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1850 Travis Co. TX Census (some also from Jean Walker)
Taken 8/31/1850
Pg.136, #49, Thos. GLASSCOCK 22 VA farmer $2500
Eliza 18 FL
Biron 1 TX
John RICHARDSON 26 TN
Isabella KRUTTON? 40 AL
Josephine DUNCAN 17 AL
(MAD: Thos. W. Glasscock mar. Eliza Jane Duncan 6/18/1848; Josephine Duncan mar. 11/17/1850 Geo. A. Gamble)
Pg.136, #51-51, Daniel R. AYRES 34 TN farmer $94
Julina 26 AL
Alameda (f) 6 TX
Susan 5/12 TX
(MAD: Julina Duncan, dau. of George W. Duncan & Penelope Wells, said to have mar. 1st Dr. William S. Beavers 5/4/1843 TX, mar. 2nd Daniel R. Ayres 2/16/1847)
Pg.151, #267, Jenina DUNHAM (f) 29 AL (blank) $0
Malcolm (m) 7, Martha 6 TX
Washington HAMMET 21 MO laborer
City of Austin, taken 9/22/1850
Pg.155, #344, John M. DUNCAN 30 TN blacksmith $600
Barbary 22 AR
John FITZSIMONS 40 NY Mert.
(MAD: 1860 Hays Co. TX census; JHW: neighbors Crosby, Creuzbar?, Mulberry, Roberson; one Mrs. Barbary Duncan mar. J.J. Bayard 10/15/1867)
City of Austin, taken 10/2/1850
Pg.160, #422, George A. GAMBLE 31 PA merchant
Angus CLINGLEHAFER 18 GER. laborer
(MAD: Geo. A. Gamble mar. Josephine Duncan 11/17/1850)
1860 Travis Co. TX Census (no Duncan indexed; also from Jean Walker 1984)
Pg.250, #176-176, Thos. W. GLASCOCK 32 VA farmer $2000-$445
E.J. (f) 26 FL
B.A. (m) 10, J. (f) 8, W.T. (m) 7 TX
J.T. (m) 3, A.G. (f) 1 TX
Pg.268, #434-434, J.J. BAYARD (m) 45 FRANCE physician
1870 Travis Co. TX Census
Precinct #4, P.O. Purdenallis; first name first
Pg.174, #206-250, George DUNCAN 36 GA farmer $0-$2000
Eliza Duncan 34 GA keeping house
James 18 TX farmer
Annetta (f) 16 TX at home
George 14 TX at home
1930 Census, Austin City, Travis County, Texas (from Kathy Cawley 12/2008)
E.D.# 227-24, S.D.# 24, Page# 262, Image# 21 of 49
1809? Colorado Street
DUNCAN,
Jordena D., Head, rents/$100., age 56, W'd., TX./VA./TX., proprietor/boarding H.
Starkey D., Son, age 23, single, CA./TN./TX., salesman/life ins.
Joseph D., Son, age 21, single, attends school, TX./TN./TX., journalist/state cap.
(KDC: see Starkey Duncan, 1920 Jones Co. TX)
Index to TX Confederate Pension Records (from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1983)
Application, Name, County, Book
21557, Duncan, C.J., Travis, 2
Some early Duncans in Travis Co. TX:
John Duncan, 2 May 1848, recorded mark or brand; from First Book of Marks and Brands, Travis Co. TX Clerk's Office (pg.108, "Some Early Travis Co. (TX) Records" by Jane Sumner, 1979, FHL book 976.431 R28s, from Jean Walker and Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
Robert M. Duncan, 1855-1860, in TX Rangers; R.M. Duncan, 3rd Corp., 10/18/1855 to 11/16/1855; Robert M. Duncan, Private, 11/1859 to 1/20/1860 age 30 "place of birth" (resided at enlistment) Austin [Travis Co.]; Robert M. Duncan, 4th Corp., 1/20/1860 - 5/17/1860, age 30, "place of birth" (resided) Brownsville [Cameron Co.]. ("TX Rangers and Minute Men 1847-1900" D-G, Vol.3, by Frances T. Ingmire; from Lucille Mehrkam 11/1985; FHL book 976.4 M2if Vol.4). (MAD: ? 1860 Fayette Co. TX census)
Samuel H. Duncan, 1858-1861, in TX Rangers; Private, 11/10/1858 to 5/10/1859, age 36, "place of birth" (resided at enlistment) Austin [Travis Co.]; 5th Sgt., 2/10/1860 - 5/17/1860, age 37, "place of birth" (resided) Brownsville [Cameron Co.], deserted after being appointed Sgt.; Private, 12/29/1860 at Austin, mustered out 5/9/1861, age 38. ("TX Rangers and Minute Men 1847-1900" D-G, Vol.3, by Frances T. Ingmire; from Lucille Mehrkam 11/1985; FHL book 976.4 M2if Vol.4).
L.C. Duncan, 17 Dec. 1873, mar. Martha Murphy.
R.H. "Dick" Duncan, 18 Sept. 1891, hanged in Eagle Pass, bur. Barnett Cemetery, San Saba Co. TX, born "6 Dec. 1862" Leon Co. TX; brother of Abijah (Bige) Duncan bur. in unmarked grave. (Supplement pg.9, "San Saba Co. TX Cemetery Inscriptions" by Joyce Capps; from Jean Walker 10/1984) More background is given about the reason for his hanging on pg.236, "Breaks of the Balcones : a regional history" (Travis Co. TX) by Allan A. Stovall; from Lucille Mehrkam 6/1984; FHL book 976.4 H2sto)
John Bruce Duncan, 6 April 1901, died; John Bruce Duncan 4/22/1822 - 4/6/1901 and Penelope Duncan 9/20/1788 - 7/1/1862, bur. Pecan Cemetery on Hwy. 71. (pg.120, "Some Early Travis Co. (TX) Records" by Jane Sumner, 1979, FHL book 976.431 R28s, from Jean Walker and Lucille Mehrkam 1984; this cemetery also given as being in Llano Co. TX) (MAD: 1850 Caldwell Co. TX census)
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