Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22973, Charles Duncan, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va

Duncan, Charles
           Margaret
           or Peggy

NUMBER
W.22973

CONTENTS
[blank]
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16578
Virginia
Charles Duncan
of Giles County in the State of Virg'a
who was a private in the regiment commanded [by] 
Colonel Morgan of the Virg'a, 
line, for the term of 3 years
====================
Inscribed on the Roll of Virg'a
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27 of July 1819
====================
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of March
and sent to the Hon'ble
John Floyd  H of Reps
====================
Arrears to 4th of March 1820     $   58.32
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept.        48.--
                                                   =======
                                                       106.32

file [Sept.?] 20                                        74


{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued.
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Dead.

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th March 1838 to the
24 Oct 1838 the day of his
death. 

Agt notified
19 July 1839.

[Cross-written]
Notification sent 13 July 1821, to David French, Giles Co. Ho. Va
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Dead.

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th March 1838 to the
24 Oct 1838 the day of his
death.

Agt notified
19 July 1839.

[Cross-written]
Notification sent 13 July 1821, to David French, Giles Co. Ho. Va
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Illinois                               8216
Duncan, decd
Charles Duncan
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 2nd Oct. 1838
========================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843, and
terminate 29th August, 1846 when she [ditto'ed].
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of July, 1847
and sent to E. F. Brown,
                     Present.
========================
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 225
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Payable to Oxford [Tesford?] Duncan, Braxton Duncan
Elizabeth Lett, Margaret Bolton, Thornton
Duncan, Nancy Brooks and Judith Brown,
only surviving children


Reported.
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Virginia    Giles County    to wit
      at a Court held for the County of Giles on Tuesday the 27th day of July 1819
      Personally appeared before the Court Charles
Duncan aged fifty nine years Resident in the County of Giles in the State of Virginia, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of congress
Intituled[sic: entitled:] an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That he the said Charles Duncan Inlisted[sic: enlisted] for the time of three years on the 12th day of January
1777 in Fauquier County in the State of Virginia in a
company commanded by Captain William Blackwell
of the Eleventh Regiment commanded by Colo Daniel Morgain [sic: Morgan] in the Virginia line attached to the brigade of General Woodford on Continental Establishment; that he the said Charles Duncan continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States untill the expiration of three years the time of his inlistment when he was discharged from his service on the 12th day of January 1780 in Fredericktown in
the State of Maryland by Major Williams of the
said Corps which discharge he has lost, he the
said Charles Duncan was in the battle of Brandywine and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support and that the said Charles Duncan produced in Court John Kirk Esqr a respectable witness who proved the said services performed by the said Duncan thus stated and the Court do certify that it appeared to their satisfaction that the said Charles Duncan did serve In the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding[sic] declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of three years at one time
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on Continental Establishment and they now
Transmit the preceeding[sic] & testimony taken & had before them to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant
to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
     The Court are also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.

Virginia to wit
I David French Clerk of Giles County
do Certify that the foregoing declaration made by Charles Duncan to obtain a pension under the late act of Congress is truly copied from the records of my office.
Given under my hand & seal of office this 29th day of September in the year of Christ 1819.

David French  CGC
{seal}
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838
Margaret Duncan dec'd, late of Ill.
widow of Charles Duncan,
who was a Private
and died on the 2d day of Oct. 1838,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars and ------ cents per annum, commencing on the
2nd Oct. 1838, and terminating on the 4th of March,
1841, (crossed through text: unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.)

Payable to children -- see envelope [note]

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 19 day of
July, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seven

Examined and}       Secretary of War.
Countersigned.}


Commissioner of Pensions.
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V      4974

Peggy Duncan
widow of Charles
Va
Act 4 July 1836
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A.D. 1846   Roll of the Commonwealth of Virginia the 64th year. 

Rufus A. French Clerk
of Giles County Court


V 
4974

Peggy Duncan
widow of Charles
Va
Act 4 July 1836
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State of Virginia   Giles County  Ss

On this 23th day of March 1840 personally appeared before William Chapman a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid Peggy Duncan a resident of the Walker's Creek Settlement in the County of Giles & State of Virginia aged Seventy Two years ^and upwards^ who being just duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit this provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Charles Duncan who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and pensioned of the United States under a certificate issued from the war office of the United States which is in the following words.

War Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in
conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th March 1818. Charles Duncan late a private in the army of the revolution is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Virginia agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the twenty seventh day of July one Thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Given at the war office of the United States
this sixteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & twenty.
H. Calhoun
Secretary of Wa

No. 16.578
She further declared that she was married to said
Charles Duncan on the Seventh day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six that her husband the afore said Charles Duncan died on the twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above
before me the day and year}
aforesaid                              } 

Peggy [her X mark] Duncan

Wm Chapman JP
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Giles County to wit
This day Braxton Duncan Personally
appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the
peace in & for the County aforesaid & made oath that
he has seen the record of the marriage of his parents
Charles & Peggy Duncan from his first recollection till the
day of his father's death & which was in his further possession
during the period aforesaid, that the said Record [illegible]
forth that they were married on the 7th day of December
1786 & which he verily believes to be true. He further
declares that his mother & who is alluded in the foregoing
Declaration is a widow & has so remained since the death
of his father. Given under my hand this 23d day of
March 1840.
Wm Chapman J.P.

Giles County to wit
I William Chapman a Justice of the Peace
in the County aforesaid, do hereby ^certify^ that
Peggy Duncan widow & relict of Charles Duncan Dec'd
(late a pensioner of the United States, & who has
made oath to the foregoing declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows") is old & infirm & too
feeble to attend the Court of Giles County. Given
under my hand this 23d day of March 1840
Wm Chapman JP

Virginia in the County Court of Giles Tuesday the 23d day
of Mar 1840
John Kirk Senr appeared in Court & declared on
oath that Margaret Duncan (widow & relict of Charles
Deceased & late a pensioner of the United States
& who is desirous of obtaining the benefit of the Provision
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made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836
his sister, that when she intermarried
with the said Charles Duncan, he was not present to witness the same; that he did not reside in their district of country
having sometime previous thereto removed to the County
of Montgomery now Giles -- that on his first visit to his father's
opined that they were lawfully married, & which he
believes to be true, that they lived together as man
& wife & were recognized as such up to the time of
her husband's death. He further states that Braxton
Duncan son of the said Charles Duncan exhibited
to him the family record of his father containing
statement of his father & mother's marriage of which
the following is a true Copy Viz
"Charles Duncan & Peggy Duncan his wife was married
December the 7th Anno Domini 1786. The same
record contains the date of both of the said Charles
Duncan & Peggy his wife, as well as nine of their
children, whose ages & named as therein set forth corresponds with his recollection of the time at which they
were severally born & the name by which they now called."

