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OLDHAM CO. KY
Formed 1823 from Henry, Shelby, Jefferson
Trimble formed 1837 from Henry, Oldham, Gallatin
CENSUS RECORDS
1830 Oldham Co. KY Census
Pg.259 Moses Dunking 0001,1000,1 - 0000,0001
(MAD: mar. Cinthia Withers 11/26/1792 Fauquier Co. VA;
1810 Fauquier Co. VA census; 1820 Lincoln Co. KY census)
287 Wallis Duncan 1001,001 - 1120,01 Bedford
(MAD: Willis Duncan mar. Martha Pryor 3/10/1809 and
Pamelia Conners 10/25/1823 Henry Co. KY; son of James
& Asenath Browning; 1840 Trimble Co. KY census)
288 Reuben Dancan? 0000,3001 - 1001,0001 Bedford
(MAD: wife Patsy (Young) Johnson; 1820 Henry Co. KY census;
brother of Willis Duncan; 1840 Trimble Co. KY census)
290 Luwell Duncan 2000,1 - 2000,1
(MAD: Ludwell Duncan mar. Martha Lindsey 12/21/1824
Lincoln Co. KY)
294 William Duncan 0001,1001 - 1001,101
(MAD: mar. Polly Connell 1/16/1805 Gallatin Co. KY; 1840
Trimble Co. KY census; his dau. Jane mar. William L.
Coleman 2/20/1837)
299 Elizabeth Duncan 0022,1 - 0000,0001
(MAD: Elizabeth Ford or Farrel or Force mar. William Duncan
5/7/1809 Shelby Co. KY; 1850 Brown Co. IN census)
1840 Oldham Co. KY Census
Pg.152 Moses Duncan 0000,1000,01 - 0000,2101
169 Alex Duncan 0000,1 - 0000,1
1850 Oldham Co. KY Census
Division 2
Pg.110, #68-68, Jesse SAGE 35 KY brickmaker $800
Martha 47 KY
Tho. W. 9, Mary E. 10 KY
Alban (m) 7, Jo. (m) 5 KY
W.H. DUNCAN (m) 21 KY laborer
Martha 19, Elizabeth 15 KY
Ann WOODBURN 25, James H. 5 KY
(MAD: Jesse Sage mar. Martha Duncan 4/11/1838; ? see Thomas N. Sage 18 KY in 1860 Johnson Co. IN census with John L. Duncan 30 KY)
Pg.110, #70-70, Alex DUNCAN 42 VA farmer $3000
Mildred 30 KY
Margaret 5, Albert 3, Julia 1 KY
(MAD: wife definitely Mildred, not Milicent; mar. Millicent T. Jones 7/10/1841)
Pg.111, #84-84, Henry McELIVANE 33 KY farmer $4000
Margaret 30 KY
Lawson BRENT (m) 26 KY (blank occupation)
Manerva DUNCAN 7, Charles B. 9 KY
District 1
Pg.161, #513-525, Th. W. CARDER (m) 30 KY carpenter $2000
Frances (f) 29 KY
Mary 5, Johnson 3, Nancy 7/12 KY
Tho. BREWER? (BROUNER?) 23 KY stud?
