Duncans in Lyon Co. KY

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Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised April 22, 2011

LYON CO. KY
Formed 1854 from Caldwell
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Lyon Co. KY Census
P.O. Eddyville
Pg.666, #26-26, Elihu C. DUNCAN 61 SC farmer $700-$400
                  Susanna 50 KY weaver
                  Andrew C. 22, Elihu W. 16 KY laborers
                  Job. 25 KY laborer
                  Martha A. 19 KY weaver
                  (MAD: mar. Susanah Riley 10/4/1825 Caldwell Co. KY; 1850 Caldwell Co. KY census)
Pg.680, #122-122, John R. DUNCAN 33 KY farmer $0-$230
                  Armilda 22 TN Domes.
                  Zerlda 7, Lydia 5 KY
                  John M. Botts DUNCAN 3 KY
                  (MAD: mar. Armilda Jane Miller 12/23/1852 Caldwell Co. KY)
Pg.681, #133-133, D.W. DUNCAN (m) 53 SC farmer $1500-$700
                  Elizabeth (f) 37 NC weaver
                  Mary Z. 9, Sarah A. 7, John L. 6 KY
                  Clarkie E. (f) 4, Wm. W. 2 KY
                  Clark JONES 17 (m) KY labr.
                  (MAD: Doctor W. Duncan mar. Martha Riley 10/30/1834 Caldwell Co. KY; mar. Mrs. Elizabeth Walling 8/31/1848 Caldwell Co. KY; 1850 Caldwell Co. KY census)
Pg.746, #584-584, Samuel DUNCAN 50 KY farmer $1000-$1150
                  Melinda 40 KY domes.
                  Wm. H. 21 KY labor.
                  Velina J. 18 KY dom.
                  James K.P. 16, Anabella (f) 12, Mary 10 KY
                  Andrew 8, Louis B. 5 KY
                  Henry B. 3, Zerelda 6/12 KY
                  (MAD: mar. Malinda Bloodworth 11/16/1836 Caldwell Co. KY; 1850 Caldwell Co. KY census; definitely "Arabella" or "Anabella" not Asahel)
Pg.748, #599-599, William R. LEE 47 KY farmer $2000-$1938
                  Appy (f) 40 KY dom.
                  Nancy L. 14, James H. 13 KY
                  Frances E. 11 KY
                  Wm. H. 17, Samuel H. 3 KY
                  Samuel DUNCAN 14 KY
                  Orphia S. 7 KY
                  Phoebe FULKS 66 VA (blank) $0-$100
                  Lucretia 38 KY weaver
                  (MAD: Frances E. sex looks more like a "V" or first half of an "M", not an "F" or an "M" as written for others)
 

