Joseph Duncan Genealogy

Record modified: 2025-09-20
This is my ancestor 6 generations back.

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 / Jeremiah Duncan|
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Joseph Duncan |
|  / George Hendry
 \ Rebecca Hendry |
 \ Deborah Borden

Born: about 1790-00-00 Tennessee USA
Died: 1848-00-00 Overton Co, Tennessee USA
Marriages:
1. 1814-01-12 Mary Howard

Children of Joseph Duncan and Mary Howard:
*Rebecca Duncan b. 1813-02-02
James Duncan b. about 1817-00-00
Matilda Victoria Duncan b. 1817-10-18
Jeremiah M Duncan b. 1819-10-19
Mary Ann "Polly" Duncan b. 1822-00-00


Notes:

married in Jefferson Co TN

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Fentress Co Deed Book D p245
1817-12-27 John Hinds to Joseph Duncan, 315 acres on North side of Wolf River

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Fentress Co TN Deed Book A

p359
#189 1823-11-10 John Thurman to Joseph Duncan; 1 acre & 36 poles in Overton on Wolf River; $12

p386
#206 [duplicate of above]

[see Nancy wife of Levi Hinds]

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Overton Co TN Deeds 1827-1838

p313
1831-02-19 James Howard to Joseph Duncan; 125 acres in Overton Co; $350

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from an old Fentress Co TN site:

Fentress Co. TN Deeds
A-207: #93; (blank) June 1832, Levi Hinds to Joseph Duncan, both Fentress Co. TN, $350,
217-1/2 acres on Long Branch, the waters of Wolf River, adj. north boundary of Hind's & Mabery's orig.
survey, Tilman Hurley's corner. Wit. Wm. Atkison, Evan D. Frogge. Rec. July 1832. (typed; FHL film
978,382)

That is my Levi Hinds and this Joseph Duncan.

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The 1852 division of his land describes it as
Beginning at a Stake on J C Burchats line; thence North one hundred and twenty six and one half poles to Obeds River; thence down Obeds River with its meanders one hundred and twenty six and one half poles to a Sugar tree; thence South one hundred and twenty Six & one half poles to a Stake; thence to the Beginning containing one hundred and two and a half acres more or less.

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Overton Co TN Deeds 1851-1858

p252
1853-03-05 James Duncan and John Burnett and wife Rebecca to Jeremiah Duncan; their 2/5 of the estate of Joseph Duncan deceased; $900

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He did not leave a will, but this 1853 court record says he died in 1848, and names his widow as Mary and his children as Jeremiah Duncan, Polly Ann who intermarried with Thomas C Roberts, Rebecca who intermarried with John Burnett, James Duncan, and the deceased wife of Hardin Hopkins.
Here is an inventory of his estate. He had 6 books.

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1840 census Overton Co TN p36
Joseph Duncan 1 M 5-10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 20-30, 1 M 40-50, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 40-50
[x, James 17?, Jeremiah 20, Joseph 50, Mary Ann 18, Mary 46]

1830 census Fentress Co TN p4
Joseph Duncan 1 M 5-10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 30-40, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 30-40
[James 7?, Jeremiah 10, Joseph 40, Mary Ann 8, Matilda 13, Rebecca 17, Mary 36]

I think this is him:
1820 census Overton Co TN p256
Joseph Dunkin 2 M <10, 1 M 16-18, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 2 F <10, 1 F 16-26
[Jeremiah <1, x, x, Joseph 30?, Matilda 3, Rebecca 7, Mary 26]

Is the older man Joseph mis-marked? If not, who is he? Joseph's father is on p12. Either way, who is the teenage boy?

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1960
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