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WESTMORELAND CO. VA
Formed 1653 from Northumberland
Stafford formed 1664 from Westmoreland
King George formed 1720-1 from Richmond, Westmoreland
See also Fairfax, Richmond, Loudoun, Stafford Cos. VA
CENSUS RECORDS
1820-1870 Westmoreland Co. VA Census
No Duncan indexed
ESTATE and LAND RECORDS
Westmoreland Co. VA Deeds & Wills (FHL film 34,267)
Book 1, 1653-1671 - no Duncan
Westmoreland Co. VA Deeds, Wills - gap in FHL catalog from 1671 to 1691, from 1699 to 1701
General index to deeds, 1653-1898; mixed deeds and wills, 1723-1868; Westmoreland Co. VA County Clerk
General index to deeds, Vols. 1-2 1653-1898 (FHL film 34,327)
Deeds and wills, Vol. 8 1723-1738 (FHL film 34,328)
Deeds and wills, Vol. S 1748-1753 (FHL film 34,329)
Deeds and wills, Vols. 36-37 1859-1868 (FHL film 34,330)
Westmoreland Co. VA Deed Index 1653-1831 (FHL film 34,327)
5-345: 1713, Dorothy Duncan to McClanacan - See Deeds & Wills Books
6-384: 1718, Peter Duncan - See Deeds & Wills Books
3-269: Geo. Harrison, 1704
Note: George Turberville, Clerk of Court
No will/deed indexed 1700 for will of Peter
Book 2, 1691-1699 - no Harrison, Cornhill, Kirtley - looking for deed from them to William Remy ca 1693, recorded 1694, as heirs of Peter Duncan (FHL film 34,268)
Book 2 - no deed Eliz. Brown to McClanahan to Carr (see 29 Sept. 1691 Court Order)
Book 3, 1701-1707 - no Harrison, etc.
No deed with Thomas Trenton from them (referred to in Deed 8-146)
No deed with John Baker (referred to in Deed 8-146)
No Duncan deeds indexed after Book 13 (6/13/1985)
Westmoreland Co. VA Deeds & Wills, Vol.8, 1723-1738
8-78: 22 June 1716, John Dunkin of Westmoreland Co., planter, being weak in body; to my son Peeter Dunkin that tract of land he now lives on which was left to me by the will of my deceased father Peeter Dunkin, it being by estimation 150 acres which land I allso give to my son Peeter Dunkin with all my wareing clothes; to my son William Dunkin that tract of land he now lives on which I bought of John Ginkons(?) for 300 acres; if William dies without heirs, his inheritance to go to my son James Dunkin; to my son William all his moveable or personal estate in any wise belonging to the said plantation he now lives on; to my daughters Elizabeth An and Ealis one shilling Sterling; to my grandsons John and William Rochester each of them one young heffer apeas; to my daughter Phillis Rochester my rideing horse or mare; to my grandson and granddaughter John and Elizabeth Dunkin the son and daughter of my son James Dunkin one young heffer; remainder equally divided among my sons Peeter, William and James Dunkin and allso my beloved dau. Phillis Rochester and grandson John Dunkin son of Peter Dunkin. Exec. sons Peeter Dunkin and William Dunkin. /s/ John (ID) Dunkin. Wit. Frances Greace, George (CD) Dunkin, James (IS) Scot. Prob. 22 Feb. (ffebruary) 1726. G. Turberville, Clerk (FHL film 34,328)
8-114: 24 Feb. 1728, Blanchflower Dunkin of Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., planter, to George Turbervile of same, Gentleman, for 248 lbs of tobacco, 6 acres in Cople Parish, part of tract of land whereon the said Blanchflower Dunkin now lives, edge of his path that heads over the Turks Swamp from the sd. Dunkins to Temporance Lucas's. /s/ Blanch (BD) Dunkin. Wit. Sam. Conry?, William Howson, James Muse. Rec. 26 Feb. 1728. (FHL film 34,328)
8-116: 24 Feb. 1728, Lettice (+) Duncan power of attorney to friend Noah? Minor to relinquish dower right to thirds of 6 acres my husband Blanchflower Dunken sold to Geo. Turberville for building a grist mill in deed of same date. Wit. Blanchflower (BD) Duncan, Alexr. (upside down V) Magward. Rec. 6 Feb. 1728. (FHL film 34,328)
