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names as executors wife Elizabeth and sons Michael J. and Orville B. Looney; also names other sons Joseph P. and John; daughters, etc.
(Hawkins Wills 1, 528). (Some data on this family taken from Biog. Records of Johnson and Pettis Cos., Mo., p. 353.)
Michael 4 Looney (Peter 3) was born 1785 +/- 10 according to census records. An adjusted estimate is 1786, probably in the Nashborough area and perhaps on the 640 acres on which Peter 3 Looney entered (H476) on 7 June 1785 on the E. Branch of Drake's Creek, N. side of Cumberland River and at that time in Davidson Co. Michael 4 Looney m. Caroline Latimer, bond 4 or 14 April 1804; Joseph Scobey (Michael's brother-in-law) was security. Caroline b. May 1785 was the daughter of Charles Latimer (Sumner Wills Book 1, 63).
Michael Looney enlisted in Sumner Co., Tenn., on the first day of Sept. 1813 for 3 months in the War with the Creek Indians and Great Britain, and he was discharged at Ditto's Landing in Madison Co., Ala. The U.S. Treasury Department certified that he served in Capt. Wm. Edward's Company, 2d Regt. of Tenn. Volunteers under Col. Newton Cannon, from 24 Sept. 1813 to 9 Jan. 1814. Caroline's application for Bounty Land was dated 29 May 1851 in Shelby Co., Mo. Her marriage to Michael was certified by Isaac Looney and Nicholas Latimer of Sumner Co., Tenn., on 27 June 1851. (Caroline gives the date of her marriage as 19 April 1805 by Col. Edward Douglass, J.P. See date of Sumner marriage bond above).
Michael was a slave holder and trader and lived in Sumner Co. in 1820 with wife, 5 boys, and 2 girls. In April of 1825 or 1826 he started for New Orleans upon a flatboat loaded with slaves
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and bacon. His family never heard of him again except for a report that he had been robbed and murdered in or near Baton Rouge, La.
Before 1830 Caroline Looney and her children moved to Missouri (perhaps with some of the Latimers) and settled on what was later called Looney's Creek, about 30 miles west of Palmyra, Mo., in what was once Ralls Co., then Marion Co., and became Shelby Co. in 1835. At the census of 1830 for Marion Co., Caroline Looney is listed with 4 boys and 3 girls. In Ralls Co. there was a land patent issued to Caroline Looney on 14 Oct. 1835 for the N.W. 1/4 of the S.E. 1/4 of Section 6, Twp. 58, of Range 9 W. (This land may have been "entered" long before the patent was issued.)
In 1840 Caroline is listed in Shelby Co. with 2 boys and 2 girls. At the 1850 census of Shelby Co., Caroline has only Isaac 29 and Mary M. 26 still with her, and it is recorded that Caroline was born in Connecticut.
On 14 May 1855 Caroline Looney of Shelby Co., Mo., made an
affidavit for the purpose of assisting Sarah (Latimore) McKetchan
in obtaining bounty land for services of her husband, Robert
Mcketchen, in the War of 1812. On 17 Oct. 1879 Sarah McKetren of
Shelby Co., Mo., made affidavit that Caroline Looney was dead.
The children of Michael 4 and Caroline (Latimer) Looney were:
Charles Looney. Probably d.y. and buried in Tenn. if
indeed there was a child of this name in this family.
Jesse 5 Looney b. say 1805. Relatives in Shelby Co., Mo.,
thought that Jessee remained in Tenn. The 1820 census
of Sumner Co. shows that a son existed in this family of
about that age.
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Aurelia Looney b. 13 Jan. 1806, d. 12 Nov. 1858; m. Charles
Moffett. No ch.
Peter 5 Looney b. 15 Dec. 1807, d. 12 Nov. 1833. No
known wife or ch.
A son, b. say 1810, was included in this family as shown by
the census of 1820 and also 1830. Was this Charles?
William 5 Carroll Looney b. 10 Oct. 1814, d. 9 Nov. 1899,
Shelby Co., Mo., and was buried in cemetery of the Looney
Creek Primitive Baptist Church (Old Brick Church), Shelby
Co., Mo. He m. 9 March 1841, Shelby Co., Mo. Mariah Ellen
Wilson b. 22 May 1815, Loudoun Co., Va., d. 27 Aug.
