Larry, Joseph Kyle Looney is mine! He was the brother of my David Reason Looney, my gg-grandfather. Can I help???? Ginny Ayers Spann <>< VASPANN@aol.com RESEARCHING: Ayers, Bennett, Byrom, Fowler, Green, Gross, Hammontree, Kyle, Ladd, Looney, Seabolt & Stone

Ginny, I was looking into some of the Looney family members that are recorded as being some of the first to settle in Texas. Joseph K. Looney is shown as one of the DeWitt Colonists (1828) and one of the Lavaca Delegates to the "first consultation" of Texas (Oct 1 - 6, 1832). The Handbook of Texas notes his existence and the fact that he came from KY, but they have no further family or personal information on him. I was attempting to do a couple of things. One I wanted to find documented proof of his ancestry and family information. Was he married, to whom, did he have any children? When did he die? Second, there is a Sarah A. Looney of KY, b. ~1800 that married William Hardin, a Liberty delegate to the second consultation of Texas. She and her husband also had a claim to early Texas fame because the Mexican officers that were captured at the battle of San Jacinto were kept for a time at their place. I was wondering if Sarah is the sister to Joseph K. Looney given their close proximity of birth, Texas location and the times. There is also a Samuel and James Looney that were delegates of Snow River (now Tyler Co) that attended the first consultation. The Handbook of Texas supposes they were all brothers because they showed up and disappeared from documented history about the same time, but I'm guessing they were cousins. I'm thinking that if we can get enough evidence on who all these Looney were, I can post it to the internet and possibly cause an update of the Handbook of Texas. Joseph K Looney had a land claim in Jackson Co, TX and it says his claim was on the Carancahua Creek. When I checked one of the topo maps for Jackson County, there is a smaller creek feeding into the Carancahua named "Looney's Creek". I'm assuming this creek is named after Joseph K. Looney as there is nothing posted on the web to confirm or deny this. Can you or anyone else on this list help tie and prove all these facts? Larry W. Johnson Southlake, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <VASPANN@aol.com> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Joseph K Looney > Larry, > > Joseph Kyle Looney is mine! He was the brother of my David Reason Looney, my > gg-grandfather. Can I help???? > > Ginny Ayers Spann <>< > VASPANN@aol.com > RESEARCHING: Ayers, Bennett, Byrom, Fowler, Green, Gross, Hammontree, Kyle, > Ladd, Looney, Seabolt & Stone > > > ==== 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 >