Duncans in TN

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

Last revised September 5, 2003

TENNESSEE MISCELLANEOUS
 

Also see the published abstracts and indexes to military records by Virgil D. White for Duncans who served in the various wars.
 

Many of the early TN state and county records have been published in books by various authors. Early TN marriages and the 1830 and 1850 TN census have been published by Byron and Barbara Sistler. The DAR has published many early records, and the WPA has published Bible records. Periodicals by TN Historical or Genealogical Societies have also published state and county records.
 

Jackson Co. AL Will Record Vol.P, 1870-1872 (FHL film 1,018,426)
      P-115: Petition filed Jan. 1871, of M.P. James for Letters of Administration on estate of Robert Duncan a citizen of TN, died intestate in that state owning $150 property in AL, petitioner is creditor of said Robert Duncan, petition to appoint General Administrator of County, G.D. Campbell, to administer the estate; security M.P. James.
 

Death Records, Yolo Co. CA Recorder's Office, Woodland, CA (not copied fully)
      Duncan, William K., died 17 Aug. 1889, aged 64 years 11 mos 20 days, married, native Tennessee.
 

Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850 (online database of TN State Library and Archives 8/10/2000)
      http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/inmate1.htm
      The Tennessee State Penitentiary opened in 1831. Prior to that offenders were held in county jails. Surviving records of the Penitentiary are housed at the State Library and Archives as Record Group 25.
      The list of inmates is found in ledger volume 86 of those records. The ledger also includes the date received in the Penitentiary, the prisoner's state of birth, and the date discharged. Copies of entries are available upon request by mail (listed under "State Penitentiary and Record Groups").
 

1902 "History of Middle TN Baptists" by J.H. Grime (FHL fiche 6,048,112; book 976.8 K2g)
      No Duncan ministerial biography, major index only
 

1912 "Notable Men of TN, from 1833 to 1875; Their Times & Their Contemporaries" by Oliver P. Temple (FHL book 976.8 D3t)
      No Duncan in major index
 

1914 "Book of Three States, Notable Men of MS, AR, TN" by Commercial Appeal Pub. Co., incl. index (FHL book 976 D3c)
      No genealogical info given, not copied
 

1914 "History of Mendocino and Lake Cos. CA" by Aurelius O. Carpenter and Percy H. Millberry (CA State Library, Sacramento)
      Pg.368: WILLIAM DUNCAN. Elijah Hall Duncan came to Mendocino July, 1858. Duncan land, Duncan's Peak, and Duncan springs named after him. Elijah born TN 8 Dec. 1824, died 23 July 1889. Parents died at age 8. Family had previously moved to [Laclede Co.] Missouri. Elijah worked as tanner. Married 15 April 1856 Elizabeth Craddock of Virginia. Crossed plains, arrived Sonoma County 7 Sept. 1856. ... (MAD: Compare Talitha Duncan m. Elijah Hall July 26, 1866, in Marshall Co. TN)
 

1907 "History of CA and Extended History of Southern Coast Counties" by James M. Guinn, Vol.2 (CA State Library book qc979.4 G9)
      Pg.2171: DUNCAN, Narcissa. Mrs. Narcissa Duncan of Los Angeles, her grandfather William Parker of Livingston Co., MO, her father William Parker and mother Elizabeth Hicks. Narcissa b. 8 Dec. 1842; family to Texas 2 years later; to CA 1854 near San Diego. She m. 1855 William S. Duncan, who although born in Tennessee was reared in Texas, whither his mother had removed while he still a youth. He came with Parker family to CA. He d. 11 Jan. 1871. Eight children, youngest died an infant. Ch. Francis m. M.L. Bennett, d. age 27; Robert was 2nd child; Cora m. Charles McClain, live Los Angeles; John Smith is rancher; Henry resides Los Angeles; Mahala m. Louis Fogle; youngest living is Maude Myrtle, wife of Hugh C. Laughlin. (MAD: William S. b. 1827 TN, with Thomas in 1850 Limestone Co. TX; son of Robert? & Mahala from ?Madison Co. TN ?)
 

"The Boone Family" by Hazel A. Spraker, 1922 (Placerville Public Library, CA)
      Pg.472-473: William Boone, b. in NC 12 Dec. 1790, m. Sallie Howard. He lived and died in Flat Creek [Bedford Co.], TN. Children: (1) Howard Boone, b. 22 Dec. 1824; m. Elizabeth Floyd; children: (8) Rev. Walter Wallace Boone, m. Ella Duncan (no date).
      Pg.353 (& pg.247): Elizabeth Frances Boone, b. 21 Dec. 1837, d. about 1919, m. 1855 E.T. Sammons (b. 12 Mar. 1835). Ch.: (3) Mary Gertrude Sammons, m. Edward Duncan (d. 1914). Ch. (1) Frank E.W. Duncan, b. 21 Jan. 1889, m. May 1912 Mary Tincinter; (2) William Allen Duncan, b. 8 Feb. 1892.
 

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