RANDOM NOTES FROM SUITS FILED IN OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK
James Duncan vs. Joseph Duncan's Hrs., Box 312, May, 1809
Representatives of Matthew Duncan:
James Duncan,
Joseph Duncan,
John Smith Duncan,
Polly M. Duncan and
Thomas A. Duncan, inft. hrs. of Joseph Duncan, decd.,
by Ann Duncan, their mother, sheweth
- that Mathew Duncan, grandfather, intermarried with their grandmother, Sarah Duncan, and had the following chdn.:
- Seth Duncan,
- Sarah Bell,
- Jane Wilson,
- James Duncan,
- Joseph Duncan, and the orators are chdn. of Joseph Duncan,
- that said Mathew departed this life, leaving said Sarah, who departed this life intestate, leaving her property in the hands of Seth Duncan and Thomas Duncan (since decd. without issue), and
- said James Duncan, defdt. to this bill, took upon himself administration of her estate.
Deposition of Sarah Bell taken at the house of Thomas Dickenson at Glasgow, Barren Co., Ky., to be read as evidence in suit wherein James Duncan and others are defdts. and Labon Ship and hrs. of Joseph Duncan, decd., by Ann Moore, their gdn. are Pltfs., deposeth. Before she moved from Berkeley Co., Va., to Western country, her husband, William Bell, gave a note to her mother, Sarah Duncan, that William Bell died in Martinsburgh, Va., in yr. '94 and that she was supported by her step-son, William Bell as long as she remained in Va.
Deposition of Mary M. Laughlin taken in Franklin Co., Pa., deposeth she went to house of Capt. Seth Duncan in Pendleton Co., Ky., about 6 days before death of Sarah Duncan.