Jno. DUNCAN 20 KY carpenter
& three other carpenters
Pg.165, #540-573, Bernard DUNCAN 35 VA farmer $1600
Eliza 25 KY
Newton 4, Mortimer 2 KY
(MAD: mar. Mary J. Yager 10/14/1844)
1860 Oldham Co. KY Census
P.O. La Grange
Pg.797, #18-18, Henry McELWAN 44 KY farmer $6500-$10,360
Margaret 42 KY
Minerva DUNCAN 17 KY
Pg.811, #119-121, Martha SAGE? 57 KY farmer $800-$590
Albin (m) 16 KY laborer
Joseph 14 KY
Wm. DUNCAN 33 KY farmer
Sallie HEAD 9 KY
Pg.811, #125-128, Alex. DUNCAN 53 VA farmer $9030-$14000
Mildred 40 KY
Albert 13, Tho. D?. 9 KY
Susan 5, Martha 2 KY
James HEAD 18 KY blacksmith
Martha 15 KY (not m/in/year)
Pg.865, #517-514, William DUNCAN 37 KY farmer $14,400-$9,200
Amanda 27 KY
John 9, Silas 5, Alex 2 KY
Hester HERRINGTON 66 VA
(MAD: William Wesley Duncan mar. Amanda Harrington 12/5/1848 Shelby Co. KY; their son John Thomas Duncan was father of Alexander Edward Duncan who ?? commissioned the Gustav Anjou manuscript on the Duncan family; a similar history was published in the 1925 "Tercentenary History of Maryland," 4 vols, by Matthew Page Andrews, on pg.597-602, Baltimore)
Pg.871, #554-551, C.T. VINEGERHOLTS (m) 41 Germany farmer $25,000-$10,415
Sarah 37 MS ("Miss")
Julius (m) 16, Sarah 14, Emma 12, Lucy H. 6 MS
Davis Duncan (m) 3 KY
J.E. SPOTTS (m) 49 Germany (blank) $20,000-$0
Philip MAYERS 30 Germany laborer
(Note by Noel Clark 8/2002: Davis Duncan VINEGERHOLTS, "D.D." Vennigerholz, Citrus Co. FL Clerk of the Court/lawyer, died 1894 FL)
Pg.877, #595-592, Mildred DUNCAN 61 VA (blank) $400-$3175
Benj. ROME 39 VA "Cunberld. Pres. R." $0-$5120
H.K. HAYS (m) 28 KY merchant $0-$3200
Mollie 19 KY
1870 Oldham Co. KY Census (faint)
Floydsburg Precinct
Pg.37, #75-75, DUNCAN, William 47 KY farmer $40,000-$5,000
Amanda 37 KY keeping house
John F. 18 KY works on farm
Silas W. (m) 14, Alexander 12 KY at school
Henry C. 10, Mary F. 7 KY
Robert 5, James 4 KY
OLIVER, Daniel 32 KY works on farm
LaGrange Precinct
Pg.45, #47-47, WHITESIDES, Som? (m) 24 KY farmer $0-$0
Sarah 17 KY keeping house
JETT, Mary 55 KY
DUNCAN, Ann 12 KY BLACK domestic servant
Pg.47, #73-73, GAEER?, Smith G. (m) 51 VA farmer $15,000-$5,000
Mary 39 KY keeping house
Oscar 18 KY works on farm
Mary A. 15, Curtis T?. (m) 10 KY
Missouri? F. (f) 7, Jane 5 KY
Albert 2 KY
GAILBREATH, Almira 35 KY school mistress
WHITESIDES, Jane 14 KY BLACK domestic servant
DUNCAN, Jerry 45 KY BLACK works on farm
Pg.47, #75-75, DUNCAN, Alexander 63 VA farmer $8000-$1000
Mildred 53 KY keeping house
Susan 17 KY
Thomas 19 KY works on farm
Martha 12, Mary F. 10 KY
John 6, Amos 4 KY
Pg.50, #107-107, DUNCAN, Wm. 42 KY farmer $5000-$1000
Mary 29 KY keeping house
Linsey (m) 8, Richard 7 KY
Florence (f) 5 KY
CRATT?, Lacy (f) 18 KY BLACK domestic servant
Lily (f) 2 KY MULATTO
Town of LaGrange
Pg.63, #27-27, BUCHANAN, J.M. (m) 70 KY (white) (blank) $0-$0
America (f) 60 KY
DUNCAN, B.F. (m) 28 KY (white) laborer $0-$0
Sarah E. 25 KY keeping house
MARRIAGE RECORDS
Oldham Co. KY Marriage Returns (FHL film 482,436)
Pg.36: By virtue of license; married Francis Duncan and Nancy Tandy, 11 March 1834, by George Strother.