1870 Lyon Co. KY Census (pg.23 also from Barbara McCord to Jerri McCoy to B. David Duncan to MAD 10/1999 without birthstates, John S. age 16)
District 1, P.O. Eddyville
Pg.4, #50-50, DUNCAN, N. (m) 26 KY laborer $0-$100
                  S.F. (f) 16 KY
                  (not mar/in/year)
                  (MAD: Noah Duncan, 1880 Crittenden Co. KY census, wife Ella)
Pg.5, #64-64, CRUMBAUGH, L.B. (m) 24 KY BLACK & family
                  DUNCAN, Charles 18 KY BLACK laborer
Pg.11, #157-158, DYER, James 34 KY farmer $1500-$100
                  S.A. (f) 25 KY
                  Mary 8, J.Q. (m) 6, J.F. (m) 4, T.L. (m) 2 KY
                  DUNCAN, John 44 KY (blank)
                  BRIDGES, James 24 KY laborer
Pg.22, #209-211, DUNCAN, Andy 32 KY farmer $300-$200
                  Tennessee (f) 27 KY h.keeper
                  Mary D. 8, Elisha T. 2 KY
                  John J. 5/12 KY b.Jan.
                  (MAD: Andrew C. Duncan mar. Tennessee or T.V. Gray 8/1/1861)
Pg.23, #216-218, DUNCAN, Doctor 63 SC farmer $900-$1500 (SC written over KY)
                  Elizabeth 47 NC h.keeper
                  Mary S. 19, Sarah A. 17, John L. 16 KY
                  Clark E. (m) 14, William W. 12, George S. 9 KY
                  Malinda J. 6, Liza C. (f) 3 KY
Eddyville
Pg.44, #50-50, MARSHALL, D. (f) 70 KY BLACK (blank) $0-$0
                  DUNCAN, David 12 KY BLACK
District 3, P.O. Eddyville
Pg.71-72, #32-32, DUNCAN, Asa 23 KY farmer $0-$0
                  Sarah 19 KY
                  Ellen V. 2 KY
Pg.72, #42-42, DUNCAN, James 25 KY farmer $200-$100 mar.in March
                  Nancy 23 KY h.keeper mar.in March
Pg.74, #75-75, DUNCAN, Calvin 40 KY farmer $400-$450
                  Margarett 39 KY h.keeper
                  Mary F. 16, Nancy J. 14, William A. 12 KY
                  James S. 10, Sarilda S. (f) 8, Thomas M. 6 KY
                  John H. 4, Lewis C. 2 KY
Pg.75, #82-82, LEE, Happy (f) 50 KY h.keeper $800-$120
                  Nancy L. 24, Fanny 21 KY
                  William H. 16, Samuel H. 12 KY
                  DUNCAN, Sefrona (f) 17 KY
                  FULKS, Pheba (f) 76 PA
                  FULKS, Creasey (f) 48 KY
                  DUNCAN, Samuel 24 KY laborer $0-$150
                  (MAD: indexed Hannah instead of Sefrona)
 