1905, Shelby Co., Mo. Ten ch. and numerous descendants.
A daughter, b. say 1816, was included in this family as
shown by the census of 1820 and also 1830. Relatives say
Louisa b. 25 Sept. 1816, d. unm. 27 Oct. 1836.
Edwin 5 Looney b. 1819, d. 28 Sept. 1838, Shelby Co. unmd.
Isaac 5 Looney b. April 1821, d. 25 March 1880, (1880? typeover?
wbl) unmd.
Mary M. Looney b. 16 July 1824, d. 24 May 1905; unmarried;
buried on lot of William T. Looney, Mt. Zion Baptist
Cemetery, Shelby Co., Mo.
(Five of the ch. of William 5 Carroll Looney (listed at the 1850
census) were: Caroline b. 1842, Mary f. b. 1844, Louisa b. 1846,
Malissa b. 1848, and Sarah C. b. 1850.)
Much of the above data on the children of Michael 4 and Caroline
Looney was supplied by Miss Elizabeth Looney of Washington, D.C.,
who has also collected information of the descendants of William 5
Carroll Looney for several generations.
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Isaac 4 Looney (Peter 3) was born in 1788 according to the census of 1850, his pension papers, and his affidavit of 1871. (Mrs. Fowler says b. 1780-d. 1879.)
During the War of 1812 Isaac 4 Looney enlisted at Gallatin, Tenn. 10 Dec. 1812 in Capt. John W. Byrne's Company of Tenn. Militia and served as a Sergeant until discharged 9 Feb. 1813 at Nashville. He enlisted again 4 Oct. 1813 and served as a Lieutenant in Capt. W. McCall's Company, Col. Wayne's Regiment of Genl. Robert's Brigade of Tenn. Militia until discharged 4 Jan. 1814 at Fayetteville, Tenn. His declaration of 1855 regarding services was witnessed by Whitmell Leggett and James L. McKain; other declarations in 1851 and 1871.
Isaac 4 Looney m. (bond, Sumner Co.) 29 Feb. 1810, Betsey Briggance, and Joseph Scoby, his brother-in -law, was bondsman. Betsey was b. 1792 (1850 census of Sumner Co.) and died ante 1871 when Isaac was "not married."
On Aug 15, 1818, Isaac Looney and Elizabeth Looney conveyed to John Mitchell for $140 117 1/2 acres on the waters of the Middle Fork of Station Camp Creek. (Sumner Deeds 10, 305.)
When the paternal lands were divided in 1830, Isaac did not participate, but in 1835 after Rachel's death Isaac, Edward C., and their niece Caroline )of Shelby Co., Mo.) received 1/2 of the proceeds of sale of the Negroes, etc.
On 15 Jan. 1830 Isaac Looney made entry (No. 718) of 50 acres on head waters of Station Camp Creek, beginning at a hickory in the line of Peter Looney, decd. Similarly, on 12 March, 1841 he made entry (No. 968) on 50 acres beginning at the N.W.
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corner of Peter Looney, dec'd. On October 1844, Isaac Looney of Davidson Co. Conveyed to Peter Looney of same for %50.00 a tract of 50 acres in Sumner Co. on the waters of West Station Camp Creek. (Sumner Deeds 3,178.) The witnesses were E.C. Looney and Whitmill Leggett.
A tentative list of the children of Isaac Looney and his wife Elizabeth Briggance
1) Matilda; January 18, 1812
Married June 4, 1832-Whitmell Leggett, Jonathan Latimer bondsman
Sumner Co. TN marriage Records
2) Minerva: 1814
Married July 27, 1832 Richard Garrison (Sumner Co. Mar. Rec.) He entered
150 acres in Sumner Co. Jan 10, 1839. They lived in Mo. in 1852.
3) John:
Born 1816 died in California
4) William Russell: 1819
Married Emily Elam, born 1822 (1850 census). They had 7 children
including Isaac Looney who m. Susan Caroline Dowlen in Mo.
5) Absalom: 1820
Listed in 1840 census of Sumner Co. Married, no children
6) Paris L.: 1824
Bought 50 acres from Witmell Leggett in March 1852, sued
George Zaricer, Sumner Co. March 1852
7) Peter: 1826
8) Thomas: 1828
9) Edward: 1832
10) Rachel Elizabeth 1834
Married Nov. 30, 1853 John R. Smith
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