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Joseph Durron Duncan (abt. 1749 - abt. 1828)

Joseph Durron Duncan
Born about in Rowan, North Carolinamap
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
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Died about at about age 79 in Allen, Simpson Co., Kentuckymap
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The Birth and Marriage Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

No original source records have been located to confirm birth or marriage records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure . These dates need further research/clarification before taken as "fact".

-- Name Variations Duncan - Dunkin - Doncom; also known as Joseph Durron Duncan
-- Joseph Duncan, wife Susannah, of Washington Co. TN, is believed to be son of Marshall.;
-- As well as Joseph of Warren Co. KY (had a son Rice Duncan.) This Joseph went to SC in an area where "Joseph Duncan deeded land to a Rice Duncan."

Contents

Biography

Joseph Duncan is a member of Duncan Clan.

Joseph Duncan, son of Marshall and Mary Ann (Durron) was born about 1749, probably Rowan Co NC.

John married Susannah Unknown, before 1784. Exact date and place Unknown. [1]

Based on land transactions, this is likely him in the 1790 Census in Pendleton, South Carolina [2]


Joseph Duncan died about 1828, probably in Kentucky.[3]

Timeline

1772 Surry Co. NC tax lists; Listed separately
1775 - Joseph Duncan had a patent on Nov. 19 1775 for 320 acres on the first eastern branch of Boons Creek adjoining John Calliham, William Bean, and John Russell, entered by Duncan on May 6 1775 [4]

Military

1781 - 1783 -- In Simon Bean's Company, Sevier's Regiment, King's Mountain Men of TN in 1778. Joseph and John Duncan both were listed as residing in Washington or Sullivan Counties, TN in 1781-1783, having fought in the revolution from NC. [5]

1783 -- Joseph Duncan and James Duncan had land on Boone's Creek adjoining Uriah Hunt in 1783 (Washington Co. TN [6]. Published Manuscript of Marshall Duncan (See the comments under Joseph Duncan (Sec. III, 4.), a possible brother of John, Andrew and Anthony.

1784 - Joseph Duncan and wife Susannah had NC Grant #482 for 320 acres on the south branch of Boone's Creek on 10 Nov. 1784, and sold this land to James Melvin on 19 Jan. 1789 while of "Granville County, South Carolina" [7] [8]

1786 - Joseph Duncan had a grant from SC on Feb. 6 1786 for 632 acres in Dist. 96 on 12 Mile River; plat certified May 6 1785 [9]. Joseph Duncan was in Pendleton Co. SC in 1790 (pg. 83) with 2 males over 21, 4 males under 21, and 2 females. Joseph had a second grant from SC on Jan. 2 1792 under the acts of Feb. 19 1791 for 355 acres surveyed for him Aug. 5 1791 in Dist. 96, on 12 Mile River, adjoining his other land [10]

1790 -- Joseph Duncan had a land grant of 200 acres on the west side of Knob Creek, (adjoining John Jeib's or Jile's) [11] but no record found of disposition of land. Charles Duncan (Brother) also had land on Knob Creek.

1793 - One Joseph Duncan bought 242 acres which had been granted Sutton Green in 1787, and sold it in 1793 to George Wilson [12]; It is unknown if this was the same Joseph Duncan.

1794 -- A Joseph Duncan had Grant #1070 of 300 acres on Boone's Creek on Jan. 1 1794, [13]

1796 -- One Joseph Duncan was in Hawkins Co. TN 3 Nov. 1796 when he witnessed a deed of William Duncan [14]. This might have been brother, William Duncan.

Dec. 7 1797, Joseph sold 374 acres to Solomon Murphee, witnessed by James Jett and others [15]

1798 - On April 21 1798 Joseph Duncan sold 120 acres on Wolf Creek to Jess Tatum, and on May 2 1798 Joseph sold 130 acres, (part of his 1786 grant), to Edward Tatum [16]; On April 23 1798 he sold 50 acres on Wolf Creek of 12 Mile River to Joseph Harwood [17]

1798 - April 30 1798 Joseph Duncan sold 185 acres on 12 Mile River to Rice Duncan (son) for 50 pounds. [18] Rice Duncan of Pendleton Dist. SC sold this land on Oct. 3 1799 to James Powell, witness David Murphree and Daniel Reid [19].

1798 - Joseph Duncan had a third grant from SC on Jan. 1 1798 for 268 acres surveyed Dec. 2 1797 in Washington Dist., Pendleton Co., on both sides of Wolf Creek on the waters of 12 Mile River, adjoining William Bynum, Levi Murphree, James Jett, and his other land. The plat was certified Dec. 15 1797 [20]. This land was sold May 4 1798 by Joseph Duncan to Charles Durham, both of Pendleton District SC; the survey by James Jell (or Jett) was recorded April 23 1823 and the deed was recorded July 25 1831, both in Pickens Co. SC [21].

"1800 Census of Pendleton Dist. SC" by William C. Stewart, 1963, under #496 and on pg. 19).

1801 - March 10 1801 Joseph Duncan of Pendleton Co. SC sold 100 acres on 12 Mile River to James Powell, witness David Murphree and Daniel Reid [22].

1800 - 1822 - Kentucky - Warren Co KY; Simpson Co. KY; Allen County was formed 1815 from Warren County; one area of Allen Co. included in Simpson County's formation in 1819 but reverted to Allen Co. in 1822.

