Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
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1850 Harris Co. TX Census (and from Lucille Mehrkam 1983)
Houston
Pg.8, #157, Frank DUNCAN 38 GER coffee house $2000
Mary 31 GER
Sophia 5, Joseph 4 TX
Frank 2 TX
Frank THOMAS 13 GER
Louise BRAKZE 34, August 33 GER
John PATKIN 45 GER
Mary SCHMIDT 8 GER
H.B. McCARTER (m) 40 PA butcher
Fred PAPLE 30 GER
(MAD: 1860 Colorado Co. TX census)
Pg.31, #537, Peter J. DUNCAN 44 KY farmer $1000
Charlotte 44 AL ---
David 14, David (sic) 11 TX
Wm. 8 TX
(MAD: Peter Jefferson Duncan, b. NY 1799, participated in capture of San Antonio in 1835, served in Army in 1836, died Harris Co. TX in 1870, on monument in Houston, TX, and on stone in Dezavala Cemetry in San Jacinto Co.; census plainly says b. KY, both males 14 and 11 were "David")
1860 Harris Co. TX Census
Lynchburg
Pg.356, #150-147, B.J. DUNCAN (m) 54 KY farmer $1600-$1000
M.L. (f) 49 TN
D?.C. (m) 24 TX trader $0
S.N. ELGIRABE (m) 33 Italy laborer
Town of San Jacinto
Pg.358, #178-175, T.W. TRAMMEL (m) 47 GA shoemaker $300-$0
L. (f) 50 TN
W.F. DUNCAN (m) 16 AL
D. DUNCAN (m) 22 TX laborer
1870 Harris Co. TX Census
Subdivision No.35, P.O. Lynchburg
Pg.500, #171-170, DUNCAN, David C. 33 TX wagoner $1200-$300
Harriet 28 TX keeping house
Fannie 8 TX at home
Edwin J. 3 TX at home
MILES, George W. 18 TX laborer (white)
4th Ward Houston, P.O. Houston
Pg.587, #45-50, DUNCAN, James 40 VA BLACK hack driver $0-$200
Amanda 50 LA BLACK domest. servt
Julia 2 TX BLACK
4th Ward Houston, P.O. Houston
Pg.607, #343-373, DUNCAN, James 30 KY BLACK drayman $0-$0
Charity 32 LA BLACK domest. servt.
Elizabeth 14 LA BLACK at home
5th Ward Houston, P.O. Houston
Pg.641, #39-52, DUNCAN, Isaac 35 MS BLACK teamster $0-$150
Angeline 34 MS BLACK keeping house
Hattie 3 TX BLACK (f)
Monday (m) 7/12 TX BLACK b.Dec.
DUNCAN Emilie 80 MS BLACK at home
P.O. Houston
Pg.682, #664-663, WEST, John 47 LA farmer (white) $0-$0
Emeline 34 LA keeping house
Mudock (m) 26 LA at home
CAMPBELL, Theresa 24 LA at home
WEST, J?ohn (B/Solon?) (m) 18 TX farm laborer
Mattie? (Mollie) (f) 13 TX
Lanius? (m) 10 TX
John 8 TX
Thomas 6 TX
James 4, Amelia (f) 1 TX
Cora 11/12 TX b.Aug.
DUNCAN, Nettie 17 TX "none" (white)
James 11 TX
Pg.694, #877-869, DUNCAN, Peter 48 LA BLACK farm laborer $0-$0
Eliza 50 LA BLACK keeping house
(no children)
Index to City of Houston [Harris Co.], TX, Deaths, 1874-1900 (from Lucille Mehrkam 5/1994)
Duncan, child, black, 7/9/1881, age 3 days
Duncan, child, 1/20/1886, age 3 mo.
Duncan, Amandy, 4/28/1886, 20 (b.1866)
Duncan, Charity, 9/18/1881, 40 (b.1841)
Duncan, Elizabeth, 11/13/1882, 27 (b.1855)
Duncan, Jerry, 8/2/1900, 80 (b.1820) (MAD: ? Overton or Maury Co. TN?)
Duncan, John, 10/22/1889, 47 (b.1842)
Duncan, Louisa, 9/2/1886, 32 (b.1854)
Duncan, O., 6/15/1888, 1 mo.
