CHOCTAW CO. MS
Formed 1833 from Chickasaw Cession of 1832
Grenada formed 1870 from Carroll, Yalobusha, Choctaw, Tallahatchie
Montgomery formed 1871 from Carroll, Choctaw
Webster formed 1874 from Montgomery, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Oktibbeha

1840 Choctaw Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1850 Choctaw Co. MS Census
23rd District
Pg.85, #620, Jane DUNCAN 39 TN
                  Thomas 19 TN carder
                  Eliza 16, James 14, Matilda 12 MS
                  John 11, Nancy 10 MS

1860 Choctaw Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Choctaw Co. MS Census
Twp.18 Range 7
Pg.278, #83-83, DUNKIN, James 50 SC (white) farmer $0-$0
                  Harrett (f) 40 SC keeping house
                  Nancy 20, Mary 18 MS
                  Posy (f) 10 MS
Twp.17 Range 8, P.O. Huntville
Pg.310, #11-11, DUNCAN, Green (m) 30 MS (white) farmer $300-$250
                  Lucy 32 GA keeping house
                  Henryetta (f) 14 MS
                  Richmon (m) 10 MS farmer
                  James 3, Green (m) 2 MS
                  Avry (m) 5/12 MS b.Dec.
                  Sousan (f) 58 SC
                  (MAD: ? 1850 Marshall Co. MS census, James & Susan Duncan)
Twp.18 Range 8
Pg.324, #39-39, DUNKIN, Paton (m) 34 AL (white) farmer $0-$150
                  Verelle (f) 25 MS keeping house
                  Ellen (m) 8 MS
                  (or DUNKER, Potor)
Twp.18 Range 11
Pg.456, #28-27, WATSON, K.A. (m) 41 MS (white) farmer $600-$2000
                  Sarah 18 MS keeping house
                  Josephine 16 MS
                  John 12 MS farmer
                  Cleopatra 7 MS
                  DUNCAN, H. (m) 18 MS (white) farmer
Twp.20 Range 11
Pg.475, #68-68, MONTGOMERY, John E. 52 SC (white) farmer $0-$215
                  Mary A. 40 SC keeping house
                  Margaret E. 29 SC "no occupation"
                  Mary E. 28 SC "no occupation"
                  John H. 15 MS works on farm
                  Sarah J. 13 MS at home
                  Alexander L. 7 MS
                  DUNCAN, James T. 6 MS (white)
                  Margaret A. 3 MS
 
 

COAHOMA CO. MS
Formed 1836 from Chickasaw Cession 1836
Quitman formed 1877 from Panola, Coahoma

1840-1870 Coahoma Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

"Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama : historical and biographical, 1887." by John Witherspoon DuBose; pub. Birmingham, Ala.: Teeple & Smith, 1887, 597 pgs. (LH8532, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 976.178 H2d and film 1,036,121 item 3)
      Pg.94: Members of the Birmingham Bar; Names, Where from, No. years in Birmingham: Robert P. Duncan, Clarksdale, Miss., 6 mos. (another reference to Robert P. Duncan not copied) (MAD: Clarksdale, Coahoma Co. MS; 1880 Bolivar Co. MS)
 
 

FRANKLIN CO. MS
Formed 1809 from Adams
Greene, Marion formed 1811 from Amite, Franklin, Wayne
Lincoln formed 1870 from Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike, Amite

1820-1860 Franklin Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1820 Franklin Co. MS Census
Pg.46  Peter Hawthorn      110010  -  40110
            (MAD: see Jefferson Co. GA, wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan; no Peter or Elizabeth Hawthorn indexed in 1830 or 1840 census)

1870 Franklin Co. MS Census
Meadville P.O.
Pg.41, #507-518, JOHNSON, John 34 MS (white) farmer $600-$800
                  Elizabeth 28 MS keeps house
                  Sallie 9, Shals?? (m) 6 MS
                  Minny (f) 4 MS
                  Desmonia (f) 1/12 MS b.June
                  BURK, Andrew 22 LA (white) dry goods merchant $0-$420
                  DOUCES?, George 11 MS MULATTO servant
                  DUNCAN, Charles 12 MS BLACK field laborer

Early Duncans in Franklin Co. MS
      Isaac Duncan, in 7th MS Inf., b.1839, d.1879, Franklin Co. MS, bur. Walthall Co. MS. (pg.107, "MS Confederate Grave Registrations" by Betty Couch Wiltshire, FHL book 976.2 M2w, from Gloria Baker 1992)
 
 