(MAD: Kay D. Hampton showed Nancy Tandy nee Duncan, dau. of Moses Duncan)
Oldham Co. KY Original Bonds, certificates, licenses, consents (FHL film 482,444)
Bond of Francis Duncan and Joseph F. Pryor, 8 March 1834, for marriage of Francis Duncan to Miss Nancy A. Tandy, dau. of Moses Tandy, he having consented (consent note). Wit. Henry Pryor, Jos. F. Pryor.
ESTATE RECORDS
Oldham Co. KY Wills
2-22: 29 Aug. 1836, will of Ludwell Duncan of Oldham Co. KY; land I bought of John Overstreet be sold and that money pay my debts; all to my wife Martha during her lifetime or widowhood for the purpose of raising and schooling our children, if she marry she shall have 1/3 of all my estate, the remaining other 2/3 equally divided among my children; my wife Martha and Alexander Duncan executors. Wit. Thos. Pemberton, Bernard Duncan, Edmund Power?. Prob. 17 Oct. 1836 by oaths of Thomas Pemberton and Bernard Duncan. (FHL film 482,431)
3-53: 28 July 1845, will of Moses Duncan of Oldham Co. KY; wife Cyntha Duncan 1/3 of all my land during her natural lifetime including the house on which I live, also negros, etc.; remaining portion to my children and grandchildren, to be divided between them each family of grandchildren to take as much as their father or mother would take if alive, the 1/3 portion of land heretofore to my wife during her lifetime to my children and grandchildren after the death of my wife in the same manner that I have bequeathed the remainder; have heretofore given to all my children one negro with the exception of my son Ludwell Duncan dec'd and my daughter Elizah (Elijah?) Burris decd, I now give and bequeath to the children of said Eliza (negro) and to the children of Ludwill Duncan decd $15 each as an equivalent thereto; remainder of estate sold and proceeds equally divided among my children; executor retain the negro and land and money bequeathed to the children of my daughter Eliza decd. until they come at the age of 21 years; that if the said children of Eliza Burris decd should both die without children that the property bequeathed to them shall revert to the remainder of my children and grandchildren upon their death; my executor retain the money devised to each child of Ludwill Duncan decd and land until they shall be 21 years of age; after the death of my wife the negros, stock etc. equally divided between my children and grandchildren in the same manner; appoint Bernard Duncan executor. Wit. Jno. Redman, Benjamin Coons. Prob. 18 Aug. 1845. (FHL film 482,432)
Oldham Co. KY Wills (FHL film 482,431; complete text of wills from Georgia Helderlein 10/1988; MAD's extracts)
2-22: Will of Ludwell Duncan, 29 Aug. 1836?, of Oldham Co. KY; land bought from John Overstreet sold and money used to pay debts; if not enough money, then negro woman Caty be sold instead of the land, and the balance of debts paid from personal estate; remainder of estate after paying debts to go to wife Martha for life or widowhood for purpose of raising and schooling our children. If she marry, then she to have 1/3 estate, the remaining 2/3 divided among my children. Exec. wife Martha and Alexander Duncan. If Martha wastes estate from bad management or makes away with it from the benefit of the children, then exec. Alexander Duncan take over the estate for the benefit of the children as well as her. Wit. Thos. Pemberton, Bernard Duncan, (third wit. unreadable). Proved 17 Oct. 1836 on oaths of Thomass Pemberton and Bernard Duncan.
2-27: 10 Nov. 1836, inventory of estate of Ludwell Duncan returned, value $3,245.50, by appraisers John Ballard, Thos. Pemberton and Benjamin Coons; Alexander Duncan, Exr. Appraisers appointed on motion of Martha Duncan and Alexander Duncan: Benjamin Coon, Thos. Pemberton, John Ballard and Gabriel Kightly/Rightly, or any three of them.
