2010 Duncan Family Reunion - Mitchell/Yancey County, North Carolina
The Annual Duncan Family Reunion will be held on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at Berry Chapel Baptist Church on Altapass Road in Spruce Pine, NC. All descendants of John Calvin and Rebecca Simmons Duncan & all other children and related Duncan families of John Duncan, Jr. (Calvin’s father) of Ashe/Yancey Counties, North Carolina are invited.
John Duncan b. circa 1785, lived in Ashe County until the mid-1850's and resided in the Egypt/Ramseytown area of Yancey County until his death sometime after 1880. John's known children are:
KNOWN CHILDREN OF JOHN AND WIFE #1:
George Washington Duncan b. 1821, Ashe Co. NC, m. Jane Edwards
Franklin Duncan b. 1820, m. Senia (Sally) Wolf (resided in Alleghany County, NC)
John Calvin Duncan b. 1836, Ashe Co. NC, m. Rebecca Simmons
ADDITIONAL “POSSIBLE” CHILDREN OF JOHN AND WIFE #1:
Jane Duncan b. abt. 1807, m. Jonathan Edwards (moved to Oregon)
Joseph Duncan b. 1810 m. Amy
Nancy Mahalia Duncan b. abt. 1814, m. Joshua Stoneman Edwards (resided in Alleghany County, NC)
Jonathan Duncan b. abt. 1812, m. Temperance (moved to Missouri)
Elizabeth Duncan possibly m. Franklin Gortney
John Duncan b. 1829, m. Margaret (moved to Tennessee after 1850)
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND CATHERINE:
William Duncan b. 1848, Ashe Co. NC
Matilda Duncan b. 1850, Ashe Co. NC
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH Edwards
William Gilbert b. 18 Jul 1863, Yancey Co. m. Nancy Lovina Duncan b. 25 Sep 1875
Martha J. b. 1866, Yancey Co.
Charity C. b. 1870, Yancey Co.
Sarah b. 1876, Yancey Co. (may be a grandchild)
If you would like more information, please send an e-mail and I will gladly answer.
Nancy Mays, great-great-granddaughter of John Duncan, Jr.