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BOND CO. IL
Formed 1817 from Madison
Fayette formed 1821 from Bond, Wayne, Clark, Jefferson
Montgomery, Sangamon formed 1821 from Bond, Madison
Pike formed 1821 from Madison, Bond, Clark
Clinton formed 1824 from Washington, Bond, Fayette, Crawford
CENSUS RECORDS
1820 Bond Co. IL Federal Census
Powers
Pg. 1 Samuel Duncan 000001 - 00001
3 John Duncan 000100 - 20100
Perryville
Pg. 6 Nancy Duncan 301100 - 03010
William Duncan 000100 - 00100
8 Sarah Duncan 110000 - 20001
Robert Duncan 000100 - 00100
(MAD: 1830-1837 Shelby & Moultrie Co. IL)
(MAD: one Judy Duncan mar. Randolph Whitley
3/25/1819 Bond Co. IL; one Seely or Celia
Duncan mar. Randolph's brother William
Whitley 9/18/1828 Shelby Co. IL)
1830 Bond Co. IL Census
No Duncan indexed
1840 Bond Co. IL Census
Pg.120 Hiram W. Duncan 0000,01 - 0
(MAD: ? see Barren Co. KY, ? 1850 Adair
Co. KY census)
128 Wm. Duncan 1100,01 - 1100,01
137 Robt. Duncan 1212,001 - 1110,01
1850 Bond Co. IL Census
Pg.422, #908-928, Elisha DUNCAN 28 IL farmer $0
Mary 18 IL
(MAD: Elisha Duncan mar. Mary W. Myatt 8/10/1849)
Pg.426, #963-985, Robert DUNCAN 51 SC farmer $0
Nancy 45 TN? (Tennessee written over IL?; not Virginia)
James 25, Riley 20 IL
John 16, Mary J. 15 IL
Nancy 12, Serlina (f) 8 IL
(MAD: Serlina, not Sarah; wife Nancy Bateman, dau. of Abraham Bateman and Mary Whitley)
1860 Bond Co. IL Census
P.O. Greenville
Pg.131, #77-77, Abram McNEIL 28 IL cattle trader $3000-$800
Elisabeth 29 VA
Alice J. 5 IL
D.S. DAVIS (m) 25 OH farm laborer
Mary 20 IL
Salmon ADAMS (m) 33 NY farm labr.
W.W. DUNCAN (m) 7 MO
P. HARRIS (m) 22 TN laborer
Francis (TH/SH?)ROWBRIDGE (m) 37 CAN laborer
Pg.156, #245-245, Elisha DUNCAN 37 IL farmer $3000-$1100
Mary 27 IL
Margaret J. 7, Robt. 4 IL
John T. 3, Mary 1/12 IL
Zack TAYLER 9 IL
Elizabeth CANVEY 17 IL
(MAD: 1850 El Dorado Co. CA census with brother Abraham Duncan)
Pg.159, #264-264, Eliz. DUNCAN 29 OH widow $0-$300
Abram A. ("f") 2 IL
Pg.160, #270-270, Robt. DUNCAN 57 SC farmer $1700-$1000
Mary 24, Nancy 22, Sarah 18 IL
(MAD: "Sarah" plainly written)
1870 Bond Co. IL Census
LaGrange Twp.6N Range 3W
Pg.199, #102-102, DUNCAN, Joseph 43 IL farmer $0-$150
Mary 45 IL keeping house
Ellis (f) 5 IL at home
(MAD: 1850 Madison Co. IL census age 16, 1860 Marion Co. IL census age 26, in Co.G 49th Reg. IL Vols; "General J. Duncan" mar. Mrs. Martha J. Polk 12/23/1860 Marion Co. IL; info of Debra Schulte)
Okaw Twp.4N Range 2W
Pg.248, #28-28, DUNCAN, Riley 39 IL farmer $1670-$450
Jane 27 IL keeping house
William 10, John F. 7 IL at home
Marie? (f) 5, Robert 2 IL at home
Pg.251, #75-75, DUNCAN, Mary J. 32 KY keeping house $3,000-$1,500
Jno. W. 19 MO farmer
Martha 16 MO at home
BECKLER, Martin 9 IL at home
ESTATE RECORDS
Bond Co. IL Index to Probate Record Books (FHL film 1,316,519)