8-146: 30 Sept. 1730, Peter (DD) Dunkin of Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., grandson and heir at law of Peter Duncan late of the same place, deceased, to William Porter Junr, of same, -- aforesaid Peter Duncan the Elder was in his lifetime seized of 450 acres in Parish (Forest?) of Nomonie in the Parish aforesaid, and the aforesaid Peter Duncan the elder by his last Will and Testament dated 9 Sept. 1676 devised to his four daughters 100 acres, being part of the aforesaid 450 acres, which 100 acres in some short time after the death of the aforesaid testator became the proper right and inheritance of George Harrison and Elizabeth his wife and Donna Cornhitt and Ann his wife which said Elizabeth and Ann were two of the daughters of the said testator and they with their said husbands sold and conveyed the land to one Thomas Trenton? 1685, who entered(?) and died seized thereof after whom? Dos.? H. Edward Porter late of the county aforesaid grandfather of the aforesaid William Porter party to these presents entered the same as Escheat from the aforesaid Scanton and Obtained a grant thereof from the proprietors of the Northern Neck dated 16 Nov. 1704? for 119 acres; now the said Peter Duncan party to these presents for 1,000 lbs of tobacco, quit claim, release, etc., to the said William Porter Junr all right, etc, of Peter Duncan to aforesaid 119 acres. Wit. Danl. Borum, Benjamin Rust, William Wiginton. (FHL film 34,328)
8-145: 30 Sept. 1730, Peter (DD) Duncan, eldest son and heir of John Duncan late of the Parish of Cople and Co. of Westmoreland, said John was son and heir of Peter Duncan the Elder also of the said county, deceased, to William Romy of said Parish and Co., - that said William Romy did in 1693 purchase of George Harisson and Elizabeth his wife and Donner? Cornhill and Ann his wife and Thomas Kestloy (Kortloy?) and Rebecca his wife 100 acres by deed of release dated 3 Feb. 1693, by virtue of which said purchase the aforesaid William Remy entered into the said lands and hath ever since possessed the same, now the aforesaid Peter Duncan for 1500 lbs of tobacco releases ... all right, etc., that said Peter Duncan has to the 100 acres. Wit. Danl. Bonum, Benjamin Rust, William Wiginton. (FHL film 34,328)
8-146: 30 Sept. 1730, Peter (DD) Dunkin of Parish of Cople, grandson and heir at law of Peter Duncan the Elder late of said county, deceased, to John Baker of same, - John Baker is now in possession of 59 acres that was on 26 May 1685 surveyed for Rebecca Duncan which land is part of 450 acres that was patented by one Randolph Kirks and by him sold to Peter Duncan the grandfather of the aforesaid Peter, party to these presents and altho the aforesaid 59 acres has been in possesion of said John Baker, the aforesaid Peter Duncan for 1000 lbs of tabacco releases to said John Q? Baker quit claim ... Same wit. (FHL film 34,328)
8-187: 25 Oct. 1732, Peter (PD) Dunkin of Parish of Cople, plantor, to John Dunkin son and heir of said Peter Dunkin of same Parish & county, for love and affection and 5 shillings, land where said Peter Dunkin now lives in Cople Parish, 150 acres. No wit. Christian, wife of Peter Dunkin, examined. (FHL film 34,328)
8-250: 5? June? 1734, Peter (PD) Dunkin of Cople Parish to William (signed) Dunkin of same, - Coleman Read of same, plantor, by deed 6 Sept. 1718 sold to said Peter Dunkin and William Dunkin 200 acres on branches of Nomini formerly sold by George Brown to Andrew Read, father of said Coleman Read, but the said Peter Dunkin and William Dunkin having not as yet made actual division of the said land between them since the purchase thereof, now the said Peter and William have mutually agreed ... division of the said 200 acres - Peter have that part on the north side of a water course or branch commonly called John Baker and William Ramoyn? Spring branch, which said branch lies? between the said Peter and William respective dwellings; and William to have the part on the south side. Wit. William Calliss, John Brown, Danll. Nsals?. (FHL film 34,328)