I Rufus A French Clerk of the County
Court of Giles do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy of the record in the affidavit of the said
John Kirk, and that William Chapman before whom
the foregoing declaration of Peggy Duncan was made
and the affidavit of Braxton Duncan was taken by a
legally constituted magistrate of the County of
Giles, and that the signature appended thereto
purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office
this at Giles C H. this thirty first day of March
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Charles Duncan
16578 Sept. 1820.


Cons
J L E


David French,
Giles Ct House
                Va
13 July 1821
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Virginia Giles County Court
      on this 30th day of May 1821 personally appeared
in open Court being a court of record because it has
power to fine and imprison and proceed according to the
^course of the^ Common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings and has been solemnly adjudged so by the Superior [illegible] of this State.
      Charles Duncan aged sixty years resident in the
the County of Giles in the State of Virginia who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary war three
years as follows to wit:  That he enlisted on the 12th day
of January in the year 1777 under Captain William
Blackwell of the 11th Regiment in Genl Woodfords
Brigade in the Virginia line and that he served in
the revolutionary war untill the 12th day of Jan'y 
1780 and was discharged at Frederick Town in the
State of maraland [sic: Maryland] by Major Williams which discharge he has lost and that he was in the battle of Brandywine and he dose[sic] solemnly swore that he was a
resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March 1818 and that he has not since that time
by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of his
property or any part thereof with intent thereby so
to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and Navel service of
the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th
day of March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person
in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts
due to him nor has he any income other then[sic] what is contain the Schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed to wit:
27 head of hogs worth about $15 three Cows worth about
$20 one heifer worth about $4 four calves worth about $8
ten head of sheep worth about $10 one small boy mare 13
years old worth $30 nothing owing to him & owes about
thirty Dollars
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his occupation was a farmer while he had health & strength but now he is old and infirm and not able to support himself by Labour; he has a wife and five children that lives with him [--] one Son Named Braxton the first of February 1798 who is week & sickly and not able to do hard work; one daughter n amed Peggy born the 10 July 1800; one Do [ditto] named Alsey born the 20 November 1802 one Do named Nancy born the 4th March 1806 & one Do named Judith born the 14th July 1808. He also made a former declaration of his services on the 26th day of May 1818 and also one other declaration subsequent to that time and has received a pension warrant or certificate No. 16578 and has recd $41 50 cents pension money. Sworn to and declared on the 30th day of May 1821
      and the Court are of opinion that the total amount in value of the property Exhibetted[sic] in the aforesaid Schedule is $88 50 cents and by deducting of the $30 he is owing leaves the ballance in the schedule
of $58 50

I David French Clerk of Giles County
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property Exhibitted in the aforesaid Schedule is $88.50
Eighty Eight dollars fifty cents In testimony whereof I have
here hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 10th day of June 1821

David French Clerk of the
Court of the County of Giles
{seal}
The Secretary of war will please to
Direct the warrant or any communication
on the subject to David French Clerk of
Giles County Va
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State of Illinois. County of Mercer
Baxter Duncan of said County and State
being first duly sworn deposes and says that the above,
purporting to be the family record of Charles and Margaret
Duncan, whose heirs are applying for a pension, is
the original Family Record of the said Charles and
Margaret Duncan, and that the same was used
and acknowledged by the said Charles and Margaret
Duncan as the family Record of the said Charles
Duncan, late husband of Margaret Duncan deceased.
since about the year Eighteen hundred and
twenty        or certainly for more than
twenty five years past, and that this deponent
verily believes that it is a true and correct record
of said family - Further that the said Margaret
Duncan, wife of said Chas. Duncan, now both deceased
whose name is written in said family record as
"Peggy" was intended to mean and does in fact mean
"Margaret" - that Margaret was her true and real
name and so always written and stated by herself, but
that she was sometimes called "Peggy" as she is stated
in said Record - that they are really one and the same
person - Further deponant says that Records marked
(1). (2). (3) & (4) in said Family Record were not recorded
by said Charles nor Margaret Duncan, but that they
are the Records of branches of said Family and others
who had by permission of said Charles & Margaret Duncan
free use of the said Record for that purpose by their
Children.
 
Braxton [his - mark] Duncan
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State of Illinois, Mercer County
        I Lewis W Thompson Clerk of the
Circuit Court within and for said County the same
being a Court of Record, do certify that the
within affidavit was sworn to and subscribed
by said Duncan, according to law before me
at my office in Millersburg this twenty fifth
day of June AD 1847

Witness L.W. Thompson Clerk
with the seal of said Court
hereto attached, the time &
place aforesaid
Lewis W. Thompson Clerk
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FAMILY RECORD of C.& P. Duncan

MARRIAGES.
Charles Duncan
&
Peggy his wife
were married Dec 17th 1786
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FAMILY RECORD.

BIRTHS.
Boyd Duncan was
born Nov. 20th 1825.

Judith Duncan
was born July 14th 1808

Sarah Duncan was
born May 4th 1811.

James Kelly[Kelby?] was
Born Jan. 4th 1824


BIRTHS. [2nd column]
Buford Duncan
was born Sept. 15th 1787

John K. Duncan
was born Jan. 26th 1789

Elizabeth Duncan
was born on 20th 1791

Thornton Duncan was
born Jan. 14th 1798

Ezekiel Duncan
born June 12th 1795

Baxton Duncan
Feb. 1st 1798

Peggy Duncan
was born July 10th 1800
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FAMILY RECORD.

BIRTHS.
Elsby Duncan
was born Nov. 20th 1802

Nancy Duncan
was born March 4th 1806

Araminta Kirk
was born Jan 15th
(3) 1845

Margaret Susannah
(4) Duncan was born
August 13th 1837


BIRTHS. [2nd column]
Charles Duncan
was born Jan. 19th 1761

Peggy Duncan, ^Sen.^ was
born Oct 3rd 1767.
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FAMILY RECORD.

