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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised August 1, 2008

MONTGOMERY CO. PA
Formed 1784 from Philadelphia

 

CENSUS RECORDS

1790-1820 Montgomery Co. PA Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1830 Montgomery Co. PA Census
Norriston
Pg.212  Alex. J.H. Duncan      0010,1  -  0001,1
                  (MAD: see will of John Duncan of Charleston Co. SC filed in Bucks Co. PA 1831)
 

1840 Montgomery Co. PA Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1850 Montgomery Co. PA Census
Lower Merion
Pg.184, #520, James DUNCAN 45 IRE milkman
                  Nancy 30 IRE
                  Margaret 33 PA
                  David SONILY 70 IRE, John 40 IRE
                  Joanna DUNCAN 22 IRE
                  Joseph STOSHERS? 32 IRE dyer?
Upper Merion
Pg.417, #401, Joshua DUNCAN 40 PA boatman $1,700
                  Catora 30 NJ
                  William 8 PA
                  Susanna 6, George 4 DE
                  Mary 1 PA
                  (MAD: Quakers; see Talbot Co. MD; 1860 Kent Co. DE census)
 

1860 Montgomery Co. PA Census
Horsham Twp.
Pg.254, #501-501, Wm. M. CLEAN 38 PA farmer $12000-$1000
                  Elizh. (f) 39 PA
                  Mary 15, John 13 PA
                  Chas. H. 8, Anna 2 PA
                  Jas. DUNCAN 27 IRE laborer
                  Jos. J?. HOGAN 19 PA laboer
Moreland Twp.
Pg.436, #335-335, Jacob PROPERT 48 PA farmer $6000-$2000
                  Sarah 43 PA
                  Mary 23, Geo. 20 PA
                  Benj. 18, Wm. 16 PA
                  Martha J. 9, Susanna 7 PA
                  Frank 1 PA
                  Jane DUNCAN 66 NJ
Lower Marion Twp.
Pg.207-8, #35-37, George DUNCAN 50 PA butcher $7000-$2000
                  Elizabeth 41 PA
                  Elizabeth 24, George 22 PA
                  Philip 20, William 16 PA
                  Samuel 14, Mary 12 PA
                  Jemoree (f) 10, Hannah 9 PA
                  Thomas 7 PA
                  Fannie BEBEE (f) 16 PA
                  Samuel DUNCAN 42 PA butcher
                  Jacob MYERS 55 PA (blank)
                  Henry CLAY 16 PA BLACK
Pg.264, #433-437, Nancy DUNCAN 50 IRE (blank) $0-$50
                  Margaret 12, James 10 PA
                  David SMILEY 80 IRE
Pg.277, #508-515, Samuel SAUNDERS 65 PA farmer $16000-$1000
                  Hannah 63 PA (blank) $0-$300
                  Patty (f) 37, Guellma (f) 34 PA
                  Charles FRITZ 21 PRUSSIA farm laborer
                  Robert BROWN 35 PA farm laborer
                  George W. DUNCAN 12 PA farm app.
 

1870 Montgomery Co. PA Census
Cheltenham Twp., 281st Dist.
Pg.280, #105-102, DUNCAN, John 38 IRE laborer $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Eliza 38 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
Pg.303, #436-434, DUNCAN, William 31 IRE gardiner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Jane 34 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Annie 5 PA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  William 1 PA at home, parents of foreign birth
Lower Merion Twp., 278 Dist.
Pg.491, #152-153, DUNCAN, Ann 54 PA (sic) keeps house $0-$0
                  Margaret 22 PA works in cotton m., parents of foreign birth
                  Wm. 20 PA works in cotton m., parents of foreign birth
Pg.498, #255-257, DUNCAN, Phil. 30 PA butcher $0-$0
                  Elizabeth 26 PA keeps house
                  Thomas 4 PA home
                  Geo. 3/12 PA b. Mar. home
Pg.499, #269-271, RHODS, David "6" PA farmer $0-$1600
                  Margaret 39 PA
                  Sallie 14, Jno. 13 PA at home
                  Geo. 12, Albert 9 PA home
                  Walter 1 PA at home
                  DUNCAN, Thos. 27 ENG farm hand, parents of foreign birth
Pg.502, #324-332, DUNCAN, Wm. 29 PA butcher $0-$250
                  Ellen 29 PA keeps house
                  Thressa (f) 3 PA home
                  Mary 9/12 PA home b.Aug.
Pg.502, #325-333, DUNCAN, Sam 21 PA butcher $0-$0
                  Emma 23 PA keeps house
                  Blanch (f) 1 PA home
Pg.503, #326-334, DUNCAN, Eliza 52 PA keeps house $20,000-$1,000
                  Mary 22 PA home
                  Han (f) 19, Mark 15 PA home
Moreland Twp.
Pg.619, #99-100, LACY, Deborah 33 PA keeping house $0-$125
                  POTTS, John 12 PA at home
                  POTTS, Anna 10 PA attending school
                  DUNCAN, William 24 ENG laborer, parents of foreign birth
                  Martha 27 PA keeping house
                  George 1 PA, father of foreign birth
Pg.635, #339-344, PROPERT?, Jacob 59 PA farmer $7,500-$2,000
                  Sarah 50 PA keeping house
                  George 30 PA farm laborer
                  Martha J. 18 PA at home
                  Susanah (f) 16 PA at home
                  Frank C. 11 PA attending school
                  Benjamin 10 PA attending school
                  DUNCAN, Jane 75 NJ at home
Pottstown, 270th District
Pg.293, #391-403, DUNCAN, Nathaniel 42 PA engine builder $2500-$1000
                  Susan 31 PA keeping house
                  George 5, Sallie 3 PA
                  [DUNCAN,] Mary 80 PA home
                  YOCOM, William 29 PA laborer
Upper Providence
Pg.379, #534-584, Inmates of Montgomery Co. Alms House (starts pg.378)
                  DUNKIN, Susan 68 PA (blank)
Pg.380, #534-584, DUNKIN, Susan 63 PA
 

