Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug
Last revised November 22, 2012
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1810 Norfolk Co. VA census Pg.896 Dunscomb, J. 00010 - 00020 1830 Norfolk Co. VA Census Pg.408 David Duncan 2031,01 - 1000,101 429 Louisa Duncan 0 - 0005 431 Ann Duncan 0010,1 - 0000,1001
1840 Norfolk Co. VA census
No Duncan indexed
1850 Norfolk Co. VA Census
Norfolk City
Pg.4, #56-58, John DUNCAN 40 NC carpenter
Lydia 39 NC
Abner 8 NC, Lewcy (f) 3 VA
Pg.4, #56-59, William NICHOLS 25 VA mariner
Jane 30 NC
Wm. M. 4/12 VA
Elizabeth DUNCAN 18, David 17 NC
Pg.53, #808, Virginia DUNCAN (f) 35 VA
Harriet E. 15 VA
Victoria MARCHANT 19 VA
Justina WOODLAND 12 VA
(MAD: Virginia the widow of James F., mar. 1833; 1860 Rockingham Co. VA census)
Pg.72, #1095, Charles C. FRENCH 33 PA merchant
Eliza G. 32 NC
Caroline L. 8, Emma J. 1 VA
Mary G. HURSLEY 40 VA
Frances C. DUNCAN (f) 20 VA
John LANKARD 10 VA
Pg.95, #1433, James HEATH 50 VA carpenter
Elizabeth A. HODGES 19 VA
Sarah P. PIGG 20 VA
David DUNCAN 18 VA carpenter
Pg.181, #896, Joseph DUNCAN 27 Ireland laborer
Ann 24 England
Other laborers born Ireland and England
Jno. DUNCAN 1/3 VA
Elizabeth River Parish
Pg.241, #15, Thomas DUNCAN 25 NC
Catherine 21 NC
Sarah A. 2 VA
1860 Norfolk Co. VA Census
Elizabeth River Parish
Pg.26, #1097-1095, George DUNCAN 63 SCT farmer $12,000-$12,000
Sarah 61 SCT "lady"
Jackson W. Portsmouth
Pg.119, #1589-1578, Letitia CARMICHAEL 28 VA milliner $0-$1500
Virginia DUNCAN 18 VA milliner $0-$20
Amanda J. 20 VA milliner $0-$30
Margt. A. HATTERO? 17 VA milliner $0-$30
Susan SENAUGH 16 VA milliner $0-$20
Jas. A. DAVIS 38 VA boat builder $1400-$50
Cath. 32 VA & ch. & others not copied
Norfolk
Pg.366, #599-677, Robt. GATEWOOD 30 VA Epis. clergyman $5400-$100
Harriet E. 26 VA
Eliz. C. 4, James D. 3 VA
Richd. 9/12 MD
Virginia DUNCAN 42 VA (blank) $12,750-$7,700
Jessie V. WOODLAND (f) 21 VA (blank) $4,000-$17,000
Helen W. STARKE 16 VA
Ann C. 9 VA (blank) $0-$2500
Ella 7 VA
Caroline JOHNSON 25 VA BLACK domestic
Lizzie MILLS 20 VA
Portsmouth City
Pg.589, #254, "Almhouse in Co. of Norfolk"
Ann DUNCAN 40 IRE knits & sews; on crutches, a cripple
St. Brides Parish
Pg.647, #680-680, Jno. DUNCAN 48 VA farmer $2400-$1500
Lydia 47 VA "lady"
Abner 18, Louis ("m") 13 VA
Phebe (f) 8 VA
Wesley BEACHEM 45 VA laborer
(MAD: should be Louisa (f) instead of Louis (m) age 13; ? Phoeba Duncan 14 NC in 1870 Camden Co. NC census)
1870 Norfolk Co. VA Census
Norfolk, Ward 1
Pg.63, #42-95, PAISONS, Mary 46 NC (white) tailoress $0-$0
LAMB, Delia 18 NC (white) tailoress
DUNCAN, Alexander 2 ("f") NC (white)
Pg.63, #44-101, FIELD, Lemuel 50 NC (white) carpenter $0-$0
Sarah 28 VA keeping house
DUNCAN, Willis 11 VA (white) at home
Pg.81, #250-415, GATEWOOD, Robert 40 VA (white) clergyman $5500-$0
Harriet 36 VA keeping house
Elizabeth 15, James 13 VA attending school
Richard 10 MD attending school
Robert 8, Virginia 5 VA
William 1 VA
DUNCAN, Virginia 53 VA (white) no occupation $14000-$300
WOODLAND, Justina (f) 26 VA (white) no occupation
HANCOCK, Alice 20 VA (white) domestic servant
GOODMAN, Rachel 65 MD BLACK domestic servant
Norfolk, Ward 2
Pg.167, #766-1121, DUNCAN, Wallace 28 VA (white) clergyman $5000-$0
Medora 27 SC keeping house
Thomas 6, Carrie 5, Alice 2 VA
(MAD: 1850 Mecklenburg Co. VA census)
Norfolk, Ward 3
Pg.171, #7-8, DUNCAN, Charles 37 MD (white) restaurant keeper $0-$500