1800 - Joseph Duncan had a grant of 200 acres on Trammel's Fork in Warren Co. KY March 30 1800 [23];

1805 deed - Joseph was a witness to deed from George Larance (Lawrence?) to Joshua Reeder for land on S. Sulphur Fork of Drake's Creek [24] 1800-1813 (tax lists) in Warren Co. KY
1810 census pg. 282
1813 deeded land - Joseph and Susannah Duncan to Ashley Duncan for five cents the 200 acres on Trammel's Fork of Drake Creek, witnessed by Twitty Pace, Emry Duncan, and Alexander Graham [25]
1815 in Allen Co. KY
1816; in Warren Co. KY
1817-1819; in Simpson Co. KY 1819-1821 (tax lists)
1820 census pg. 24
1824-1828 possibly Allen Co. KY

1825 Roseannah Stevenson's will (former wife of John, his brother) . . . . left real estate. . . .[to] Rice Duncom Jr and Marvel Duncom sons of Joseph Duncom . [26]

Only two Marvel Duncans located.
(1) Marvel born 1824 (the son of another Joseph -- much too young to be the Marvel referred to in the 1825 will
(2) The other (born about 1773; married Rebecca ) was in Warren (later Allen) Co. KY; Both areas also have Rice Duncans.

1828 - One Joseph Duncan was deceased by 1828, and Lewis Reeder was his agent on Simpson Co. KY tax lists from 1828 to about 1842. The 1833 and 1834 tax lists in Simpson Co. KY listed Lewis Reeder for Joseph Duncan, decd, of Hickman Co. KY, with a town lot in Columbia. The tax lists occasionally listed Joseph and Zadock Duncan; in 1843 Lewis Reeder was listed for Mary Duncan, and in 1847 for Duncan heirs [27]

Name: Joseph DUNCAN. [28] [29]

Born 1747 Rowan, North Carolina, United States. [29]

Residence 1791 No Township Listed, Bourbon County, KY. [28]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1784 Warren Co. KY Deed Book F6, pg. 225
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKF-19C : accessed 1 April 2021), Joseph Duncan, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 10, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
    • Name: Joseph Duncan
    • Event Type: Census
    • Event Date: 1790
    • Event Place: Pendleton, South Carolina, United States
  3. ↑ 1828 Simpson Co. KY tax lists
  4. ↑ "Land Records of Washington Co. Book 1", pg. 32 ; and Watauga Purchase Book, pg. 32
  5. ↑ "Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution" by Allen.
  6. ↑ Deed Book 1, pg. 120; (Uriah Hunt sold 119 acres to William Young. In 1785, William Young of the 96th District, SC, sold 300 acres on Boones Creek to Nathaniel Davis which adjoined an entry originally of Joseph Duncan's; by then Mark Mitchell's (Washington Co. TN; Deed Book 3, pg. 167
  7. ↑ Washington Co. TN Deed Book 4, pg. 51, 52
  8. ↑ one Joseph Duncan is said to have been from Pittsylvania Co. VA ("Dawn of TN Valley and TN History" by Williams, pg. 433, Old Granville District in SC was discontinued in 1785, and had consisted of a strip along the GA border, later being partly in Anderson and Pendleton Cos. SC; Joseph Duncan was in Pendleton Co. SC, believed to be same since he was connected to a Rice Duncan who would be son.
  9. ↑ SC Grant Book 6, pg. 533
  10. ↑ SC Class 2 Grant Book 29, pg. 292
  11. ↑ 17 Nov. 1790; Washington Co. TN Deed Book 6, pg. 506
  12. ↑ "Pendleton District SC Deeds 1790-1806", pg. 115,
  13. ↑ indexed as 6 Feb. 1795 ; Washington Co. TN Deed Book 6, pg. 591 -- no record of disposition of land found.
  14. ↑ Stokes Co. NC Deed Book 3, pg. 58
  15. ↑ "Pendleton District SC Deeds 1790-1806", pg. 181
  16. ↑ Anderson Co. SC Deed Book C, pg. 427, 427
  17. ↑ Anderson Co. SC Deed Book I, pg. 92
  18. ↑ "Pendleton District SC Deeds 1790-1806", pg. 169, (from Evelyn Sigler); Anderson Co. SC Deed Book C, pg. 403
  19. ↑ Anderson Co. SC Deed Book F, pg. 177. Published Manuscript of Marshall Duncan
    (See the comments under (9.12.) Isabel also Daniel Reed in Warren Co. KY in 1805
  20. ↑ SC Class 2 Grant Book 44, pg. 110
  21. ↑ (Deed Book B1, pg. 45, 47
  22. ↑ Anderson Co. SC Deed Book F, pg. 176
  23. ↑ "The Kentucky Land Grants" by Jilson)
  24. ↑ Warren Co. KY Deed Book 2B, pg. 281
  25. ↑ Warren Co. KY Deed Book F6, pg. 225
  26. ↑ Washington Co. Will Book 1, pg. 151 dated 15 March 1825 and probated July, 1825,
  27. ↑ Simpson Co. KY tax lists
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Source: #S1614595480 Ancestry Record 3549 #7863307
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Source: #S1614461340 Birth year: 1747; Birth state: NC Ancestry Record 4725 #3418472

See also:
Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged)
The Genealogy Bug
Home page contains links to:
Published Manuscript of Marshall Duncan
Duncan Surname Association (DSA) >http://www.duncanroots.com/xxx/
The Clan Donnachaidh website: http://www.robertson.org
The DNA website: http://www.familytreedna.com
The DNA results to-date: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/clandonnachaidh/

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Duncan-2208 created through the import of gedcom for wikitree.ged on Dec 23, 2012 by Kelly Midura. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kelly and others.

  • Source: S1612156357 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 113336618
  • Source: S1614461340 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 4725
  • Source: S1614595480 Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 3549




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