Elizabeth Duncan

Abt 1806 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elizabeth Duncan
  Born	Abt 1806
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I71	Full
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	David "Devil" Duncan,   b. Abt 1774, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 1856, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Nancy,   b. Abt 1780, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 1871, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Family ID	F1965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Moses Thornton,   b. Abt 1802, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1874, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	Between 1822 and 1824  [1, 2]
  	Marriage date estimated from birth year of first child (1824) and age of Elizabeth. Suit cited names Elizabeth Thornton, wife of Moses Thornton, as a daughter of David Duncan and brother of Hiram W. Duncan.
  Children	1. Martha D. Thornton,   b. 16 Dec 1824,   d. Aft 1873  (Age 49 years)   2. G. W. Thornton,   b. 13 Aug 1826,   d. 2 Feb 1844  (Age 17 years) + 3. Francis Marion Thornton,   b. 4 Jan 1829,   d. Between 1880 and 1900  (Age 50 years) + 4. David Thornton,   b. Abt 1831, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Aft 1881  (Age ~ 51 years) + 5. William Jasper Thornton,   b. 26 Aug 1833,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. James K. Polk Thornton,   b. 28 Sep 1836,   d. Dec 1892  (Age 56 years)   7. Malinda Thornton,   b. 26 Jul 1840,   d. 16 Mar 1913  (Age 72 years)   8. Sarah Thornton,   b. 20 Apr 1842, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Jun 1921, Tennessee, USA  (Age 79 years) + 9. Mary Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 13 Feb 1845, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1922  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source of Elizabeth's maiden name: Dorothy Stephenson obtained it from the death certificate of Elizabeth's daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Marriage date, unproven

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Thornton - "Thornton and Kin" WorldConnect file, Jeff Reece, (The online family file of Jeff Reece, published on WorldConnect.), Moses Thornton, ID # I0112 (Reliability: 3). Moses Thornton Born 28 Dec 1801 Died 28 April 1874, Hickman County, TN Buried Thornton Cemetery, Hickman Co TN Father: Josiah Francis Marion (?) Thornton, b abt 1779, Spartanburg, SC Mother: Esther Ferguson, b abt 24 Sept 1784, Fairfield District (?), SC Spouse: Elizabeth Duncan, b 29 Nov 1804, SC Married on 22 Jan 1824 Hickman Co TN [S3713] Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson, "Tennessee: Hickman County,"Duncan Genealogy Research Files (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dobson/ : accessed 12 August 2013), for 1874 Bill of Complaint by T.H. P. Duncan [Thomas Hiram P. Duncan] against Moses Thornton and wife Betsy [Elizabeth (Duncan) Thornton]; citing Hickman County Chancery Court Record, Book D: 169-172.