I have been agonizing over this Duncan stuff and some more documents that I had previously and have found some answers, of course new questions as well. About Elizabeth , Absalom, Nathan and John R. Duncan What are your sources for Elizabeth and Nathan as children of Absolom Duncan and Patsy Bynum, please. Might it not be just as likely that Nathan, John R. & Absalom were brothers and Elizabeth the daughter of one of the many other Duncans in Lincoln Co. NC at that time? I find An Absalom or two or three in Lincoln Co in 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840. Our Absalom with Franklin are in Alton, Madison Co. in 1840. The Geo. W. Duncan who signed for Elizabeth in 1878 has to be the son of Nathan, and he says he is a nephew of Absalom and Elizabeth. He could have been a nephew of either one of them and still been called nephew to both. Do you have more than this to think Elizabeth and Nathan were sister and brother? The Nathan who also witnessed could be her bro. or son in 1856, both were probably living in Macoupin. I have an affidavit of decease for John R. Duncan, which names all his children and wife Uly Ann Killon, so that helps to straighten out some of the families. I also have their Marriage bond from Lincoln NC Oct 1, 1807. I'll send you copies if you don't have them. I think I got them from Mildred Milliken of De Whitt AR, or Marilyn Duncan, I've lost her address. Have you corresponded with either of them? Wish I could help with placing your Susannah. I find Catherine, wife of Nathan burried with Franklin and wife Elizabeth, which leads me to believe strongly that Nathan was Franklin's bro. and as James Caulk is one of the witnesses to Elizabeth's depositions, I feel his wife Martha P. Duncan also belongs in that family too. Anyway, I'm very happy to have proof of Franklins parents, I'' be eternally grateful for that proof. Thanks, Katharine PS Have you ever had access to the Biography of Dr. Wesley Duncan? I have not seen it, but would like to.