GRANDERSON P. DUNCAN
1 ^stTENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY
USA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 9 February 1840 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 11 November 1917in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Howell Graveyard, White County, Tennessee
Parents: John Massa and Susannah (Unknown) Duncan (wife of William Duncan)

Married: Lucinda Bowman in June 1861 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 19 November 1841 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 7 March 1911 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Howell Graveyard, White County, Tennessee
Parents: Vance Bethel and Mary Eleanor (Burgess) Bowman

Children:

1. Mary Elen Duncan
2. F. C. Duncan
3. John T. Duncan
4. Emer Elizabeth Duncan
5. LMartha S. Duncan
6. William G. Duncan
7. Robert S. Duncan
8. Harry Duncan

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Half-Brother: Tilman C. Duncan - 25th Tennessee Infantry - CSA
• Brother: Andrew Rush Massa - 8th Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
• Brother-in-Law: Hiram Bowman - 25th Tennessee Infantry - CSA
• Brother-in-Law: John Bowman - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
• Brother-in-Law: Cantrell Bowman - 25th Tennessee Infantry CSA & 34th Kentucky Infantry USA

MILITARY INFORMATION

22 ^ndTennessee Infantry Battalion (Murray's Battalion)
Company A
CSA

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Corporal and left the service as a Corporal
• Enlisted 1 Oct 1862 at McMinnville
• 1 Oct 1862 - 1 Jan 1863: Present
• Jan & Feb 1863: Present
• Mar & Apr 1863: Ordered Dropped from the Roll by order of the War Department
• Jul & Aug 1863: Present

1 ^stTennessee Mounted Infantry
Company B
USA

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Age: 24
• Enlisted 4 Feb 1864 in Carthage, TN
• Enlistment to 30 Apr 1864: Present
• 30 Jun 1864: Present
• Jul - Dec 1864: Present
• Mustered Out 14 April 1865 at Nashville
• Enlistment Papers
• Age: 24
• Born: White County

US PENSION APPLICATION

• Invalid Pension Application Filed on 8 October 1887; Invalid: 625184; Certificate: 548713
• Download A Copy of the Pension

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census: White County, TN Page 94 (
  
• 1860 Census: White County, TN, Page 65
• 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 158
• 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 190D
• 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 96A
• 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 107B

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald
16 March 1911
Vol. IX, No. 11, Page 3

• Mrs. Scendia Duncan died at her home near this place last Tuesday evening. Her remains were laid to rest in White County in the Howell Cemetery. She was 70 odd years old and leaves a husband and a brother and many friends to mourn her loss.

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1917) - #564 - Granderson P. Duncan
• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1911) - #70274 - Lucinda Duncan
• White County, TN Minute Book 1853 - 1858, Page 349 - Tuesday 2nd September 1856 - John Massa - Exparte Petition to render Granderson Duncan and Andrew Rush Duncan legitimate - . . . John Massa of the County of White and State aforesaid would state to your Honor, that Granderson Duncan and Andrew Rush Duncan are both sons of his, begotten on the body of Susannah Duncan of the county of White and State of Tennessee and born out of lawful wedlock, That your Petitioner since their birth has joined in lawful wedlock to the Mother of said children, and since that time they have been living with your Petitioner, and have been good and duitful sons, Therefore the promises considered your Petitioner would pray your Honor that it be decreed, that the names of these chidlre be changed to that of Granderson Massa and Andrew Rush Massa, And that they be decreed and constituted lawful heirs of your Petitioner to share and share alike with his other lawful children in the distribution of his property. John Massa (his mark)