8#2-18: 25 Oct. 1732, Peter Dunkin of Parish of Cople, Co. of Westmoreland, planter, to John Dunkin, son and heir of said Peter, for love etc., 150 acres, plantation where Peter now lives. That Christian the wife of the said Peter Duncan ... shall appear and relinquish her right. Christian appeared 25 Oct. 1732. (FHL film 34,328)
Miscellaneous land and probate records, 1654-1790; Westmoreland Co. VA County Court
Deeds, wills, and patents 1654-1662; Inventories 1668-1677 (FHL Film 34,260)
Deeds and wills, Vols. 5-6 1712-1720 (FHL Film 34,261)
Deeds and wills, Vol. 7 1720-1723; Inventories and settlement of estates, Vol. 2 1746-1752 (FHL Film 34,262)
Deeds and wills, Vol. 4 1756-1767; Deeds and wills 1776-1790 (FHL Film 34,263)
Westmoreland Co. VA Deeds & Wills
D&W 5-21: 20 Nov. 1711, Dennis Cornhill late of Westmoreland Co. but now of Stafford Co. VA, to John Cralle of Northumberland, 197 acres in Yocomocoe Forrest in Copple Parish, corner George Harrison. Wit. G. Eskridge, Henry Netherton, Patrick Spence. Release for £60 sterling. (FHL film 34,261)
D&W 5-345: 5 Aug. 1713, Dorothy Dunkan to William Macclanacan, both Westmoreland Co. VA, for love and affection of Sarah Dunkan Ann Dunkan and Blanchflower Dunkan son and daughters of said Dorothy; to William Maclanacon, 14 head of black cattle all of the proper mark of sd. Dorothy, one negro woman Betty, two feather beds & furniture, two iron pots, 40 pounds of pewter and all goods, household stuff, etc., which she now has or which she had left her by her late husband Henry Dunkan in his last will and testament, for the purposes: for the use of said Dorothy Dunkan for, until and during such time as the said Sarah Dunkan, Ann Dunkan and Blanchflower Dunkan shall attain to their several ages of 18 years or marry if sd. Dorothy is living, then to the use of sd. William Maclanacon til they are of age or marry; then part given to each child. /s/ Dorothy Dunkan mark. Wit. Thos. Sorrell, Frances Dunkan. Memoranda: 25 Aug. 1713, the within Dorothy Dunkan gave the within William Maclanacon actual possession. /s/ Thos. Sorrell, Frances Dunkan. Clerk's certification, 29 Sept. 1714, Dorothy Waters (formerlly Dunkan) personally ack. within instrument. Rec. 28 Nov. 1714. Statement 24 Aug. 1714 to Mr. Youell Walkins: I desire you to appear for me at Westmoreland Court and on my behalf accept the acknowledgment of a deed of gift to uses by my mother Dorothy Waters to me made & passed the same bearing date the 25 Aug. 1713. /s/ Wm. Maclanacan mark, Wit. Frances Dunkan. Recorded 28 Nov. 1714, Thos. Sorrell, DCC (FHL film 34,261)
D&W 6-204: Will of Dorothy Waters, 6 Nov. 1717; of Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., sick and week; to my daughter Sarah Williams my silk crape suit and to my daughter Sarah Owen as much serge as may or shall make her a suite and to my daughter Ann Dunkan the bed I lie upon and one young hors (sic) and to my son Blanchflower Dunkan my next best bed and to my children Sarah Williams, Sarah Owen, Ann Dunkan, and Blanchflower Dunkan, one shilling sterling each; I will that if John Medford will have and free his two sons Henry & Jarett Medford that he pay unto my Exs. the sum of 6,000 pounds of tobacco; appoint my son Wm. Macclanacon sole executor. Wit. Tho. Taylor, Edmund Wyatt (mark), John Williams (mark). Proved 27 November 1717 on oaths of Edmund Wyatt & John Williams. (MAD: nothing said about distribution of remainder of estate) (FHL film 34,261)
D&W 6-384: 6 Sept. 1718, Coleman Read of Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., to Peter Dunkan and William Dunkan, for 4,000 lbs lawfull tobacco paid and secured to be paid, 200 acres near the branches of Nominy, part of patent for 400 acre grant to Wm. Overitt and George Brown on 22 March 1665, now sold by said George Brown to Andrew Read father of Coleman Read, 19 March 1669. Wit. George Nonterman?, William Synton. (FHL film 34,261)
