James Duncan was the son of Matthew and Sarah Duncan. He traveled with several other pioneers along "Boone's Trace" with his father-in-law John Strode from Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia) in March 1779. They built a stockade around the cabin that Strode erected in 1776 along a tributary of the south fork of the Licking River, about two miles from Winchester in Clark County, Kentucky. It was called Strode's Station. Duncan returned with his family in 1784. In Bourbon County, KY he lived along Kennedy's Creek on the Winchester Road. Sources: Mrs. W. B. (Julia) Ardery, "The Duncan's of Bourbon County", Kentucky: (Lexington, Kentucky: W. S. Welsh Printing, 1943), p. 4; Danske Dandridge, "Historic Shepherdstown" (Charlottesville, Virginia: Michie Company), p. 201; Lewis Collins, "History of Kentucky" (Covington, Kentucky: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 8. He married Elizabeth Strode on 9 Dec 1777. They had children: Matthew Duncan who married Elizabeth Breckenridge; John Duncan who married Mary Frances Strode; James Duncan who married Nancy Musick; Thomas Duncan who married first Eleanor Brooks married second Judith Foster; Joseph Duncan who married Mary Ann "Polly" Brooks; Mary Duncan who married John Breckenridge; Seth Duncan who married Jane Penn; William Duncan who married Jemima S. Scott; Jeremiah Duncan who married Hannah E. Scott; Sarah J. Duncan who married John "Jack" Grigsby; Eleanor Duncan who married Eddy Lynn Breckenridge; Stephen Duncan who married Lucy Browning; and Jones Duncan who apparently died young. See FAG 89875530 for son Jeremiah Duncan buried Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
James Duncan was the son of Matthew and Sarah Duncan. He traveled with several other pioneers along "Boone's Trace" with his father-in-law John Strode from Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia) in March 1779. They built a stockade around the cabin that Strode erected in 1776 along a tributary of the south fork of the Licking River, about two miles from Winchester in Clark County, Kentucky. It was called Strode's Station. Duncan returned with his family in 1784. In Bourbon County, KY he lived along Kennedy's Creek on the Winchester Road. Sources: Mrs. W. B. (Julia) Ardery, "The Duncan's of Bourbon County", Kentucky: (Lexington, Kentucky: W. S. Welsh Printing, 1943), p. 4; Danske Dandridge, "Historic Shepherdstown" (Charlottesville, Virginia: Michie Company), p. 201; Lewis Collins, "History of Kentucky" (Covington, Kentucky: Collins and Company, 1878), p. 8. He married Elizabeth Strode on 9 Dec 1777. They had children: Matthew Duncan who married Elizabeth Breckenridge; John Duncan who married Mary Frances Strode; James Duncan who married Nancy Musick; Thomas Duncan who married first Eleanor Brooks married second Judith Foster; Joseph Duncan who married Mary Ann "Polly" Brooks; Mary Duncan who married John Breckenridge; Seth Duncan who married Jane Penn; William Duncan who married Jemima S. Scott; Jeremiah Duncan who married Hannah E. Scott; Sarah J. Duncan who married John "Jack" Grigsby; Eleanor Duncan who married Eddy Lynn Breckenridge; Stephen Duncan who married Lucy Browning; and Jones Duncan who apparently died young. See FAG 89875530 for son Jeremiah Duncan buried Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
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