Prudence 28 MD keeping house
George W. 5, George Etta (f) 8 MD
(MAD: 1860 9th Ward, Baltimore City MD census & 1880 Baltimore City MD census)
Norfolk, Ward 4
Pg.273, #572-762, O'KEEFE, Mathew 42 IRE minister $80,000-$1,000, parents of foreign birth
DOUGHERTY, John 27 IRE minister, parents of foreign birth
WHITE, Jas. 45 ENG student, parents of foreign birth
FINN, Jas. 29 MA student, father of foreign birth
MURRAY, Thos. 21 NY student
POWERS, John 20 MA student
DANNER?, Michael 21 GERMANY student, parents of foreign birth
HASTY, Patrick 21 VA student
DUNCAN, James 30 PA (white) student
CARTER, Nancy 48 NC BLACK domes. sevt.
Hannah 20 MD BLACK domes. sevt.
Pg.291, #799-1038, DAVENPORT, Wm. 60 VA BLACK laborer $0-$0
Mary 40 VA BLACK keeps house
Leah (f) 17 VA BLACK
ALLEN, Hezekiah (m) 9 VA BLACK
Mattie 6 VA BLACK
DUNCAN, Ada (f) 82 VA BLACK
Norfolk Co. VA Marriage Bonds (FHL film 32,906)
1787-1790 - no index
1817-1820 - no Duncan groom, no bride index
1820-1824 - no Duncan groom, no bride index
1824-1829 - no Duncan groom, no bride index
Quit
Norfolk City (Independent) VA Will Index 1784-1928 (FHL film 32,930)
Duncan, James F., 13-190 (Vol.8 is 1868; did not check Vol. 13)
Norfolk City VA Index to Appraisements, 1755-1936 (FHL film 32,882)
No Duncan
Norfolk City VA Index to Audits 1755-1937 (FHL film 32,889)
No Duncan
Norfolk Co. (Chesapeake City) VA Probate records
Index to Appraisements 1755-1936 - no Duncan (FHL film 32,888)
Index to Audits 1755-1937 - no Duncan (FHL film 32,889)
Norfolk City VA Deed Indexes
Index 1784-1807 (FHL film 32,940)
4-170: Donncan, Lawrence agreement with Isaac Joseph Faugas, 7/25/1796
Index 1808-1833
Duncan, David - lots of grantee deeds, not copied (see history of Spartanburg SC), 1828 and later
13-333: Duncan, James from John Warrington
13-490: Duncan, James to Marcia H. Durant, bill of sale, 1815
15-108: Duncan, James trust from John H. Fosdick
15-283: Duncan, James to Jonathan Langley, trust, 1818
Index 1833-1839 (FHL film 32,941)
Duncan, David (not copied)
21-149: Duncan, James F., from
21-254: Duncan, Virginia & heirs to Elizabeth Stone
Norfolk City VA Deeds
4-170: 28 Feb. 1797, Isaac Joseph F. Angus/Faugus to Laurence Donncan, home on church street (rental?) (FHL film 32,944)
13-333: 9 March 1816, James Duncan of Borough of Norfolk, trustee, for John Harrington and wife Mary and Nathaniel Murphy, not copied (FHL film 32,948)
13-490: 21 Oct. 1817, James Duncan of Burough of Norfolk, $1300, to Marcia H. Durant, bill of sale for slaves. Wit. Thos. G. Boughton. (FHL film 32,948)
21-254: 22 June 1834, James F. Duncan and wife Virginia to Elizabeth Stone, $500, land in Norfolk. No wit. (FHL film 32,950)
Norfolk Co. (Chesapeake City) VA Deeds - not cataloged as on film 1988
Mecklenburg Co. VA Deed Books
31-377: (blank) March 1845, David Duncan formerly of Norfolk ... now of Randolph Waren College in County of Mecklenburg, VA, guardian of my infant children Mary Elizabeth, James Armstrong, David Robinson, William Wallace, Thomas Cary Duncan who with William Wallace and Amanda Churchill Duncan now deceased are devisees of Ann D. Shirley late of borough of Norfolk VA as the heir remaining? of her father Christopher Tompkins and Robert Tompkins her grandfather, and in my own right as the heir at law of the said William Wallace and Amanda Churchill Duncan, appoint Mr. Markland of Roanoak in the State of Kentucky as attorney to dispose of land in KY. Recorded 17 March 1845. (FHL film 32,546)
