The Duncan Family
The Duncan’s have a long history in the North America. William Robert Duncan Sr.. immigrated to America from Perthshire Scotland in 1694; this was two years after his father Reverend William Robert Duncan A.M., an Episcopalian minister, suffered martyrdom (was beheaded) under King Charles II of Scotland in 1692 after 40 years of ministry. William Robert Duncan Sr. & Margaret McMurdo of Dumfries were married in 1682 and are the original emigrants for this side of our family.
Attack on the Shawnee.
Lord Dunmore's War, (1774), was a Virginia-led attack on the Shawnee Indians of Kentucky, focused on removing the last obstacle to colonial conquest of that area.
Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in 1775 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. By the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people had entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone. Daniel Boone was in charge of Moore’s Fort and several other forts in the area.
The Duncan family was moved there for safety during the ‘Indian Season’. Moore's fort was probably the largest of the frontier forts in southwestern Virginia. Its central location on the Clinch River, meant that militia could be stationed here and sent either north or south to repell Indian Raids, whether they came through the Sandy War Passes, or through Cumberland Gap
John Pekin Duncan died at Moore’s Fort at the and of Chief Logan possibly as he ventured out to check traps.