1900 Lyon Co. KY Census (HeritageQuest image 4/11/2011 & 4/21/2011)
Brandon Precinct, 3rd Mag. Dist., SD1, ED63, Sheet 12, #1704
Pg.361A, #201-205, DUNCAN, Hellen, head, w/f, June 1864, age 35, wid, KY KY KY, farmer, owns farm
  Ollie, son, w/m, Jan. 1883, 17, single, KY KY KY, farm laborer
#202-207, DUNCAN, Calvin, head, w/m, Mch., 1829, age 71, mar.50y, KY SC SC, farmer owns farm
  Margaret, wife, w/f, Jan. 1831, age 69, mar.50y, 11 ch, 8 living, KY PA KY
  Mary, dau., w/f, May 1853, 47, single, KY KY KY
  Andy, son, w/m, Jan, 1856, 43, wid, KY KY KY
  Mamie, G-dau. w/f, Sept. 1888, 11, single, KY KY KY
  Mary E., G-dau., w/f, Jan. 1891, 9, single, KY KY KY
  Nettie E., G-dau., w/f, May 1894, 6, single, KY KY KY
Brandon Precinct, 3rd Mag. Dist., SD1, ED63, Sheet 12, #1715
Pg.361B, #204-209, OSBORN, Elijah, head, w/m, Mch 1833, age 67, mar.44y, KY VA KY, farmer, owns farm
  Rebecca, wife, w/f, Sept. 1840, age 59, mar.44y, 8 ch, 5 living, KY VA KY
  Lyddia, dau, w/f, Sept. 1883, age 16, single, KY KY KY
#208-213, DUNCAN, Thurston?, head, w/m, Mch. 1874, age 26, mar.1y, KY KY KY, day laborer, rents farm
  Eliza E., wife, w/f, July 1884, age 15, mar.1y, 0 ch, KY KY KY
Brandon Precinct, 3rd Mag. Dist., SD1, ED63, Sheet 13, #1728
Pg.362A, #216-221, OSBORN, Clifton J., head, w/m, Oct. 1875, age 25?, mar.6y, KY KY KY, day laborer, rents home
  Isabel, wife, w/"m", Oct. 1871, age 28, mar.6y, 1 ch, 1 living, KY KY KY
  Cleland, son, w/m, Aug. 1898, age 1, single, KY KY KY
#219-224, DUNCAN, John, head, w/m, Dec. 1865, age 34, mar.16y, KY KY KY, farmer, owns farm
  Mattie, wife, w/f, Jan? (Jun?) 1866, age 33, mar.16y, 8 ch, 7 living, KY KY KY
  Minnie?, dau, w/f, Apr. 1885, 15, single, KY KY KY
  Riley E., son, w/m, Apr. 1887, 13, single, KY KY KY
  Wm. D., son, w/m, Mch. 1889, 11, single, KY KY KY
  Gabriel, son, w/m, Jan. 1892, 8, single, KY KY KY
  Bessie, dau., w/f, Apr. 1894, 6, single, KY KY KY
  Milburn, son, w/m, Nov. 1896, 3, single, KY KY KY
#220-225, DUNCAN, Thomas, head, w/m, Jan. 1864, age 36, mar.11y, farmer, rents farm
  Sophia, wife, w/f, Apr. 1870, age 30, mar.11y, 4 ch, 4 living, KY KY KY
  Hayes, son, w/m, Mch. 1890, 10, single, KY KY KY
  Susie, dau, w/f, Sept. 1892, 7, single, KY KY KY
  Mariah, dau, w/f, Nov. 1896, 3, single, KY KY KY
  Maggie, dau., w/f, Mch. 1899, 1, single, KY KY KY
Brandon Precinct, 3rd Mag. Dist., SD1, ED63, Sheet 15/16, #1777/1796
Pg.364B/365A, #272-277, DUNCAN, Wm., head, w/m, Apr. 1839, age 61, mar.32y, KY KY KY, farmer, rents farm
  Nancy, wife, w/f, May 1845, age 55, mar.32y, 5 ch, 5 living, KY KY KY
  Young, son, w/m, May 1870, 30, single, KY KY KY, farm laborer
  James, son, w/m, Apr. 1873, 27, single, KY KY KY, day laborer
  John, son, w/m, Feb. 1879, 21, single, KY KY KY, day laborer
  Mary, dau., w/f, Aug. 1884, 12, single, KY KY KY
  Hulda, dau., w/f, Apr. 1886, 14, single, KY KY KY
Pg.365B, #285-290, DUNCAN, Abel, head, w/m, Nov. 1846, age 53, mar.15y, KY TN KY, farmer, owns farm
  Sarah, wife, w/f, May 1860, age 40, mar.15y, 2 ch, 2 living, KY KY KY
  Minnie, dau., w/f, Oct? 1888, 12, single, KY KY KY at school
  Frank, son, w/m, Jan. 1892, 8, single, KY KY KY at school
#286-291, DUNCAN, Samuel, head, w/m, July 1809, age 90, mar.55y, KY KY VA, farmer, rents farm
  Melinda wife, w/f, Feb.1822, age 78, mar.55y, 16 ch., 7 living, KY KY KY
#292-296, DUNCAN, Burnett, head, w/m, Apr. 1857, age 43, mar.18y, KY KY KY, farmer, owns farm
  Manda, wife, w/f, Feb. 1865, age 35, mar.18y, 4 ch, 4 living, KY KY KY
  Cora, dau, w/f, Jan. 1884, 16, single, KY KY KY
  Frances, dau, w/f, July 1885, 14, single, KY KY KY at school
  Henry, son, w/m, Aug. 1889, 10, single, KY KY KY at school
  Cleveland, son, w/m, Aug. 1893, 6, single, KY KY KY
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Lyon Co. KY Wills 1847-1941 (FHL film 321,363)
      No index; no Duncan to pg.44, 1865
 

COURT RECORDS

Lyon Co. KY County Court Order Book A, 1854-1866, incl. index (FHL film 321,362)
      Duncan, Sam, change of papers, pg.5
      Duncan, Sam, rites matrimony, pg. 24, 81
      Duncan, Sam, deputy assessor, pg.204, 236, 251
      Duncan, Sam, appt. shf, pg.284
      Duncan, Sam, Rev. Bond, pg.296
      Duncan, Sam, Co. levy, pg.296
      Duncan, Sam, Constable, pg.342
      Duncan, Sam, Asst. Assessor, pg.476
      Duncan, Sam, D.T., pg.488
      Pg.5: 24 April 1854, ordered Samuel Duncan take charge of official books and papers of Garrett Gray Jr., Esq., late a Justice of the Peace for Caldwell Co.
      Pg.24: 23 May 1854, Samuel Duncan, Esq., authorized to solemnize rites of matrimony.
      Pg.81: 21 June 1855, Samuel Duncan, Esq., authorized to solemnize rites of matrimony.
 