MILITARY RECORDS

"History of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by The Comrads; ed. by Allen D. Albert; pub. Williamsport, Pa.: Grit Pub. Co., 1912, 589 pgs. (LH13180, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL book 974.8 M2pm and film 1,421,602 item 21 and fiche 6,083,992)
      Pg.332-335: My Experience in Libbey and Salisbury Prisons, by Alexander Duncan, Company C. I enlisted at Norristown, Pa., on the 30th of July, 1864, the day of the burning of Chambersburg and of the explosion of the mine at Petersburg. I joined the Forty-fifth in the latter part of August in the lines south of Petersburg ... I was attached to Company C. ... (MAD: no genealogy info, not copied) (MAD: Norristown, Montgomery Co. PA)
      Pg.449: Roster of Company C. Duncan, Alexander, enlisted July 30, 1864; substitute; mustered out with company July 17, 1865; inmate Soldiers' Home, Tenn. (MAD: widow Margaret drew pension)
 

"Revolutionary soldiers' graves in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : and the surrounding townships of Roxborough and Blockley, in Philadelphia County, Haverford and Radnor, in Delaware County, and Upper Merion and White Marsh, in Montgomery County" by Dora Harvey Develin; pub. Bala, Pa.: Mrs. John (Dora Harvey) F. Develin, 1906, 11 pgs. (LH 866, HeritageQuest images 6/2007)
      Pg.8: White Marsh: Jesse Duncan.
 

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, George W.; F 7 Del. Inf.; 1925 Oct. 1, Invalid Appl. #1525475, no cert., Calif; remarks C2330357. (MAD: ? 1850 Montgomery Co. PA, 1860 Kent Co. MD, 1870 Talbot Co. MD; 1910 Imperial Co. CA b.1846 DE)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"Historical collections relating to Gwynedd : a township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, settled, 1698, by immigrants from Wales, with some data referring to the adjoining township of Montgomery, also settled by Welsh" by Howard Malcolm Jenkins; pub. Philadelphia: Jenkins, 1897, 473 pgs. (LH 843, HeritageQuest images 6/2007)
      Pg.271-272: Everard Foulke Jr., of Arthur Springs, Illinois, mar. 5th mo. 11, 1825, Frances W. Watson, ... they removed from Pennsylvania to Clark county, Ohio, in 1845, and in 1857 to Arthur Springs, four miles south of Sidney, Champaign county, Ill. ... Children: (6) Lester E., b.1837, m. Lenora M. Duncan
 

"Biographical catalog of the matriculates of Haverford College : together with lists of the members of the college faculty and the managers, officers and recipients of honorary degrees, 1833-1922" (Delaware and Montgomery Co. PA); (anonymous); pub. unknown: unknown, 1922, 784 pgs. (LH 411, HeritageQuest images 4/2007)
      Pg.35: 1844, Matriculate Catalog. HESTON, George Thomas. (M.D., Univ. of Pa., 1852.) Entered Sophomore Class 1842; left during junior year, 1843. Studied medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1849-52. Physician, Norristown, Pa., 1852-92. b. Pennsylvania, February 17, 1826. d. August 18, 1904. s. Jesse Stackhouse Heston and Martha Thomas. m. Mary Amanda Duncan. (MAD: Norristown, Montgomery Co. PA)
 

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