Duncan, James: Admin. Mary J. Duncan & Andrew G. Henry; inventory B2-512; Sale B2-517; Bond 2-51, 2-94; Report B2-561 (Vol.B2 = Vol.I9, 1853-1858)
Duncan, Abraham: Admin. Elisha Duncan; Order Book 4-11, 6, 20, 75, 82, 90, 110, 112, 113, 114, 120; Appr. 2-234; Sale 2-236; Bond/Letter 2-245 & 246; Report Record 2-346? (2-546?) (Vol.4 = L12, 1859-1865)
Bond Co. IL Index to Court Record Books (FHL film 1,315,854)
No Duncan
Bond Co. IL Will (from index cards of Kit Smith 8/1983)
Record Book A-1, pg.407, Will of Abraham Bateman, 5 Dec. 1836, d. 1 March 1837, prob. 1 May 1837; mentions wife Mary; oldest son William; daus. Nancy Duncan, Elizabeth Little, Tebithey Butler, Cosh Chorna, Mary Runnels; sons Abraham and Riley. Wit. Thomas Kern (?), Mary Runnels, Patsey Bateman.
COURT RECORDS
Bond Co. IL Circuit Court Record Book A, 1817-1820 (FHL film 1,315,854 item 6)
Criminal court; not probate; suits for debts, etc. No Duncan
LAND RECORDS
Bond Co. IL Deed Indexes, 1818-1856
Dun ... Grantors, 1818-1856 (FHL film 1,315,963)
D-12: Dunkin, James M. to John Fillson Jr., rec. Dec. 14, 1835; W 1/2 SE Sec.34 T4N R4W, and SE Sec.25 T5N R4W
F-194: Duncan, James M. to Isaac Anderson, rec. Jan. 8, 1842; SE Sec.34 T4N R3W
I-493: Duncan, Abraham to Elisha Duncan, mortgage, rec. April 17, 1850; SE SE Sec.34 and E 1/2 SW SE Sec.34, all T4N R2W
I-494: Duncan, Robert to Abraham Duncan, rec. April 17, 1850; SE SE Sec.34 and E 1/2 SW SE Sec.34, all T4N R2W
I-554: Duncan, Robert to John W. Smith, rec. June 21, 1850; SW NE Sec.36 T4N R2W
M-201: Duncan, James to Josiah W. Kesner, rec. March 23, 1853; NE SW Sec.34 T4N R2W
O-305: Duncan, Henry S. to Samuel Stevenson, rec. Nov. 9, 1854; SW Sec.2 and E 1/2 SE Sec.3 and W 1/2 SE Sec.8 and E 1/2 SW Sec.8 and E 1/2 NW Sec.17 and W 1/2 NE Sec.17, all T4N R4W (MAD: land grants are indexed to Henry T. Duncan)
O-513: Duncan, Robert to John Duncan, rec. Feb. 12, 1855; SW NE and NW SE Sec.34 and S 1/2 SE NE Sec.36, all T4N R2W
O-513: Duncan, Robert to Riley Duncan, rec. Feb. 12, 1855; NE SE and SE NE Sec.34 and N 1/2 NE SE Sec.36, all T4N R2W
P-91: Duncan, Abraham to Peter Apple, rec. June 8, 1855; S 1/2 SE Sec.34 T4N R2W
P-440: Duncan, Abraham to John A. Scott, mortgage, Dec. 21, 1855, NW Sec.26 & S 1/2 SW Sec.23 & S 1/2 NE Sec.24 T4N R2W
Q-191: Duncan, Henry T. to Samuel Stevenson & George E. Moore, filed May 21, 1856, rec. June 24, 1856, SW Sec.2, E 1/2 SE Sec.3, E 1/2 SW Sec.8, W 1/2 SE Sec.8, W 1/2 NE Sec.17, E 1/2 NW Sec.17, T4N R4W
R-226: Duncan, Riley to John Duncan, April 11, 1857, Apr. 30, 1857, W 1/2 NE Sec.25 & NW NE Sec.34 & NW Sec.34 T4N R2W
R-226: Duncan, Riley to Elisha Duncan, April 11, 1857, Apr. 30, 1857, NE SE & SE NE Sec.34 & N 1/2 NE SE Sec.36 T4N R2W
S-49: Duncan, Mary J. to John Duncan, May 5, 1857, May 25, 1857, W 1/2 NE Sec.25 & NW Sec.34 & NW NE Sec.34, T4N R2W, undivided half.