33-141: (recorded 25 Sept. 1849) no day, month, 1849, David Duncan "formerly of the Borough (now City) of Norfolk in the state of Virginia but now residing in the County of Mecklenburg in the state aforesaid and Guardian to my children Mary Elizabeth Duncan (now Mary Elizabeth Lomax) William Wallace now deceased, James Armstrong and Amanda Churchill Duncan now deceased, who are devisees of Ann D. Shirley deceased" late of Norfolk, "and in my own right, as the heir at law of the said William Wallace, and Amanda Churchill, and as the father of David Robinson, William Wallace, Thomas Casy and D'Arcy Paul Duncan, infants born since the death of the said Testatrix Ann D. Shirley," appoint "Lucien Lomax Esquire attorney at law of Abbeville in the District of Abbeville in the state of South Carolina, and husband of my daughter Mary Elizabeth" to sell real estate ... in the state of Kentucky of which "Ann D. Shirley as the heir or devisee of Christopher Tompkins and Robert Tompkins, was seized" ... "which she devised by her last will and testament to my children aforesaid" .... No Wit. (FHL film 32,547)
Barren Co. KY Deed (FHL film 209,728; SLC 9/20/2012)
S-526/527: (blank) day of Feb. 1850, David Duncan, formerly of Borough "(now city)" of Norfolk in State of Virginia, but now residing in County of Mecklenburg State afsd and guardian to my children Mary Elizabeth Duncan now Mary Elizabeth Lomax, William Wallace Duncan now deceased, James Armstrong Duncan and Amanda Churchill Duncan now deceased, who were devisees of Ann D. Shirley decd, late of the Borough (now City) of Norfolk aforesaid, and in my own right as the heir at law of the said William Wallace Duncan and Amanda Churchill Duncan, and as the father of David Robinson Duncan, William Wallace Duncan, Thomas Carey Duncan and D'Arcy Paul Duncan, infants born since the death of the said testatrix, Ann D. Shirley: Have constituted and appointed Lucien H. Lomax Esquire Attorney at Law of Abbeville, in the district of Abbeville in SC and husband of my daughter Mary Elizabeth Duncan now Lomax, my attorney to sell or otherwise dispose of all the real estate ... in State of KY of which Ann D. Shirley as heir or devisee of Christopher Tompkins and Robert Tompkins, was entitled to and which she devised by her will to my children afsd and also institute suits or take other legal means for the recovery of any lands or debts which may be due or owing to the devisees of said Ann D. Shirley, ... /s/ David Duncan. He appeared before Abram Keen, presiding J.P. for Mecklenburg Co. VA County Court, 11 Feb. 1850. Certification by Richard B. Baptist, Clerk of Mecklenburg Co. VA County Court, for Abram Keen, the only presiding Magistrate for said County Court, 11 Feb. 1850. Certification by Abram Keen, the only presiding Justice of the County Court of Mecklenburg Co. VA, for Richard B. Baptist, 11 Feb. 1850. (FHL film 209,728; SLC 9/20/2012)
Camden Co. NC Deed (FHL film 18,376)
AA-9: (blank) May 1854, Caleb Britt & wife Nancy (X) of Norfolk Co. VA to Ezekiel Duncan of Currituck Co. NC, for $900, (1) 75 acres at the bridge running up the branch to Delen Carter's land, Wm. Lyndsey's lead ditch, Hester Bell's land, North Ever swamp, being formerly owned by Wilson Parr now decd; (2) 12-1/2 acres being the Forbes tract adj. above tract, and adj. Delen Carter; wit. Edwin Feribee, W.D. Williams.
