Duncans in Ouachita Par. LA

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

Last revised January 20, 2007

OUACHITA PAR. LA
Formed 1807, Original Parish
Caldwell formed 1838 from Catahoula, Ouachita
Union formed 1839 from Ouachita
Franklin formed 1843 from Catahoula, Ouachita, Madison
Morehouse formed 1844 from Ouachita
Jackson formed 1845 from Claiborne, Ouachita, Union
Richland formed 1868 from Ouachita, Carroll, Franklin, Morehouse
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1820-1840 Ouachita Par. LA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1850 Ouachita Par. LA Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1983)
8th Ward
Pg.245, #131, Lovett DUNCAN (m) 33 GA farmer $700
                  Mary Elizth. 30 SC
                  Sarah Elizabeth 10 AL
                  Isaac L. 8 AL
                  James L. 3 AL
                  Frances Jane 9/12 LA
                  (MAD: 1840 Pike Co. AL census; 1859 Austin Co. TX; 1860 Austin Co. TX census)

1860 Ouachita Par. LA Census
No Duncan indexed
Monroe Twp., Ward 10
Pg.641, #199-199, William THOMPSON 38 MS machinest $4500-$20,000
                  Kesiah Ann 29 GA
                  J.L.(m) 34 MS
                  J.L. McCARLET 25 GA
                  (MAD: one William S. Thompson mar. Sarah Duncan 8/7/1856 Ouachita Par. LA, ?? perhaps related to Isaac & Lovett Duncan of Pike Co. AL per query of Shirley Spuhler 1974; MAD: ? or dau. of Jeremiah Duncan of 1850 Claiborne Par. LA; also on 1860 census in Carroll Par. LA, Village of Delhi, pg.319, was a William S. Thompson 22 AL w/many others in Inn.)

1870 Ouachita Par. LA Census
Ward 3, P.O. Monroe
Pg. 72, #595-595, DUNCAN, Joseph 23 TN BLACK farm hand $0-$0
                  Harldy (f) 21 LA BLACK keeps house
Ward 7, W. Trenton
Pg.146, #173-173, DUNCAN, Andrew 36 GA BLACK farmer $0-$0
                  Celia 40 GA BLACK keeping house
                  (no children)
 

LAND RECORDS

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Monroe, Ouachita Par. LA, Land Office, Act/Treaty of April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries (Internet address as of 6/3/2001)
      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed, County/Parish
      Duncan, Jeremiah, 40.19a, Dec 07 1859, Union
      Dunkin, Jeremiah, 80.03a, Jan 15 1858, Claiborne (MAD: 1850 Claiborne Par. LA census)

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Ouachita, LA, Land Office, Act/Treaty of Aug. 23, 1842, Entry Classification: Choctaw Scrip-Dancing Rabbit Creek, 5 Stat.513 (Internet address as of 6/3/2001)
      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed, County/Parish
      Duncan, John C. and Ah-Bo-The-Ah and Hin-Che, Choctaw Tribe, 161.02a, Jul 05 1849, Madison (MAD: see also land in Natchitoches Land Office, Sabine Par.)

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Ouachita, LA, Land Office, Act/Treaty of April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries (Internet address as of 6/3/2001)
      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
      Name, Acres, Date land document signed, County/Parish
      Duncan, Louis, 119.79a, Apr 10 1843, Franklin
 

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, Benjamin S., Pvt. Co. C, 28th (Gray's) LA Inf. Enlisted June 9, 1863, Monroe [Ouachita Par.], LA. Roll for July and Aug., 1863. Detailed Teamster. On Roll of Prisoners of War. Paroled at Monroe, LA, June 9, 1865. Res. Jackson Par., LA.
 

OTHER SOURCES

"LA Misc. Records" by LA DAR (FHL film 855,255 item 4)
      Pg.4: Bible presented to Lucie S. Duncan by her husband May 1st 1885- owned by Mrs. G.L. Roy, 405 Audubon West Monroe, La. Record sent in by Chief Tusquahoma Capt. D.A.R. W. Monroe, La.
      MAD: This is the bible of W.K. Duncan and Lucie Seale Morris who were married Nov. 13, 1884 in the town of Trenton, Ouchita Parish La. by the Rev. William Hart. It lists their children Ben Morris Duncan, Aylmer Donald Duncan, William Kidd Duncan, and others. William Kidd Duncan died in Ruston La. July 28th 1930- 70 years of age. Lucie Morris Duncan died in Ruston La. Thursday Dec. 3, 1942- 78 years 11 mo. and 2 days of age.
 

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