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     David Duncan was born in 1855 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹

     Elizabeth J Duncan was born in 1838 at Virginia, US.¹

     Ellen Rebecca Duncan was born on Mar 21, 1878 at Scott, Virginia, US, but her gravestone shows a birth date of 1876.^3,4,2,5
     Ellen Rebecca Duncan married Clinton Dennis Jones on Feb 2, 1899 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by M G Nelson.^1,3,4,2 Her married name was Jones.⁶ Ellen Rebecca Duncan lost her husband Clinton Dennis Jones who died on Mar 11, 1952 at Norton, Wise County, Virginia, USA; from heart failure.^5,7 Ellen died from lung cancer on Nov 4, 1957 at Norton, Wise, Virginia, US, at age 79.^8,5
     She was buried on Nov 7, 1957 at Hill Cemetery, Norton, Wise, Virginia, US.^2,5

     Emaline Duncan was born in 1836 at Virginia, US.¹ Her married name was Spencer.⁴
     Emaline Duncan married George Washington Spencer, son of James Spencer and Elizabeth Bolton, on Aug 4, 1864 at Scott, Virginia, US, service perfomed by Jackson Redwine.^4,3
     Emaline Duncan died in 1919.⁴

     Emerson Wrightly Duncan was also known as Emerson R Duncan.²
     Emerson Wrightly Duncan was born on Feb 19, 1916 at Dekalb District, Scott County, Virginia, USA.^2,1
     Emerson Wrightly Duncan died on Mar 26, 1978 at age 62.²
     Emerson Wrightly Duncan was buried at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.²

     Emmett J. Duncan was born on Nov 25, 1874 at Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, USA.^3,4,5 He was born in 1878 at Scott, Virginia, US, according to the marraige records which showed him as being 26 years old at his marriage to Sarah, but it appears the birth date is earlier based on other records.⁶
     Emmett J. Duncan was also known as Emmett Johnson Duncan.
     Emmett J. Duncan was also known as Emmett Jonathan Duncan.
     Emmett was a farmer on Feb 5, 1904 at Scott, Virginia, US. Later in life he worked as a foreman for Eastman Kodak, a chemical manufacturer in Kingsport.^6,3,7
     Emmett J. Duncan married Sarah Dingus, daughter of Elizabeth Dingus, on Feb 5, 1904 at Scott, Virginia, US, service perfomed by Dr. Henry Taylor.^6,8
     Emmett registered for the draft on Sep 12, 1918 at Scott, Virginia, US. He was of medium height and build with brown hair and eyes.⁴
     He was living at Route 6 East Carter Valley Rd, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, US, according to his death certificate.³

     E.J. Duncan had his own family baseball team in the 1930s consisting of all his sons. They never lost a game. In 1969 the Kingsport Times published an article named, "Duncan's Had It" which gives stories of the time.⁹

     Duncan retired from Tennessee Eastman in 1940. At one time he and all nine of his sons worked for and at Tennessee Eastman. From left to right:

Emmett Johnson (EJ) Duncan, his sons: Willard Duncan, Patrick (Pat) Duncan, Silba (Zeb) Duncan, Lester (P.I.) Duncan, Howard (Hairdard) Duncan, Woodrow Wilson, WW, Woody Duncan or Nubbin (as he said, small year-of-corn) and Kelly Wise Duncan the youngest. Missing are James (Jim) Duncan and Emerson Rightly (Emp) Duncan.

Picture was taken at Tennessee Eastman. in 1940 at Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.
     Emmett J. Duncan died with a cerebral hemorrhage on Apr 22, 1954 at Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, US, at age 79.He had lived outside of Kingsport for 35 years.¹⁰
     He was buried on Apr 25, 1954 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, US.³

     Evelyn B. Duncan was born on Apr 5, 1926.¹
     Evelyn B. Duncan died from a fractured skull in an automobile accident on Jun 13, 1929 at Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA, at age 3.^1,2
     Evelyn B. Duncan was buried at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.¹

     Henry Wesley Duncan was born in 1834 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     Henry Wesley Duncan married Rebecca Flanary on Sep 23, 1853 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by Isaac Kernin in the Baptist Church.^1,2
     Henry Wesley Duncan served as 1st Lt. Company C 25th Virginia Calvary CSA, enlisting on August 16, 1862

The 25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry was organized in July, 1864, using the 27th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers as its nucleus. Serving in McCausland's and Imboden's Brigade, the unit fought in numerous engagements in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. During April 1865, it disbanded.

Commanders were Colonel Warren M. Hopkins, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Edmundson, and Major Sylvester R. McConnell.