2-126: 6 July 1838, account of sales of estate of Ludwell Duncan; buyers included Jesse Sage, E.M. Nichols, E.M. Alexander, A. Duncan, W. Pemberton, I.D. Snead, Jas. Hill. Estate included notes on Jas. Duncan (for rent) $50; note on Abm. Kighttey? (hire of negro) $40, 2/3 crop to Jesse Sage $60. /s/ Alexander Duncan, Exr.
LAND RECORDS
Oldham Co. KY County Court Land Records (index on FHL film 482,412; from Georgia Helderlein 10/1988)
Book-Page: Date, Grantee, from Grantor, Acres & Waters
A-448: 03/??/1828 Duncan, Willis, from Joseph Lane, 48a B Bone
B-166: 07/19/1830? Duncan, Moses, from Thomas Pemberton &c, 62a N.C.
B-166+: 10/18/1830 Duncan, Jas., from Sheriff, Oldham Co., 7a B Bone
B-166+: 03/24/1831 Duncan, Moses, from Saml. Guyton & wife, 106a A.L.R.
B-166+: 03/24/1831 Duncan, Moses, from Saml. Guyton & wife, 144a N.C.
B-162: 07/02/183? Duncan, Reuben/wife, from Thomas J. Young, Pers.Prop
C-184: 03/03/1834 Duncan, Willis/wife, from Henry W. Pryor, 104a Corn
C-244: 08/18/1834 Duncan, Elizabeth, from Isaac Philips, 180a Ohio
C-27?: 10/20/1834 Duncan, Seany, from Jack Pryor, 100a B Bone
C-672: 08/18/1835? Duncan, William, from Cyrus Tubbs, N.S. McConnel?
C-361: 04/20/1835 Duncan, Willis, from Wm. Bennett/wife, N.S. Corn Cr.
D-82: 03/27/1837 Duncan, Martha, from John Overstreet &c, 95-3/4a N.C.
D-197: 01/08/1838 Duncan, Martha, from Martin Whitesides/wife, 24a B Bone
D-199: 01/08/1838 Duncan, Martha, from Martin Whitesides/wife, 100a B Bone
E-???: 01/30/1841 Duncan, Alexander&c, from P.D. Ladd/wife, N.S. Ho?
?-???: 01/11/1842 Duncan, Moses, from Hezekiah Albert/Abbot, ???
F-110: 12/2?/1845 Duncan, Ludwell, from (Division of Land), 262a N.C.
F-174: 01/02/1846 Duncan, Moses, from (Division of Land), 316a N.S.
F-177: 04/??/1846 Duncan, Moses, from (Division of Land), 316a N.S.
F-354: 09/01/1847 Duncan, Bernard/wife, from Alex Duncan, 173a N.C.
F-483: ca 1848 Duncan/Duerson, Jno, from Nathaniel I. Duncan, 40&c N.C.
F-567: 08/??/1849 Duncan, Jas./wife, from Bernard Duncan, N.S. N.S.
G-1: 02/08/1841 Duncan, Nathaniel, from Bern. Duncan, ??
F-110: 12/??/1845 Duncan, Ludwell, from (Division of Land), 262a N.C.
F-174: Term 1846 Duncan, Moses, from (Division of Land), 316a N.S.
F-177: Term 1846 Duncan, Moses, from (Division of Land), 316a N.S.
F-354: Sep 1847 Duncan, Alex, from Bernard Duncan/wife, 173a N.C.
F-483: 05/20/1841 Duncan, Nathaniel, from John Duncan, 40&c N.C.
F-567: 02/08/1841 Duncan, Bernard, from Jas. Duncan/wife, N.S. N.S.
G-1: 02/08/1841 Duncan, Bernard, from Nathaniel Duncan, N.S. N.S.
-----: 06/03/1852 Duncan, Alex, from Eady Rose, ?? N.S.
G-479: 04/12/1851 Duncan, Wm. H./wife &c, from George Coons, 26-3/4a B fork?
