BENNINGTON CO. VT
Formed 1779; original county
Windham formed 1781 from Bennington
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1810 Bennington Co. VT Census
Dorsett
Pg. 91  Wm. Duncan        01101        - 23101
        Wm. B. Duncan     00200        - 10100
          (next to Wm. Duncan)
Pownal
Pg.105  John Duncan       52010        - 11010


1820 Bennington Co. VT Census
Pownal
Pg.118  John Duncans      210010       - 01010


1830 Bennington Co. VT Census
Pownal
Pg. 50  John Duncan       0001,0001    - 0100,0001


1840 Bennington Co. VT Census
Bennington
Pg.265  S. Duncan         0011         - 0000,0001
Pownal
Pg.286  J. Duncan         0110,0001    - 0001,1001
   288  S. Duncan         0000,0100,1  - 1200,11

1850 Bennington Co. VT Census
Pownal
Pg.142, #125-129, Samuel DUNKIN 43 VT laborer
                  Electa? Ann 43 VT
                  Mary Louise 18, Electa M?. 10 VT
                  Jane Eliza SMITH? 28 VT
Readsborough
Pg.178, #123, Thomas CANNADY 76 MA farmer $1500
                  Sally 75 CT
                  Catharine DUNKIN 49 VT
                  Harriet 12 VT
 

1860 Bennington Co. VT Census
Dorset
Pg.801, #579-601, J.W. DUNCAN (m) 44 MA stone cutter $700-$130
                  Sarah 42 VT wife
                  Wastler? R. (m) 21 VT
                  Henry R. 15 VT
                  Hellen S. (f) 11, Fordyce (m) 7 VT
                  Delmer H. (m) 3, Eugean C. (m) 9/12 VT
Pownal
Pg.896, #163-175, Samuel DUNCAN 53 VT laborer $0-$35
                  Electa 53 VT
                  Mary 38 VT
                  Electa 19 VT
Readsboro
Pg.940, #157-176, M. DUNSON (m) 37 VT laborer $1200-$0
                  Irene (f) 37 VT
                  Susan 20 VT
                  Milo (m) 13 VT
                  Bion (m) 2 VT
Sandgate
Pg.987, #1408-1441, Horace HURD 57 VT farmer $1700-$0
                  Minerva 56 VT
                  Mariam (f) 25 VT wife (sic)
                  Marshall GOEWAY (m) 30 VT farmer $0-$600
                  Nellie (f) 1 VT
                  S.O. DUNCAN (m) 14 NY
Shaftsbury
Pg.1035, #260-277, Jonathan DRAPER 80 VT farmer $4000-$500
                  Rhoda 65 VT
                  Jerome 23 VT
Pg.1035, #261-278, Theodore 21 VT
                  Geo. W. DUNCAN 46 MA farmer $2000-$200
                  Betsey 38 NY
                  Silence COLE (f) 67 VT
                  Albert 43 NY
                  (MAD: household numbering as given)
 

1870 Bennington Co. VT Census
Pownal
Pg.488, #108-113, DUNKIN, Samuel 63 VT farm laborer $0-$100
                  Electa (f) 63 VT keeping house
                  MACOMBER, Electa (f) 29 VT keeping house
Shaftsbury
Pg.543, #23-23, DUNCAN, George 56 MA farmer $2000-$1000
                  Betsey 50 NY keeping house
Winhall
Pg.586, #52-55, DUNAKIN, James 28 CT farmer $700-$125
                  Calvin R. (m) 18 VT works on farm
                  Ellen 17 MA keeping house
                  Albert? (Alvin?) 16 MA works on farm
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of the Eighth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, 1861-1865" by Geo. N. Carpenter; pub. Boston: Press of Deland & Barta, 1886, 376 pgs. (LH12702, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 974.3 M2c and film 874,060 item 2)
      Pg.14: The Eighth Vermont. The First Battery was chiefly raised through the exertions of George W. Duncan, of South Shaftsbury, ... election held January 16, 1862, Captain George W. Duncan. (MAD: Shaftsbury, Bennington Co. VT)
 

"History of Bennington County, Vt. : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers" ed. by Lewis Cass Aldrich; pub. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1889, 600 pgs. (LH6466, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL book 974.38 H2a and film 1,321,027 item 5)
      Pg.179-180: Bennington Co. in the Rebellion of 1861-1865. The first Battery of Light Artillery - ... town of Shaftsbury ... The first captain was George W. Duncan, who resigned February 11, 1863.
 

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