William Seamore Duncan (abt. 1802 - 1883)

Born about Jun 1802 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Griffin (Justice) Duncan — married about 1826 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Susan (Moran) Duncan — married 3 Sep 1864 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1883 at about age 81 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Siler City, North Carolina One Place Study.

William was born about 1802. He married first Elizabeth Griffin Justice. He married, second, Susan Moran in 1864.^[1]He passed away in 1883, and was buried at Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery.^[2]

Estate

Chatham Co. NC Original Estate Papers (FHL film 1,065,100, "Dowdy" to "Edwards")

William Duncan, 1883: North Carolina, Chatham Co. Wm. A. Duncan, Sally Johnson, W.A. Lineberry and Martha K. Lineberry, Henry S. Duncan, Fuller Duncan, Martha Hargrove and J.I. Hargrove, Elizabeth Smith and Jacob Smith, Milton Duncan, Malthus Duncan, John F. Duncan, E.G. Duncan, Cora Buckner and Cicero Buckner, Ila Fruit and Monroe Fruit, Della Kimrey and George Kimrey, Ex Parte. (Frame 618-621; many other papers)

Petitioners would show to the court: (1) that William Duncan late of Chatham Co. NC died July 9, 1883, leaving a will in which he bequeathed to his wife Susan Duncan during her natural life a parcel of land in Chatham Co. NC which said Wm. Duncan purchased of Wm. J. Moran and adj. lands of Zeno Johnson, Arthur Whitehead and others; (2) that said Susan Duncan died September 11, 1904, and your petitioners are the sole and only heirs to the said tract and are entitled to it in the following proportions: W.A. Duncan 1/4, Sally Johnson 1/4, Martha K. Lineberry and her husband W.A. Lineberry 1/4; Henry S. Duncan 1/44, Martha Hargrove and her husband J.J. Hargrove 1/44, Elizabeth Smith and her husband Jacob Smith 1/44, Fuller Duncan 1/44, Milton Duncan 1/44, Malthus Duncan 1/44, John F. Duncan 1/44, Cora Buckner and her husband Cicero Buckner 1/44, E.C. Duncan 1/44, Ila Fruit and her husband Monroe Fruit 1/44, Della Kimrey and her husband George Kimrey 1/44; (3) that petitioners before named are anxious to come into possession of their property interests in the said land and that the several interests in the same are too small for actual partition. Therefore, they pray that the court appoint R.B. Lineberry a commissioner to advertise and sell the land according to law and pay the proportions from the proceeds; and that the court appoint a surveyor to define the boundaries. Signed November 23, 1904. (FHL film 1,065,100)

Application by Susan Duncan, widow of William Duncan (d.1883) vs. Wm. A. Duncan, exec., for year's support. Application that her husband, William Duncan, late of Chatham Co., died July last, had made will, that she married William Duncan in Sept. 1864, she has never had any children now living by her said husband, that the executor is a son by former marriage; dated 11 Dec. 1883. (frame 493)

Susan Duncan vs. William A. Duncan, David S. Duncan, Sally Johnston and Martha K. Lineberry who are children of Wm. by previous marriage; Zeno Johnston, husband of Sally, and William A. Lineberry husband of Martha K.; that William owned land in Albright township, 88 acres, on 4 May 1871, 230 acres on branch of Mud Lick Creek purchased by deed recorded book "AL" pg. 449; that William gifted to his children land in 1865; William A. Duncan, David S. Duncan and Sally Johnston; that testator was quite an old man ... she petitioned for dower in the lands he gave his children after he married her; dated 5 March 1884. (frame 499)

(MAD: William Duncan had promised his four children by his earlier marriage a share of his land before he married Susan, but he made the gift deeds to three of his children after he married Susan; Susan said she should have a share of the land since they were married at the time he made the gift deeds. The children disagreed and said the arrangements were made before his second marriage. The court agreed with the children, that Susan was not entitled to a dower interest. There are well over 100 pages of documents in this file.)

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9B-PT5S : 10 March 2021), William Duncan and Susan Moran, 3 Sep 1864; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ Burial Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262334322/william-seamore-duncan: accessed 17 December 2023), memorial page for William Seamore Duncan (1802–9 Jul 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262334322, citing Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by lo buckner (contributor 49614578).

• Kimrey, Graces Saunders. The Duncan-Johnson Family Tree. Self published around 1955 ("Sources of information: OLD Family Bibles; Living families; Guilford College Library; Chatham County Records at Pittsboro, NC and old deeds.")
• http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/chat/cem020.htm
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dobson/nc/ncchatha.htm (MAD=Mary Ann Duncan Dobson's websitte)
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dobson/nc/ncchatha.htm NC State Library, Raleigh, Genealogy Vertical File: Duncan Family (from Stuart Duncan, 11/1988) Record from Colerain Baptist Church, R.B. Lineberry, pastor - Bible birth, death and marriage lists for William Duncan family and John Justice family
• Duncan, W.A. and James Harvey Duncan. John Hawkins Duncan, Son of Seamore Duncan 1992 (FHL book 929.273 D912dwa and FHL film 1,697,825 Item 7) - descendants of Seamore Duncan