G-586: 10/13/1851 Duncan, Bernard/wife, from Benjamin Coons, 1-1/4a Ash L.R
H-294: Mid. 1853 Duncan, Bernard, from (Division of Land)
J-?137: ??? 1855? Drake, Samuel, from G. Duncan, Mortgage L?
N-123: 08/02/1852 Duncan, Mildred, from B.P. Rowe, ?1 Lot Fbuy?
H-294: Mid. 1853 Duncan, Bernard, from (Division of Land)
I-56: 03/01/1854 Duncan, W.W., from John C. Taylor/wife, 312a F2
I-232: 01/04/1855 Duncan, Elizabeth, from Moses Burrows, 10a N.S.
I-275: 02/22/1855 Duncan, Alex., from Clark Hdmire? & wife, N.S N.S.
?-?: 11/13/1856 Duncan, Garnett, from Samuel Drake, Mortgage
?-?: 11/12/1856 Duncan, Mildred, from W.M. Rowe/wife, T.L.L.? ?
K-184: 07/01/1859 Drake, Saml., from Garnett Duncan, N.S. N.S.
K-207: 11/07/1859 Duncan, Jno L.&c, from W.H. Duncan, 74a N.S.
K-317: 04/??/1860 Duncan, L. (his by Cenr?), from N. Coons, 11a N.S.
K-342: 05/21/1860 Duncan, Garnett, from F.A. Drake, N.S. O.R.
L-41: 08/26/1861 Duncan, A., and Jno. S. Nay, Agreement
L-154: 11/11/1862 Duncan, Alex/wife, from Jno S. Nay, 28a N.S.
M-28?: ca 1866 Dunchen, J.F., from A. Duncan, 48a 18
K-176: 01/02/1859 Duncan, W.W., from Wm. G. Mathews, 109a ff
K-184: 07/01/1859 Duncan, Garnett, from Saml. Drake, N.S. N.S.
K-207: 11/07/1859 Duncan, W.H., from Jno. L. Duncan &c, 74a N.S.
M-353: 04/11/1866 Duncan, Alex/wife&c, from J.C. Varble, 35a N.S.
M-411: 05/29/1866 Duncan, A.&c, from J.H. Clubb, 28&c 18
M-546: ??/30/1866 Duncan, G.W., from Joseph Carr, 59a N.S.
L-553: 07/01/1864 Duncan, Alex, from Jas. Hopwood, Jr.?, Mortgage
M-280: 02/08/1866 Duncan, A., from J.F. Duncan, 28a 18
M-338: 03/06/1866 Duncan, W.H., from T.A. Rodman, 72a N.S.
M-440: 07/11/1866 Duncan, A., from G.N/H. Jones, Mortgage
Oldham Co. KY Deeds (index on FHL film 482,412; complete text of deeds from Georgia Helderlein 10/1988; MAD's extracts; NOTE: page numbers not always listed; Deed Books A-B on FHL film 482,408; C-D on FHL film 482,409)
Book A: 28 June 1828, Jack Pryor of Oldham Co. KY of 1st part, and Saml. Pryor and wife Nancy of Henry Co. KY, and Charles S. Dorsey and wife Mary of Hardin Co. KY and Tarner? B. Young and wife Nancy of Oldham C. KY and Moses Tandy and wife Catherine of Oldham Co. KY, of 2nd part; for $200 to each of them of 2nd part paid, [parties of 2nd part sell] to Jack Pryor all their right, title and interest accruing from their ancestor, Saml. Pryor decd, to land on waters of Corn Creek and Barbone in Oldham Co. KY, part of Robert Patton and Popes 10,000 acre survey, beg. in center of lower end line of the 10,000 acre tract ... (no neighbor's names given) ... 1,000 acres, not (already deeded) by said Saml. Pryor, decd, to the said Jack Pryor. /s/ Samuel Pryor, Chas. S. Dorsey, T.B. Young, Moses Tandy. Wit. Wm. Gatewood, Willis Duncan. Release by Nancy Pryor (wife of Saml. Pryor) and Mary Dorsey (wife of Charles S. Dorsey); proved on oath of witnesses.