D&W 7-6: 17 April 1720, will of Daniel Field of Westmoreland Co., "am extream wek at this point expecting to die" to my eldest son Danll. Field all his holy living whereon he now lives within & without, and all the land belongeth to me about Popes Creek; to my daughter Joyce Hudson one negro named Gesy? and 2 "plantacons," the Taylor Wilkersons & John Edwards; to my son Henry a large mill & copper with the ?? & materials belonging to it, one large cross kettle & a patent? it being at my lower plantacon; to my (too dark) one plantation in Stafford (too dark), (probably another bequest to another son) plantacon called Taylor Wilkersons; to my son Henry one little plantacon 50 acres which Charles Pickings/Rickings lives on; to my sons Abraham & Henry all my estate on the fork of Rappahannock and four negroes Will, Geo, Sam & Peter, one white servt. called Calvine Simers; my personal estate at my corner houses 1/2 to be con..? into this the other to Evan Price. Appoint son John Wheeler and Evan Price executors. Wit. Robert Duncan, Roger Abelman, Joseph Larken. Proved July 1720. (FHL film 34,262)
Go to the Westmoreland Co. VA Mixed deeds, wills, court orders, and poll lists, 1653-1859; Westmoreland Co. VA County Court
ESTATE RECORDS
Westmoreland Co. VA wills (general index to deeds on FHL film 34,327)
No will or estate indexed for Benjamin Blanchflower after 1717. (will index, general index to wills 1653-1950, on FHL film 34,326)
Westmoreland Co. VA Inventory (copy of part of page, book & page not given, from Jeannine Wright 1992 with permission to share with others)
(WB 5 or 1, pg. 46?): Inventory of the estate of Charles Dunkan decd: 2 comes?; a parcel of ponter?; a parcel of old lumber; a pr. of firetongs; an old pott & parcell of coopers tooles; 2 gunns & looking glass; 4 old frames of chaires, 2 rings, sieves, 4 bottles; 2 old beds a pott a frying pan; total £2168, appraised by William Watts?, Robert Smith, John Williams; /s/ Frances Dunkan, 25 June 1712; recorded July 8, 1712.
Go to the Westmoreland Co. VA Records and inventories of estates, 1723-1746, 1752-1756, 1767-1776, 1790-1867; Westmoreland Co. VA County Court
COURT RECORDS
Go to the Court orders, 1662-1873; Westmoreland Co. VA County Court; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery; Circuit Court; Superior Court of Law
Westmoreland Co. VA Records (extracts from Mrs. Margaret L. Hill, Genealogy Department, Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Inc., P.O. Box 97, Lancaster, VA 22503, 1993, to Harris D. Husted; from Harris Husted 1994 with permission to share with others)
Records, 1658-1661
Deeds, Patents, Etc., 1665-1677
Order Book 1675/6-1688, Vol.9
(MAD: not included here, not certain of copyright restrictions)
LAND RECORDS
Northern Neck VA Land Grants (from Charles Gordon 1983 with permission to share with others)
Jan. 18, 1705; Northern Neck land grant to Henry Dunkin, Westmoreland Co., 197 acres at easternmost branch which falls into Col. Allerton's mill. (CJG: So, this land was in Westmoreland - Col. Allerton's daughter Frances m. Samuel Travers.)
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Richmond Co. VA Deeds (FHL film 33,693)
12-783: 3 Aug. 1767, Henry Dunkin and wife Charity of Copol Parish, Westmoreland Co. (sic), for love and affection to James Mitchell, son of the said Charity, "immediately after the death of me the said Henry Dunkin and the death of Charity my said wife," land in Parish of Lunenburgh, Richmond Co., 189 acres, on main branch of Rappahannock Creek, lands of William Peirce, Thomas Lyne, John Turberville, John Gordon, Zechariah White and William Conolly, which said land the said Charity in the living (?) of her widowhood and then by the name of Charity Mitchell purchased of John Jinkens and Patience Jinkins by their deed ... 4 July 1764, which said deed remaining now among the records of Richmond County ... (both signed) Wit. William Connolly, Richard Mitchell. Rec. 3 Aug. 1767.
"Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Equity argued and decided in the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky" by Thomas B. Monroe, Vol.VI & VII; Vol.7, pgs.150 to 188; ("Kentucky Reports") Vol.23, pgs.150 to 188 (California State Law Library, Sacramento, 1/2004; no case number)
CHAPLINE v. MOORE, etc., M'AFEE et ux. v. MOORE, etc.; CHAPLINE et ux. v. MOORE, etc., and MOORE v. CHAPLINE, etc. -- CHANCERY; Court of Appeals of Kentucky; 23 Ky. 150; 7 T.B. Mon. 150; April 19, 1828, Decided.
Cross appeals from the Mercer Circuit; William L. Kelly, Judge.
COUNSEL: Crittenden, for Chapline and Moore's heirs; Haggin, Mayes and Daviess, for Lawson Moore.
Opinion of the Court, by Chief Justice Bibb. Lawson Moore, George Moore, and William Moore were brothers. George died in 1810, in the county of Westmoreland, in the State of Virginia, leaving his widow, Hannah, and four infant children, Elizabeth, (now wife of Jacob Chapline,) Judith Ellen Moore, (now wife of Robert M'Afee,) William B. Moore, and Allen Lawson Moore.
In 1812, one other of the brothers, William Moore, died in the State of Pennsylvania, and town of Carlisle, unmarried and intestate, leaving a considerable estate, real and personal.
In July, 1812, administration of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, William Moore, was committed, by the orphans' court of the county of Cumberland, and State of Pennsylvania, held in the town of Carlisle, to William Irvine and James Given, who entered into bond, in a penalty of $60,000, with approved sureties, for the due administration and account of the personal estate.
The administrators, on the 23rd of September, 1813, returned an inventory and appraisement of the personal estate, to the amount of $42,059.13, an account of effects administered to the amount of $24,578.24, showing a balance unadministered, of $17,480.89.
In this account of credits claimed by the administrators of $24,578.24, is included a claim of $1426.50, for their services, founded on an agreement of Lawson Moore with them, for their resignation, to allow 5 per cent. on the monies theretofore paid, as well as upon those paid over to the administrator de bonis non to be appointed, and 2 1/2 per cent. upon all paper securities delivered over to their successor, when, and as the judgments, notes and book accounts should be collected. The credit of $1426.50, thus claimed, was passed, de bene esse, by virtue of that agreement, by the orphans' court, subject to any equity which may or can arise when the minors arrive at age, if it is then thought proper to dispute the same. And upon the said settlement, the court entered of record, that it appeared to the court there were ample assets to discharge all debts.
Upon this settlement the administrators resigned, and the court appointed Christian Leonard, administrator de bonis non, who gave bond and security accordingly. His account was settled and approved by the court, on the 12th of December, 1822, showing a balance in his hands of $1434.24, for distribution.
On the petition of Lawson Moore to the orphans' court, on the 15th of September, 1812, stating that one half of the real estate belonged to himself as one of the heirs, and the other moiety to the four infants, under fourteen years, children of George Moore, deceased, the other heirs of William Moore, deceased, and praying partition of three several tracts of land, appropriate writs of inquisition de partitione inquirendo, as known to the laws of Pennsylvania, were issued. Upon these inquests the number of acres of each tract, and values per acre, were returned, with a report, that a partition of the several tracts could not be made by division of the lands, without spoiling the tracts. At the September court, 1813, Lawson offered sureties to be bound with him for payment to the other heirs, their respective shares of the said valuation, and to take the whole of the lands, which being approved, eight several recognizances were acknowledged in court by Lawson Moore, and his sureties, to the guardians of the infants, conditioned for the payment of the sums due to the other heirs respectively. The court had theretofore appointed Thomas Urie and John Helpelstein, guardians for the infant heirs, and they had executed bonds with security for the faithful performance of their duties. The aggregate valuation of the three tracts, after deducting the costs of the inquisitions, amount to $19,052.52 cents, the half of which was $9526.26 cents, which gave to each of the infants the sum of $2381.56 1/2 cents, and so the recognizances require that sum to be paid to the use of each, on or before the 25th of September, 1814, with interest from the 25th of March, 1814.
