I'm not very familiar with Masonic symbolism, but the words on the sash look like the say DANVILLE GRANGE and above that looks like the image of a plow. Is this standard Masonic wear? Eddie Davis ecdavis@atlascomm.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <JohnsonL@flash.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Moses Looney > 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 > > > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to looney-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.Com > with the command UNSUBSCRIBE as the only line in the message's body. > If you're in digest, send it to looney-D-REQUEST@RootsWeb.Com > > >