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DUNCAN'S WOODS, TEXAS. Duncan's (Duncans) Woods, also known as Duncan Woods and as Duncan's Wood, was on the nineteenth-century Beaumont and Orange Road in western Orange County. A scattered settlement was present there by 1854, when the Duncan's Woods post office was established. Though first designated as part of Jefferson County, the office was quickly switched to the new Orange County. Gilbert W. Stephenson served as its first postmaster. During the 1850s the Duncan's Woods area was considered one of the most valuable in the county, with higher land prices than for other Orange County sites. Several railroad contractors maintained camps there for workers building the Texas and New Orleans Railroad through Orange County in 1860. Yet the settlement was subsequently abandoned, and its post office was discontinued in 1866. By the mid-1980s the area was virtually treeless, with the North Port Neches and Bessie Heights oil and gas fields roughly marking the old townsite.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd43
Latitude: 30.0431421704362, Longitude: -93.91932964324951| Documents |  | 1860 Texas, Orange County, Duncans Wood (Precinct 2) census DUNCAN'S WOODS, TEXAS. Duncan's (Duncans) Woods, also known as Duncan Woods and as Duncan's Wood, was on the nineteenth-century Beaumont and Orange Road in western Orange County. A scattered settlement was present there by 1854, when the Duncan's Woods post office was established. Though first designated as part of Jefferson County, the office was quickly switched to the new Orange County. Gilbert W. Stephenson served as its first postmaster. During the 1850s the Duncan's Woods area was considered one of the most valuable in the county, with higher land prices than for other Orange County sites. Several railroad contractors maintained camps there for workers building the Texas and New Orleans Railroad through Orange County in 1860. Yet the settlement was subsequently abandoned, and its post office was discontinued in 1866. By the mid-1980s the area was virtually treeless, with the North Port Neches and Bessie Heights oil and gas fields roughly marking the old townsite. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd43 --- Solomon Sparks and family and John Riley (Railah), Malinda Cole Johnson Riley and family. Also, J. Pavell and Sophia are listed here, legends of Pavell Island (not related) |
Matches 1 to 27 of 27
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Census  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arthur, Elizabeth | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1878 |
| 2 | Burrell, David | 23 Jul 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1987 |
| 3 | Burrell, Emily | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1986 |
| 4 | Burrell, James | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1877 |
| 5 | Burrell, Lucy | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1988 |
| 6 | Burrell, Robert | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1881 |
| 7 | Burrell, William | 23 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1879 |
| 8 | Cole, Mark | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I13911 |
| 9 | Cole, Melinda Ann | 22 Jun 1960 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1777 |
| 10 | Cole (Coale), John (Jonathan) | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I1552 |
| 11 | Harmon, John Jr | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I8255 |
| 12 | Harmon, John Aarmand Sr | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I2148 |
| 13 | Myers, James Orin | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28219 |
| 14 | Riley, Christian | 21 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28232 |
| 15 | Riley, Isaac P. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28233 |
| 16 | Riley, John | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28225 |
| 17 | Riley, Mary C. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28235 |
| 18 | Riley, Rachel D. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28234 |
| 19 | Smith, Martha Caroline | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I452 |
| 20 | Sparks, James Edwin | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I456 |
| 21 | Sparks, John L Sr. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I454 |
| 22 | Sparks, Joseph Madison | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I503 |
| 23 | Sparks, Julia C. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I33410 |
| 24 | Sparks, Mary Susan | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I457 |
| 25 | Sparks, Oscar | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I472 |
| 26 | Sparks, Solomon | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I403 |
| 27 | Sparks, William E. | 22 Jun 1860 | Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas | I28215 |
