• General Notes

      (Fauquier Co., VA Deeds 7:387)
  
      15 Dec 1781. James Duncan of Hamilton Parish, Fauquier county, Virginia, for diverse good causes, give, grant, and deliver to son Joseph Duncan 4 negroes named Peter, John, Mary and Beth, two beds and furniture and head of cattle and one mare; to my son Charles Duncan 8 negroes named Old Sam,
      Britton, Doll, Sarah, Frank, Lucy, Luke and Daniel and also 2 beds and furniture, 4 horses, 7 head of cattle and 18 sheep and also the plantation whereon I now live with all the corn, fodder, hay and tobacco
      now upon it and also every other thing except what is before mentioned to be given away; to my daughter Elizabeth wife of Francis Hume 3 negroes named Will, Moses and Winney and one colt; to my daughter Ann wife of Stephen Threlkeld 3 negroes named Adam, Young Sam and Sall, young Sam not
      to be delivered til after my death.
      /s/ James (X) Duncan
      Wit. John Blackwell, Cassom Day, Henry Thompson.
      Reg. 25 March 1782; proved on oaths of John Blackwell and Cossom Day
  
      (NOTE: Will found on RootsWeb World Connect GEDCOM of Ellis R. Brockman <brock1er@cmich.edu>, gedcom titled "Duncan Family of Fauquier Co., VA and Clark Co., KY")
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      "A List of Tithables in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the Year 1759"
      Taken by Tho. Marshall
  
      James Duncan is listed with notes showing "P't Bott'm?". Two slaves named Will and Hannah are listed as living with him. The only other Duncan listed in this tax list is Joseph Duncan.

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