Moses Micajah Duncan (1792 - 1872)

Born 1792 in Yellow Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1872 at about age 80 in Frost Bottom, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Moses Duncan was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

Moses Duncan is a member of Duncan Clan.

Private Moses Duncan served in the Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): Captain James Tunnell
Service ended: May 1, 1815

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Moses Duncan Presumed son of Benjamin Duncan and Mary Davis^[1] Birth 1792 Yellow Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, ^[1][3]

Marriage 1st MARY FROST in May 1814 ; Mary died April 28, 1825.^[1]
Married 2nd ELIZABETH DAVIS about 1825-1826; Elizabeth died January 26, 1839^[1][4]

Married 3rd NANCY NOLEN about 1839^[1][5][6]

Death 16 JAN 1872 Frost Bottom, Anderson County, TN, ^[7]

Reportedly had 21 Children^[1][7]

Timeline

1850 Census Pg.38 (76), #539-539, Moses DUNCAN 58 KY farmer $300 Nancy 34 NC
Tabetha 17, Thomas 16 TN, Martha 12, Adaline 10 TN, William 8, Katharine 3 TN

Anderson Co TN^[8]
E1-1: 5 July 1817 Land Deed Micajah Frost to Moses Dunkin and Mary Dunkin his wife, daughter, both Anderson Co. TN, $64, land on Poplar creek on the trace fork of So... Creek, a branch of Mountain Fork, including a 6 acre survey made 18 July 1814 and part of 25 acre survey said Micajah bought of Elijah Frost Sr., including the house where the said Dunkin now lives, crossing Clearer? Fork (no total acres stated) wit. John (X) Johnson, Isaac (X) Dunken. (FHL film 979,340)

In the War of 1812, Moses served as a private under Capt. James Tunnell commanded by Col. William Johnson in the Tennessee Militia Honorably discharged on May 1, 1815 at Knoxville, TN (per statement from Moses in pension application on March 6, 1871). On October 5, 1871, Moses was granted a pension (No. 5684) On April 5, 1878, Nancy Nolen Duncan applied for a widow's pension (Claim No. 17562 and Certificate No. 14971). Nancy received monthly until her death on October 30, 1904.^[7]

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Mose was born about 1799. He passed away in 1872.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Byrd, Duncan Descendants of Frost Bottom, TN
2. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Wilson Duncan
3. ↑ 1850 Census
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-F5M : 17 August 2017), Moses Dunkin, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing 188, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 175; FHL microfilm 24,533.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTB-B5C : 18 August 2017), Moses Duncan, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 12, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 517; FHL microfilm 24,542.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-ZDH : 12 April 2016), Moses Duncan, Anderson county, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 539, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Frost Gilchrist Families
8. ↑ Anderson Co TN Records

• Byrd, Marjorie Duncan, Duncan Descendants of Frost Bottom, TN, (Second Printing, 1996, pp. 282-284, 391, 414-415):

• Digital Version - 1st Printing 1995 Family Search Digital Version – Caution -- errors in Ancestry of Benjamin.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-ZDH : accessed 19 July 2015), Moses Duncan, Anderson county, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 539, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files"
  (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged)
  

The Genealogy Bug

• Anderson Co TN Records
  

• Circling Windrock Mountain: Two Hundred Years in Appalachia By Augusta Grove Bell p.49; ix; xii; xiii; p.24; p.34; p150; p269;

• Frost Bottom TN History; TN Genweb Anderson County News August 1924 by W.J. Smith (Descendant of Moses Duncans Sr
• ANDERSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES (FROST BOTTOM) US Genweb Archives

• https://archive.org/stream/hcbduggins/hcbduggins_djvu.txt Herbert Clarence Burleigh fonds - Family files series - Duggins (Frost Family) (Moses Duncan)

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2019), memorial page for Moses Duncan (1799–16 Jan 1872), Find A Grave Memorial no. 22584314, citing Frost Cemetery, Frost, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Karen & Buddy (contributor 46871194).

• "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8ZF-J38 : 8 March 2018), Moses Duncan, ; citing military unit Pvt Capt James Tunnell's Co Tenn Mil, NARA microfilm publication M313 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 840,458.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TQ-L5P : 6 March 2020), Moses Duncan, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-ZDH : 27 February 2020), Moses Duncan, Anderson county, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 539, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-TWPG : 28 November 2018), Moses Duncan and Nancey Noland, 06 Dec 1839; citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,147.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8X-T96 : 5 March 2020), Moses Duncan, 1870.

Acknowledgement

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