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Joseph(3) William Looney was born about 1785, probably on Muddy
Creek about 2 miles north of the Holston River in Sullivan County, N.C.
(later Tennessee). A Joseph W. Looney married Lavinia Earnest 17 August
1807, in Greene County, Tennessee. (Greene County Marriage Bonds) He,
like his brother, Abraham, was styled as of Sullivan County, when he
signed deeds on 20 and 21 March 1811, concerning the sale and division of
their lands on Duck River in Maury County, Tennessee. Joseph W. Looney
was a witness in Sullivan County 14 November 1814, when Elijah Cross
sold a negro to Abraham Looney. This Joseph(3) Looney could be the private Jo-
seph Looney who was in the 1st Regiment of Mounted (Perkin's) West Tenn-
essee Volunteers, in Captain John Doak's Company, on the muster roll at
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee on 8 February 1816, at the expi-
ration of service of 1 month and 22 days. Again, Joseph(3) Looney could
be the Joseph Looney who was private in Captain Young's Company of Mount-
ed Riflemen, Louisiana Militia, War of 1812.
No entry for Joseph William(3) Looney is found in the 1820 census
records of Tennessee. (However, the schedules for Sullivan and Hawkins
Counties are missing for 1820.) On 12 April 1825, a Joseph Looney was ap-
pointed overseer of the road from Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, to the
big pond near Looney's. On the same day, a certificate for bounty was
issued to Jos. W. Looney for the killing of a wolf by Robert Looney. Jo-
seph Looney also bought Lot #47, in the town of Paris.
In 1830, Joseph W.(3) Looney is listed in the census of Henry County,
Tennessee, as 40-50 years, apparently without wife, and the others were
one male 30-40; boy 10-15; one female 20-30; one girl 10-15;
two girls 5-10; and one girl 0-5. In the same county in 1830 was Joseph
Looney 20-30; female of the same age; with one boy and one girl under 5.
This young Joseph was there again in 1840, with six children under 15.
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It seems possible then that the household of Joseph William(3)
Looney in 1830 may have consisted of:
Robert(4) Looney. born say 1808. Killed wolf in 1825.Gone in 1830
Daughter(4) Looney.born say 1809. living with father 1830.
Joseph(4) Looney. born say 1810. md.ca 1827;living Henry County in
1830 with wife, 1 boy & 1 girl under 5; still there in
1840, with six children under 15.
Daughter(4) Looney. born say 1815. living with father in 1830.
Son(4) Looney. born say 1817. living with father in 1830.
Daughter(4) Looney. born say 1820. living with father in 1830.
Daughter(4) Looney. born say 1823. living with father in 1830.
Daughter(4) Looney. born say 1826. living with father in 1830.
(It is imperative that records of Henry County, Tennessee, be
searched for information on this family.)
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FOURTH GENERATION DAVID(2) LOONEY BRANCH
Elizabeth(4) Looney (Robert(3)), was born say 1787, perhaps in
Fayette County, Kentucky. She married 1st, 22 November 1804, to John Ed-
wards, "Robert Looney Consenting." John Edwards died in 1818 in Shelby
County, Kentucky. (Shelby Wills #7, 202). His widow Elizabeth married
2nd, 28 September 1823, to James McMullen, and she was living in 1840.
Elizabeth and her first husband, John Edwards, were the parents of:
Robert Looney(5) Edwards. See 5th generation.
Elizabeth(5) Edwards.
David(5) Edwards
Alfred(5) Edwards
Milton(5) Edwards
Penelope(5) Edwards
Information on this family was given by Mrs. Ira. J. Seits, of Fresno,
California.
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Alfred(4) Looney (Robert(3)) was born say 1792, and married 8 Jan-
uary 1818, Winnie Hackney, daughter of Winnie Hackney (Fayette County,
Kentucky Marriages). He was taxed in Fayette County as early as 1816.
At the 1820 census of Scott County, Kentucky, he was listed as over 45
years, with wife 26-45; and two boys under 10; and one from 10-16; no
girls.
In May 1837, Alfred(4) Looney was a processioner in Fayette County,
Kentucky. (Order Book #10, 140.)
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Isaac Acuff(4) Looney (Robert(3)), was born say 1789 and named in
his grandfather's will to receive 200 acres on Duck River in Maury Coun-
ty, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of the eldest son of David(2).
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Isaac Acuff was doubtless a friend and probably a relative of the
Looney family or the McClellands. He was also a resident of Maury County
in 1820, living near Abraham(3) Looney.
On 20 March 1811, David(3) Looney of Smith County, Abraham(3) and
Joseph(3) Looney of Sullivan County, and Isaac Acuff(4) Looney of Maury
County, heirs and representatives of David(2) Looney, deceased, of Sulli-
van County, Tennessee, made a deed to Alexander Breckenridge of Bourbon
County, Kentucky, and on the next day, they made a division of their
lands by other deeds. Again, on 21 March, he signed as an heir and rep-
resentative of David (2) Looney.
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Joseph K.(4) Looney (Robert(3)), was born say 1800 and may have
received a middle initial for his mother's maiden name, perhaps Kyle.
Joseph(4) was apprenticed in February 1816, to Lawson McClelland to
learn tailoring.
Joseph's only brother of near his own age was David Reasons(4)
Looney, and the latter is known to have been in Madison County, Alabama,
and to have bought land in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Indeed, as alrea-
dy mentioned, Robert(3), father of Joseph K.(4), may have died in Alabama
while visiting with his son, David Reasons(4) Looney.
It is tempting to surmise that Joseph K.(4) knew where his bro-
ther David Reasons Looney lived and visited there himself and, like his
brother and their second cousin, John Warren Looney (Absalom(2) branch),
caught the "fever" to go to Texas. If so, Joseph K., above may be iden-
tical with that unknown Joseph K. Looney who bought land in more than
one county in South Texas, and particularly, in Jackson County, Texas.
John S. Menefee, writing about early Jackson County says (TEXAS
CLARION, 27 May, 1880), "This for several years was called the Alabama
Settlement, in consequence of so many being from that state." (Some were
from Decatur.)
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He speaks of the "trail that had been laid off from the ferry across the
Colorado (River) kept by Teague about east of here, to Looney's on the
Carancahua..." ('Here' was 7 miles above Texana, on the Navidad.)
"As we espoused the cause of Santa Anna and the Constitution of
'24, an expedition was set on foot in the Fall of 1832 to force San
Antonio to pronounce of the same cause. William Menefee, J.H.P. Heard,
J. K. Looney, myself, and probably one or two more went from here,
but..."
Texana, then called Santa Anna, was laid off in 1832. The name
was changed to Texana in 1835.
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