Herman, I left the heading and date from Gary's message. I thought some others might have missed it as well and resent it to the list. If anyone needs my posting of Kiva's message to me let me know and I will resend it as well. Thomas Van Ness From: GaryCorlew@aol.com To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 23:26:47 EST Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Ancestors of Sarah Elam Looney In a posting to the List on Nov. 19th, Kiva Purkett (kpurkett@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us) listed various descendants of William Russell Looney and Sarah Elam. I didn't know if Kiva knew Sarah's ancestry, so I sent her what I have. I thought that maybe some on the List might also be interested. It is also on my Elam website at http://members.aol.com/VA1607. Here goes: First Generation 1 Sarah Emily ELAM. Born on 23 Jan 1822 in TN. died on 24 Feb 1891. She married William Russell LOONEY, on 23 Apr 1839. Second Generation 2 Chandler Norment ELAM. Born in 1790 in VA. died in Robertson, TN in 1862. Sometime after their marriage in 1813, Chandler and Tabitha moved from Virginia to North Carolina. The 1820 U.S. census shows Chandler residing in Rutherford county, North Carolina. By 1830 they were living in Davidson county, Tennessee, which is the north central part of the state, adjacent to Kentucky. They had eleven children. The census shows his occupation as a miller and living in Sumner county in 1850. He was living in Robertson county in 1860. All three counties are contiguous to each other. He married Tabitha Catherine HARRIS, on 18 Nov 1813 in Charlotte co., VA. 3 Tabitha Catherine HARRIS. Born on 6 Mar 1795 in Charlotte, VA. died on 25 Oct 1860. Buried in TN. Third Generation 4 Alexander ELAM. Born in 1762 in Middle Bluestone, Lunenburg co., VA. died in VA in 1799. Alexander Elam served as a private in the second Virginia state line militia for three years during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted 19 March 1777 and was discharged 1 May 1780. The following property of Alexander was taken by the State of Virginia for the war effort: 325 pounds of beef 71 pounds of bacon Like his father, Alexander was a slave owner. He married Jane NORMENT, on 14 Mar 1785 in Boydton, Mecklenburg, VA. 5 Jane NORMENT. Born in 1764 in Mecklenburg co., VA. 7 Sally. Fourth Generation 8 Joel ELAM. Born in 1736 in VA. died in Mecklenburg co., VA on 6 Sep 1798. He fought in the French and Indian War (1754-1763) in the Virginia Militia. Joel also rendered patriotic (as distinguished from military) service during the Revolutionary War. In 1777 Joel and his son Alexander signed a petition directed to the Virginia House of Delegates which urged the expulsion from the state of all British natives who were not loyal to the Revolutionary cause. In May 1780 the Virginia General Assembly passed an Act authorizing the purchase, and if necessary, the involuntary seizure of goods from the citizenry for the purpose of supplying the state militia, the Continental troops and its allies with needed provisions in the war against England. Pursuant to this Act, the following property of Joel Elam was taken: 7 1/2 bushells of wheat 325 pounds of beef 20 pounds of bacon Joel was a charter member of Meherrin Baptist Church in 1771. He owned land on the Middle Bluestone creek in Lunenburg county, Virginia. This land became part of Mecklenburg county when it was formed in 1765. Joel owned a slave named Jerry. He married Phebe HILL, in 1758 in St. James, Mecklenburg co., VA. 9 Phebe HILL. Born in 1738 in Lunenburg co., VA. died bef 1790. 10 William NORMENT. died in Mecklenburg co., VA in 1787. His will shows he owned 11 slaves and money in the amount of 422 p 4s 7 p He married Mary. 11 Mary. died in Mecklenburg co., VA abt 1823. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]