10 July 1826, John Howard of Fayette Co. KY to Moses Tandy of Oldham Co. KY, $1 (sic), 130 acres, land on Corn Creek, part of John Howard's entry of 7,945-1/2 acres, beg. John Lawson's lower corner on Ohio River, adj. Howard's line, Tandy's Spring Branch. No wife. Wit. Laurence? (Samuel?) Dungan, T.B. Young, Reuben Duncan Jr. Proved on oath of T.B. Young and Reuben Duncan Jr.
? Feb. 1828, Joseph Lane and wife Martha to Willis Duncan, all Oldham Co. KY, 18 acres on Barebone Creek, part of John Roberts, James Patton and Alexander Pope's 10,000 acre claim, adj. Joseph Lane. Wit. Daniel F. Pryor, James Pryor, Nelson Wright, Wm. Gatewood.
20 Feb. 1828, Willis Duncan and wife Martha to Joseph Lane, all Oldham Co. KY, $100, 18 acres, part of John Roberts, James Patons and Alexander Pope's 10,000 acre survey, on Barebone Creek, adj. Joseph Lane's corner and in the division line of John Roberts. Wit. Wm. Gatewood, Jack Pryor, Daniel F. Pryor, Nelson Wright.
Book C, page 184: 8 March 1834, Willis Duncan and wife Martha to Henry W. Pryor, all Oldham Co. KY, $600, 104 acres on Corn Creek adj. Jack Pryor, John Reed. Wit. Joseph F. Pryor, Frances (later: Francis) Duncan.
Book A, pg. 361-2: 23 Oct. 1834, William T/F Bennett and wife Elizabeth of Oldham Co. KY to Willis Duncan of same, $450, land on Corn Creek, part of John Roberts 10,000 acre survey, adj. Virgil Coleman corner, line of Turner Young, Thomas Chandler's corner & line, to have & hold 5 undivided equal shares out of seven to the above-named parcel ... Wit. Wm. Gatewood, Moses Tandy, Frances Duncan.
Book A: 7 Oct. 1829, William Duncan of Oldham Co. KY to Cyrus Tubbs of same, $20, the tract of land said Tubbs now lives on, adj. S. fork of Corn Creek, Meachams? branch, lands of William Johnson; being part of 10,000 acre survey in name of Robert Patton and Pope. Wit. Jack Pryor, Samuel ??, Moses Tandy. Release by Polly Duncan, wife of William Duncan. (GDH: mostly unreadable)
Book C, pg. 225: 17 March 1834, James S?. Young and wife Frances to Frederick Duncan, all Oldham Co. KY, $150 total, $50 now paid, $50 due 1 year & $50 due 2 years from 28 Nov. 1833, lot #20 in town of Bedford. Wit. Robt. O'Brian, F.Y. Young.
