Individual Details
Mary "Polly" Duncan
(1788 - 11 Mar 1853)
Found in 1850 Logan Co KY Census as "M" Morehead, age 60, born Virginia with property worth $1800 - living with W. D. Morehead, age 31.
Logan Co Deed Book K p.320. Presley Morehead & Polly Morehead his wife, formerly Polly Duncan, John M. Duncan, and 3 infants under 21 - Barsham Browning, James Browning & Maria Browning for whom Presley Morehead is guardian sell a tract of land to John Hynes. Marriage records reveal a marriage from Abner Browning to Betsy Duncan on 12 Jan 1807.
Logan Co Equity box 76, Case #1958, Filed 16 Aug 1853. Petition to sell slaves of Mary "Polly" Morehead. Children: Mary, married to Robert E. Poor [this is actually Nancy], Armistead S, William D, Susan married to James M. Lyne, Mary married to Richard T. Young. John Small, a grandson. Mary Ellen, Robert W. & Presley Morehead, grandchildren. Admin: Robert E. Poor and Armisted S. Morehead. D. W. Poor was appt commissioner to sell slaves.
Events
Families
Spouse | Presley Morehead (1776 - 1846) |
Child | James Duncan Morehead (1804 - 1841) |
Child | Armistead S. Morehead (1808 - 1865) |
Child | Susan Morehead ( - ) |
Child | Nancy Morehead ( - ) |
Child | William D. Morehead (1819 - ) |
Child | Mary Morehead ( - ) |
Child | Charles Slaughter Morehead ( - ) |
Child | Betsey Morehead ( - ) |
Father | James Duncan ( - 1820) |
Sibling | John Duncan ( - 1846) |
Sibling | Nancy Duncan ( - ) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Duncan ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. DAR Records. Most from Logan Co KY; Yearbooks. (LDS Microfilm #0855039).
2. Logan County KY Deeds Books A-1, A (1792-1808): LDS Microfilm #0364581; Books B-C (1806-1813) Film #117821; Books D-E (1813-1817) Film #896205; Books F-G (1817-1819) Film #0364574; Books H-J (1819-1820) #0364585; Books K-L (1821-1824] #0364586; Books M-N-O [1823] #0364587; Books P-Q #0364588; Books R-T #0364589; Books U-V #0364590; Books W-X #0364591 Books R-T #0364589, Deed Book B, p.248 11 Aug 1808.
3. Logan County Genealogical Society,Inc., Logan County Kentucky Marriages 1790-1865 (c.1981; Additions and Corrections 1985), p.62.
4. DAR Records. Most from Logan Co KY; Yearbooks. (LDS Microfilm #0855039).