Can any of you help me reconcile date differences I have come up with on John Looney (b. 1780/1800) and wife Elizabeth Johnson? Previously I had from the S WALLS geneaology database that this John Looney 4 (Michael 3, Absolum 2, Robert 1) was born on 2 Oct 1779 in Hawkins Co, TN, d. 8 Aug 1880) and that he married Elizabeth Johnson "abt 1800." [<A HREF="http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a13499&id=I1795"> http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a13499&id=I1795</A> ] I have just come across the following Hawkins County Census record (<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhawkin/1870dis9.htm"> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhawkin/1870dis9.htm</A> ) that gives the following: 38 LOONEY, JOHN – FARMER 70 M W TN ELIZABETH 71 F W TN ORVILL B. 31 M W TN ELIZABETH 21 F W TN JOHNSON, JACKSON 12 M W TN 39 LOONEY, MICHAEL – FARMER 43 M W TN SUSAN 40 F W TN VIRGINIA 19 F W TN ELIZABETH 14 F W TN JULIA 11 F W TN CORNELIUS 8 M W TN JOHN 3 M W TN MATILDA 1 F W TN I doubth that the transcription is wrong for both John and Elizabeth. By deduction, this census record must be for the right John and Elizabeth. (Son named Orville B., dau named Elizabeth, and boy Jackson Johnson present in the household; house next door is their son Michael [w/~2 yr date discrepancy from SWALLS]. Michael's household matches with wife Susan, daus Virginia, Elizabeth and Julia (all at correct ages)+more younger children not carried there. I suspect that the SWalls database has assigned birth (and maybe death) date to the WRONG John Looney. Lord knows there are enough of them <grin>. Since census is demonstrably 20 years off John's attributed age, can anyone tell me which John Looney WAS actually born in Oct 1779 (and his death info if also available)? Thanks, Jim Cain, a VERY distant but curious cousin. I come from the Robert (2) line.