CADDO PAR. LA
Formed 1838 from Natchitoches
De Soto formed 1843 from Natchitoches, Caddo
Red River formed 1871 from Caddo, Bossier, Bienville, Natchitoches, DeSoto
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840-1850 Caddo Par. LA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Caddo Par. LA Census
Shreveport
Pg.42, #287-293, R.B. DUNCAN (m) 27 IL ("Illa") Railroad contractor $0-$100
                  E.L. (f) 18 GA, mar. 1855
                  S.H. (m) 3 TX
                  (MAD: ? 1850 Titus Co. TX census; Robert B. Duncan in 1870 Hill Co. TX census)

1870 Caddo Par. LA Census
Ward 4, P.O. Shreveport
Pg.399, #117-117, DUNCAN, J.H. (m) 40 PA (white) lawyer $10,000-$2000
                  Elizabeth 27 LA keeping house
                  Maude? (Mande?) (f) 2 LA
                  (MAD: Jas. W. Duncan mar. Lizzie Flournoy 6/13/1867)
Ward 5, P.O. Shreveport
Pg.437, #245-245, DUNCAN, C. (f) 40 VA BLACK keeping house $0-$0
                  Laura (f) 25 LA BLACK
                  Samuel 20, Gill (m) 16 LA BLACK
                  Ellen (f) 6, William 4 LA BLACK
Pg.440, #285-285, DUNCAN, Antony (m) 32 NC BLACK farmer $0-$200
                  Fannie 40 MS BLACK keeping house
                  Florida (f) 21 MS BLACK
                  Isaac 18, Caroline 16 MS BLACK
                  Morris (m) 14, Frank 12 MS BLACK
                  Ida 10, Kate 8 MS BLACK
                  Jeff (m) 6 LA BLACK
                  Richard ("f") 3, Mollie (f) 1 LA BLACK
Ward 6, P.O. Shreveport
Pg.453, #183-183, JACKSON, Ned 55 LA BLACK farmer $)-$0
                  DUNCAN, James 16 LA BLACK
Pg.456, #236-236, GORDAN, Ben 25 LA BLACK farmer $0-$0
                  Eliza 22 LA BLACK keeping house
                  Connor (m) 5, Jane 1 LA BLACK
                  DUNCAN, Dinah 18 LA BLACK
Shreveport
Pg.518, #64-67, DUNCAN, Adaline 32 MS MULATTO cook $0-$0
                  William 10 LA MULATTO at home
                  John 35 KY MULATTO cook
 

MILITARY RECORDS

"Records of LA Confederate Soldiers and LA Confederate Commands" by Andrew B. Booth, 1920, Vol.2, B-G (FHL film 1,305,384 and 1,685,400; also from Evelyn Sigler 3/1985, and pgs.712-714 from Florence Dyess 1987 & 1990)
      Duncan, James H., Pvt. Co. A., 1st (Nelligan's) LA Inf. Enlisted April 28, 1861, New Orleans, LA. Present on Rolls to March, 1864. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War. Captured Wilderness, VA, May 5, 1864. Transfd. to Elmira, NY, Aug. 15, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, NY, Feb. 25, 1865. Exchanged at James River, VA, ----, 1865. Born Kentucky, occupation farmer, age when enlisted 24, single, Res. Shreveport [Caddo Par.], LA. (MAD: one James Wallace Duncan of Shreveport bar, mar. Lizzie Flournoy b.1843 d. 6/13/1877, had daughter Maude who mar. in 1895, and an infant died 1876; from "Middle TN Flournoys" on pg.59, Vol.III, "Genealogy of VA Families" from "VA Magazine of History & Biography"; not identified on census)
 

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