Hi--have any of you seen the picture of Moses Looney (son of Captain John Looney and Elizabeth Renfro) at Donald Panther-Yates website? The url is: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/n/Donald-N-Pantheryates/PHOTO/0 015photo.html He has the birthday as being June 8, 1780. First, I thought Moses was born Aug. 6, not June 8. Second, if he is not of the Cherokee Looneys, why does he look Native American? Third, is this even Moses at all? Mr. Yates has some interesting theories, and I'd like to know what the rest of you all think about them. My Looney line is through Louisa Looney, who married James Brigham. Nancy Merrill Sayed

I don't trust Donald Panther-Yates brand of genealogy. He makes statements about family relationships without any evidence at all. He goes off half cocked. Here is the links a scan of the original picture of Moses Looney Sr. of Lawrence County, Ala. This is the same picture as in the poor quality copy that is posted in black and white to the web. This picture is a whole lot clearer and anyone familiar with Masonic dress will clearly see that Moses is wearing a Mason's apron and sash. I have reversed the picture from it's original since the image in the original was reversed. Now you can read the words on the apron. Some of the following images are large so if you have a slow connection, it may take awhile to download the pictures. Moses Looney Sr. (reversed from the original) http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/moseslooneyrev.jpg Here is a picture of the headstone of Moses Looney Sr. http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/Moses%20Sr.jpg This headstone is in the Friendship Baptist Church cemetery which is located on the county line of Morgan and Lawrence Counties, Ala. I have not located a picture of Moses Looney Jr., but here is a picture of Francis (Frank) A. Looney, son of Moses Looney Jr., brother to George M. Looney and grandson of Moses Sr above. http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/Francis.jpg Here is a picture of George M. Looney, son of Moses Looney Jr., grandson of Moses Sr. and his nephew, Dennis A. Looney (Son of Francis A. Looney) http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/gm_da_looney.jpg These individuals are ancestors to Dianne Croak and myself. We are grandchildren to Dennis A. Looney pictured above with his uncle George M. Looney. Larry W. Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <NSayed6266@aol.com> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Moses Looney > Hi--have any of you seen the picture of Moses Looney (son of Captain John > Looney and Elizabeth Renfro) at Donald Panther-Yates website? The url is: > > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/n/Donald-N-Pantheryates/PHOTO/0 > 015photo.html > > He has the birthday as being June 8, 1780. First, I thought Moses was born > Aug. 6, not June 8. Second, if he is not of the Cherokee Looneys, why does he > look Native American? Third, is this even Moses at all? Mr. Yates has some > interesting theories, and I'd like to know what the rest of you all think about > them. > > My Looney line is through Louisa Looney, who married James Brigham. > > Nancy Merrill Sayed > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > If you're having problems, the listowners can be contacted via E-Mail > at EGLooney@USA.Net (Ed); JSully7@AOL.Com (Sully) or our beloved > listmistress, Pat Davis at PatLDavis@AOL.Com >