Donna, I have information on John W. Looney and his "first" wife, Mary "Polly" Hamilton. John W. Looney was not a Chief and he apparently didn't go on the "Trail of Tears". John lived and died right there in the Danville, Ala area. Danville was the location of his father Moses Looney's Masonic Lodge (from his apron). Which child of J.W. Looney do you descend from? If you are interested, I have a scanned picture of J.W. Looney with his second wife, Sarah "Sallie" C. Hendon. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <RahijaDJ@aol.com> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Moses Looney > I too, am a descendant of Moses Looney and Mary Guest (Gist). I have a copy > of the same picture of Moses Looney, born 6 August 1780. I am in the linage > of their son John William Looney. > > I would like to have more information on John William Looney and Mary Polly > Hamilton Looney. > > The stories passed down in my family are that my GGGrandpa (which is John > William Looney) was a Cherokee Chief and that the family was on the Trail of > Tears. However, like everyone else, none of us in our family has been able to > prove that. Also, I've been told all my life that I'm 1/16th Cherokee. > > I'd appreciate any help that some of you could give. > Donna > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > If you find a web page somewhere listing Manx, Irish or Scotch surnames > and they don't include LOONEY/LUNA/etc., send them a note to let them > know we're around. The more advertising we have, the more help we get. >