Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Duncan, James And Charles 
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Author: Bennett H. Young

The Duncans.

   Among the earliest settlers in Jessamine county were James Duncan and Charles
Duncan. They located within the boundary of Jessamine early in 1788. Charles
Duncan was born in Culpeper county, Va., in 1761. He was the father of William
Duncan, so long known, who died at his home immediately above Nicholasville in
1863. William Duncan's mother was Margaret Burnside, sister of the Revolutionary
soldier, Robert Burnside, the great uncle of Gen. A. E. Burnside. William Duncan
was born near Barclay's old mill in 1788. In 1813 he married Nancy Blackford,
daughter of Benj. Blackford.

   James Duncan, the grandfather of S. M. Duncan, was born in Culpepcr county,
Va., July 18, 1763, and was among the last white men killed by the Indians. With
two companions, John Huckstep and Joseph Burnside, he went to the mouth of Paint
Lick to get salt. They had made the salt and were returning home, when suddenly
the report of a gun was heard and Burnside fell with a bullet through his heart.
James Duncan was shot by another Indian who had climbed up on a high bluff, and
the bullet entered the head of James Duncan, killing him instantly. Huckstep
escaped to Crab Orchard, where Col. Whitley sent out a party in pursuit of the
Indians and followed them to near Cumberland Gap. They captured the horses of
the two men who had been killed, but the Indians made their escape.

   Alexander C. Duncan, the father of S. M. Duncan, was the oldest child of
James Duncan, who was killed in his 28th year and left three small children.
When a small boy James Duncan ran away from home in company with Nathaniel
Harris, the distinguished Methodist minister, and enlisted in the army of
General Greene, and was at the battle of Guilford Court House and at the siege
of Yorktown. James Duncan was born July 18, 1763, and was married to Mary
Crockett, daughter of William Crockett, of Wythe county, in 1787. One hundred
years after the death of James Duncan, there came a great rise in the creeks
which enter Paint Lick. They disclosed a skeleton. On examination of this
skeleton a bullet hole was found in the head and the remains were identified as
those of James Duncan, who had been killed and buried at that point nearly a
century before. Every bone was perfect with the exception of the right foot. The
remains were removed to Nicholasville cemetery and laid to rest amid kindred dust.

   The descendants of James Duncan and his brother, who thus early made their
home in Jessamine county, in large numbers still reside in the county and they
have always been good citizens and patriots.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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