Duncans in Morgan Co. GA

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

Last revised November 27, 2001

MORGAN CO. GA
Formed 1807 from Baldwin, Jasper
Newton formed 1821 from Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Walton
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820 Morgan Co. GA Census
Capt. Shaw's District
Pg.128  Daniel Duncan       310010   - 01000

1830 Morgan Co. GA Census
Pg.246  William Sanders     1000,01  - 1100,1
          (MAD: Elizabeth Duncan Jenkins mar. William Sanders
            of Putnam Co. GA on 12/15/1835 in Greene Co. GA)

1830-1860 Morgan Co. GA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Morgan Co. GA Census
P.O. Madison
Pg.479, #1761-1761, ALLIN, George 36 GA BLACK farm laborer
                  Diana (f) 37 VA BLACK farm laborer
                  DUNCAN, Thomas 76 GA BLACK farm laborer
                  ALLIN, Patsey (f) 58 NC BLACK farm laborer
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Morgan Co. GA Marriage Records (FHL film 158,906)
      Wills & Marriages 1806-1815 - no index
      Marriages 1821-1834 - no Duncan groom; no bride index
      Marriages 1833-1854 - no Duncan groom; no bride index
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Morgan Co. GA Probate records
      Court of Ordinary, Bonds of Admin. & Guardians (FHL film 158,943)
            1816-1827 - no Duncan
            1827-1846 - no Duncan
      Wills & Marriages (FHL film 158,905)
            1806-1815 - no index
      Wills (FHL film 158,905)
            Book A - no Duncan
            Book B, 1815-1830 - no Duncan
            Book C, 1831-1866 - no Duncan
 

LAND RECORDS

GA Land Lotteries; Morgan Co. GA
      Name, lottery year, militia district & county of residence, draw
      Duncan, Daniel, 1821, of Shaws Dist., Morgan Co., drew lot #138 in Sec.12, Dooly Co.
      Duncan, Daniel, 1821, of Shepherds Dist., Morgan Co., drew lot #35 in Sec.13, Monroe Co.
      Duncan, Rainey, 1827, of Capt. Shearmans Dist., Morgan Co., drew lot #88, 23rd Dist., Sec.1, Lee Co.

Morgan Co. GA Deeds (FHL film 206,328 reverse index)
      Book A-F - no Duncan
      Book I-L - no Duncan

Morgan Co. GA Deeds
      Book A, 1806-1809 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,827)
      Book B, 1809-1811 - no Duncan
      Book C, 1811-1812 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,828)
      Book D, 1813-1815 - no Duncan
      Book E, 1815-1817 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,829)
      Book F, 1817-1818 - no Duncan
      Book G, 1818-1820 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,830)
      Book GG, 1820-1823 - no Duncan
      Book H, 1823-1824 - no Duncan
      Book HH, 1824-1829 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,831)
      Book I, 1829-1836 - no index (FHL film 158,832)
      Book J, 1836-1841 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,833)
      Book K, 1841-1855 - no Duncan (FHL film 158,834)
      Book M, 1866-1872 & earlier - no Duncan (FHL film 158,836)
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Greene Co. GA Deed (FHL film 158,299)
      JJ-5: (no day) Feb. 1824, Royal Jenkins of Morgan Co. GA and James Jenkins and Frances Duncan and Rainey Duncan and William Duncan and Lovanny Duncan of Greene Co. GA, to William Duncan, for $361, 134 acres on Apalachy River adj. land of Fernless(?) & others. Wit. Eleazar Lockwood, Saml. Harriss JP.

Greene Co. GA Tax Digests 1809-1815, 1822 (FHL film 1,018,452)
      Year, whose District, name, county where land located, acres, waterway, to whom granted, neighbors or Lot #, free males, Negroes, practitioners of law and judges, stock in trade, town lots and buildings, 4-wheeled carriages, 2-wheeled carriages, covering? horses, tax
1809: Capt. Jenkins Dist:
      Duncan, Jane, Greene Co., 133-1/4a, Apalachee, granted Wilburn, adj. Phillips
      Duncan, Jane, Morgan Co., 101-1/4a, S. Creek, granted Sparks, adj. Whatley
      Duncan, Jane 14, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, unknown, self, #28
      Duncan, Jane 13, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, unknown, adj. Barnett, #97, 0 fm, 3 blacks
1810: Capt. Lewis Jenkins Dist (no Evans this district):
      Duncan, Jane, Greene Co., 133-1/4a, Apalachee, granted Wilburn, adj. Phillips
      Duncan, Jane 14, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, self, self, #281
      Duncan, Jane 13, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, self, Barnett, #97
      Duncan, Jane, Morgan Co., 101-1/4a, S. Creek, granted Sparks, adj. McAfee, 0 fm, 3 blacks
1811: Capt. R. Moore's Dist. (copied Wm. Evans only):
      Evans, Wm. Jr, Greene Co., 61a, S. Creek, (blank), adj. Stewart, 1 fm, 2 blacks
      Evans, Wm., Greene Co., 100a & 350a, S. Creek, granted Hough, adj. Stephens, 1 fm, 12 blacks
      Capt. Jubal E. Watt's Dist.:
      Evans, Wm. #8, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, blank, granted self, 1 fm, 1 black
      Capt. Lewis Jenkins Dist.:
      Duncan, Daniel, agent for
      Duncan, Jane, Greene Co., 133-1/2a, Apalachee, granted Wilburn, adj. Phillips
      Duncan, Jane, Morgan Co., 101-1/4a, S. Creek, granted Sparks, adj. Col.
      Duncan, Jane, Telfair Co., 202-1/2a, Omulgee, granted J. Duncan
      Duncan, Jane, Telfair Co., 202-1/2a, Omulgee, granted Barnett, 0 fm, 3 blacks
1812: Capt. William Perkins Dist.:
      Duncan, Jane, Greene Co., 133-1/4a, Apalachee, (blank), adj. Phillips
      Duncan, Jane 14, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, (blank), granted self
      Duncan, Jane 13, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, (blank), granted Barnett
      Duncan, Jane, Morgan Co., 101-1/4a, (blank), granted Sparks, 0 fm, 3 blacks
1813: Capt. William Perkins Dist.:
      Duncan, Jane, Greene Co., 133-1/4a, Apalachee, (blank), adj. Phillips
      Duncan, Jane, Morgan Co., 101-1/4a, (blank), granted Wester
      Duncan, Jane 13, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, (blank), granted Barnett
      Duncan, Jane 14, Wilkinson Co., 202-1/2a, (blank), granted self, 0 fm, 3 blacks
1814: Capt. William Perkins, Dist. 145 (no later land in Morgan Co.):