DEATHS.
Sarah Duncan Dec'd
Sept. 28th 1813

J. K. Duncan
Decd Dec. 11th 1812

Charles Duncan
Departed this life
24 day of Oct 1838
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Copy of the Family Record of Charles & Margaret Duncan.

Charles Duncan was born Jan 19th 1761
Margaret Duncan was born Oct 3rd 1767
Charles Duncan & his wife Margaret
  Were Married Dec 17th 1786
Charles Duncan Departed this life October 24, 1838
Margaret Duncan Departed this life August 30th 1846

The ages of their Children

Buford Duncan was born September 15th 1787
John K Duncan was born Jan 26th 1789
Elizabeth Duncan was born Jan 20th 1791
Thornton Duncan was born Jan 14th 1793
Ezekiel Duncan was born June 12th 1795
Braxton Duncan was born Feb 1st 1798
Margaret Duncan was born July 10th 1800
Elsby Duncan was born Nov 20th 1802
Nancy Duncan was born March 4th 1806
Judith Duncan was born July 14th 1808
Sarah Duncan was born May 4th 1811

Deaths
Sarah Duncan Dec'd Sept 22th 1873
John K. Duncan Dec'd December 11th 1814
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State of Illinois}
Mercer County }
At a County Commissioners Court
held in and for said County and
State the same being a Court of record on
the first day of March AD 1847 Satisfactory
evidence was adduced in open court to prove
that Margaret Duncan late of said County and
widow of Charles Duncan a Revolutionary
Pensioner who died in Giles County State of Virginia
in 1833 died in this County on the 29th day of August
AD 1846 leaving Beauford Duncan Braxton Duncan
Elizabeth Lett Margaret Bolton Thornton Duncan
Nancy Brooks and Judith Brown her children and
only heirs at Law

State of Illinois}
Mercer County}
I Albert P Taylor Clerk of the County
Commissioners Court in and for said County
do certify the above to be a true and perfect
Copy from the Records of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at my office in Millersburg this 2d day of March
AD 1847
A P Taylor Clerk
County Comm's Court M.C. M.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress
of the 7th July 1838. 3 March 1843 and 17th June 1844
State of Illinois
Mercer County ⎬ On this first day of March AD
            Eighteen hundred and forty seven, personally
appeared before the County Commissioners Court, in open
Court, the same being a Court of Record, Buford [sic: Beauford] Duncan
aged fifty nine years who being first duly sworn
according to law, on his oath makes the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the
provisions of the act of Congress passed July
7th 1838. 3 March 1843 and 17th June 1844, granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows; that he is the son of
Charles and Margaret Duncan, that his Father was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War; that he has often heard his
father say that he served at the battle of Brandywine and
at the South. And that he was under Captian [sic] William Blackwell
at one time and a part of the time under General
Greene at the South; that he does not recollect the
Colonels name, but that he believes that his Father
served in all about four years and a half; that his
said Father received a pension from the Government of the
United States many years up to the month of September
1838, which was paid at Richmond Virginia, and that his
said Father died in Giles County Virginia on or about the
24th of October 1838.
He further declares that he has often heard his Father and
Mother say that they were married in Forquier [sic: Fauquier] County
Virginia on or about the seventeenth day of December
Seventeen hundred and Eighty six (1786) by a Clergyman
named James Craig: that he further knows that they
cohabited together as man and wife from and after the
time year AD 1793 until the time of his said Fathers death
that his father died as above set forth on the 24th of October 1838
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that they (his Father & Mother) were not married prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz at or about the time aforesaid.

He further declares that his mother, the said Margaret
Duncan migrated from Giles County Virginia to the
County of Mercer and State of Illinois, sometime during the year AD 1842 and died in said latter County and
State on the 29th day of August AD 1846, that his said
Mother died leaving the following named children her
only heirs and legal representatives at law, to wit, Buford
Duncan aged fifty nine years, Braxton Duncan
aged forty nine years. Elizabeth Lett aged fifty six.
Margaret Bolten aged forty seven years, Thornton Duncan aged 54 years. Nancy Brooks aged 45 years. Judith Brown aged 39 years who are her only heirs now living.

He further declares that the paper hereto attached and
purporting to be a copy of the family Record of the said
Charles and Margaret Duncan, is the family Record
of said Charles & Margaret Duncan, the original of
which he knows to have been kept by them as a true
Record of the Births & deaths therein recorded.

Buford Duncan

Sworn to & subscribed before}
        me this 1st day o f March}
        1847.                                }
                    A.P. Taylor             }
                   Clerk
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March 29, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Charles Duncan
W. 22973

Mrs. Floyd E. Chelf
Pulaski, Box 1095
Virginia

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, W.22973,
based upon the military service of Charles Duncan
in the War of the Revolution.

Charles Duncan was born January 19, 1761,
place not stated, nor were the names of his parents
given.

Charles Duncan enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia,
January 12, 1777, and served as private in Captain William Blackwell's company, in Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment; he was in the battle of Brandywine, and was discharged January 12, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed July 27, 1819, at which time he was a
resident of Giles County, Virginia.

He died October 24, 1838, in Giles County,
Virginia.

Charles Duncan married December 17, 1786, in
Fauquier County, Virginia, Margaret of Peggy. She
was born October 3, 1767, place not stated, nor were
the names of her parents given. John Kirk, brother
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of the said Margaret or Peggy, testified in the claim.

The widow, Margaret or Peggy Duncan, died October
29 or 30, 1846, in Mercer County, Illinois.

