JERSEY CO. IL
Formed 1839 from Greene
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Jersey Co. IL Census
Pg.354  Joseph Duncan      0001,01  -  1000,1
      (MAD: Joseph Duncan mar. Delila Brown 4/28/1839 Greene Co. IL)

1850 Jersey Co. IL Census
Twp.6 Range 12
Pg.14, #7, Joshua DOBBS 28 IL laborer $0
                  Simeon PERKINS 18 IL laborer $0
                  Benjn. DUNEGAN 19 IL laborer $0
                  Wiley ROWDEN 20 IL laborer $0
Twp.8 Range 13
Pg.56, #44, James DAVIS 21 TN laborer $0
                  John 18 TN laborer $0
                  Jerome DUNCAN 23 NY laborer $0
                  (MAD: Jerome Duncan mar. Nancy E. Southwick 2/7/1852 Sangamon Co. IL; 1860 Christian Co. IL census; said to be of Essex, MA; one Jerome Duncan drew pension SC-19923 in 1892 in IL for service in Mexican War)
Twp.8 Range 11
Pg.86, #132, Joseph DUNCAN 42 NJ farmer $16,000
                  Delila 32 IL
                  Catharine 10, John 8 IL
                  Mary 5, Elizabeth 2 IL
                  John CASEY 20 IRE
                  Mary TAGGART 19 IRE

1860 Jersey Co. IL Census
Jerseyville
Pg.265, #396-387, Joseph DUNCAN 52 NJ farmer $15,400-$2,800
                  Delia (f) 39 MO
                  Catharine 18 IL
                  John 13, Mary A. 11, Elizabeth 9 IL
                  Philip 7, Joseph 7, twins, IL
                  (MAD: Delia b. MO, not IL)

1870 Jersey Co. IL Census
Jerseyville PO, Twp.8N R11
Pg.698, #20-20, DUNCAN, John 30 IL farmer $5,000-$1,020
                  Catherine 28 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 7, Susan 5, William 4 IL, mother of foreign birth
                  Catherine 2, John 1 IL, mother of foreign birth
Pg.705, #116-116, DUNCAN, Delila 50 MO keeping house $8,000-$500
                  William 17, Joseph 17 IL, attending school
                  (MAD: brackets in front of William & Joseph)
Otter Creek P.O., Twp.7 R13
Pg.805, #44-44, DUNCAN, Clark (m) 24 MO farmer $0-$450
                  Frances W. (f) 19 IL keeping house
                  Dora? (Ana?) C. (f) 1 IL
                  (MAD: Isaiah C. Duncan mar. Ruth Flippo 2/26/1879; Issiah C. Duncan in 1880 census, dau. Dora)

1880 Jersey Co. IL Soundex (looking for Isaac Wilbur Duncan b.1872-73 OH)
Jersey Twp., Vol.28, ED 96, Sheet 7, Line 33
DUNCAN, John 37 IL (white male)
            Catherine 37 IRE
            Mary A. 15 IL dau
            Joseph D. 14 IL son
            Katie 12 IL dau
            John 10 IL son
            Libbie 8 IL dau
            Thomas 7, Walter J. 6 IL son
            Annie 5, Maggie 3, Rosie E. 3/12 IL daus
 

REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES

Sangamon Co. IL Deed
      25-399: 9 April 1864, Delilah Duncan (/s/ Delila Duncan) of Jersey Co. IL to William W. Brian of Sangamon Co. IL, for $300, quit claim her interest to land, N 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.32 T13N R7W, 80 acres. Wit. M.E. Bagley, Clerk of Jersey Co. Circuit Court. Rec. Nov. 15, 1865. (FHL film 1,310,398; SLC 9/10/2010) (MAD: one Joseph Duncan mar. Delila Brown 4/28/1839 Greene Co. IL)
 

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