Henry Co. GA Deeds
      A-80: 9 Nov. 1818, James Wyatt of Morgan Co. to John Wyatt of Jasper Co., $100, land in Dist. 14, lot #127 on waters of Crooked Creek in Wilkinson Co.; wit. Wm. Hardin, Clerk, Daniel Duncan, James Heard; rec. Oct. 1, 1823. (FHL film 175,357; from pg.13, "Henry Co. GA Land Records 1821-1828, Deed Books A & B" by Kathleen Borders Moss & Freda Reid Turner; FHL book 975.8435 R2m)
      B-379: 21 Dec. 1825, William Gilbert of Morgan Co. to Silas Moseley, $500, 202-1/2 acres, Dist. 11, Lot #59; wit. William Gray, David? Duncan, Jacob Gurley, Henry N. Pope JP; rec. Nov. 6, 1827. (MAD: ?? should be Daniel Duncan?) (FHL film 175,358; from pg.170, "Henry Co. GA Land Records 1821-1828, Deed Books A & B" by Kathleen Borders Moss & Freda Reid Turner; FHL book 975.8435 R2m)

Lee Co. GA Land Lottery Index, 1827; by District, Section & Lot (FHL film 514,014)
      23rd Dist., 1st Sec., #88, granted Rainey Duncan of Shearman's Dist., Morgan Co., 19 July 1828 (MAD: see Greene Co. GA)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

GA Military Commissions in the State Militia, 1798-1860, by the GA Executive Department
      MAD: by year, includes index, frequently two items on a page; these are apparently orders that these men be commissioned a certain rank in a particular company. The early ones gave a county, the later ones only a militia district.
      1815-1818 (FHL film 159,001):
      Pg.676: 16 July 1817, Daniel Duncan, Gent., Lieutenant of 282nd District Company of Militia. (MAD: see Morgan or Henry Co.)
      (MAD: Daniel Duncan was on the 1810 tax list in Coleman Dist., and on the 1817 tax list in Duke Dist.)
 

OTHER SOURCES

The family records of James Duncan, b. 30 May 1785, mar. 2 July 1804 Sarah Lumsden, b. 20 April 1785, have been given in the following:
      "East AL Genealogical Quarterly" 1983-4, pg.137, gives burials in the now destroyed Family Cemetery in Salem, in Russell Co. before the creation of Lee Co. AL, of James Duncan 5/30/1785 - 12/29/1851 and Sarah Lumsden Duncan, 4/20/1785 - 2/11/1860 and many of their children.
      "Tap Roots" Vol.5, No.3 (January 1968) and Vol.5, No.4 (April 1868) has Bible Records pertaining to this family.
      A typed copy of the Bible Records of Augustus Jones Digby and of James Duncan and his wife Sarah Lumsden Duncan, married 7/2/1804, are also in the AL State Archives 929.3 Hobbs (from Donna Little 1982). This record gives the birth of James Duncan as Morgan Co. GA.
      "AL Bible Records" by Jeannette H. Austin, 1987 (FHL fiche 6,100,667 and FHL book 976.1 D2a)
      "Historical Collections of the GA Chapters NSDAR" Vol.IV (TN Gen. Society Library #2264 and "Family Bible Records" by GA DAR, Series 1, pg.739, on FHL film 6,976; and Bible Record of William Hardy on pg.1027-1030, FHL film 6,977)
      "Jasper Co. GA Cemetery and Bible Records" by Lancaster, 1969, has extracts from the Bible Record of James Duncan on pg.183 and of William Hardy on pg.204-205 (Los Angeles Public Library book R975.81 J39La)
      "Lumsden Family and Related Lines, Day, Greer, Leonard, Lowe, Richardson, Sanford, Taylor, and Williams" by Virginia K. Preston, 1994, pgs.19-20 (from Martha Jones 8/1995). This source says that James Duncan was born 5/30/1785 Morgan Co. GA, died 12/21/1851 Russell Co. AL, mar. 7/21/1808.
 

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