In the latter part of the year 1813, Lawson Moore brought the widow and children of his brother George Moore, from Westmoreland county, Virginia, to the county of Mercer, Kentucky, settled Mrs. Moore with her children, in a small tenement, on a tract of land belonging to him, where she and the survivors respectively continued to reside, until the marriage of Mrs. Moore with Abraham Chapline. Allen Lawson Moore died in Mercer unmarried, intestate, an infant of tender years, in 1814.
On the 25th of March, 1819, very shortly before Mrs. Moore's marriage with Abraham Chapline, Lawson Moore stated an account against her for house rent, articles of provision, etc., etc., with credits also made out by him for boarding and clothing her children, making a debit against her of $1920, the credits amounting to $1351, leaving a balance of $574, for which he took her note, and also her receipt for $1139 to himself as guardian of the children; this sum he charges against the children.
After the intermarriage of Jacob Chapline and Elizabeth, at their instance, Lawson Moore was summoned by the county court, to make his account as guardian, never having rendered any. He exhibited his accounts to the commissioners of the county court, on the 30th of September, 1820, which, when reported, the county court refused to approve.
Abraham Chapline and wife, Hannah, had, in September, 1819, exhibited their bill, to set aside the note obtained from her by Lawson Moore; in October, 1820, Lawson answered. Upon the coming in of this answer, Abraham Chapline and wife amended their bill, called for an account of the estate of William Moore, received by said Lawson, claiming the share to which the mother was entitled by the death of her son, Allen Lawson Moore, making the other children parties.
The defendants, Jacob Chapline and wife, Elizabeth, and Robert M'Afee, and Ellen his wife answered, and made cross bill against Lawson Moore, Abraham Chapline and wife, and William B. Moore, charging Lawson with the recognizances given by him for the real estate, and charged him as having received considerable sums of the personal estate, and prayed for an account and settlement, and a decree for the balance due from him as guardian.
(MAD: much more omitted here)
The credit of $457.87 cents, for one-half of the receipt of Messrs. Thomas and James Duncan to Lawson Moore, dated 30th April, 1814, was also erroneously allowed. (MAD: aparently in Cumberland Co. PA) This receipt was given for $915.74, as paid by Lawson Moore, upon a contract by him with them, of the 6th of September, 1812, by which he retained them as counsel for himself and the heirs of George Moore, to support the interest of himself and the co-heirs in the estate of William Moore, deceased, in all cases where Messrs. Duncans had not been previously retained against the estate, they to have for their services 5 per cent. upon the whole estate, real and personal, after payment of the debts and expenses. Upon this contract Messrs. Duncans passed their receipt, at the foot of an account of particulars, for the sum of $915.74. But this sum was paid partly by the accounts standing against them in the books of William Moore, deceased, as appears by the face of the account, by the deposition of Mr. James Duncan, and by the allowances to the administrators in the settlement of their accounts. The allowance made to Lawson Moore by the decree of one-half of this receipt, has converted the amount of those book accounts to the exclusive benefit of Lawson Moore, and moreover charges the one-half thereof upon the shares of the children of George Moore. If it were proper to have allowed this contract of Lawson Moore with Messrs. Duncans, to charge the infants, yet those accounts should have been deducted from the amount of $915.74, receipted for by Messrs. Duncans, as payments made out of the joint funds of Lawson Moore and the infants, and half the residue only carried to the credit of Lawson Moore, on his account as guardian. But by allowing a credit for half of the whole amount of the receipt, the heirs of George Moore have lost their moiety of the book accounts, and lost the like sum out of their shares.
MAD: The court opinion contains much more information about the accounts charged by Lawson Moore and their background. Click here to read more in the larger file in Mercer Co. KY.