Book C, pg. 244-5: 18 March 1834, Elizabeth Duncan of Johnston Co. IN to Isaac Philips of Oldham Co. KY, $600, 180 acres near the Ohio River, adj. Tadlock's line corner to the original division between said Elizabeth and Huge Rich Force??, corner to John James/Jones and Tadlock, corner to Huge Rich Forces???, part of survey patented in name of Richard Taylor, which Elizabeth inherited from her father, Hezekiah Force decd. Wit. Geo. Armstrong, Hezekiah Force. Proven on oaths of wit. (MAD: Hezekiah Ford; Elizabeth mar. William Duncan 5/7/1809 Shelby Co. KY; she of 1850 Brown Co. IN census)
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Shelby Co. KY Deeds (FHL film 259,238)
Y-313: 27 Sept. 1830, Moses Duncan of Oldham Co. and Garland Withers of Lincoln Co. to Peter G. Force? and John O'Bannon, both of Shelby? Co., $882, 147 acres on west fork of Clear Creek, now in possession of said Force & O'Bannon, having been heretofore held by them under a contract by them with said Duncan for the purchase, adj. E by tracts of land on which said Force and Thomas Bohon now reside, S. by tracts of land which H. Balco and Preston Balco now occupy, W. by land on which Oswald Thomas and James Drain now reside, and N. by tract of about 50 acres conveyed by said Duncan & Withers to Geo. Marshall by deed recorded in Shelby Co. and now in due possession of the said Marshall; Duncan and Withers will defend tract against claim of all persons except against the claims of Trah? T. Haggin Esq. and Sophia Richardson of Mercer Co. under the conveyance made by the Sheriff of Shelby Co. under an execution in the name of said Richardson against the said Withers issued? by Mercer Civil Court, but the said Duncan and Withers assign and transfer to said Force and O'Bannon all the obligations, assignments, etc., executed by the said Haggin and Richardson to said Duncan and Withers; no wit. /s/ Moses Duncan, Garland Withers. (tight binding)
Trimble Co. KY Deed, Book C, 1846-1850 (FHL film 420,364)
C-294: 16 May 1845, George A. Norvell, one of the legatees of his decd father, John Norvell, in and to the within deed conveys to Willis Duncan all my right and title to the 1/7th part of land. Wit. Oliver C. Strother, William W.H. Gossom.
C-294 (2nd): 19 July 1845, Mary Norvell, one of the legatees of her deceased father, John Norvell, convey to Willis Duncan all right and title to the land in the deed from Wm. Bennett and wife to said Duncan, having been paid $50 for my 1/7th part. Clerk stated that the deed was recorded in Oldham Co. KY Deed Book C, pg.362.
Henry Co. KY deed (FHL film 826,893)
14-420: 5 March 1832, James L. Young and wife Frances of Oldham Co. KY to Willis Duncan of same, $400, part in joint notes with Jack Pryor, Harry Pryor and said Willis Duncan, land in Henry Co. KY on Little KY River, corner Robert Johnston, said Young, Daniel Colbert, that Samuel Wyatt sold to Young. No wit.
Hardin Co. KY Deed (FHL film 388,599)
R-351: 1 Oct. 1838, Joseph Parr and wife Sarah of Hardin Co. KY to James Duncan of Oldham Co. KY, $600, 161-1/2 acres adj. land then owned by Joel Morrison now Abisha Vanmeter, 98,000 acre survey Helligas and Dunlaps. No wit.
HISTORIES before 1923
1885-1888 "KY, a History of the State" 5th or 6th Edition (Volume), by Perrin, Battle & Kniffin (FHL book 976.9 D3wt; and Evelyn Sigler 7/1982)
Pg.176 (pg.785). JOHN T. DUNCAN., son of William W. and Amanda (Harrington) Duncan, born in Shelby Co. KY on April 3, 1851, but removed to Oldham Co. in his infancy. On Sept. 18, 1873, he married Miss Ida Smith, of Jefferson Co., had four children: Rosa, Willie, Alexander and Gail. Has farm of 280 acres in Floydsburg Precinct, Oldham Co., and a member of the Baptist Church at Pewee Valley. William Duncan, the father of John T., was born near Danville, Boyle Co. KY, Jan. 15, 1823, a son of John and Frances (Yager) Duncan. He settled in Oldham Co. about 30 years ago, where he owns 300 acres, and 150 acres in Shelby Co. where he had previously resided. In 1845 he married Miss Julia Cardwell of Jefferson Co., where he also resided for a time. Mrs. Julia Duncan died before the year expired, and Mr. Duncan in 1848 married Miss Amanda Harrington of Shelby Co; eight children: John, Silas, Henry, Alexander, Mary, Robert, James and Alice. Mr. Duncan is president of Floydsburg & Aikin Turnpike Co., a Democrat, and with his family is a Baptist.