GREENE CO. MS
Formed 1811 from Amita, Franklin, Wayne
Perry formed 1820 from Greene
George formed 1910 from Greene, Jackson

1820-1870 Greene Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

Early Duncans in Greene Co. MS records:
      John Duncan, 1872, will indexed in Will Book A, pg.3 (from "MS Index of Wills 1800-1900" by Betty Couch Wiltshire, Memphis Public Library book 929.362 W756; from Evelyn Sigler 1991)
 
 

HANCOCK CO. MS
Formed 1812 from Mobile District
Harrison formed 1841 from Hancock, Jackson
Pearl River formed 1890 from Hancock, Marion

1840-1850 Hancock Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Hancock Co. MS Census
      Missing

1870 Hancock Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

Early Duncans in Hancock Co. MS records:
      Abr. Duncan, 1816 inhabitant of Hancock Co. ("Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District (MS)" by Norman Gillis, 1963, FHL book 976.2 X2p)
 
 

JACKSON CO. MS
Formed 1812 from Mobile Dist.
Harrison formed 1841 from Hancock, Jackson
George formed 1910 from Greene, Jackson

1820-1860 Jackson Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Jackson Co. MS Census
Mosey Point
Pg.475, #715-765, DUNCAN, Jos. 50 MD (white) laborer $0-$0
                  Mary 40 MD
                  (no children)

1880 Jackson Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

JONES CO. MS
Formed 1826 from Covington, Wayne

1830-1840 Jones Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1850 Jones Co. MS Census
Pg.124, #132, Zebudee DUNCAN 33 SC laborer
                  Margaret 30 MS
                  Martha 11, James 7, Polly 5 MS
                  Zachariah 2, Elizabeth 2 MS
                  (MAD: 1840 Smith Co. MS census; 1853 MS State Census for Jones Co. MS shows Zebulon Duncan; 1870 Coryell Co. TX census as Zed Duncan, 1880 Erath Co. TX census as Zebalin Duncan)

1860-1870 Jones Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

"The Laurel Chronicle" Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, Friday, September 15, 1911 (transcription by and from Kathy Cawley 1/2004)
      NEGRO FARMER 103 YEARS OLD REPUTED TO BE ACTIVE.
      Hattiesburg, Miss., Sept. 11. --- DAVD (sp) DUNCAN, a negro, who claims to be 103 years old, expects to make ten bales of cotton off five acres, 250 gallons of syrup, 300 bushels of corn and a quantity of hay, peas and other feed stuffs. His three young daughters were his only helpers.
 
 

LAWRENCE CO. MS
Formed 1814 from Marion
Covington formed 1819 from Lawrence, Wayne
Lincoln formed 1870 from Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike, Amite
Jefferson Davis formed 1906 from Covington, Lawrence

1820 Lawrence Co. MS Census
Pg.66  James DANKAM      120010  -  11001

1830-1870 Lawrence Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed
 
 

LEE CO. MS
Formed 1866 from Itawamba, Pontotoc

1870 Lee Co. MS Census
District 1, P.O. Baldwyn
Pg.378, #258-258, DUNCAN, Thos. 35 TN farmer $0-$100
                  Martha 16 GA keeping house
                  John 1/12 MS b.May
Pg.383, #23-23, DUNCAN, J.W. 40 NC farm laborer $0-$300
                  Caroline 25 MS keeping house
                  Jane 18, Tisura (f) 17 MS school
                  Nancy 16, Mary 13 MS school
                  Henry 11 MS school
District 2, P.O. Old Towncreek, next pg. Lucinda Duncan P.O. Tupelo
Pg.424, #244-244, DUNCAN, Hines 35 TN (white) farm laborer $0-$125
                  DUNCAN, Lucinda 30 AL BLACK keeping house
                  George 15, Benjamin 12 MS BLACKS
District 2, P.O. Tupelo
Pg.461, #346-346, DUNCAN, J. (m) 50 SC farmer $900-$500
                  Mary 54 SC keeps house
                  Martha 22, Caleb (m) 21 SC
                  Sarah 17, Hannah 13 SC
                  (MAD: ?Joshua 37 SC & family in 1860 Itawamba Co. MS census; Joshua Duncan 58 SC SC SC, Mary 64 SC SC SC, Martha 30, Caleb 29, Harriet 20 SC, indexed on pg.169D in 1880 Lee Co. MS census)
Tupelo (Town)
Pg.476, #30-30, Boarding house, clerk, boarders including
                  DUNCAN, Albert (m) 48 GA MULATTO domestic servant
                  Susan 44 GA MULATTO domestic servant
 
