John McCamie Duckworth (1797 - 1887)

Born 7 Jun 1797 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

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Died 2 Mar 1887 at age 89 in Cherryfield, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John McCamie Duckworth is said to have moved as a child with his widowed mother from Burke County, North Carolina to Catheys Creek in what is now Transylvania County.^[1] (Catheys Creek was in Buncombe County until 1838 and Henderson County until 1861, when it became part of the new Transylvania County.) He and his wife Sarah Hamlin were members of Catheys Creek Baptist Church. ^[2] Sometime before 1870, he and his wife moved across the border to Greenville County, South Carolina, where they were still living in 1880. John McCamie Duckworth died 2 March 1887 and was buried in the Duckworth Cemetery in Catheys Creek, but the graves there were later moved to Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Duckworth, John F. "Duckworth Family", Transylvania County, NC GenWeb Project, http://www.ncgenweb.us/transylvania/Duckworth-Family.html
2. ↑ "Cathey's Creek Baptist Church Record" http://www.ncgenweb.us/transylvania/Cathey's-Creek-Baptish-Church-Records.html: John McCamy Duckworth and Sarah (Hamlin) Duckworth admitted 19 Nov 1837
3. ↑ Find A Grave website

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5M-VST : 20 February 2021), John Duckworth, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing 207, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 118; FHL microfilm 18,084: 1 male 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 male 5-9, 1 male under 5; 1 female 5-9, 1 female under 5

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BC-GPS : 24 December 2020), John Duckworth, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.): Head: John Duckworth, age 53, farmer, b. NC; Sarah Duckworth, age 49, b. NC; John C. Duckworth, age 20, b. NC

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6D-D3D : 21 November 2021), John Duckworth, 1860, North Carolina, Henderson, Catheys Creek: Head: John Duckworth, age 63, farmer; Sarah Duckworth, age 59; John C. Duckworth, age 30

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RV-X9F : 21 November 2021), J Duckworth, 1870, South Carolina, Greenville, Cleveland: Head: J? Duckworth, age 79, farmer, b. NC; Sarah Duckworth, age 68, b NC

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SX-XNQ : 15 July 2017), John Duckworth, Cleveland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 359B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1231; FHL microfilm 1,255,231. Living near daughters, Charlotte Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson

• Probate records (Transylvania County, North Carolina), 1861-1968 (familysearch.org), Record of Wills, Book 2, pp. 40-1, image 47 of 538: Will of John M. Duckworth of South Carolina, County of Greenville, farmer by occupation; leaves wife Sarah Duckworth all his household goods and $200; also leaves her the land where he now lives on east side of the creek for her life; at her death, all he left her to be divided equally between eldest son J. H. Duckworth and eldest dau Elizabeth H. Johnson; son J. H. Duckworth owes him $500, which he leaves to him; leaves youngest dau Charlotte E. Johnson $5; residue to son J. H.Duckworth and dau Elizabeth H. Johnson; executor son J. H. Duckworth of NC; signed 16 Aug 1875; proved 28 May 1887