Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1850 Brazoria Co. TX Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1983)
Pg.396, #225-225, Ammon UNDERWOOD 40 MA merchant $23,218
Rachel J. 30 LA
Joseph P. 6, Laura J. 1/12 TX
Gail BORDEN (m) 73 RI (blank) $5,000
Catharine J. 52 RI
Sarah J. CARSON 6 TX
Lewis DUNCAN 58 VA merchant $300
George ROUNDS 45 NY mail boy $1000
1860 Brazoria Co. TX Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
Pg.62, #148-134, U.C. COOLGROVE (m) 42 NY planter $3160-$20,000
Lucretia B. 36 TN
Margaretta 12, Arabella 10 TX
Richard 4 TX
James DUNCAN 25 AL overseer $0-$200
Pg.71, #296-282, R.R. PORTER (m) 28 TN physician $5000-$3250
Bettie 23 TN
W.B. SMITH (m) 29 VA merchant $0-$0
Mollie F. 18 TX
Lewis DUNCAN 68 VA Cty. Treas. $2700-$0
1870 Brazoria Co. TX Census
P.O.Columbia
Pg.521, #428-428, DUNCAN, Pino (m) 53 SC BLACK farm laborer $0-$0
Sallie 50 SC BLACK keeps house
Nannie (f) 10 TX BLACK at home
(MAD: Pino indexed as age 55 but looks much more like 53)
Town of Columbia
Pg.584, #1636-1636, ADRIANCE, John 53 NY Retd. Merchant $0-$600
Lidda 43 NY keep house
Sarah 19 NY at home
Hanah 13 TX at home
Duncan (m) 3 TX
DUNCAN, Lewis 78 VA clerk in store $3800-$0
DENNIS, Richard 70 SC BLACK Domt. Servt.
Henderson Co. TX Deed (FHL film 1,481,285)
Y-364: 26 March 1839, Henderson Co. TX clerk issued license to marry between Theodore S. Lee to Marianne Duncan, Co. of Brazoria, certify the copy from a manuscript kept as a record of marriage license for co. & state first above written from 1839 to 1851, as same appears on file in my office. 24 Oct. 1884, John G. McNeel clerk of Brazoria Co. TX by W.K. Burney, Deputy. 13 Dec. 1884 by Hays Co. TX clerk that the above inst. dated 26 March 1839 was filed for record 13 Dec. 1884, all in Book Y, recorder of deeds &c, on page 97. Filed for record Dec. 26, 1884, Henderson Co. TX; rec. Dec. 31, 1884.
Matagorda Co. TX Probate Minutes v.A-C 1837-1858 (FHL film 1,011,113; SLC 6/2009)
C-69: Petition of Wm. L. Sartwell of Matagorda Co. TX, that 3 May 1846, Mrs. Julia Duncan, a resident of said county and wife of John Duncan of said county, died intestate; she left large possessions consisting of undivided half of community of acquests and gains acquired during their residence in said county, petition for administration, signed Jas. Denison, atty for petitioner. Letters issued Nov. 24, 1851. Appraisers appointed. C-74: Inventory filed 29 Dec. 1851. C-78: Petition of John Duncan of same county, the estate of Julia Duncan, decd, former wife of this petitioner, is indebted to this petitioner in the sum of $24,705.00; the money was part of a sum belonging to this petitioner individually and expended in the purchase of community property during the lifetime of said Julia Duncan his wife now deceased; the property in the inventory was her share of community property. C-80: Accounting $60,000 furnished by petitioner expended to purchase money property in Texas after removal to Texas in 1837 ... 1/2 crop of rice in 1846 ... and debts in 1846. Land in ... Brazoria, Wharton, Calhoun, Bastrop, Burlison Co. and Matagorda Co.
