CRAIG CO. VA
Formed 1851 from Botetourt, Giles, Roanoke, Alleghany, and  Montgomery Cos. VA, Monroe Co. WV
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Craig Co. VA census
Potts Creek Valley
Pg.696, #522-482, Wm. L. DUNKUM 38 VA blacksmith 0-$250
                  Araminta A. 15, Missouri H. (f) 12 VA
                  Harriet C. 10, G.C. (m) 8 VA
                  Nancy L. 5, Henrietta 5/12 VA
                  (MAD: 1850 Giles Co. VA census; 1870 Monroe Co. WV census)
Sinking Creek Valley
Pg.762, #106-89, James A. DUNKUM 33 VA blacksmith 0-0
                  Mary 36 VA
                  Martha A. 10, Phoebe C. 8 VA
                  Albert P. 5, Silas N. 3 VA
Pg.762, #109-92, Wm. DUNKUM 58 VA blacksmith $2000-175
                  Elizabeth 52 VA
                  John L. 25, Benjamin B. 24 VA farm laborers
                  Josephus 22 VA farm laborer
                  Lucinda J. 19, Chester B. 17 VA
                  Elijah W. 15, A.J. (m) 6 VA
Pg.762, #110-93, John L. DUNKUM 70 VA farmer $1800-650
                  Nancy 30 VA
                  Charles L. 27, Henry A. 24 VA day laborers
                  Hannah 62 VA
                  Hannah E. 3 VA
Pg.763, #112-95, John L. DUNKUM Jr. 30 VA carpenter $800-375
                  Mary A. 23 VA
                  Rufus B. 6, Maria C. 4 VA
                  Albert N. 8/12 VA

1870 Craig Co. VA Census (also from David L. Duncan 1986)
Simmonsville Twp.
Pg.543, #438-420, DUNCAN, Henry A. 33 VA (white) farmer $700-$414
                  Mary M. 33 VA keeping house
                  Albert 9, John 6, Amanda L. 1 VA at home
Pg.544, #459-438, DUNCAN, James A. 43 VA (white) blacksmith $0-$100
                  Mary 44 VA house keeper
                  Martha R. 20 VA house work
                  Phebe C. 18 VA house work
                  Silas N. 13 VA strikes in shop
                  (MAD: Martha's middle initial could be a plain "A" or a plain "R", although other capital letters are fancy)
Pg.545, #465-443, DUNCAN, Chester P. 24 VA (white) farmer $1200-$350
                  Elisha W. 22 VA farmer
                  Andrew J. 16 VA farm laborer
                  William 70 VA retired blacksmith
                  Elizabeth 64 VA house keeper
Pg.545, #466-444, DUNCAN, Nancy 44 VA (white) house keeper $400-$0
                  Eleanor 9 VA at home
Pg.545, #468-446, DUNCAN, Charles L. 38 VA (white) farmer $700-$500
                  Mary A. 27 VA house keeper
                  Margarett S. 1 VA at home
                  HINCHEY, Charles N. 15 VA (white) farm laborer
Pg.545, #469-447, DUNCAN, Mary A. 33 VA (white) farmeress $700-$300
                  Rufus D. 17 VA farm labor
                  Caroline 14 VA house work
                  Newton 11 VA farm labor
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Craig Co. VA Marriage Register 1865-1937, Birth Register 1864-1896 (FHL film 31,073; very dark film)
      Pg.1, 12/26/1865, Charles Duncan, age 33y 5m 1d, single, b. Craig Co., par. John L. & Hannah Duncan, to Mary Ann Caldwill, age 24, widow, b. Craig Co., par. Jas?. L. & Alanisa? Kentley???
      Pg.8, 1872, G?. Smith to Martha Ann Duncan, par. J.A. & Mary Duncan.
      Pg.9, 1873, C.B. Duncan, par. Wm. & Elizabeth Duncan, to Dianner Gurmon.
      Pg.11 and 14 had Duncans indexed, could not read.
 

ESTATE RECORDS

Craig Co. VA Will Book A, 1851-1867 (FHL film 31,067)
      A-348: 31 Aug. 1861, will of Benjamin Duncan; to my beloved mother during her lifetime my part of the land she is now living on, then to my youngest brother Andrew Jackson Duncan; appoint Uncle Lawson Duncan sole executor. Wit. Thomas Kerr, Samuel H. Kerr, Lavaurant? Carson. Proved Aug. 1864.
      A-432: Inventory 12 Feb. 1866 of John L. Duncan decd, filed 23 July 1866 by Alex Fresco?/Frenor?, administrator.
      A-461: Sale Bill, 12 Feb. 1866, of estate of John L. Duncan; sales to Jacob Kintzley, A.T. Carson, N.G. Steel, G.W. Hutchinson, C.L. Duncan, Mary A. Duncan. Filed 26 Nov. 1866.
 

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