Pvt.
William
Thomas
Duncan
Born about in Greenup, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Leroy R Duncan
and Agnes (Williams) Duncan
Brother of
Lucinda (Duncan) Zornes, Narcissa (Duncan) James, Eli Quentin Duncan, Isaac Duncan, Lawson Wheatley Duncan, Lucretia Ann (Duncan) Richards and Edward Roy Duncan
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Landon Timothy Duncan
Died
at about age 65
in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
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Discrepancy
- Source to source discrepanies in dates and locations.
- Searching for source for middle name Thomas.
- In his son Landon Timothy Duncan's death certificate it gives his father's name as Thomas Duncan and mother's name as Tobetha Medwell.
GREENUP CO. KY Formed 1803 from Mason -- CARTER CO. KY Formed 1838 from Greenup, Lawrence
Biography
William "Thomas" Duncan son of Leroy Duncan and Aggie Williams
Birth
- Birth Estimate 1818 most likely Greenup Co KY
- His birth date varies between 1818-1820 in his 1850/1860 censuses, marriage and military records. One record gives Carter County as birthplace. If anyone has additional or conflicting sources, please get in touch.
- Father LeRoy posted at least 3 Marriage Bonds in Greenup from 1817-1819.
Marriage
- May have married 2X - 1st Frances Unknown 1839-1841
- Telitha Mc Dowell, 05 Aug 1858, Lewis, Kentucky,
- William T. Duncan, age 40, b. abt 1818 in Carter County, KY, married Telitha Mcdowell, age 33, b. abt 1823 in Lewis County, KY, on 5th of August 1858 in Lewis County, KY. [1]
Death
- Death Estimate January 8th or Jan. 9, 1865
- Day of death varies in two handwritten ledgers. One gives January 8th in the U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 and the other January 9th in the U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960.
- Burial Lexington National Cemetery Plot: 0, 0, 812 Lexington Fayette County Kentucky, USA Find A Grave Memorial 604995 (undated Headstone)
Military
Private In the Civil War; fought with the Union Army in Company H 54th Kentucky Infantry. [2]
- Duncan, William T., widow Duncan, Talitha; H 54 KY Inf.; 1867 Aug. 22, Widow Appl. #151537, Cert. #117892. 1850 Greenup Co. KY census; 1860 Lewis Co. KY census; mustered in at Greenupsburg, ?Greenup Co. KY) [3][4]
Family
- Brother of Eli Q. Duncan and Uncle to Lewis P. Duncan
Lewis Co KY Records S-380: 10 Dec. 1868, Alexander Bell and wife Elizabeth J. Bell to Telitha Duncan, all Lewis Co. KY, for $200, 8 acres on waters of Briery Creek that descended to Elizabeth J. Bell by her father John W. McDowell by will recorded Book E, being that part set apart for her by the other heirs, where the grantor now lives; no wit. (FHL film 1,534,009) Z-414: 18 April 1881, Telitha (X) Duncan (her) to Scott & Howland, all Lewis Co. KY, for $65, land on Briery Creek that Elizabeth J. Bell [received from] her father Jno. W. McDowell by will recorded Book E, 8-1/3 acres where said Teletha Duncan now lives; wit. Wm. E. Walker, Jesse L. Scott, James J. Scott. (FHL film 1,534,011 item 2)
Timeline
- 1820 & 1830 (LeRoy and Eli) Greenup Co. KY Census
- 1839 Duncan, William T., Carter Co., L. Sandy, 1 wm over 21 Carter Tax Records
- 1840 & 1850 (LeRoy and Eli) in Carter Co KY Census
- 1860 Named in Will of LeRoy in Carter Co. KY Carter Co KY Records
1850 Greenup county, Greenup, Kentucky
Wm T Duncan M 32 Kentucky (1818)
Frances Duncan F 27 Virginia (1823)
Elizabeth A Duncan F 8 Kentucky (1842)
Caleb T Duncan M 3 Kentucky
Leroy Duncan M 1 Kentucky
[5]
1860 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William T Duncan M 42 Ky (1818)
Talitha Duncan F 34 Ky (1826)
Landon T Duncan M Ky (1860)
[6]
1870 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Telitha Duncan F 45 Kentucky (1825)
Landon F Duncan M 10 Kentucky (1860)
William M Duncan M 7 Kentucky (1863)
Rutha B Duncan F 6 Kentucky (1864)
[7]
Sources
Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
The Genealogy Bug
- ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WW-LRM : 4 December 2014), William T. Duncan and Telitha Mc Dowell, 05 Aug 1858; citing , Lewis, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 0216831 IT 5. Digital Copy of Marriage Bond
- ↑ Soldier Details Duncan , William T.
- ↑ Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); (positive FHL film 540,889,
- ↑ [http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dobson/ky/kycivuni.htm Union Pension App
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Q-5JR : 12 April 2016), Wm T Duncan, Greenup county, Greenup, Kentucky, United States; citing family 26, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBP-443 : 30 September 2017), Landon T Duncan in entry for William T Duncan, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWJ-R86 : 12 April 2016), Landon F Duncan in household of Telitha Duncan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 9, family 65, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,980.
DOB listed as 1818 in Find A Grave Find A Grave #604995
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Categories: Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky
These Duncans are presumed to have arrived in Greenup about 1810-1815 timeframe, thus birth s/b Greenup vs Carter due to County Formations. (the two were combined prior to 1838)