Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJosiah W. Duck Jr. , GGG Grandfather
Birth31 Jul 1801, VA
Death18 Dec 1855, Pulaski Co KY629 Age: 54
FatherJosiah W. Duck Sr. (ca1760-<1840)
MotherSarah “Sallie” House (1770->1840)
Spouses
1Ann Cook , GGG Grandmother
Birthca 1799, Virginia Surry Co KY
Deathaft 1860, Pulaski Co KY Age: 61
FatherPhillip Cook (ca1765-ca1809)
MotherJane (Jenny) Meredith (<1769-1852)
Marriage1 Oct 1817, Pulaski Co KY630
ChildrenPolly (ca1819-)
 Elizabeth (ca1827-1884)
 Helen Martha (ca1831-1897)
 Bernetta (1834-1916)
 Celina F. (1837-1904)
 Mason (ca1839-)
 Martha Jane (1841-1912)
 Clayton (ca1844-)
Notes for Josiah W. Duck Jr.
The Estate Settlement of Josiah W. Duck, Jr.
10 April 1860 Pulaski County, Kentucky
Book 5 Page 483.631,632

1850 Census of Pulaski Co KY

p. 133 Daniel Lay 30 M Farmer 300 Ky
Elizabeth 24 F Ky (nee Duck)
Martha 1 F Ky

p. 135 Josiah W. Duck 49 M Farmer 2400 Va
Ann 51 F Va
Bernetta 16 F Ky
Celina 13 F Ky
Mason 11 M Ky
Martha J. 9 F Ky
Clayton 6 M Ky

p. 135 Marion Duck 21 M Farmer Ky
Evaline 20 F Ky
Sarah 1 F Ky

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Kentucky Land Grants633

Grantee: Josiah Duck
Number of Acres: 200
Survey Date: 27 Oct 1807
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: 22

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 200
Survey Date: 13 Sep 1826
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: T

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 24 Sep 1830
County: Pulask
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: E-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 40
Survey Date: 19 Dec 1834
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: K-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 20 Dec 1834
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: K-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 32
Survey Date: 7 Jun 1842
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: 24

It is not known with certainty which of the foregoing land grants were to Josiah Duck Sr. and which to Josiah Duck Jr. Likely the 1807 grant was to Josiah Sr. since Josiah Jr. would only have been 6 years old. The grants from 1826 on were likely to Josiah Jr., who was mattied in 1817. Josiah Sr. was 66 at the time of the 1826 grant and had died before the 1842 grant.
Research notes for Josiah W. Duck Jr.
DUCK CENSUS RECORDS, PULASKI COUNTY KENTUCKY

1810

p. 21 Josiah Duck Males: 1 0-10; 3 10-16; 1 45-
Females: 1 0-10; 1 16-26; 1 26-45

1820

p. 58 James Duck Males: 3 0-10; 1 16-26 Females: 2 0-10; 1 16-26

p. 59 Josiah Duck Males: 1 16-26
Females: 1 0-10; 1 16-26

p. 65 Josiah Duck, Sr. Males: 1 45-
Females: 1 16-26; 3 45-

1830

p. 9 Joseph W. Duck Males: 2 0-5; 1 20-30
Females: 2 0-5; 1 5-10; 1 20-30; 1 50-60

p. 44 Josiah Duck Males: 1 70-80
Females: 1 50-60

1840

p. 328 Josiah W. Duck Males: 1 0-5; 2 10-15; 1 30-40
Females: 1 0-5; 2 5-10; 1 10-15; 1 40-50; 2 70-80


