Elijah Duncan Sr (abt. 1757 - 1840)

Born about Apr 1757 in Fairfax Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Cate Cloe (Cole) Duncan — married about 1780 in Morgan District, Lincoln Co, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1840 at about age 83 in (Smith Co) De Kalb Co, Tennessee

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Biography

Private Elijah Duncan Sr served with 10th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Elijah Duncan Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A206823.

Duncan Tartan

Elijah Duncan Presumed parents Richard Duncan and Unknown

Birth Estimate April 1757 in Fairfax Co. VA;

Marriage Estimate

Death Estimate 14 Dec. 1840 Smith Co. TN

Military

ELIJAH DUNCAN, Rev. Pension Application S-3309 (FHL film 970,863)^{[1] [2]}

Children

Named in will wife Cole; Three daughters; two sons Richard Elijah

Nancy Barr, (Nancy Ban) Abby Davis, (Abby Davis) Jane Vanatta? (Jane Kimbil)

• Not in Will - Listed in Pension Application
• Catherine Oweing

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Death

Will in DeKalb Co Records; Recorded January 1841; probably Died Smith Co, Tennessee

Will

DeKalb Co. TN Probate Book A, 1838-1854 (FHL film 593,056) A-23/24: Elijah Dunkin will; of Smith Co. TN, of sound and disposing? mind and memory, make ... my last will and testament; first, to my beloved wife Cole my land and all my stock of any kind, horses cattle hogs and sheep and household and kitchen furniture and farming tools and every thing that I have only she shall pay all my lawful debts and she shall have all liberty to ocupy thereon as she shall think best and after her decease the property that remains shall be sold by the executor? my three daughters Nancy Barr, Abby Davis, Jane Vanatta? to have $50 each and Caty Owens to have $1 and my two sons Richard Elijah $1 each, and the balance to be equally divided between my two sons and daughters Nancey Barr, Abby Davis and Jane Vaneta and I do appoint Jacob Fite and Thomas Laurence executors of this my last will and testament heretofore revoking all previous wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 8th day of December 1833. Elijah (X) Dunkin. Signed, sealed, published and declared by Elijah Dunkin to be his last will and testament in presents of us, Attest, John Reynolds, Moses Fletcher. State of Tennessee, DeKalb County, January term 1841, a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Elijah Dunkin deceased was presented in open court for probate ... in open court by the oath of John Reynolds (too blurred) witness ... who being ... sworn, depose and said that he was acquainted with Elijah Dunkin the testator and that he signed the said will in his presents by his request, and on motion ordered to be recorded ... first Monday in January 1841. (FHL film 593,056; SLC 12/2008)

Name: Elijah Duncan* Sr. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Born Apr 1757. Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States. ^{[5] [7]}

Residence 1841 DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA. ^[10] 1830 Hickman, Tennessee, USA. ^[9] 1840 De Kalb, Tennessee, USA. ^{[5] [8]} 1820 Smith, Tennessee, United States. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Fairfax Co VA Records
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Mar 2018), "Record of Elijah Duncan", Ancestor # A206823.
3. ↑ RW Pension App - Heirs, living in 1840: no widow, Elijah Duncan, Jane Kimbil, Nancy Ban, Catherine Oweing, Abby Davis, Richard Duncan.
4. ↑ Source: #S1580854867 Ancestry Record 2882 #82369
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: #S1580854859 Year: 1840; Census Place: De Kalb, Tennessee; Page: 241; Family History Library Film: 0024543 Ancestry Record 8057 #3154695
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source: #S1580855502 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Smith, Tennessee; Page: 53; NARA Roll: M33_125; Image: 67 Ancestry Record 7734 #1201346
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: #S1580876781 Source number: 1240.113; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #359842
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Source: #S1580973872 Ancestry Record 3574 #29656681
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: #S1580855508 1830; Census Place: Hickman, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 176; Page: 290; Family History Library Film: 0024534 Ancestry Record 8058 #707225
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Source: #S1581302620 Ancestry Record 7678 #155
11. ↑ Source: #S1581661035 Ancestry Record 2885 #2736

Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
The Genealogy Bug

• Decalb Co TN Records

• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 10 Nov 2022)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Greg Hicks for creating WikiTree profile Duncan-3098 through the import of Hicks-Davis Family Tree.ged on May 10, 2013.

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