LAND RECORDS

Lyon Co. KY Deeds (Index Vol.1 1854-1898 on FHL film 321,359)
      A-95: 1 Nov. 1854, Elihu C. Duncan to James M. Riley, both Lyon Co. KY, $30, 14 acres adj. lines of Machen, R.L. Cobb, Reuben Sells. No wit. or wife. (FHL film 321,360)
      A-115: 28 Dec. 1854, D.W. Duncan in Lyon Co. KY to William Jones of same, $100, (no acres) land on said D.W. Duncan's 3rd corner, adj. Jones line. Release by wife Elizabeth. No wit. (FHL film 321,360)
      A-523: 16 March 1858, C.C. Hamond and wife Eliza Ann (X) to D.W. Duncan, both Lyon Co. KY, $400, 140 acres adj. T. White's corner and line, Wm. Jones' line; wit. A.H. Dudley. (FHL film 321,360)
      B-37: 11 Jan. 1859, Elihu Duncan to L.D. Parks, both Lyon Co. KY, $125, 16 acres by survey on Lick Creek adj. Thomas's line, Isaac Rudolf's? corner, then with said Riley's line, adj. Sell's corner. No wife or wit. (FHL film 321,361)
      B-512: 2 Nov. 1864, D.W. Duncan and wife Elizabeth (X) of Lyon Co. KY to A.B. Lewis, $700, 140 acres by survey adj. T. White's corner and line, Wm. Jones line, reserving about 15 acres on SW corner, having been sold by D.W. Duncan to Wm. Jones. (FHL film 321,361)
      B-512 (2nd): 2 Nov. 1864, Wm. Jones and wife Melinda D. of Lyon Co. KY to D.W. Duncan, $800, 100 acres on Perkins road & Vermintrud road, adj. Ross' line. No wife, no wit. (FHL film 321,361)
      C-339: 27 Aug. 1867; that in the lifetime of Elihu C. Duncan, I as executor of Robert Love decd sold said to Duncan 115-1/4 acres by survey, on side of the road, adj. J. Scott's corner, old corner to James Wallings survey, side of old Eddyville Road, Newberry's corner and line; Duncan executed five notes of $80.67 each due in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years from March 1, 1858, at the rate of $3.50 an acre; Duncan paid $135 by note on Dan Parks and by Duncan and his son A.C. Duncan $140, and said Duncan transferred half interest in my title bond to A.C. Duncan; the heirs of Elihu C. Duncan have transferred the balance of the bond to A.C. Duncan; deed to A.C. Duncan in exchange for note for $225 payable 1 March 1868; /s/ W.B. Machen exec. of R. Love decd. (FHL film 321,361)
      C-409: 11 March 1868, A.C. Duncan and wife Tennessee (/s/ T.V. Duncan) of 1st part, and John Newberry and wife Elizabeth A. of 2nd part, exchange of land upon which they now live; A.C. Duncan and wife convey to Newberry and wife, 114-1/4 acres on road from Eddyville to old Veld? farm, adj. J. Scotts line, James Wallings survey, John Newberry; Newberry & wife convey to A.C. Duncan and wife land where they now live adj. aforesaid, adj. old Vied? survey, Duncan's corner, Gum Spring, J. Scott's survey and line, 61-1/4 acres; Newberry has executed his note to W.B. Machen for $225 which Duncan owes Machen which is the entire difference in the lands. (FHL film 321,361)
      D-399: D.W. Duncan from Commissioners (from index only)
      Quit
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, John R.; C 15 KY Cav.; 1890 July 18, Invalid Appl. #818298, Cert. #574131, Ill. (MAD: 1850 Caldwell Co. KY census; 1860 Lyon Co. KY census; mustered in at Paducah, McCracken Co. KY; to Pope Co. IL, d. Saline Co. IL)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1885-1888 "KY, a History of the State" 2nd or 3rd Edition (Volume), by Perrin, Battle & Kniffin (FHL book 976.9 D3wt)
      Pg.151, Lyon Co. JAMES N. HOLLOWAY was born Sept. 26, 1819, in Warren Co. KY, son of Thomas and Jane (Cowles) Holloway, both from VA; James N. is oldest of six children and now the only survivor; he was reared on a farm near Eddyville until 28 years old. His father died when he 17, two years after the death of his mother in 1848, he came to Eddyville and conducted a hotel until 1855; spent three years in liquor business on the river and at Paducah and settled permanently in his present grocery and liquor business in 1858. ... He married March 31, 1858, to Ellen Dix, of Eddyville. They have one child, Cora, the wife of Dr. Euclid M. Duncan, one of Eddyville's best physicians..