Lycoming Co. PA Mortgage Book A, 1825-1840, 1853 (FHL film 1,023,980; SLC 6/17/2008)
A-447: 7 May 1838, Jesse E. Duncan of Norfolk, VA, to Ellen Duncan of Carlisle, PA; Jesse E. owed Ellen $600, $300 due 15 May next, mortgage messuage and tract of land in Pine Creek Twp., Lycoming Co. PA, late the estate of Stephen Duncan decd, Jesse being one of heirs, adj. lands of Robert Hamilton, William Gallaher, George Myers, Margaret Simmons, George Crawford, McClure & White, and the West Branch of the River Susquehanna, containing 320 acres. Wit. Mary H. Duncan, Robert Snodgrass. (FHL film 1,023,980) (MAD: Carlisle, Cumberland Co. PA)
1900 "History of Spartanburg Co. SC: embracing an account of many important events and biographical sketches of statesmen, divines and other public men and the names of many others worthy of record in the history of their county" by John Belton O'Neall Landrum, pub. Atlanta by Franklin Print. c1900 (FHL book 975.729 H2L)
Pg.350: PROFESSOR DAVID DUNCAN. This eminent educator was born in the county of Donegal, Ireland, in 1790, and was graduated from Glasgow University at eighteen years of age, after which he spent four years in the English navy. He was at St. Petersburg at the time Napoleon burned Moscow. He came to America in 1817 and landed in Norfolk, VA, and from that time until his death he devoted his attention to educational work. From 1817 to 1835, he was the principal of the Norfolk Academy, and from the latter date until 1854 he was professor of ancient languages in the Randolph-Macon College, and from 1854 to 1881, in which year he died, he was professor of ancient languages in the Wofford College at Spartanburg, being among the first of the faculty of that institution.
He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Ann Shirley, who only lived one year after her marriage, leaving no children. His second marriage was to Miss Alice A. Peimont. She was reared in Norfolk, and was the daughter of Thomas and Alice (Robinson) Peimont. ....
1921 "History of AL and Dictionary of AL Biography" by Thomas M. Owen, Vol.III (pages 516-519 from Donna Little 1982; 4 vols. on FHL fiche 6,048,243 to 6,048,246)
DUNCAN, JAMES ARMSTRONG, Methodist minister, was born March 8, ----, in Richmond, VA; son of James Armstrong and Sallie Duke (Twitty) Duncan, the former editor of the Christian Advocate, Richmond [Henrico Co.], during the War of Secession, and president of Randolph-Macon college, Ashland, VA, 1868-77, at which date he died; grandson of David and Alice (Piedmont) Duncan, the former a native of Ireland, educated at Glasgow, and came to America in 1816 to take charge of Norfolk academy, professor of Greek at Wofford college, Spartanburg, SC, and of Thomas and Evelyn (Fitts) Twitty of Warren Co. NC. Dr. Duncan received his early education in a school for boys at Ashland, VA, ....
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