1850

p. 133 Daniel Lay 30 M Farmer 300 Ky
Elizabeth 24 F Ky (nee Duck)
Martha 1 F Ky

p. 135 Jonah W. Duck 49 M Farmer 2400 Va
Ann 51 F Va
Bernetta 16 F Ky
Celina 13 F Ky
Mason 11 M Ky
Martha J. 9 F Ky
Clayton 6 M Ky

p. 135 Marion Duck 21 M Farmer Ky
Evaline 20 F Ky
Sarah 1 F Ky


DUCK MARRIAGE RECORDS, PULASKI COUNTY KENTUCKY

1811
James Willson & Rebecah Duck - 26 Aug 1811 (Josiah Duck)

1813
James Duck & Elizabeth Cook - 6 Sept 1813 (Jas Wilson)
(Consent of father, Josiah Duck & of grandfather of bride, Jamey Cook, who wrote "my dau, the mother, lives near me & consents. "Witnessed byMerideth Cook.Bride of age.)

1815
Meredith Cook & Lucy Duck - 8 July 1815 (Jas Duck)

1817
Josiah Duck, Jr. & Ann Cook - 1 Oct 1817 (Jas Wilson)
(Consent of father, Josiah Duck, Sr. and of Jene Cook "for my dau Anne." Clerk wrote mother's name as Jane Cook.)

1822
Thos Wilson & Sally Duck - 18 Feb 1822 (Jonah Duck)
(Consent of father, James Wilson. Witnessed by Jas. Duck.)

1829
Jas Duck & Susanna Barrow - 30 Oct 1829 (J. W. Duck)

1835
Madison Jeffreys & Polly Duck - 18 Aug 1835 (John Jeffreys)
(Consent of father, Toliver Jeffers, and of J. W. Duck, kinship not stated.)

1838
Jas Burton & Eliza Duck - 16 Apr 1838 (Josiah W. Duck)

1846
John Compton & Helen M. Duck - 19 Aug 1846 (Jas Hargis)
(Consent of father, J. W. Duck.)

1848
Daniel Lay & Elizabeth Duck - 1 May 1848 (J W Duck)

1853
Christopher C. Gossett & Burnetta Duck - 19 Dec 1853 (Josiah Duck)

1860 CENSUS OF ATASCOSA COUNTY TEXAS

P. 152 G. W. M. DUCK 31 M Ky
Evaline M. 31 F Ky
Sarah G. 10 F Ky
Mary E. 8 F Ky
Mihaly E. 4 F Tex
John W. 2 M Tex
S. H. White 32 M Ky


1860 CENSUS OF BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS

p. 294 Daniel Lay 38 M Ky
Elizabeth 33 F Ky
Martha Ann 12 F Ky
Maranda 9 F Ky
Francis M. 8 M Tex
Virginia E. 3 F Tex
William J. 7/12 M Tex

1870 CENSUS OF WILSON COUNTY TEXAS

p. 5 Danl. Lay 48 M Ky
Elizabeth 42 F Ky
Francis 15 M Tex
Virginia 12 F Tex
Mary 9 F Tex
Sarah 6 F Tex
Daniel 3 M Tex

1880 CENSUS OF WILSON COUNTY TEXAS

p. 53 Daniel B. Lay 58 M Ky Va Va
Elizabeth 53 F Ky NC Ky
F. Marion 24 M Tex Ky Ky
Eugenia 21 F Tex Ky Ky
Alice 16 F Tex Ky Ky
Dan 12 M Tex Ky Ky
Emma 9 F Tex Ky Ky