1874 "History of Kentucky" by Lewis Collins, Vol.II (Decatur Co. Public Library, Decaturville, TN, from Don Richardson 3/2000)
      Pg.492, Lyon Co.: Col. Chittenden Lyon, after whom Lyon Co. was named, was the oldest son of Col. Matthew Lyon; represented Caldwell Co. in the KY legislature in 1822, '23, and '24, and the district in congress for eight years, 1827-35. He was a man of prodigious physical proportions, being 6-1/2 feet high in his stockings, and weighing 350 pounds. He was the champion fighter of that whole region, in his day. In 1825, Col. Lyon was engaged in a very exciting contest for a seat in the state senate, in which he was defeated by Dickson Given; and some years later, in a no less exciting race for congress, in which Linn Boyd was his unsuccessful competitor. During one of these contests, Andrew (or Andy) Duncan - a man of like powerful frame and strength, and nearly as large, and his equal in personal prowess, for both were as game as Old Hickory himself - proposed to Col. Lyon, to whom he was bitterly opposed, that he would vote for him at the election, if he (Lyon) "would go out on fair ground, and fight him in a fair old-fashioned Kentucky fist fight." Col. Lyon had braved too many storms, and steered too many flat and keel-boats over dangerous shoals, to be backed down by so fair a proposition! So, at it they went - Duncan quite confident that he could give the colonel a good trouncing. No easy task, it proved. The fight was long and bloody, and neither showed signs of relinquishing the field or even whispering "hold, enough." At last, friends parted them, and called it a drawn battle. The contestants washed, took a drink together of old Robertson whisky (of which they were both fond), shook hands, and made friends for the occasion, as they were personally. Duncan kept his part of the contract, and gave a hearty vote for his jolly competitor in the square stand-up fight.

1907 "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois; and History of Clark County" ed. by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, Clark Co. ed. by Hon. H.C. Bell; pub. by Middle West Pub. Co. (FHL film 934,973 item 4, book 71)
      Pg.734: DUNCAN, Euclid M., M.D. Since his arrival in Marshall, Oct. 10, 1890, Dr. Euclid M. Duncan has built up a reputation for professional courtesy, ... represents a substantial family of Warren Co. KY, where he was born Feb. 4, 1850. In his youth, Dr. Duncan ... farming, but prepared himself ... at Warren College, Bowling Green, KY, soon after taking up the study of medicine with Dr. A.C. Wright of Bowling Green. In 1870 he entered Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, and after his graduation, March 6, 1872, became an assistant in the PA Hospital for the Insane for a year. For the following year he practiced medicine in Bowling Green, and in 1875 moved to Kutuwa, Lyon Co. KY, which remained his home 15 years. In the meantime, May 25, 1876, he was united in marriage to Cora Holloway, a native of Eddyville, KY, and a dau. of J.N. Holloway, a merchant of Eddyville. In 1887 Dr. Duncan became house physician at the Eddyville Prison, the finest penal institution in the South, resigning from the same Oct. 1, 1890, the month of his arrival in Marshall. At the present time he is Pension Examiner at Marshall, and local surgeon for the Vandalla Railroad. He is engaged in a general medical and surgical practice, ... member of the Episcopal Church, fraternally connected with the Red Men ...
 

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