R-321: Duncan, Abraham to John Holsberry, June 3, 1857, June 18, 1857, N 1/2 NE Sec.24 & S 1/2 NW Sec.24 & NW SE Sec.24, T4N R2W
S-315: Duncan, Elisha to Samuel Colcord, Mar. 29, 1859, July 7, 1859, NE Sec.16 T4N R2W
S-316: Duncan, Elisha to Samuel Colcord, Mar. 29, 1859, July 7, 1859, W 1/2 SW Sec.16 T4N R2W
S-317: Duncan, Elisha to Samuel Colcord, Mar. 29, 1859, July 7, 1859, NW Sec.16 T4N R2W
T-385: Duncan, Elisha to Riley Duncan, Dec. 1, 1858, Dec. 2, 1858, NE SE & SE NE Sec.34 & N 1/4 NE SE Sec.36 T4N R2W
T-603: Duncan, Robert to Riley Duncan, June 24, 1859, July 1, 1859, S 1/2 SE NE Sec.36 T4N R2W
U-241: Duncan, John to Mary W. Duncan, April 6, 1860, April 6, 1860, W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec.25 & NW 1/4 Sec.34 & NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec.34 T4N R2W, 280 acres.
Quit
Dun... Grantees, 1818-1856 (FHL film 1,315,966)
Did not copy Duncan from Duncan; see grantor index
D-347: Duncan, Robert from John Richards, rec. April 2, 1838; SE NE Sec.34 T4N R2W
H-158: Duncan, Robert from Wm. M. Fitch by executors, rec. May 8, 1847; W 1/2 SW Sec.24 and SE SW Sec.24 T4N R2W
H-526: Duncan, Abraham from Lenuel A. Scoggin, rec. Jan. 2, 1849; part W 1/2 SW Sec.18 T6N R2W
I-493, 494 - see above grantor index
K-559: Duncan, Robert from Martin Jones, rec. Oct. 17, 1851; W 1/2 SW Sec.24 T4N R2W
O-513, 513 - see above grantor index
P-466: Duncan, Abraham from John A. Scott, Jan. 5, 1856, NW Sec.26 & S 1/2 SW Sec.22 & S 1/2 NE Sec.24 T4N R2W
Q-402: Duncan, Abraham from William Cherryholmes, Aug. 19, 1856, Aug. 19, 1856, pt. N 1/2 NE Sec.24 & S 1/2 SW Sec.24 & NW SE Sec.24 T4N R2W
R-67: Duncan, James (qt. claim) from John Little, Jan. 22, 1857, Feb. 10, 1856, W 1/2 NE Sec.25 T5N R2W
Quit
MILITARY RECORDS
Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
Duncan, Riley; E 152 Ill. Inf.; 1888 June 14, Invalid Appl. #659796, Cert. #487602, Ill. (MAD: Cartwright, IL; 1850 ? Bond or ? Mercer Co. IL census)
HISTORIES before 1923
"History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois" by R.S. Garnett; ed. by William Henry Perrin; pub. Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882, 741 pgs. (LH4501, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; SUTRO fiche G3 LH 4501, CA State Library, Sutro Branch, 1/1999; FHL film 934,970 item 3, SLC 9/1992)
No Duncan, Bateman or Duff biography indexed
Pg.86: Zion Prct., Bond Co. R.S.D. ROBERTS, farmer, P.O. Woburn, was born in Henry Co. KY on Sept. 15, 1822, came to Bond Co. with parents when 3 months old, after two years family to Montgomery Co. ... (family not copied) The father (unnamed) of our subject was a son of Capt. Benjamin Roberts; he died in KY. Roberts died 1847; he was one among the first school teachers in Montgomery Co. He married the mother of R.S.D.; her maiden name was Sarah Simmons, dau. of Samuel Simmons, a Rev. soldier ...