The following data in regard to the children
of Charles Duncan, and his wife, Margaret ( Peggy) are
shown in the claim:
Buford   born September 15, 1787
John K.       "   January      26, 1789, died December 11, 1814
Elizabeth    "   January      20, 1791
Thornton    "   January      14, 1793
Ezekiel        "   June           12, 1795
Braxton       "   February      1, 1798
Margaret    "   July             10, 1800
Elsby           "   November  20, 1802
Nancy         "   March           4, 1806
Judith         "    July             14, 1808
Sarah          "    May              4, 1811, died September 28, 1813

The pension due Margaret (Peggy) Duncan was allowed
the following children:
Buford Duncan
Elizabeth Lett
Thornton Duncan
Braxton Duncan
Margaret Bolton or Bolten
Nancy Brooks
Judith Brown.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
======
File No. 22.973
Margaret Duncan
Widow of
Charles Duncan
Pri Rev War
======
Act: March 3d 43 & June 17th 4-
index: -- Vol. A, Page 201

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Aug 17/79 Hon R
in found that n--
--
1830 Feby 3 - Hon J W Richmond
& pay to Children- one Judith
-unknown- did not apply for her shar-
It cannot be paid without special by leg- ┃
the amt.
--
1916, Mch. 30. Hist. to
Mrs. Lucy D. Douglass, F.W.
Letter with {Cl. S.40995
--
1928 - Oct. 31-Hist
to Mrs. D. E. French ^Aly^
1930- Mch. 4 - Hist to Alice
V. O. Pierrepont, Her letter
[illegible] Curd Cox S.3169 NMH
1931 May 22 - Hist to Sam
Sargent - Aug.
1932 Apr. 28. Hist to Mrs.
Linnie W. Barrett Aug
1932 July 7- list to Mrs
B . J. Gallagher Aug
1932 Aug 25 Mrs. Lennie W.
GArrett adv. only one Chas. Duncan
MNH

[next page]
distr to Mrs
W. Townshend
[illegible]
----
no arrears due.
 White
---
with history of allowance
Brown, whereabouts
& it was withheld 66.09
--ation & appropriation for
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[crossed out: Acts July 1, 1862, and March 9, 1873.]
REJECTED

3127

P.O.: Peggy Duncan
Service: Charles Duncan
Consolidated May 6, 1882 with Margaret Duncan admt
Enlisted: under act July 7, 1838 & following renewal act.
Discharges: File No. R.22973
J. N. Prior

[all other fields blank]
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10314
Illinois 
Margaret Duncan, dec'd
Widow of Charles Duncan
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 26th Oct 1838
of Mercer Co in the State of Ill
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain of the
Regt commanded by Col. Morgan in
the Virginia line for 2 years
===
Inscribed on the Roll of Springfield
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of
[crossed out: March 1836]
October 1838, when he died
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of
July, 1847 and sent the E.F. Brown
Present
===
Total amount,
=
$ [blank]
=
Act July 7, 1838.
-----
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk
Book D Vol. 1. Page 437
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Payable Buford Duncan, Braxton Duncan
Elizabeth Lett, Margaret Bolton, Thornton
Duncan, Nancy Brooks and Judith Brown
only surviving Children.
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V      No. 13320
1830
Margaret Duncan dec'd
Ill [Illinois]
Let to E. F. Brown, May
4th 1847

Act of July 1838
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Mr. Webster
Please inform
the Gentleman Smith[?]
relative to the
Rev. Claim for
which the letter
relates.
&per&
Deci----
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Clerk of Fauquier Co. Va
12 Apl. '47
--
Recd 14. Apl. 1847
--
Certifies no Record
of Marriage of
Charles & Margt Duncan

Records carelessly
kept.

E. F. Brown
Agt.
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I, William H. Jennings, Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier County, in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that I have diligently searched the records of my office for the Marriage bond of Charles Duncan said to have been executed in 1786 and that I have not been able to find the same, nor could I find the minister's return of his Marriage. The records of the office about that period appear to have been very carelessly and imperfectly kept.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 12th day of April 1847.

W. H. Jennings
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James S. Thompson
Millersburg, Ill's
6. Aug. 46.
Rec'd 18. Aug. 46.
---
Mrs. Duncan
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Millersburg Mercer Co Ill. [Illinois] Aug.6 --46 [1946]

E.F. Brown, Atty

Dear Sir:

I received your letter containing directions how to proceed &c to obtain pention[sic: pension] from the Government of the United States in favor of Mrs. Margaret Duncan. We have but two Circuit Courts in a year and your communication was obtained too late to be attended to at the May Term last past but our Court sits again on the first day of October n'xt when Mrs. Duncan expects to be able to comply with the requisitions of the papers you sent after which they will be forwarded to you promptly
---
I am very Respectfully yours &
James S. Thompson
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State of Illinois, Mercer County SS
Buford Duncan, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that Margaret Duncan, widow of the late Charles Duncan, a revolutionary pensioner, whose heirs are applying for a Pension, died in said County on the
twenty ninth day of August AD one thousand
Eight hundred and forty six - that she died at the
house of this deponant and that he was present when
the said Margaret, died.
Buford Duncan

State of Illinois, Mercer County ss.
I Lewis W. Thompson Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County, being a Court of Record, do certify that the above affidavit was duly subscribed & Sworn to before me at my office in Millersburg this 25th day of June AD 1847.
Witness L. W. Thompson
Clerk with the seal of said Court hereto, the time and
place aforesaid.
Lewis W. Thompson Clerk
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No. 13330
Margaret Duncan, decd
Mercer Co. Ill's [Illinois]
Widow of Charles Duncan
of Giles Co. Va, a Pensioner
under Act of 1818, who died on
24. Oct. 1838
Widow died 29. Aug. 1846.
---
Marri'd 1786
husband died 24 Oct 1838

[next text very faint:]
Charles Duncan - her husband
who [illegible] 
[illegible]
-- 1798 - to the family
[illegible] there ----
5 children [own/older] [their/than] B---
which is amended in ------
[illegible]

1794
E. F. Brown
Agent
Wash'n D.C.  }
15. Apl. 1847.} 

[written sideways:]
W. W. 104/. A. P. Layton Clerk
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[left side: see previous page]
[right side, written sideways to previous page:]
State of Illinois, County of Mercer

I, Albert P. Layton, clerk of County Commissioner Court within and for said county, the same being a Court of Record, at a session of said Court began and held at the Court house in the time of Millersburg in said County, on the first day of March AD 1847, the papers hereto attached were submitted to said Court, examined and approved by the same. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Millersburgh[sic] this 3rd day of March of 1847.

A. P. Layton   Clerk
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B. Duncan
Millersburgh, Ill's
22/.28 Sept. 46
---
Rec'd 13.Oct.1846.
---
Mrs. Duncan is dead
Enquires for pension for her heirs
---
Ans. 13.Oct. 46 & sent
Instructions for heirs to
make application for
their mothers pension.
---
[written sideways to above:]
Paid 10
[crossed out text: Andrew J. Brown, Esq'r]
Washington City
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Millersburg, Ill's[Illinois]        Paid 10
Sept 28

Edmund F. Brown Esqr
Washington City  D.C.
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Millersburg, Ill's  Sept 22d 1846

Edmond J. Brown Esq'r.