HISTORIES before 1923
1885-1886 "KY, a History of the State" 2nd or 3rd Edition (volumes), by Perrin, Battle & Kniffin (FHL book 976.9 D3wt)
Simpson Co. DR. GEORGE W. DUNCAN was born Jan. 26, 1826, in Simpson Co. KY, and is the tenth of 8 boys and 4 girls born to Sanford and Nancy (Hammond) Duncan. Sanford Duncan was born in Loudoun Co. VA. He was a son of Colman Duncan, who married Mary Lyne, both of Westmoreland Co. VA; was a Revolutionary soldier and immigrated to Nelson Co. KY about 1795. He was born in February, 1742, and died in April, 1823. His wife was born in March, 1749, and died in May, 1814. Colman Duncan was a son of Henry Duncan, who was born in Scotland. He with two brothers came to the United States and settled in Westmoreland Co. VA. Mrs. Nancy (Hammond) Duncan was a daughter of Job Hammond, who married Mary Stone, both of KY and of Welsh origin. He was an officer of the Revolutionary war, and was wounded in both arms in an Indian fight. Sanford Duncan came from Nelson to Logan Co. KY about 1800. In 1818 he located 5 miles south of Franklin, assisted in organizing the county of Simpson, was one of the commissioners appointed to run and locate the State line from Reelfoot Lake to the Mississippi River in 1840; was also appointed one of the commissioners to survey Simpson Co. and lay out school districts. He did all the public business in his own community, and was one of the most influential and valuable citizens in Simpson Co. He farmed extensively ... Masonic fraternity. Dr. G.W. Duncan was reared on a farm and received a good education. In 1840 he entered Cumberland College at Princeton. When the college was transferred to Lebanon he returned to Franklin and finished his education. In 1846 commenced the study of medicine ... in 1848 graduated; located and commenced practice at Mitchellville, TN. In 1859 located in Franklin, KY ... ever since. He married, September 4, 1860, Dorinda Puryar, of Smith Co. TN, a daughter of William and Mary (Pearce) Puryar, both natives of TN, of French and Scotch descent, respectively. William was a son of Daniel Puryar. To Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have been born eight children, four now living: Mary Sanford, Charles A., George H. and William A. Dr. Duncan and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian and Baptist Churches, respectively. ... Masonic fraternity, Knight Templar. ...
1887 "KY, a History of the State" 5th or 6th Edition (volumes), by Perrin, Battle & Kniffin (FHL book 976.9 D3wt)
LYNE FAMILY. About 1650, Thomas Lyne said to have been of Welsh origin, the ancestor of the Lyne Family now residents of Jessamine Co., with his brother Henry emigrated from Bristol, England, to Westmoreland Co. VA. He had a son Thomas who married a Mary Edwards of VA and he also had a son Thomas who married a Mary Sandford. He had nine children, of whom one was a Thomas, and he married Mary Pagit of VA, who died in 1812 (his death occurring about 1804). He was a blacksmith by trade and operated a hotel on the Winchester & Alexandria VA road. He had seven children: James, Robert, Thomas, Timothy, William, Sandford and Naomi (Mrs. Reuben Settle). Thomas Lyne the fourth was born March 26, 1783, in Loudoun Co. VA, subsequently settled in Woodford Co. KY, and engaged in farming and the blacksmithing business; he married Mary Connelley, dau. of Sandford and Mary (Ramey) Connelley, natives of VA; he died in 1848, she in 1870. They had eleven children: Sandford, Nancy (Mrs. David Williams), Mary (Mrs. Elijah Neal), William, Daniel, Matilda (Mrs. John S. Duncan), Thomas, Martha (Mrs. Joseph A. Gaines), Elizabeth (Mrs. S.P. Hendricks), James and Fannie (Mrs. George W. Goode). William, the fourth child, was born March 7, 1813, and married Margaret Jane Ray, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Ray, of Fayette Co., who died Sept. 29, 1884, leaving six children (more not copied).