Pg.88: Bond Co., Old Settlers - Duncan, Robert.
Duncan, Elisha, James Riley and Abraham, sons of Robert; Elisha in Colorado; James died in Okaw
1892 "Portrait and biographical record of Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens..." pub. by Chapman Bros. (FHL film 1,000,507 item 3 and FHL film 825,593)
No Duncan, Bateman, or Duff biography indexed
Pg.124: Richard S.D. Roberts was born in Henry Co. KY on Sept. 15, 1822, and died Sept. 17, 1892 when two days past three score & ten ... prominent farmer of Bond Co., resided on Sec. 3, Mulberry Grove Twp. His father was an early settler of this county, came in 1822, then moved to Vanburensberg, Montgomery Co. for many years. The father of our subject was born Bardstown (Nelson Co.), KY, in 1780; in native state he married Sarah Simmons who was born in Henry Co. KY and died after her removal to Montgomery Co. IL. All of her 13 children grew to maturity and all married with one exception. Grandfather Simmons (not copied here) .... The grandfather of our subject, Benjamin Roberts, was a native of VA and came to KY at an early day, even before the great Daniel Boone ... The ancestry of the family was English-Welsh ... (MAD: no mention of Benjamin Robert's wife Anne Duncan from Culpeper Co. VA)
1881 "Combined History of Shelby & Moultrie Counties IL" pub. Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough (FHL film 1,000,516 item 1; SLC 9/2007; from info of Carol Todd 8/2006)
Pg.42: "In the fall of 1825, Samuel Little, a native of Illinois, born on the frontier in the southern part of the State, built a cabin in the west part of Ash Grove township. In the spring following, his brother John and his brother-in-law, Robert Duncan, came and built cabins near by. They were regular frontier-men, and delighted to hunt and have sport with the neighboring Indians. When the Indians left the state, the Littles moved to Texas. Duncan remained in this state, and died in Bond County, where he accumulated considerable property."
1898 "Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, CO" by Chapman Pub. Co. (from Bruce Chapin Duncan 3/1993; and CA State Library, Sutro Branch, San Francisco)
Pg.461: ELISHA DUNCAN, decd, one of representative pioneers of CO, was very closely identified with founding of Weld and Boulder Cos. ... aided in establishment of schools and churches, construction of roads, instituting local law and order, ... The founder of this branch of the Duncan family in America was Col. James Duncan, who was a native of Scotland. Early in the 17th century he resigned his commission in the army and settled in VA. His son, John Duncan, was born in Scotland and with his parents took up his permanent residence in the Old Dominion. John married Miss Sarah Anderson, and their son Robert, born in 1795, was the father of the subject of this article. He became one of the first settlers in IL, his home being in Shelby Co. Besides cultivating a farm, he was interested in the Galena lead mines, in the northern part of the state and in Wisconsin. During the Black Hawk war he was one of the settlers who fought against the Indians, finally subduing them. He died Oct. 19, 1868, near Greenville, Bond Co. IL. His wife, Nancy, born in VA Jan. 26, 1805, was a dau. of Abraham and Mary (Whitley) Bateman and granddau. of Col. William Whitley, a native of England. Mrs. Nancy Duncan died Oct. 1, 1851, in IL. One of her sons, John, now of CA, came to CO in 1860. Another son, James, fought in the Mexican war.