Dear Sir:

I now have to inform you of the death of our worthy friend &
Citizen Mrs. Duncan who was making every arrangement to obtain a pension as the widow of Charles Duncan Deceased. The heirs are anxious to know whether there can be a pension obtained from the time of her husbands[sic] death till her death if so say so you. I presume are sufficiently acquainted with the facts and circumstances to give a pretty correct idea at this time ^if^ there
could be a pension obtained if she was yet living and the heirs wish to learn wither[sic: whether] her death will change the issue. Please write on the receipt of this. Yours truly
B. Duncan
By Jas. S. Thompson
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Margaret Duncan decd

E. F. Brown
Agent
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State of Illinois, Mercer County S.S.
Larkin Price Being first duly sworn deposes and says that Margaret Duncan, widow of the late Charles Duncan, a revolutionary pensioner whose heirs are applying for a pension died in said County and State aforesaid on or about the last
day of August AD Eighteen hundred and forty six that he assisted on or about that & time in digging the grave of the said Margaret Duncan deceased and was present at the time of her interment.
Larkin Price

State of Illinois, Mercer County SS. I Lewis W. Thompson
Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was duly and according to law Sworn to by said Larkin Price and subscribed by him before me, at my office in Millsburg this 
twenty fifth day of June AD 
Eighteen hundred and forty 
seven, Witness Lewis W
Thompson Clerk 
of said Court, time and place 
above mentioned, the seal of 
said Court being hereto attached
Lewis W. Thompson Clerk
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James S. Thompson
Millersburgh, Mercer Co. Ill's
18. April 1846
---
Rec'd 7. May 1846.
---
Margaret Duncan
---
Ans'd 12 May 1846 & sent
Declaration & instructions
---
Paid 10

Edmund F. Brown Esq'r
Notary Public &c.
F. Street near 14th Street
Washington City
D.C.
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Millersburg, Mercer County, Illinois
April 18, 1846

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you will find Questions answered by widow as will appear. If the only difficulty in the way is the proof of marriage it might be obtained by reference to Records of Forquor[sic: Fauquier] Co. Va.

My Brother in absent and I am unable to give you such information as he could do.
John S. Thompson
for James S. Thompson
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War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,              No. 16,578.
13th July 1821.
SIR: 
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined, and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.

 You will be paid, at the ensuing semi-annual payment in September next, the sum that may be then due from the time of suspending your pension. Funds for the purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arrearages will be paid previous thereto.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
To Mr. Charles Duncan
of Giles County,
Care of David French, Esq.
Giles Ct.H.  Va
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.

[Graphic at top right: E. F. BROWN'S
EDMUND F. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS.
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, & c.,
Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,
F STREET, NEAR 11th STREET, WASHINGTON CITY.]


UNITED STATES AGENCY
AND NOTARIAL OFFICE.
WASHINGTON CITY.
10th March 1846.
Questions, to be answered by the Widow of Charles Duncan.
---
Question. What is your name? 
Answer. Margaret Duncan
Question. When, where, and by whom were you married?
Answer. 17th December 1786. Forquir [sic: Fauquier] County Virginia. James Craig a Clergyman
Question. Where, and how long did your Husband serve?
Answer. At the battle of Brandywine and at the South, Four & half years, I believe.
Question. What officers? 
Answer. Capt. Wm Blackwell, I do recollect the Colonel under Gen'l Green of the time, as well I remember.
Question. When and where did he die?
Answer. Died 24th October 1838. Giles County, Virginia.
Question. Where did he draw his Pension, and up to what time?
Answer. At Richmond Va. September 1838.
Question. Do you know any persons living who were witnesses to his service?
Answer. To my brother who lives in Giles Virginia, if yet living.
Question. Have you any family Record? 
Answer. Yes.
Question. when was your first child born? 
Answer. 15th September A D 1787

Margaret [her + mark] Duncan
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State of Illinois      I, James S. Thompson Clerk of the said
Mercer County⎬   Court within and for said County
                             do hereby certify that the within
foregoing questions were duly proposed to the said Margaret Duncan on the 18th day of April AD 1846 and answered as she therein set forth and duly Sworn to as the law directs.

Given under my hand and the
seal of said Circuit Court at my
office in Millersburg this 18th day of
April A D 1846
 James S. Thompson Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
----
I certify that in conformity with the acts of March 3, 1843, and 17th June 1844, Margaret Duncan late of Illinois
widow of Charles Duncan
who was a Private
and died on the 44th day of Oct 1838
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars and _____________ cents per annum, commencing on the said 4th March 1843, and terminating on the 29 August, 1846, when she rec'd [typed text crossed out]
Payable to children - see Envelope --

Given at the War Office of the United States, this
19 day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven.

Examined and Countersigned.     Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 6th 1839

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", The widow of Charles Duncan, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars [crossed out: and ____Cents] per [crossed out: annum] ^month^ under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 24th October, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[Heading]
EDMUND F. BROWN, Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for pensions, Patents, Lands,
Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 103, P. O. Washington City.
===============
[Body]
U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office
Washington City     15th April, 1847

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm'r. of Pensions

Sir:
Enclosed I hand you the Pension Claim of Margaret Duncan decd. of Illinois
Widow of Charles Duncan of Giles Co. Va. who was a Pensioner under Act of 1818.
More than a year since, enquiries were first made of me concerning this case, as you will see by the papers, and while the widow was waiting for Court to sit, she died.
I presume the papers will be satisfactory.

Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obt. S.t
Edm. F. Brown
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Giles Court Nov 20th Oct 1840
Ham____Parasitt [??]
Sir
Same time last [page fold] Mrs Peggy Duncan wife of Charles Duncan forwarded to your office her Declaration for a Pension, (he being the widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner as yet she has not heard from you on the subject. She is now living nearly on charity and has request me to ask of you to inform me what is the situation of her claim.
In the County of Montgomery Several Widows has[sic] been placed on the Pension list whose claims was similar to hers. Please on the Receipt of this Please write to me and let me know of anything is
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lacking as to the evidence.
Respectfully yours,
Wm Chapman
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[Header: EDMUND F. BROWN, Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 196, P. O. Washington City.]