Pg.176 (pg.785). THOMAS DUNCAN, born March 6, 1851, eldest living child of Alexander and Melissa (Jones) Duncan, natives respectively of VA and Oldham Co. KY. Alexander Duncan was born in 1807, was a carpenter and afterward a farmer, died in Dec. 1882. Thomas Duncan educated partly in Oldham, his native county, and partly at Transylvania University; now owns and resides upon 450 acres in Oldham Co. In Jan. 1874 he was married (MAD: wife not given) and had four children: Bernice, Addie Camilla, Thomas N. and Susie. Member of the K. of H., stockholder in the Bank of Oldham.
Pg.193. W.O. HEAD, born in Oldham Co. KY, Aug. 30, 1847; his father, James Head, also a native of Oldham Co., merchant and farmer and for many years a justice of the peace. Zoch Head, grandfather of W.O. Head, a Virginian, to Oldham Co. when quite young. Mrs. James Head's maiden name was Margaret McMakin, born in Nelson Co., her mother Kittie Owsley, came from VA. James Head's mother was Rachel Oglesby. W.O. Head educated at La Grange College, a farmer, Ballardsville Dist. In 1871, he married Miss Susan, dau. of Sandy and Mildred (Jones) Duncan, natives of Boyle and Oldham Co. respectively. The children born to this marriage are four: Alexander, Maggie, Minnie and Babe. Baptist Church, Democrat.
Pg.212-3. WILLIAM A. McMAKIN, native of Nelson Co., born Oct. 8, 1816, son of Charles McMakin, native of VA who came to KY in early day with his parents and settled in Nelson Co., subsequently moved to Shelby and Oldham Cos. He died at Lexington [Scott Co.], IN. He married Elizabeth Duncan, a native of SC and dau. of William Duncan, a native of the same State. Four sons and three daus. were born to their union, and of this family, our subject is the eldest. His grandfather, William McMakin, native of VA, came to KY in 1802 and settled in Nelson Co., where he lived greater part of his life and died in Louisville in 1849. Our subject farmed, now in La Grange Precinct; he married in 1843 Enreth E. Ellis, native of Shelby Co. and dau. of Stephen Ellis; one son and one dau., Henry and Julia (the latter deceased). Mrs. McMakin died about 1847, member of Baptist Church. Mr. McMakin then married in 1852 to Sarah M. Oglesby, native of Oldham Co. and dau. of Ellis and Jane (Yager) Oglesby, children: Florence, Richard and Monchie (last two deceased). Democrat, he in Baptist Church, she in Methodist Episcopal Church.
1883 "History of Daviess County, Kentucky : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, biographies of representative citizens, and an outline history of Kentucky" pub. by Inter-State Pub. Co. (FHL film 1,421,700 Item 5, and FHL book 976.9864 H2d; from Lucille Mehrkam 10/1982; SUTRO book F457 D3 H6, CA State Library, Sutro Branch)
Pg.820: James A. Morrison, farmer, was born in Oldham Co. KY, Dec. 30, 1841. His father, James R. Morrison, who was born in Danville, Ky., in 1802, and died in Carrollton, Ky., in 1872, while visiting his son, Dr. Goodlow Morrison, was ... His mother, Mildred (Duncan) Morrison, was born in Oldham Co. KY, in 1806, and married at the age of twenty-three years. She has had six children, three now living -- Dr. A.M., of Goshen, Ky., born in 1838; James A., born in 1841, and Lucy E., born in 1844, now the wife of Charles Harrison, a druggist of Davenport, Iowa. ...
OTHER SOURCES
"Lines & By-Lines (KY)" Vol.4#4 Winter 1989, by Louisville (Jefferson Co. KY) Gen. Society (FHL book 976.944/L1 D25, and from Jean Harper 9/1990)
Pg.121-122: The Duncan Family; by B.A. Buckner, without sources, gives a synopsis of the descendants of John Duncan, wife Wilkey, through their son Moses Duncan from Fauquier Co. VA to Oldham Co. KY.
Burke's "American Families with British Ancestry" pg.2665, has the lineage of Alexander Edward Duncan of Baltimore, MD, apparently from the manuscript of Gustav Anjou which has some erroneous information.
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