Elisha Duncan, the eldest of his father's family, was born near Greenville, Bond Co. IL, Sept. 13, 1822. ... started farming, later went to Clinton Co. IL. In 1850 he started for CA across the plains by ox teams and was nearly six months on the journey ... two years at Mud Springs [El Dorado Co. CA], then returned home by way of Isthmus of Panama and New York CIty, resumed agricultural pursuits in Prairie state. In 1860, to CO, where he and Alfred Tucker an old schoolmate engaged in constructing Golden Gate toll-road in Jefferson and Gilpin Cos. ... For part of the time he was also interested in mining in Boulder Co. at Gold Hill. In winter following, Mr. Duncan returned home, and the next spring his family accompanied him ... June 9, 1861, he arrived in Golden Gate with his family. ... Mrs. Mary Duncan, widow of our subject, became his wife Aug. 9, 1849, in Bond Co. IL; she bore the girlhood name of Mary W. Myatt, born in Pocohontas, Bond Co. IL, March 27, 1832. Her father, Judge Alexander Myatt, born in TN Feb. 9, 1802, of Welsh extraction; settled in IL at early date, county judge of Bond Co. for years; he died Sept. 4, 1861 at his home in Prairie state; his wife who was Miss Mary W. Chisenhall d. March 27, 1832; two of their sons, Edward Wesley and Wiley, fought in the Mexican War and of their entire family of 4 girls and 2 boys, only three survive.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Duncan has lived in Boulder at No. 735 Pine St., though she still owns the old homestead and other property. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Margaret J. and Robert A. reside in Boulder; John T. is superintendent of the Dewdrop Mining Co. at Ward; Mary W. is engaged in mercantile business at Camp Francis, Boulder Co. CO; Edward E. was farmer etc., died in Denver [Arapahoe Co.] 1896 at age 33 leaving one son Claude Irving and his wife Elcena Duncan dau. of Turner Wright; Guy D. lives in Boulder, and James Dell d. June 9, 1893, but 4 days after reaching his majority. At the time of this death a peculiar coincidence was noted by the father; the first corpse he could recall was that of his uncle James; his oldest dau. Margaret remembered the first corpse she saw was her uncle James; and his three grandchildren then beheld their uncle James as the first corpse they had seen. ....
Pg.465: GUY D. DUNCAN, one of prominent young members of legal profession in Boulder, ... son of Elisha and Mary W. (Myatt) Duncan; a native of CO, a few years subsequent to the arrival of the family in this state, on July 5, 1866, on his father's homestead on the St. Vrain River east of Longmont, Weld Co. ... (MAD: nothing said about a wife).
Pg.466: ROBERT A. DUNCAN, citizen of Boulder, but 5 years of age in 1860 when he crossed the plains with his parents and landed in CO; born in Carlyle, Clinton Co. IL, Aug. 14, 1855, next to oldest in family of 7 children. See sketch of his father Elisha Duncan for family history. ... In 1865 he located in Longmont, and in 1877 he went to Leadville. ... Several years ago Mr. Duncan erected his comfortable house at No. 430 Mapleton avenue, the first residence put up on this street. His marriage to Miss Myrtle Wright took place in Longmont in 1890; she was born in Weld Co. CO and is a dau. of Turner Wright, who was one of pioneers of this state and is now a resident of Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have three children, Ralph, Ella and Lawrence.