U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office,
Washington City      10th July 1847

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions

Sir,
The requisitions of your letter of 4th May last, relative to the claim of Margaret Duncan, decd. of Illinois, Widow of Charles Duncan, are complied with by the enclosed papers which prove clearly the date of her marriage and death.
Please favor me with her Certificate
as early as practicable.
Very Resp'y Yr. Ob't St.
Edm. F. Brown
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Act '43 9322
No. 13330
Margaret Dunn and
widow of Charles
Ill. [Illinois]
Act 7 July 1838
Adm 2 years per
  $80.00 per Ann
from 24 Oct 1838 to 4 March
1841 payable to Beauford
Duncan, Brascton Duncan
Elizabeth Lett, Margaret
Bolton, Thornton Duncan
Nancy Brooks and Judith
Brown only surviving his
of Margaret Duncan dec'd

Adm Acts 3 March 1843 and
17 June 1844
$80.00 per ann
from 4 March 1843 to 29 Augt
1846 the day of her death payable
to her children above named
Edm'd F Buren
Present
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Pension Office
July 1847
Sir
The affidavit of
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Pulaski, Virginia.
March 5, 1940.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Please send me all available information from the pension papers of the following men, who were Revolutionary War soldiers:

1. -- John Kirk, of Giles County, Virginia (when he declared his services). He may have been originally from Fauquier County, Virginia. In 1832 he made a declaration of his services in the War, and the Court of Giles County ordered that a copy be sent to the Secretary of War.
[written initials: /AWF]
2 -- Charles Duncan, who it is thought was born in Fauquier Co. Virginia; went to Stokes Co. North Carolina, thence to Giles Co. Virginia.

Thanking you, I remain,
Yours truly,
Mrs. Floyd E. Chelf [signature]
Mrs Floyd E. Chelf,
Box 1095,
Pulaski, Virginia.
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The Duncan Family Association
DESCENDANTS OF
Duncan Families of Virginia
July 17, 1934

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Among the Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia I find the following listed:

Charles Duncan (Giles ) This was Charles Duncan with wife Peggy (Margaret) Kirk, who enlisted in Fauquier Co., and died in Giles County, Va., widow removed to Illinois. We have data required with reference to this Charles Duncan.

Charles Duncan (no data following name)

Charles Duncan (7 VR ) WD 155, 1; (11 VR ).

We should be pleased to receive all available data
regarding these two last listed.

Specifically, we are desirous of finding the revolutionary
service records of the following Duncans, named Charles, (for family record and D.A.R. purposes):

Charles Duncan who died in Culpeper Co., Va. in 1789, wife Sarah.

Charles Duncan who died in Fauquier Co., Va., 1818, leaving a 
wife Anne and four sons and seven daughters.

Charles Duncan who died in Daviess Co., Kentucky, in 1820, leaving sons John, Samuel and Benjamin, daughters Rosy; and named deceased sons George and Rawley. This Charles Duncan was born in Culpeper Co., Va.

Various correspondents have written to Washington for these records, and results have been far from satisfactory. With the records the Duncan Association has, if we could secure these records it would avoid a great deal of future correspondence on the part of Duncan descendants.

Thanking you for your very kind assistance,

Sincerely,
Mrs. Linnie W. Barrett,
3330 Newman Avenue,
Dallas, Texas.

GENEALOGICAL COMMITTEE:
MRS. EDITH CARMAN HAY, Chairman
  Peekskill, New York
MRS. LINNIE WRIGHT BARRETT, Secretary
  3803 Travis, Dallas, Texas
DR. PIERCE DUNCAN, Mt. Olivet, Ky.
MRS. A. EDWIN RICE, Russellville, Ky.
DR. RAY BARKLEY WRIGHT, Laredo, Texas
MISS GRACE C. BARNETT, Washington, D. C.
MRS. EDNA DUNCAN DIVER, Clay Center, Kansas
MRS. BRADFORD DUNCAN CONNER, Kentontown, Ky.

Kindly address all communications to the Secretary
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1744 Que Street, Northwest,
Washington, D. C.

Mr. A. D. Hiller, Asst. to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you be kind enough to send me the military record of CHARLES DUNCAN, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He was a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia, coming to this country, just previous to the Revolution, from Scotland.

Sincerely yours,
Phyllis Lamar Gallagher [signature]
Mrs. B. J. Gallagher
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Dallas, Texas, March 22, 1932

Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary Section,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

For D. A. R. purposes, I am trying to establish the Revolutionary service of ancestor Charles Duncan. 

There was a Charles Duncan received military warrant No. 1473 on the 1st day of August 1783, and was assigned by him to Samuel McCraw on May 10, 1785.

Is there anything in the record to show the name of the wife of this Charles Duncan, -- or the names of his children, or other family data, such as dates of birth and death, where born, et cetera, -- that will assist in establishing the identity of this Charles Duncan as against others of the same name and period who served or did not serve in the Revolutionary war?

Thanking you for your kind assistance, I am

Sincerely,
Linnie W. Barrett [signature]
Mrs. Linnie Wright Barrett
3863 Travis Avenue
Dallas, Texas.

AWS [initials]
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Dallas, Texas, March 11, 1932

Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly give me the names of the children of Charles Duncan, who enlisted for 3 years, on Jan 12, 1777, in Fauquier Co., Va., in Capt Blackwell's Co., 11th Reg,, commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan. He was married to Margaret (Polly ) ______, Dec. 17, 1786 in Fauquier Co., Va., by James Craig, Widow lived in Mercer Co., Ill. [Illinois]

I particularly wish the names of the children, and any additional information you can give me. If the maiden name of wife is given or the names of one or both of his parents, I should like to have that information, also.

Thanking you, I am

Sincerely, 

Linnie W Barrett  [signature] 
Mrs. Linnie W. Barrett
3803 Travis Avenue,
Dallas, Texas.
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2324 1/2 Fair Park Ave.
Los Angeles, California
April 22, 1931

U. S. Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir, 

Do you have records of one Chas. Duncan, of the Virginia Line on pension list. He might have applied from Kentucky, where he took up land on warrant #1473, Aug. 1, 1783.

