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Duncan Bell

Male Abt 1795 - Abt 1861  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Duncan Bell  [1
    Birth Abt 1795  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1861  Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Darrel Bell, in a fact sheet he submitted to the "Migrations" website, wrote that "Upon departing their ancestral home in Duplin County, North Carolina in 1829, Duncan (Bell) travelled with his two sisters, Perthena and Elizabeth to Decatur County, Georgia. Duncan and his brother-in-law, Reuben Morgan, later relocated to Lowndes County where they settled near present day Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia. In 1850 Duncan Bell is enumerated in Lafayette County, Florida. It is assumed that Duncan died in late 1860 of 1861 in Lafayette County.

      He served in the military 1838 3rd Seminole War in MADISON COUNTY, FLORIDA. served with the East Florida Mounted Volunteers.[It is stated in muster rolls that he rode his own "bay horse."]

      Duncan was the youngest [or next to youngest] of three brothers and two sisters, of Hezekiah Bell and Martha Baggett. There's not much recorded on him before 1829. However, he is found as a witness on several documents, wiils, etc. He probaly married in his late twenty's or early thirty's. His oldest documented child, George, was born in 1828. However, there is no documents naming the mother of his seven children.

      His children by his unknown first wife were:
      George b. ca. 1828 Sampson Co, NC
      Abraham/Abram b. 15 Aug 1830 Decatur Co, GA CSA, 5th Georgia Infantry, later County Coroner for Lafayette Co, FL
      Martha b. 1833 prob. Georgia
      Patrick b. 1835 Georgia
      Duncan Bell, Jr. b. 1837 Georgia CSA died of disease on 25 Apr 1863 in Tullahoma, Tennessee Military Hospital
      Lydia b. 25 Oct 1842 Florida
      Enoch Bell Sr. b. 1841 Fl


      However, he did remarry late in life. On August 8, 1855 he married Nancy T. Shortridge, there were no issue of this marriage.

      In 1829, he along with his two sisters and their husbands are found selling their holdings in North Carolina. He is found on the 1830 Census for Decatur County, georgia. Duncan Bell served with Captain Livingston's Co. 2 Reg't East Florida Vols. He joined June 16, 1837 and according to the muster of October 8, 1837, he was still present. It was also noted that he rode a Bay horse. In 1840, Duncan was found on the Census of 1840 for Lowndes County, georgia. In 1850, Duncan was on the 1850 Census for Madison County, Florida. H was listed with six children, with the oldest, George living with his nephew Glission Williams.

      Duncan was commissioned Justice of the Peace, July 5, 1852, by Governor Thomas Brown, for the 11th district of Madison County, Florida. During the same year he also appointed the Clerks of Election for Bell's District of Madison County, Florida. This was found on Election Return dated October 4, 1852.

      With Duncan's early life still a mystery, he did leave a sound legacy for his children and other descendants to build upon. Each of his children built a strong relationship with their community. They were the Pioneers that helped build this Nation and State to what it is today.

      Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~fllafaye/Family_History/family1.htm
    Person ID I18792  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Hezekiah Bell,   b. Abt 1758, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1803, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Martha Baggett,   b. Abt 1760, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1836, Decatur County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1778  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F4022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy T. Shortridge,   b. Abt 1810   d. 10 Sep 1885 (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1855  Madison County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1795 - Duplin County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Aug 1855 - Madison County, Florida Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1861 - Florida Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S314] Bell, Darrel R. http://www.migrations.org/.

    2. [S355] Sellers-Don--Family Researcher (dsellers@digitalexp.com).