 

SHARKEY CO. MS
Formed 1876 from Warren, Washington, Issaquena

1880 Sharkey Co. MS Census
Beat 2, Pg.1, SD 3, ED 113 (many blanks for parents' birthplaces and for mar/single/widow)
Pg.115A, #1-1, WATSON, Louis (m) 38 MS widowed farmer SC MS
                  B.E. (m) 9 MS son (blank) (blank)
                  Z.C. (m) 6 MS son (blank) (blank)
                  DUNCAN, O.D. (f) 50 TN Aunt, housekeeper (blank) (blank)
                  THOMPSON, J.A. (m) 34 KY Boarder, School Teacher (blank) (blank)
Beat 3, Pg.15, SD 3, ED 114
Pg.136C, #149-150, KAISER, T. (m) 35 MS farmer PRUssia BAVaria
                  MASON, Hannah 22 MS MULATTO servant single (blank) (blank)
                  Annette 3 MS MULATTO servant MS MS
                  "(unnamed)" (m) 2/12 MS MULATTO MS MS (no birth month)
                  STUTTS, Lizzie (f) 27? (22?) MS BLACK (blank) MS MS
                  DUNCAN, ---- (m) 34 MS (white) boarder, laborer MS MS
Beat 3, Pg.16, SD 3, ED 114
Pg.136D, #163-164, WALKE (WALKER?), J.T. (m) 46 VA farmer mar. VA VA
                  Hallie E. 35 AL wife housekeeper TN AL
                  ADAMS, Thos. F. 20 AL boarder TN AL
                  DUNCAN, Roxy (f) 6 MS (white) boarder MS MS
Beat 5, Pg.2, SD 3, ED 116
Pg.168B, #98-98, CHAMBERLAIN, Isaac 27 AL BLACK mar. farmer AL AL
                  Margaret? 30 AL MULATTO wife mar. laborer AL AL
                  Lou? (m) 15 AL BLACK son laborer AL AL
                  SASIONS? (SISSINS?), Mifflin? (Griffin?) (m) 22 AL BLACK, single, boarder, laborer AL AL
                  DUNCAN, Thomas 23 LA BLACK mar. farmer LA LA
                  Milly 21 MS BLACK wife keeping house MS MS
                  Charles 3/12 MS BLACK son MS MS (no month of birth)
                  (MAD: Thomas Duncan mar. Willie/Nelly Burns 2/3/1879)
 
 

SMITH CO. MS
Formed 1833 from Choctaw Cession 1820

1840 Smith Co. MS Census
Pg.231  Zebidee Duncan      0000,1  -  0001
            (MAD: 1850 Jones Co. MS census)

1845 Smith Co. MS State Census (FHL film 899,870)
Pg.2  Zeblin Duncan      5 total people

1850-1860 Smith Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Smith Co. MS Census
Twp.3 Range 8E
Pg.407, #50-48, DUNCAN, Dick 48 VA BLACK farmer $0-$185
                  Christian (f) 43 NC BLACK keeping house
                  Willis (m) 9 MS BLACK
                  Jane 20 MS BLACK farm laborer
                  Annis (f) 15 MS BLACK farm laborer
                  George A. (f) 3 MS BLACK
 
 

SUNFLOWER CO. MS
Formed 1844 from Bolivar
Leflore formed 1871 from Carroll, Sunflower, Tallahatchie
Humphreys formed 1918 from Holmes, Washington, Yazoo, Sunflower

1850 Sunflower Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Sunflower Co. MS Census - census missing

1870 Sunflower Co. MS Census
2nd Sup. District
Pg.473, #23-23, CALAHAN, Ezekiel 46 VA (white) farmer $0-$1782
                  Mary L. 36 AL keeping house
                  Paul B. (m) 11 MS at home
                  James 7, William N. 5 MS
                  Elizabeth L. 1 MS
                  DUNCAN, William 16 KY (white) farm laborer
                  Robert 18 KY (white) farm laborer
                  STEPHENS, John W. 35 GA (white) farmer $0-$1500
 
 

TUNICA CO. MS
Formed 1836 from Chickasaw Cession of 1832
Tate formed 1873 from Marshall, Tunica, DeSoto

1840-1850 Tunica Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Tunica Co. MS Census
P.O. Ashabutla
Pg.9, #55-56, J.T. HUDSON (m) 35 TN farmer $1,000-$600
                  J.A. (f) 32 TN
                  T.L?. (f) 1 MS
                  J.H. DUNCAN (m) 18 TN (blank occupation)

1870 Tunica Co. MS Census
Austin Dist. 3
Pg.31, #40-40, WILKINS, Solomon 60 LA BLACK farm laborer $0-$200
                  WILKINS, Cassey 43 KY BLACK keeping house
                  WILEY, Frank 24 AR BLACK farm laborer
                  GALLOWAY, Joshua 35 TN BLACK farm laborer
                  DUNCAN, Amy (f) 30 MS BLACK farm laborer
                  MATHEWS, George 21 GA BLACK farm laborer
Austin Dist. 4
Pg.57, #4-4, DUNCAN, J.H. (m) 28 TN (white) planter $0-$250
                  FARLESS, W.K. (m) 38 MS (white) planter $0-$200
                  FARLESS, E.R. (f) 35 MS keeping house
                  FARLESS, William 9/12 MS b.Aug.
                  BARANQES?, Texeana (f) 21 TN (white)
 
 

WAYNE CO. MS
Formed 1809 from Washington
Greene, Marion formed 1811 from Amite, Franklin, Wayne
Covington formed 1819 from Lawrence, Wayne
Jones formed 1826 from Covington, Wayne

1820-1870 Wayne Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1900 Wayne Co. MS Census (HeritageQuest image 7/27/2010)
Beat 2, SD 6, ED 110, Sheet 20
Pg.49A, #363-363, DUCAN, John A., head, w/m, Mar.1870, 30, m.2y, AL GA SC, farmer, owns farm
  Viola, wife, w/f, Dec.1873, 26, m.2, 1 ch, 1 living, AL UNK AL
  Albert H.D., son, w/m, May 1900, 0/12, single, MS AL AL
Pg.49A, #364-364, ----, Isaac W., head, w/m, Feb. 1824, 76, m.31y, GA NC GA, farmer, owns farm
  Mary J., wife, w/f, June 1836, 63, m.31y, 4 ch, 2 living, SC SC SC
  Henry, son, w/m, Feb. 1880, 20, single, MS GA SC, at school
COOPER, Calvin H., grandson, w/m, June 1891, 8, single, MS UNK MS
 
 

WEBSTER CO. MS
Formed 1874 as Sumner Co. from Montgomery, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Oktibbeha
Name changed to Webster in 1882

1910 Census, Beat 5, Webster County, Mississippi (from Kathy D. Cawley 12/2006)
S.D.# 4, E.D.# 113, Page 267B, Image 20 of 22
West Point Road
187-187
DUNCAN,
Wesley, Head, m/w, age 36, MS./MS./MS., farmer/gen'l farm
Knowie A., Wife, f/w, age 28, MS./MS./MS.
Bena(?) M., Daughter, f/w, age 4, MS./MS./MS.
MARTIN, Susie J.?/I.?, Niece, f/w, age 12, MS./MS./MS., laborer/home farm, attends school
MARTIN, Elizabeth, Niece, f/w, age 11, MS./MS./MS., laborer/home farm, attends school
      (KDC: 1880 Chickasaw Co. MS census; son of Pearson & Martha)
  ~~188-188
DUNCAN,
Calvin L., Head, m/w, age 38, M1X, 12 yrs., MS./MS./MS., farmer/gen'l farm
Bettie, Wife, f/w, age 24 [definitely 24], 4 chi. born, 3 living, MS./MS./MS.
Henry, Son, m/w, age 9, MS./MS./MS., laborer/home farm
Cocoa, Daughter, f/w, age 4, MS./MS./MS.
Lonnie, Son, m/w, age 1, MS./MS./MS.
      (KDC: 1880 Chickasaw Co. MS census; Lee Duncan, son of Pearson & Martha; see 1920 Calhoun Co. MS)
 
 

YAZOO CO. MS
Formed 1823 from Hinds
Washington formed 1827 from Warren, Yazoo
Madison formed 1828 from Yazoo
Holmes formed 1833 from Yazoo
Humphreys formed 1918 from Holmes, Washington, Yazoo, Sunflower

1830-1860 Yazoo Co. MS Census
      No Duncan indexed

1870 Yazoo Co. MS Census
District 1, P.O. Yazoo City
Pg.184, #322-333, DUNCAN, Willis 52 VA MULATTO farm laborer $0-$200
                  Charity 35 KY BLACK farm laborer
                  Westly (m) 14 MS BLACK farm laborer
                  Fanny (f) 11 MS BLACK farm laborer
                  Alex 4, Robert 5, Joseph 1 MS BLACKS
                  BLEVENS, Jennette (f) 15 MS BLACK house servant
 

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