Very truly yours,
Sam Sargent

{Receipt stamp: Revolutionary & 1812 Wars  {illegible] OF PENSIONS - SECTION - APR 23 1931]
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[Printed heading: 
MRS. D. E. FRENCH REGENT
MRS. T. H. SCOTT, VICE REGENT
MRS. JACK BARROW TREASURER
MRS. J. E. BROWN RECORDING SECRETARY
MRS. D. M. EASLEY, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. JAMES O'KEEFE, HISTORIAN
MRS. J. J. PENN, CHAPLAIN
MRS. LAMAR EPPERLY, REGISTRAR
MRS. J. F. FOX, PARLIAMENTARIAN
MRS. C. F. TYNES, C. A. R.
John Chapman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Bluefield, W. Va.]

2126 Reid Avenue,
Bluefield, W. Va.,
January 25, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -

Will you please tell me if the records of your office show that Charles Duncan of Giles County, Virginia, applied for a pension as a soldier of the Revolution, and if so what his declaration was?

Thanking you for this information, believe me,

Most sincerely yours,
Minnie Reid French (Mrs. D.E.)
Regent John Chapman Chapter, D. A. R.
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JNB
1812 Division

Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, D. C. Feb'y 3 1880

[Note: for easier reading, the crossed-out text in this obvious draft letter has been omitted.]

Sir,

In the case of Margaret Duncan, widow of Charles, who was a Revolutionary soldier, I have the honor to state that she was allowed a pension of Eighty dollars per year 
under the act of July 7, 1838 from Oct 24, 1838 to March 4, 1841 ^at which latter date^ all pensions terminated under that act. Under the act of March 3, 1843, continuing the pensions of the act of July 7, 1838 for one year, and of June 17, 1844, continuing ^the same^ for four years longer, her pension was renewed, to commence March 4, 1843, and to terminate Aug't 29, 1846, when she deceased. 
 From March 4, 1841 to March 4, 1843, no pension ^under the act of July 7, 1838^ have ever been to be allowed or paid.

The pension allowed to Mrs Duncan was
authorized to be paid to her Seven children, but as the whereabout of Judith Brown was unknown, she did not ^apply^ with ^the^ other children for her share nor has it been paid *her proportion (1/7) was withheld amounting to $66.09 cannot be paid (4717 & 4718
without it is authorized by Congress with a special appropriation
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In reply to your request of a statement of the military history of Charles Duncan soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (^and^ his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 22973

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Jan 12, 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE. Jan 12, '80

RANK. Pri.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Wm Blackwell
COLONEL.
Daniel Morgan

STATE. Va

Battles engaged in, Brandywine.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Fauquier Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, July 27, 1819. His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Giles Co. Va.
Age at date of application, B Jan 19 1761 D. Oct 24, 1838. there
Remarks: He mar. Dec. 17, 1786 in Fauquier Co. Va. Margaret or Peggy _____, ^bro. John Kirk^ who was born Oct.. 3, 1767. She died Aug.  29, 1846 in Mercer Co. Ill's [Illinois]
Children: Buford b. Sept 15, 1787, John K.b.  Jan 26, 1789 d. Dec 11, 1814; Elizabeth ^+Lett^ b. Jun. 20, 1791, Thornton b. Jan 14, 1793, Ezekiel b. June 12, 1795, Braxton, b. Feb. 1, 1798; Margaret ^+ Butler^ b. July 10, 1800, Elsby, b. Nov. 20, 1802, Nancy ^+Brooks^ b. Mch. 4, 1806, Judith ^+Brown^ b. July 14, 1808, Sarah, b. May 4, 1811, d. Sept  28, 1813.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
A. K.

[form #?] 6-2856
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Returned from College Park, Ga.
Unclaimed
Apr. 17, 1916

Revolutionary War Records Section.    3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.

F.W.
W.F.22973
Rev War
Mrs. Lucy D. Douglass
College Park, Georgia

Madam:

In reply to your request of Mch. 4, received Mch. 7, for a statement of the military history of Charles Duncan a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.}  Jan, 12, 1777, to
LENGTH OF SERVICE. }     Jan. 12, 1780
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
William Blackwell
COLONEL.
Daniel Morgan

STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Fauquier Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, July 27, 1819. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Giles County, Virginia
Age at date of application, Born Jan 19, 1761. Died Oct. 24, 1838.
Remarks: He married Dec 17 1786 in Fauquier Co. Va. Margaret or
Peggy -, who was born Oct 3, 1767. She died Aug. 29, 1846, in Mercer Co. Ills.[Illinois]
Children: Buford, born Sept 15, 1787, John K. b. Jan. 26, 1789, died Dec. 11, 1814; Elizabeth B. Jan. 20, 1791, Thornton, b. Jan. 14, 1793, Ezekiel, b. June 12, 1795, Braxton, b. Feb. 1. 1798, Margaret b. July 10, 1800; Elsby, b. Nov. 20, 1802, Nancy b. Mch. 4. 1806, Judith, b. July 14, 1808, Sarah, May 4. 1881, died Sept 28, 1813. 

Respectfully,
GM Salzgabe
Commissioner.

6 -- 2856
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/B--  
Copied in absence of AWF

March 4, 1930.

Alice V. D. Pierrepont
"Violet Bank",
Petersburg
Virginia

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.22973, it appears that Charles Duncan was born January 19, 1761, place not stated.

He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, January 12, 1777 and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's Company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine and was discharged January 12, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1819, at which time he was living in Giles County, Virginia. He died there, October 24, 1838.

The soldier married December 17, 1786, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy, who was born October 3, 1767. Her brother, John Kirk, testifies in the case. She died October 29 or 30, 1846, in Mercer County, Illinois.
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[Char]les and Margaret Duncan had the following children:
Buford       born      September 15, 1787
John K.        "           January 26, 1789
                  died       December 11, 1814
Elizabeth   born       January 20, 1791
Thornton     "           January 14, 1793
Ezekiel         "           June  12, 1795
Braxton        "           February 1, 1798
Margaret     "           July 10, 1800
Elsby            "           November 20, 1802
Nancy          "           March 4, 1806
Judith           "          July 14, 1808
Sarah            "          May 4, 1811
                  died       September 28, 1813

The pension due their mother was allowed the following children:

Buford Duncan
Elizabeth Lett
Thornton Duncan
Braxton Duncan
Margaret Bolton or Bolten
Nancy Brooks
Judith Brown


Very truly yours,

Earl D. Church
Commissioner.
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March 29, 1940.

