Ginny, Have you read Tilton's Manuscript on the David (2) Looney line? Joseph K. (Kyle) Looney is mentioned on page 34 as brother to David Reasons Looney. Of Robert (3), David (2) Looney. If you don't have this Manuscript, you can download it from my homepage at: http://www.flash.net/~johnsonl/ Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 1:16 AM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Genealogical Notes of the Nolen, Williams, Looney & Allied Families > Ok cousins....I just came by an interesting new (1927) "Manuscript" written > by Mrs. Nancy Williams Nolen of Santa Ross, Texas. This document was coppied > by the University of Texas Archives in June 1932. and has never been > published. > > She starts our, I Nancy Nolen (ne) Williams do this day 19 December 1827 > commence to write the final genealogly of my sons, John Wesley Nolen.....and > goes on for several pages .... > > She goes on to say that Job Williams fought in the 1812- 1815 War; Then he > took his siblings, Allumbee, LEvi, Leven, Mary, Sarah & Betsy to Little Rock > & stayed a few years before coming back to Texas. They all stopped in Ft. > Bend Tx on the west prong of the San Bernard River & stayed there for 2 years > then moved to Jackson Co. TX (This is where my Joseph Kyle Looney comes > in.....) Jackson Co., is today a part of Bexar County @ San Antonio. > > As was the custom after a war soldiers (Joseph K. Looney) was give a deed to > some land there in Jackson County, TX & I have the entire document (in > Spanish) from Santa Ana & signed by Estafan F. Austin himself! > > She says she can't remember great grandfather Looney's name but thought he > was born between 1735 - 1740; she also statede that her mothers' "single" > sister, Lavinia Looney; says her great-grandfather Looney died in Maury > County, TN & his sons were Joseph, William, David, Abraham, Thomas and didn't > rememnber the girls... > > Henry Ernest Looney m Elisabeth Allen whose mother was a Stavanaugh and they > left one child, Mary Belinda Looney. JOseph WIlliam Looney was born 25 > November 1764 (MN) Lavinia Ernest was 20 Aug 1807. Joseph W. Looney & > Lavinia Ernest were married 20 August 1807 and had the following children: > > Mary Ernest Looney b. 3 November 1808 > Elisabeth Looneuy b. 1 May 1810 > David Looney b. 4 October 1811 > Sarah Looney b 18 March 1814 > Annie B. Looney b 30 March 1916 > Jane Looney b. 1 April 1818 > Henry Ernest Looney b 27 March 1820 > Rebecca Looney b. 12 March 1824 > Susana Blythe Looney b 21 July 1826 > > All of these families, Williams, Frazier, Jinkens Looney & Nolen all > intermingle in this part of the coutry. > > Does any one claim these Looneys? > > > > Ginny Ayers Spann > VASPANN @aol.com > Houston, TX USA > Researching: Ayers, Byrom, Green, Fowler, Kyle, Looney & Seabolt > > > ==== 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. > >