PULASKI COUNTY KENTUCKY TAX LIST INDEX 1799-1829

1799
none

1800
none

1801
none

1802
none

1803
none

1804
none

1805
Josiah Duck

1806
Josiah Duck
???? Duck

1807
Josiah Duck

1808
Josiah Duck
James Dick

1809
Josiah Duck
James Dick

1810
Josiah Dick
James Dick

1811
Josiah Dick
James Dick

1812
Josiah Duck

1813
Josiah Duck

1814
James Duck
Josiah Duck
1815
James Duck
Jonah Duck

1816
James Duck
Josiah Duck

1817
James Duck
Josiah Duck

1818
Josiah Duck

1819
James Duck
Josiah Duck

1820
James Duck
Josiah Duck

1821
Jane Cook
Peter Cook
Richard Cook
James Duck
Josiah Duck
Burrel Lay
Elisha Meredith
Daniel Meredith
Wm. Meredith

1822
James Duck
Josiah Duck
Josiah Duck, Sr.

1823
James Duck, Jr.
James Duck, Sr.
Jesse Duck
Josiah Duck

1824
James Duck
Jesse Duck
Josiah Duck
Josiah Duck, Jr.



1825
James Duck
Jesse Duck
Josiah Duck
Josiah Duck, Sr.

1826
James Duck
Jonah Duck, Jr.
Johah Duck, Sr.

1827
James Duck
Jonah Duck
Jonah W. Duck

1828
James Duck
Josiah Duck, Sr.
Josiah Duck

1829
James Duck
Josiah W. Duck
Research notes for Josiah W. Duck Jr.
The Estate Settlement of Josiah W. Duck, Jr.
10 April 1860 Pulaski County, Kentucky
Book 5 Page 483

A settlement made with John R. Compton and C.C.Gossett, administrators of the estate of Josiah W. Duck on the 10th day of April, 1860 at the clerk's office in the town of Somerset by J.D. Allcorn, Commissioner of the Pulaski County Court.
 
I find the administrators chargable with the amount of sale bill.   190.70
Same ditto amount of note on T. Bernard   22.00
Same ditto to balance of note on Owens 9.50
Same ditto to debt on H.T. Minks 10.60
Same ditto to debt on Molen and Tarter for land 262.00
Same ditto to amount due from J.R. Compton for land 359.00

Amount of indebtedness by administrators 853.80

Cr. Aditrators By
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William L. Porter's receipts  6.66
J.M. Weddle's account 7.50
J.M. Weddle ditto 12.80
Sheriff Richardson's account 2.44
Joshua Taylor's account 2.75
Zachariah Easam's account 5.00
C.W. Richardson's sheriff account 0.34
S.D. Cundiff's account 0.82
Sheriff Richardson's account 2.50
By J.R. Compton's account, proven 26.40
  
Amount of Debt brought over 67.21

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Amount of credits 67.21
To administrator's allowance 40.00
For making this settlement 1.50
Fee to clerk for orders, etc 1.00
 
Debt brought over 109.71
 
 
Amount of indebtedness by administrators 853.80
Debt brought over -109.71
 
Balance due estate 744.09

All of which is respectively reported.
J.D. Allcorn, Commissioner

This settlement shows the administrator's indebted to the heirs and distributee the sum of $744.09. The following amount has been paid by the administrators of J.W. Duck, deceased, to the heirs and distributees.

To Ann W. Duck, received 54.24
To J.T. Gossett, received 8.75
To Martha J. Duck, received 19.10
To J.T. Gossett 20.00
 
102.09

State of Kentucky
County of Pulaski, sct.

I, James D. Allcorn, clerk of the county for the court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing settlement by J.R. Compton and C.C. Gossett, administrators of J.W. Duck, deceased, with J.D. Allcorn, Commissioner of the Pulaski County Court, was filed in my office on the 10th day of April, 1860 for record and at the June term 1860 was ordered to record it having lain over one term for exceptions as required by law. Whereupon the same together with this certificate hath been duly recorded in my office.

Given under my hand this 23rd day of July 1860
J.D. Allcorn, clerk
Notes for Ann (Spouse 1)
1860 Census of Dist 1, Pulaski CO KY

Name Age

John Compton 34
Helen Compton 29
Adliza Compton 13
Margaret Compton 11
Lucy Compton 8
Erasmus Compton 5
Christopher Compton 4/12
Ann Duck 58
Martha Duck 18

1870 Census of Harrison, Pulaski Co KY

Name Age
Erasmus D Compton 29
Martha J Compton 29
Arzonia B Compton 6
Anna Duck 71
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