Hi Karon, I found this bio in the Jersey County, IL gen page.? They list a Jane Luckey who married a John Davis? in 1829(both natives of Rowan Co NC).? It says they moved to Missouri (where your Samuel Luckey was born) then moved to Jersey County, IL.? This Jane Luckey might be a sister to your Joseph Luckey and aunt to Samuel Luckey.? If you can find a person directly related to Jane Luckey, they might be able to give you more clues about this family.? Here's the link.? http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljersey/OS/OS-DG.htm#DAVISJ I don't know if you know this but James McGuire, Jr. - son of James Sr. and Eleanor Luckey moved from NC to MO to Jersey County, IL.? His biography is listed in the web page too.? Your Joseph Luckey and James McGuire, Jr. might have moved in the same circles - they both moved to Jersey County IL in the 1830's. You probably have this.? The web page has Joseph Luckey's wife's cemetery record as "Esther Luckey April 20, 1803-February 20, 1883" ~Glinda ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

Hi... Thanks for the tips. I did know about James McGuire and my Joseph Luckey both moving to MO around the same time and living near each other. They also moved back to Jersey County around the same time. They both bought land in Jersey County in the same year. I made the connection with them being friends awhile back. My problem is Joseph disappeared before the next census year. From that point on it was always Esther and the kids. I assume that Joseph died or something but you know what they say about assuming. I know they both were born in NC. what I don't know is Ester's maiden name or who her parents are. or who is Joseph's parents are. I am thinking of the Samuel Jr. I have read a lot of those bios on the Jersey site, but every once in awhile I find one that did not know about. As in once I did a global search on the name Luckey and that is how I found the "James McGuire, Jr" bio and learned about Eleanor Luckey McGuire. My ongoing quest is to find out exactly who Joseph Luckey's parents were. and what Esther's maiden name was. Their oldest son Samuel that was born in MO. is my 2ed great grandfather. Thanks for all of the help. Karon "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer". ~ William S. Burroughs Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gdvedmonds@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:28 PM To: ROWANROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROWANROOTS] Joseph Luckey & wife Esther of Jersey County, IL - Formerly of Rowan County NC Hi Karon, I found this bio in the Jersey County, IL gen page.? They list a Jane Luckey who married a John Davis? in 1829(both natives of Rowan Co NC).? It says they moved to Missouri (where your Samuel Luckey was born) then moved to Jersey County, IL.? This Jane Luckey might be a sister to your Joseph Luckey and aunt to Samuel Luckey.? If you can find a person directly related to Jane Luckey, they might be able to give you more clues about this family.? Here's the link.? http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljersey/OS/OS-DG.htm#DAVISJ I don't know if you know this but James McGuire, Jr. - son of James Sr. and Eleanor Luckey moved from NC to MO to Jersey County, IL.? His biography is listed in the web page too.? Your Joseph Luckey and James McGuire, Jr. might have moved in the same circles - they both moved to Jersey County IL in the 1830's. You probably have this.? The web page has Joseph Luckey's wife's cemetery record as "Esther Luckey April 20, 1803-February 20, 1883" ~Glinda ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message