Madge: I, too, would love a copy of the will if not a problem. What ever way would make the best copy, is fine with me. Let me know what you need. Thanks for the thoughtfulness of all us "Looneys". Colleen Lucas ----- Original Message ----- From: Madge Crane <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 8:28 PM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Copy actual of Will Robert Luney [Sr.] > During a research trip to Virginia the last week in June 2000, my > son > and I were shown an actual copy of Robert Luney's Will, dated September > 14, 1769. This document is recorded in Botetourt County Will Book A, p. 3, > but > this is the clerk's copy. The actual Will is flat filed in a folder in the > back of the Botetourt County clerk's office (Fincastle) and is available > only upon request. The assistant who showed it to us would not let us touch > it. She did, however, make us a copy. As far as we know, the existence of > this document has never been known to researchers. > > The actual Will is especially interesting because there is a line in it > (crossed out), which does not appear in the recorded version. This can > easily be seen near the middle of the Will. Robert was talking about "Next > I Leave my beloved Grand son John Luney one shilling sterling ..." Then the > line that is crossed out "Next I Give and bequeath to my grand Daughter > Lovis ..." The amount bequeathed to her was not stated. > > No doubt Lovis was the only child of Thomas Looney, the oldest son of > Robert, Sr. She is sometimes called Lovice and Louisa and later married > James Brigham (who gave the land where Blountville, Sullivan County, > Tennessee, is today). > > The transcription of Robert Luney's Will can be found in Most > Distinguished Characters on the American Frontier, Vol. I, pp. 273-74. > > The actual Inventory is also flat filed in the same folder as the Will. > > We have tried several times to scan the Will and send it to LOONEY-L, but it > will not work for some reason. If you would like a copy of the entire Will, > send me your e-mail and I will try to sent it to you directly. If you want > a copy off my scanner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Madge > Looney Crane, R R 1, Box 193, Waterford, OH, 45786. The copy I would send > will probably be better than the one scanned for the Internet. > > > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > This list is dedicated to the search for ancestors of LOONEY, LUNNEY, > LUNA (Scotch-Irish), LEENEY and variations, all of which originated in > County Cork, Ireland. Please refer other researchers to our list. >