Matagorda Co. TX Deed
H-310/312: #3357. William L. Sartwell, administrator of the succession of Julia Duncan decd. appointed by County Court of Matagorda Co., by virtue of a decree of said court 30 Dec. 1851, after advertisement, on first Tuesday in Feb. 1852, offered for sale to highest bidder for cash, property belonging to succession of Julia Duncan decd, when John Duncan became the purchaser as last and highest bidder of the undivided 1/2 of 3090 acres in Matagorda Co. on Caney Creek, originally granted to I. Foster, for $1549.50; and the undivided half of 2214 acres in Matagorda Co. on Caney Creek originally granted to Wm. Baxter, for $415.12; and undivided half of 206 acres in Matagorda Co. on Cedar Lake originally granted to McCoy & Decrow, for $206.00; and undivided half of 2159 acres in Matagorda Co. on Live Oak originally granted to Williams & Flowers, at $1 per acre amounting to the sum of $1079.50; the undivided half of 4611 acres of land in Matagorda Co. on Live Oak originally granted to S. Williams for $1305.50; the undivided half of 1373 acres in Matagorda Co. on Caney Creek originally granted to A.C. Buckner for $2059.50; the undivided half of 500 acres in Matagorda Co. originally granted to Isaac Vandorn for $750.00; the undivided half of 740 acres in Matagorda Co. on Trespalacios Bay originally granted to I.E. Robertson for $625; the undivided half of 1,666 acres in Matagorda Co. on Trespalacios Creek originally granted to George J. Williams for $208.25; the undivided half of 177 acres in Matagorda Co. on Trespalacios Bay originally granted to James Hughson for $350; the undivided half of 4205 acres in Matagorda Co. on Turtle Bay originally granted to John Duncan for $575.63; the undivided half of 4 acres of land in Matagorda Co. on the Colorado river originally granted to Henry Williams for $25; the undivided half of 640 acres in Matagorda Co. in Bay Prairie originally granted to R.S. Briggs for $80; the undivided half of 1280 acres in Matagorda Co. in Bay Prairie originally granted to William Brown for $160; the undivided half of 640 acres in Matagorda Co. in Bay Prairie originally granted to J. Whitworth for $80; the undivided half of 1107 acres in Brazoria Co. on Linvill bayou originally granted to W.C. Carson at $1 per acre amounting to $553.50; the undivided half of 2214 acres in Wharton Co. on the Colorado river originally granted to J. Tumlinson for $2214; the undivided half of of 333 acres in Calhoun Co. on Matagorda Bay originally granted to James Hughson for $41.63; the undivided half of 4428 acres in Bastrop Co. on Rabbs Creek originally granted to J.D.G. Vanellman for $553.50; the undivided half of 4428 acres in Bastrop Co. on Colorado river originally granted to Perry B. Iles for $553.50; undivided half of 2214 acres in Burlison Co. on Elm Creek originally granted to David Clark for $276.75; undivided half of 2214 acres in Burlison Co. on Yegua Creek originally granted to Orvil Perry for $276.75; also undivided half of 500 head of cattle in Matagorda Co. for $750. On 23 Feb. 1852, I, William L. Sartwell Admin., filed in the County Court a return of sale, the Chief Justice confirmed it and ordered a conveyance be made to the purchaser; now William L. Sartwell as Administrator in consideration of $14,965.38, convey to said John Duncan all the interest of said Julia Duncan deceased to the described property. 24 Feb. 1852. /s/ W.L. Sartwell. Wit. Jas. H. Selkirk, Galen Hodges. Recorded 22 March 1852. (FHL film 1,011,104; SLC 9/11/2010)
"History of Fort Bend County [Texas] : containing biographical sketches of many noted characters: General M.B. Lamar, president of the Republic of Texas, Mrs. Jane Long, called the "Mother of Texas," "Deaf Smith" the famous spy and scout, the Bordens, printers, soldiers and inventors, Mier prisoners, Santa Fe prisoners and some of Fannin's men, all of whom are buried in the cemetery at Richmond" by A.J. Sowell; pub. Houston, Tex.: W.H. Coyle & Co., stationers and printers, 1904, 387 pgs. (LH12391, HeritageQuest images 5/2007)
Pg.285: Muster Roll of Texas Rangers (Civil War) ... William Duncan, Brazoria County, wounded and left at Perryville, Ky.
Some early Duncans in Brazoria Co. TX:
Marianne Duncan, 26 March 1839, license to marry Theodore L. Lee; Mary Ann Duncan mar. Theodore L. Lee 7 April 1839 at Quintana.
John Duncan, 1840, on tax list; 0 white poles, patented 1107 acres (pg.20, perhaps "1840 Citizens of TX; Tax Rolls" Vol.2, by Gifford White, FHL book 976.4 R2wge and fiche 6,100,365; from Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
Lewis Duncan, 1846, on tax list ("Republic of Texas: Poll Lists for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins, 1974; FHL book 976.4 R4m, from Lucille Mehrkam 1984; and from Ruth Robertson 1983)
John Duncan, ca 1870, of Brazoria Co. gave affidavit that A.H. Jones of Gonzales Co. had served at Goliad under Geo. M. "Collins" in Oct. 1835; from TX Pension Application file in box 304-64. John Duncan of Brazoria Co. TX ca 1870 affirmed service of John S. Menefee of Jackson Co. TX at Battle of San Jacinto; from TX Pension Application file in Box 304-72. (pgs.185 and 236, "Republic of TX Pension Application Abstracts" by John C. Barron (Chairman, Abstracting Committee, Austin Gen. Society), Nan Polk Brady, Emma Gene Seale Gentry, Barbara Langham Goudreau, Iris Higgins Zimmerman; FHL fiche 6,101,694 and book 976.4 M2bj)
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