Mrs. Floyd E. Chelf
Box 1095
Pulaski, Virginia.

BA-J/ILL.
Charles Duncan
W.22973
John Kirk
S.5558

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Duncan, who was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, and lived in Giles County, Virginia, and John Kirk, who received a pension in 1832 in said Giles county.

The records of these two soldiers are furnished
you herewith.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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August 25, 1934.

BA-J/ILL

Mrs. Linnie W. Barrett
3330 Newman Avenue
Dallas, Texas.

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Charles, John and William Duncan (variously spelled) of Virginia.

The several citation[sic] furnished by you do not pertain to the records of this office, hence, no records could be identified of John and William Duncan. There is only one claim for pension on file based upon service of a Charles Duncan, under any spelling of the name, from any state. It is that of Charles Duncan, W.22973, of Fauquier County, Virginia, wife Margaret, whose record was furnished you on April 28, 1932.

In order to identify the records of the particular John and William Duncan in whom you are interested, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to each: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,

Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten note] Only information furnished was citations from various old Va. printed records.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

October 31, 1928
Char

Mrs. D. E. French
2126 Reid Avenue
Bluefield, West Virginia

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.22973, it appears that Charles Duncan
was born January 19, 1761, place not stated.

He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, January
12, 1777, and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's Company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine and was discharged January 12, 1730. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 27, 1819, at which time he was living in Giles County,
Virginia. He died there, October 24, 1838. 

The soldier married, December 17, 1786, in Fauquier
County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy, who was born October 3, 1767. Her brother, John Kirk, testifies in the case. She died October 29 or 30, 1846, in Mercer County, Illinois.
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Their children were:
Buford born September 15, 1787
John K. " January 26, 1789
died December 11, 1814
Elizabeth born January 20, 1791
Thornton " January 14, 1793
Ezekiel " June 12, 1795
Braxton " February 1, 1798
Margaret " July 10, 1800
Elsby " November 20, 1802
Nancy " March 4, 1806
Judith " July 14, 1808
Sarah " May 4, 1811
died September 28, 1813

The pension due their mother was allowed the following children: Buford Duncan, Elizabeth Lett, Thornton Duncan,
Braxton Duncan, Margaret Bolton or Bolten, Nancy Brooks and Judith Brown.

Respectfully,


E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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April 28, 1932

BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Charles Duncan
W.22973

Mrs. Linnie W. Barrett
3803 Travis Avenue
Dallas, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Charles Duncan, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22973, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Charles Duncan. 

He was born January 19, 1761, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, January 12, 1777, and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's company in Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, and was discharged January 12, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1819, at which time he was living in Giles County, Virginia.

He died October 24, 1838, in Giles County, Virginia.

The soldier, Charles Duncan, married December 17, 1786 in Fauquier County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy, who was born October 3, 1767. Her brother, John Kirk, testified in the case.

She died October 29 or 30, 1843 in Mercer County, Illinois.
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The children of Charles Duncan and his wife:
Buford born September 15, 1787
John K. " January 26, 1789, died December 11, 1814
Elizabeth born January 20, 1791
Thornton " January 14, 1793
Ezekiel " June 12, 1795
Braxton " February 1, 1798
Margaret " July 10, 1800
Elsby " November 20, 1802
Nancy " March 4, 1806
Judith " July 14, 1808
Sarah " May 4, 1811, died September 28, 1813

The pension due their mother was allowed the following children:

Buford Duncan
Elizabeth Lett
Thornton Duncan
Braxton Duncan
Margaret Bolton or Bolten
Nancy Brooks
Judith Brown.


Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Mr. Sam Sargent
2324 Fair Park Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ANF: MLB

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 22973, that Charles Duncan was born January 19, 1761, place not stated. [hand-written note: name of par. not given]

He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, January 12, 1777, and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine and was discharged January 12, 1780. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1819, at which time he was living in Giles County, Virginia. 

He died in Giles County, Virginia, October 24, 1838. 

The soldier married December 17, 1786, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy, who was born October 3, 1767. Her brother, John Kirk, testified in the case.

She died October 29, or 30, 1846, in Mercer County, Illinois.

Charles and Margaret Duncan had the following children:
Buford  Born    September 15, 1797
John K. (" January 26, 178)
        (died December 11, 1814)
Elizabeth born January 20, 1791
Thornton " January 14, 1793
Ezekiel " June 12, 1795
Braxton " February 1, 1798
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Children continued - 

Margaret " July 10, 1800
Elsby " November 20, 1802
Nancy " March 4, 1806
Judith " July 14, 1808
Sarah (" May 4, 1811,) 
           (died September 28, 1813)

The pension due their mother was allowed the following children:

Buford Duncan
Elizabeth Lett
Thornton Duncan
Braxton Duncan
Margaret Bolton or Bolton
Nancy Brooks
Judith Brown.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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July 7, 1932
BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Charles Duncan
W.22973

Mrs. B. J. Gallagher
1744 Que Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Charles Duncan, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.22973, based upon the military service of Charles Duncan during the Revolutionary War.

He was born January 19, 1761, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, January 12, 1777, and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's company in Colonel Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, and was discharged January 12, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1819, at which time he was living in Giles County, Virginia.

He died October 24, 1838 in Giles County, Virginia.

The soldier, Charles Duncan, married December 17, 1786 in Fauquier County, Virginia, Margaret or Peggy, who was born October 3, 1767. Her brother John Kirk, testified in the case.
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The widow, Margaret or Peggy, died October 29 or 30, the
1846 in Mercer County, Illinois.

The children of Charles Duncan and his wife, Margaret or Peggy:
Buford born September 15, 1787(handwritten above: 15 17860
John K. " January 26, 1789, died December 11, 1814
Elizabeth born January 20, 1791
Thornton " January 14, 1793
Ezekiel " June 12, 1795
Braxton " February 1, 1798
Margaret " July 10, 1800
Elsby " November 20, 1802
Nancy " March 4, 1806
Judith " July 14, 1808
Sarah " May 4, 1811, died September 28, 1813

The pension due their mother was allowed the following children:
Buford Duncan
Elizabeth Lett
Thornton Duncan
Braxton Duncan
Margaret Bolton or Bolten
Nancy Brooks
Judith Brown

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator