CORTLAND CO. NY
Formed 1808 from Onondaga
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1810 Cortland Co. NY Census
        No Duncan indexed


1820 Cortland Co. NY Census
Preble
Pg.562  George Duncan     210001       - 11010


1830 Cortland Co. NY Census
Preble
Pg.134  George Duncan     0011,1000,1  - 0010,1


1840 Cortland Co. NY Census
Preble
Pg.155  Daniel Duncan     0000,1       - 1000,1
        George Duncan     0000,0000,01 - 0000,0002
          (next to each other)

1850 Cortland Co. NY Census
Preble
Pg.320, #953-1040, Daniel C. DUNCAN 35 NY farmer $2000
                  Saloma 33 NY
                  Mary A. 9, Phalina (f) 7 NY
                  Murray W. (m) 3, Harriet A. 2 NY
                  (MAD: 1860 Onondaga Co. NY census)
Pg.320, #953-1041, George DUNCAN 83 NH farmer
                  Anias? (f) 55 NH (name written over)
                  Mary A. ORR 65 NH
 

1860 Cortland Co. NY Census
Preble Twp.
Pg.64, #272-265, Annie DUNCAN 73 VT (blank) $0-$0
                  Mary A. ORR (last name faint) 82 VT
 

1870 Cortland Co. NY Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of Cortland County [New York] : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers" ed. by H.P. Smith; pub. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1885, 579 pgs. (LH3479, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 1,000,239 item 3)
      Pg.397: History of Town of Preble. In 1803 Amos Skeel and Jason Comstock came in from Schenectady county, and selected locations. The former settled on lot 59. He was an industrious and valuable citizen. He died in 1842 at the age of 75 years. His widow survived him 11 years and died at the advanced age of 88. He was the father of Hon. Ira Skeel, and William W. Mr. Comstock located on lot 58. His daughter Saloma is the wife of D.G. Duncan. ...
 

1867 "Sketches of the alumni of Dartmouth college: from the first graduation in 1771 to the present time, with a brief history of the institution" by George Thomas Chapman; pub. by Riverside press, 1867 (Google book, 8/25/2009)
      MAD: "Ms" is "Massachusetts" Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton Co. New Hampshire
      Alumni 1810. Pg.150: DANIEL WELLS, A.M.-LL.D. the son of Col. Daniel and Rhoda (Newton) Wells, was born at Greenfield, Ms, Jan. 14, 1791, and died at Cambridge, Ms, June 24, 1854, ae 63. He taught at Deerfield Acad. Ms, from 1812 to 1813; ... (more not copied) Cambridge became his residence not long before his death. Williams Coll. gave the honorary degree in 1845. He married Mary, dau. of George Duncan, at Preble, N.Y. (MAD: Preble, Cortland Co. NY)
 

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