1912 "History of Kentucky and Kentuckians" by E. Polk Johnson, 3 vols. (from John Allen Duncan 1985 with permission to share with others; and SUTRO book F451 J7 v.III and SUTRO film 75 reel 1; CA State Library, Sutro Branch)
Vol.3, pg.1655-6: ELLIS DUNCAN, M.D. The family to which Mr. Ellis Duncan belongs has its origin far back in the history of Scotland, when clan fought clan and the land was the scene of bloody strife with its would-be master, England. He is prominent among the younger members of the medical profession of Louisville, and is coroner of Jefferson Co. His ability does not seem to be limited with the years of his age or connection with the profession, as a short sketch of his life will show. Mr. Duncan was born in Worthington, Jefferson Co. KY, January 7, 1874. His great-great-grandfather, Robert Duncan, a native of Westmoreland Co. VA, came to KY in 1678 (sic), settling in Nelson Co. He was one of five brothers who emigrated from Scotland, they being the sons of William Duncan, a Scotch Presbyterian, whose head was cut off, for being a heretic, in 1665. The fact that they were Scotch Presbyterians is all one requires who is familiar with that worthy sect as evidence of their firm principles of moral conduct and noble character. Of the five sons mentioned above, Henry was the Doctor's ancestor. Thomas Duncan, great-grandfather of the Doctor was 18 years of age when he came to KY. Ellis, son of Thomas, was the grandfather of the Doctor, whose father was Thomas Green Duncan and was born in Nelson Co. KY. He removed to Jefferson Co. in 1873 and is still living. The mother of the Doctor was Mary R. McClure, a native of Logansport, IN, the daughter of General Daniel McClure, ... (Gen. McClure) died in 1900 at age of 80 years, m. Matilda Hite, a sister of Milton Hite. Mrs. (Mary R. McClure) Duncan died in 1893, at the age of 43 years. In 1876, when the Doctor was 2 years of age, his parents removed to TX, and it was in the public schools of Victoria [Victoria Co.], TX, that he received his early educational training. ... When he returned to Louisville in 1893, he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, from which he was graduated March 30, 1896, ... (more on his activities). The Doctor married Annie Kinnard, widow of George W. Strother, deceased. Mrs. Duncan was born in Middletown, KY. (no dates; no other family info.)
1921 "History of AL and Dictionary of AL Biography" by Thomas M. Owen, Vol.III (pages 516-519 from Donna Little 1982; 4 vols. on FHL fiche 6,048,243 to 6,048,246)
DUNCAN, GEORGE WEBSTER, teacher, author, and general agent University publishing company, was born October 12, 1866, at Rockwood, Franklin County; son of Thomas Alford and Margaret (Hargett) Duncan, the former a private in Company L., Fourth Alabama cavalry regiment, C.S. Army; grandson of Robert and Martha (Hargett) Duncan, the former a native of Tennessee, and of Richard and Elizabeth (Hartis) Hargett, all of Rockwood; great-grandson of William and Ruth (Gregory) Duncan, of Pendleton District, S.C., who removed to Warren Co. KY, later to Bedford Co. TN, and finally, in the first quarter of the 19th century located in North Alabama. The Scotch ancestor of the American branch of the Duncan family was the Rev. William Duncan of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, who was a martyr to the Presbyterian faith and who on January 2, 1665, at the age of fifty-two years lost his life on the sands of Dumfrieshire in the reign of Charles II. The original American emigrant of the Duncan family settled in Westmoreland Co. VA, January 23, 1722. Mr. Duncan was prepared for college in a private school at Russellville, taught by Prof. ....
1889 "Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Cos. of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, IN" by John M. Gresham (FHL book 977.2 H2gj)
Pg.81-2, Floyd Co.: NORTON B. DUNCAN was born in Floyd Co. IN on 23 November 1835, and is a son of James T. and Kitty (Bateman) Duncan, the former born in Jefferson Co. KY, and the latter in Indiana. The Duncan family can be traced back to the Duncans of Westmoreland Co. VA. The father of James T. was Charles Duncan, a son of Henry Duncan, born in Virginia, and whose father, Coleman Duncan, was one of the pioneers of Kentucky. He was a zealous Whig when that title was applied to the patriots in contradistinction to the Tories, during our Revolutionary period. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and came to Kentucky about 1793. His father, Henry Duncan, was the first of the family born in America (born 1710, and died in 1790), and from him descended, directly or indirectly, the Braggs, Asburys, Browns, Lewises, Whites, Hutts, etc. His parents came from Scotland, where, as all who are familiar with Scottish history, know the family was not only one of prominence, but noble, with the blood of kings coursing in their veins. Duncans have even occupied the throne of Scotland. ...
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