Company C was led by Captain James S. Collings on Aug 16, 1862 at Virginia, US.^3,4,5
     Henry Wesley Duncan died in May, 1879 at Scott, Virginia, US.^6,7
     Henry Wesley Duncan was buried at Green / Redmond Cemetery, East Stone Gap, Scott, Virginia, US.⁴

     Her married name was Ida Belle Carter.¹
     Ida Duncan married Gregory Woodson Carter, son of Hiram Carter and Nancy (?).²
     Ida Duncan was born on Jul 11, 1901 at Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, USA.¹
     Ida Duncan died from tuberculosis on May 17, 1944 at Taylor District, Clinchport, Scott County, Virginia, USA, at age 42.¹
     Ida Duncan was buried on May 21, 1944 at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.^3,1

     Her married name was Stallard.³ Jael Duncan was also known as Jaily Duncan.³
     Jael Duncan was born circa 1751 at Culpepper, Virginia, US.^2,4
     Jael Duncan married Samuel Stallard, son of Walter Stallard II and Elizabeth Williams, in 1770 at Culpepper, Virginia, US.^5,6,4,7 Jael Duncan died in 1816 at Scott, Virginia, US. The Stallard Connection indicates death between 1810 & 12.^4,8

     James Monroe Duncan was born on Aug 30, 1845 at Virginia, US.^5,6,2,3,4

     James Monroe Duncan served in the CSA. He enlisted on February 1st 1864 in Company C, Virginia 25th Cavalry Regiment. Mustered out on October 1st 1864.

The 25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry was organized in July, 1864, using the 27th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers as its nucleus. Serving in McCausland's and Imboden's Brigade, the unit fought in numerous engagements in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. During April 1865, it disbanded.

Commanders were Colonel Warren M. Hopkins, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Edmundson, and Major Sylvester R. McConnell.⁷

     James Monroe Duncan was a farmer in 1867 at Scott, Virginia, US.⁴
     James Monroe Duncan married Eliza Rebecca Nelson, daughter of Johnson Nelson and Martha D. Carter, on Jan 17, 1867 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by Johnson Nelson.^1,3,4,2
     James died on Jun 21, 1886 of consumption at Scott, Virginia, US, at age 40.^5,8 He was buried at Duncan Cemetery, East Stone Gap, Scott, Virginia, US, the inscription on the tombstone reads " A truer nobler heart never beat within a human breast."^5,9

     James Ulan Duncan was born on Apr 13, 1908 at Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, USA.¹

           John Duncan married Ibbie Carter, daughter of Charles Burr Carter and Nancy Taylor, on Mar 15, 1837 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by John Pendleton.^1,2,3

           John Duncan married Jane (?)¹

     John Duncan was born circa 1753.^1,2
     John Duncan married Elizabeth Patterson in 1792 John Came across the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Patterson family. He often carried her and said that he would marry her when she grew into womanhood. He did just that in 1792.^1,2
     John Duncan died on Jan 13, 1823.¹

     John Duncan was born in 1783.^2,3
     John Duncan married Susannah Tredway, daughter of Robert Tredway and Nancy (?), in 1805.¹ John Duncan's wife Susannah Tredway died on Apr 6, 1857 at Cove Creek, Scott, Virginia, US.^4,5

     John Duncan was owner and miller at Duncan's Mill.

Duncan Mill

This landmark mill was blown away in the Rye Cove tornado of 1929. It was built by John Duncan, who came into Scott Co., VA around 1835, built the mill and his home on Cove Creek in the edge of Rye Cove. The mill was a log structure and ground both wheat and corn. John Duncan operated it until his wife's death in 1857 when he turned it over to his son-in-law George W. Johnson who ran it until his death in 1866.

Johnson had the log mill torn down and employed Pinkney Carter and George Peters, both noted millwrights, to build a new mill. Carter designed a three story mill with improved equipment for cleaning wheat. The new mill was completed about 1860, just prior to the out break of the Civil War.

This mill flew the Confederate flag and ground flour for the Confederacy all during the Civil War. Grain was hauled in from wherever available, stored and guarded by Confederate soldiers.

The flour left the mill by wagon and ox-drawn wagons for such places as the Confederate encampment at Pound Gap in Wise County on the Virginia-Kentucky line.

The mill was also a recruiting station for the Confederacy. On Saturdays rallies were held and speeches given to encourage enlistment in the Confederate Army.

In 1917 the third story of the mill was torn off and converted again into a two story building and rolling mill machinery added for grinding wheat, which was still in use when the mill was destroyed by a cyclone on May 2, 1929.

Mr. J. F. Johnson of Fort Blackmore told the writer the following story:
"I have heard my father speak of John Duncan standing in the door of the mill on April 15, 1865 when a Negro slave that once belonged to Washington Salling rode up and said, 'Good morning, Uncle John. How is your health? Uncle John have you heard any good news lately?' He replied; 'Nothing except that it has been reported General Lee surrendered last Friday morning.' The Negro leaned way back in his saddle, clapped his hands and hollowed, 'Bless God for that!' John Duncan jumped out the door and threw a rock at the Negro man. He was chastized for this act and he replied, 'No Negro can shout in front of me after my people have suffered so.' He had three grandsons shot down in one day at Gettysburg." in 1860 at Cove Creek, Scott, Virginia, US.^4,6

     John Duncan died on Apr 19, 1870.⁴
     John Duncan was buried at John Duncan Sr. Cemetery - S East Stone Gap, Scott, Virginia, US.⁴

     John Hopkins Duncan was also known as Hop Duncan.²
     John Hopkins Duncan was born on Jun 20, 1868 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,2,4,5
     Hop was a farmer and a lumberman in 1895 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,5
     John Hopkins Duncan married Eva Taylor, daughter of Dr. Henry Taylor and Sarah E. Smith, on Jan 23, 1895 at Scott, Virginia, US, Service performed by William H Moore.^3,1,4,6,5
     Duncan died on Mar 4, 1899 at Stoney Creek Shoals, Clinch River, Scott, Virginia, US, at age 30.
     