Duncan, Van, 11/21/1888, 5 (b.1883)
(LM: Most of these death certificates do not give parents, but some give places of birth and cause of death)
Gonzales Co. TX Deeds (SLC 6/2009; not all copied or looked for)
G-571: Harris Co. TX, 8 Nov. 1850, John Octkin (Actkin?) of Harris Co. TX to Francis Duncan of Harris Co. TX, for $400, land in Gonzales Co. TX, 1/3 of a league on the Guadalupe River (St.Marcus-Colet and the 5 Mile Water Creek) 13 miles from Gonzales, being the headwright patent to said John Octkin. Ack. Harris Co. TX. (FHL film 1,310,604)
Some early Duncans in Harris Co. TX:
Meredith Duncan, 25 July 1835, had patent to 1 league of land in Vehlein's Colony, 2/3 in Harris Co. and 1/3 in Liberty Co. TX ("Index to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in TX" by Virginia H. Taylor, originally published as "Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of TX" (by Glass?), FHL book 976.4 R2tv; Houston, TX, library book 976.4G 549; from Lucille Mehrkam and from Jean Walker 1984). Meredith Duncan's title in Harris Co. listed on pg.670, "Abstract of Titled and Patented Lands Compiled From the Records of the General Land Office of the State of Texas" published in Austin in 1860 (indexed by Paul Campbell; published in Vol.3#2 "Texas Heritage Quarterly," from Lucille Mehrkam 2/1984 and CA State Library, Sutro Branch, book F385 T48) (MAD: 1850 Walker Co. TX census; wife given as Lettitia Jackson, 1815-1881, who mar. second A.H. Long; from pg.169, "War of 1812, Veterans of TX" by Mary Fay Smith; Houston, TX, library book 976.4F282; from Lucille Mehrkam 4/1984)
Peter J. Duncan, 1 March 1836, lived in TX; 1st Class certificate issued 22 March 1838 to Peter J. Duncan, married, arrival proven by Wm. K. Wilson who knew him since 1831. ("Land certificates from Harris County, Texas" (Board of Land Commissioners) by Gifford White, Vol.1, 1838, class 1; from Lucille Mehrkam 5/1984; FHL book 976.4141 R2w) Peter J. Duncan's 1st Class Certificate for land in Harris Co. listed on pg.675, "Abstract of Titled and Patented Lands Compiled From the Records of the General Land Office of the State of Texas" published in Austin in 1860 (index by Paul Campbell, published in Vol.3#2 "Texas Heritage Quarterly," from Lucille Mehrkam 2/1984 and CA State Library, Sutro Branch, book F385 T48) (MAD: Peter J. Duncan also had land grants in Blanco and Hays Co. TX)
B.P. Duncan, 10 Feb. 1838, received bounty warrant #2349 for 1280 acres for service from 12 Feb. 1836 to 29 June 1837; 1280 acres in Houston City [Harris Co.] were patented to L.B. Hanson, assignee, on 21 June 1841; from Pat. 170, Vol.1, Abst. #341, GLO file Hou. Bty. 32. ("Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas 1835-1888" by Thomas Lloyd Miller, 1967, for service between 1835 and 1846, from records of the TX General Land Office; from Lucille Mehrkam 1984) (MAD: see also Houston Co. TX; 1850 Washington Co. TX census)
William Duncan, 1840, on tax list, 0 white poles, 1 tl. house, by H.H. Cone, Agent (pg.63, perhaps "1840 Citizens of TX; Tax Rolls" Vol.2, by Gifford White, FHL book 976.4 R2wge and fiche 6,100,365; from Lucille Mehrkam 1984)
Francis Duncan, 9 April 1843, mar. Mary Helga
Elizabeth Duncan, 28 May 1845, mar. Christian Smith
Francis Duncan, 1846, on tax list in Harris Co. ("Republic of Texas: Poll Lists for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins, 1974, FHL book 976.4 R4m; from Lucille Mehrkam 2/1984)
Peter J. Duncan, 1846, on tax list in Harris Co. ("Republic of Texas: Poll Lists for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins, 1974, FHL book 976.4 R4m; from Lucille Mehrkam 2/1984)
Mr. Duncan, 1855, with sons David and Wm. ages 15 and 13 on scholastic list, District 6, San Jacinto Dist. (pg.80, "Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" by Gifford White, 1979, from Lucille Mehrkam 3/1984; FHL book 976.4 J2w)
Peter Duncan, 15 April 1869, died in Harris Co., served at San Jacinto; from "Houston Daily Times" issue of 27 April 1869. ("TX Obituaries, Death Notices Taken From Early TX Newspapers 1835-1890" typescript, no author; FHL book 976.4 V45 and film 845,442 item 1) Peter Jefferson Duncan, b. NY 1799, died Harris Co. TX 1870; Participated in capture of San Antonio in 1835 and served in Army 1836, bur. Dezavala Cemetery, San Jacinto Co. TX. ("Texas Testimony Carved in Stone" or "Texas History Carved in Stone" by Wm. M. Jones, 1958, FHL book 976.4 H2jw; and "Misc. Bible and Cemetery Records of TX" by Mrs. Ralph C. Anderson, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, and Mrs. Norman Sedoin D'Olive, 1968, from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1984, FHL film 1,398,560 item 6)
John Duncan, 15 Oct. 1873, of Matagorda Co. TX, owned 24 acres on banks of the Buffalo Bayou; made power of attorney to I.T. Tinsley to transfer the property to the Young Men's Real Estate and Building Assn. of Houston, Harris Co. TX; Deeds 12-154 and others. ("Abstract of Title to the Land in Central Park Subdivision of the City of Houston, Harris Co. TX 1912" Prepared by Houston Abstract Co., published by Magnolia Park Land Co.; from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1984)
John Duncan, 7 March 1875, died in Houston; of Matagorda, pioneer; from "Houston Daily Telegram" of 10 March 1875. ("TX Obituaries, Death Notices Taken From Early TX Newspapers 1835-1890" typescript, no author; FHL book 976.4 V45 and film 845,442 item 1)
Jack Duncan, 15 July 1877, enlisted as Private in Special State Troops under J.L. Hall, discharged 15 Nov. 1877, "born" (resided) Clinton (Harris or Hunt Co.), TX ("TX Rangers and Minute Men 1847-1900" Vol.3, by Frances T. Ingmire; from Lucille Mehrkam 11/1985; FHL book 976.4 M2if Vol.4))
John Duncan, 21 March 1878, died Matagorda Co. TX age 86, vet; from "Houston Daily Telegram" of 3 August 1878. ("TX Obituaries, Death Notices Taken From Early TX Newspapers 1835-1890" typescript, no author; FHL book 976.4 V45 and film 845,442 item 1)
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