, Gilbert S. from Rings, John & wife
   General index v.2 1853-1864 (FHL film 909,424)
      22-227: Duncan, John & wife to Small, Christian

Williams Co. ON Deeds
      7-660: 4 July 1844, John Rings and wife Rachel C. Rings for $100 paid, quit claim to G.S. Dunscomb (indexed Gilbert S. Dunscomb) our estate in premises with appurtenances in Williams Co. OH, being NE 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec.4 Twp.7N Range 4E, containing 47 acres of land. /s/ John Rings, Rachel C. Rings. Wit. Asher Ely, George Ely. John Rings and Rachel Rings appeared before George Ely, J.P., 4 July 1844. Recorded Dec. 18, 1844. (FHL film 909,435)
      22-227: 28 April 1854, John Duncan and wife Jennet Duncan of Williams Co. OH, for $850 paid, sell to Christian Small of Williams Co. OH, premises in Williams Co. OH, E 1/2 SW 1/4 Sec.3 Twp.10S Range 4W, containing 80 acres more or less, warrant title. /s/ John Duncan, Jennet (X) Duncan. Wit. John Luke, Azel Luke. John Duncan and wife Jennet Duncan appeared before John Luke, J.P., 28 April 1854. Recorded Sept. 15, 1863. (FHL film 909,443 item 2)
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Fulton Co. OH Deed Index to Deeds transcribed from Williams Co. [OH] Vol.1 (FHL film 559,338; SLC 2/11/2009)
      No Duncan
 

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, Peter, widow Duncan, Julia A.; F 67 Ohio Inf.; 1879 Oct. 20, Invalid Appl. #316788, Cert. #329045; 1895 July 29, Widow Appl. #618447, no cert., Kans. (MAD: 1850 Fulton Co. OH census, Peter Duncan mar. Julia Anne Kedar 5/22/1866 Williams Co. OH per IGI)
 

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