(MAD: The articles about Elisha Duncan and Robert A. Duncan have also been printed on pages 382 and 384, Vol.1, of another history of Colorado, title and publication date unknown)
(MAD: Robert Alexander Duncan b. 8/14/1855, and John Thomas Duncan b. 9/30/1857 and Mary W. Duncan b. 5/10/1860, filed a statement (date not given) saying they were the surviving children of Elisha Duncan and Mary W. Myatt Duncan, dau. of Alexander Myatt, and were born at Keysport, Bond Co. IL; the three are the only known survivors of the Colorado Volunteers who were born in or before the year 1860. Exact book title not given, but perhaps "The Colorado Volunteers"; from Bruce Chapin Duncan 3/1993)
(MAD: Louisa Elcena J. (Wright) Duncan (1867-1965), wife of Edward Elisha Duncan, son of Elisha Duncan, told her family that Robert Duncan was the 8th and last child born to John Duncan and Sarah Anderson and that some of his older brothers were named Abel, John, James, and Joseph Duncan; from info of Bruce Chapin Duncan, a grandson of Edward E. Duncan)
1888 "History of Harrison and Mercer counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present; together with ... family records, besides a condensed history of the state of Missouri" by Goodspeed (FHL book 977.8 H2hh)
Pg.655-6: R.R. Young, b. Blount Co. TN 22 Nov. 1829, son of Jeremiah S. and Ruth (Boring) Young, also natives Blount Co. TN; moved to Bond Co. IL March 1831, in 1838 to Jackson Co. MO for 4 years, then Harrison Co. MO. In 1833 he (the father) joined the US Rangers under Capt. Duncan, and for his services received a land warrant for 160 acres in Sec. 32 where the son now resides. ...
1878 "History of Jackson County, Illinois : with biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers" ed. by J.H. Brownlee and R. Allyn, pub. by Brink, McDonough & Co. (FHL book Q 977.3994 H2b and FHL film 962,314 item 1)
Pg.81: Andrew D. Duff, 11th child of Philip Duff and Mary Duncan his wife, and only child living, born 24 Jan. 1820 in Bond Co. IL. Philip and Mary Duff were married in South Carolina in 1801, moved to territory of IL in 1809, and settled in St. Clair Co. and subsequently moved to Bond Co. where they resided a number of years, afterwards located in Franklin Co. IL until their deaths. (MAD: nothing more about the parents; see Greenville Co. SC query mention of Bond Co. IL; see James Duff in Pendleton/Anderson Co. SC 1795 deed with Robert Duncan of Greenville Co. SC; see Pike Co. IL)
OTHER SOURCES
"IL State Genealogical Society Quarterly" Vol.6, 1974 (FHL book 977.3 B2is; from Evelyn Sigler 3/1985)
Pgs.160-161 of this periodical include a chronology of the Benjamin Roberts Jr. family, he the son of Benjamin Roberts Sr. and Anne Duncan (from Culpeper Co. VA to Nelson Co. KY, 1802 deed in Henry Co. KY); Benjamin Roberts Jr. mar. Sally Simmons on 6/16/1801 in Nelson Co. KY, moved to Bond Co. IL ca 1822. The article gives sources and references, including histories of Montgomery Co. IL.
The Roberts family is also discussed in another article in "IL State Gen. Society Quarterly" Vol.9, 1977, pg.204-5. (from Evelyn Sigler 3/1985)
"Duncan" Genealogical Research of Madge Yeager Olson (FHL film 1,033,985; handwritten or typed documents)
This research includes the Family Record of Elisha Duncan, born 9/13/1822, "offspring" of Robert Duncan and Nancy Bateman, died 1893, bur. Boulder Co. CO, who married on 8/9/1849 to Mary W. Myatt, and lists their children; the record also includes the deaths of Nancy Bateman (wife of Robert Duncan) b. 1/26/1805, d. 10/1/1851, and James Duncan who died 8/13/1856 age 31y 5m 26d, and Abraham Duncan d. 1/21/1859 age 32y 7m 21d. The research includes obituaries of several family members in Colorado.
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