     He was killed on a log river drive. They cut the timber in the winter and piled it on the river bank. When the spring rains came and the river was at flood stage, they would form large rafts or “booms” and float the timber down stream to the market to be sawed into lumber. Hop was working on a river drive that started on the Clinch River in the Ft. Blackmore area with a destination on the Tennessee River, probably Clinton or Chattanooga. He fell off the logs into the river and drowned. They did not find his body until a week or two later.^2,4,7
     John Hopkins Duncan was buried at Duncan Cemetery, East Stone Gap, Scott, Virginia, US.²

           Before he was born, John Hopkins Duncan Jr,lost his father John Hopkins Duncan on Mar 4, 1899 at Stoney Creek Shoals, Clinch River, Scott, Virginia, US;
     He was killed on a log river drive. They cut the timber in the winter and piled it on the river bank. When the spring rains came and the river was at flood stage, they would form large rafts or “booms” and float the timber down stream to the market to be sawed into lumber. Hop was working on a river drive that started on the Clinch River in the Ft. Blackmore area with a destination on the Tennessee River, probably Clinton or Chattanooga. He fell off the logs into the river and drowned. They did not find his body until a week or two later.^3,1,4
     John Hopkins Duncan Jr was born on Sep 27, 1899 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,2,5
     John Hopkins Duncan Jr married Anna Garland Perkins, daughter of Callis L. Perkins and Estelle (?), on Sep 10, 1929 at Louisa County, Virginia, USA.^2,6
     He was an appliance merchant.²
     He died on Aug 13, 1975 with a heart attack from complications of leukemia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, at age 75.^7,8
     John Hopkins Duncan Jr was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Lousia, Virginia, USA. Services were handled by Woodward Funeral Home.^2,5
     His Social Security Number was 229-26-2711.⁸

     Kelly Wise Duncan was born on Dec 19, 1918 at Dekalb District, Scott County, Virginia, USA.¹
     Kelly Wise Duncan died on Apr 11, 1994 at age 75.²
     Kelly Wise Duncan was buried at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.³
     His Social Security Number was 413-10-6612.²

           Kyle Aubrey Duncan married Helen Ruth Saylor.²
     Kyle Aubrey Duncan was born on Oct 29, 1924 at West Virginia, USA.¹
     Kyle Aubrey Duncan died on Jun 13, 1986 at Merrillville, Indiana, USA, at age 61.¹

     Leopold George Duncan was title Duke of Albany.
     Leopold George Duncan was born on Apr 7, 1853 at Buckingham Palace.¹
     Leopold George Duncan died on Mar 28, 1884 at Cannes at age 30.¹

     Lester Duncan was born on Nov 5, 1910 at Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, USA.¹
     Lester Duncan was was working as a salesman at a drug store in 1930.²
     Lester Duncan died on Feb 10, 1990 at age 79.¹
     His Social Security Number was 10 February 1990.¹

     Lois Geneva Duncan was born on Jan 1, 1925 at Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, US.^1,2 She was living in the Slant community and went to school there and at Rye Cove. She graduated from Rye Cove Memorial High School on June 2, 1941. She enrolled in East Tennessee State College and graduated with a BS degree in Science on August 3, 1944.³
     Lois Geneva Duncan was employed by the DuPont Company on Aug 4, 1944 at Deepwater, New Jersey, US.³ She died on May 8, 1987 following a 1986 diagnosis of cancer.³
     Lois Geneva Duncan was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, US; the grave site located in Mausoleum 2 inside and is shared with Alba Cox Duncan, her Mother.⁴

           Mahalia Duncan married Jesse Greear on Jun 23, 1836 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by John Strong.^1,2,3

     Martha Elizabeth Duncan was born on Apr 26, 1870 at Virginia, US.^1,4,3,5
     Martha Elizabeth Duncan married Harvey Mitchell Carter, son of Zion Pennington Carter and Nancy Jane Gillenwater, on Feb 22, 1888 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by M G Nelson.^6,2,3 Her married name was Martha Carter.⁷
     Martha Carter lost her husband Harvey Mitchell Carter who died on Sep 2, 1930 at near Hill Station, Scott, Tennessee, US; from a gunshot wound to the face.^8,9,10
     Martha died from heart failure at 4:00 p.m. on Feb 1, 1966 at Kings Mountain Nursing Home, State Street, Bristol, Washington, Virginia, US, at age 95. She had been living In Clinchport, Virginia.^1,10,5
     She was buried at Boatright Cemetery, Scott, Virginia, US.^11,5