Mary, I found the following references on line that may help you. The first from a Looney family website gives a description near Drake's Creek on the Cumberland River... The second one has him selling 200 acres in Sumner County in 1798. It is possible the land fell in Sumner County after it was formed. I have asked the Drake list, to which I subscribe if anybody there knows exactly where Drake's Creek might be in that neck of the woods. If I hear I will let you know. Good Luck, Janet Hunter. _http://ajlambert.com/thompson/stry_ela.pdf_ (http://ajlambert.com/thompson/stry_ela.pdf) On page 1 of volume 1 of the Minutes of the first Court of Sumner Co, the name of Peter Looney, Harmon, appears among the jurors for the July term of 1787. On page 2 is a notation that he recorded a stock mark. He was on the Grand Jury in January and in April of 1789. an early document that applies to Peter Looney (H) of Sumner is land record 1313 in the State Library at Raleigh, N.C., concerning entry 476, 7 June 1785, for 640 acres on the E. branch of Drake's Creek on north side of Cumberland River in Davidson Co.; Wm. Montgomary's line; Henry Turney's line. This land seems to have been entered by Henry Hardin and assigned to Wm. Clarey, and then assigned to Peter Looney. The land was on the trace from Gaspers to Asher's Station. since it was "2 miles above Drake's Creek" on an eastern branch thereof, it may not have been distant more that 2 to 5 miles from certain lands, to be mentioned presently, that were on the west fork of Station Camp Creek. North Carolina grant No. 279 for this 640 acres was not issued to Peter Looney until 10 July 1788. This land was included in Sumner County in 1786 and Peter Looney (H) is found on the Tax List of 1787 for 640 acres. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/plea1798.htm_ (http://www.roo tsweb.com/~tnsumner/plea1798.htm) The Court Adjourned until tomorrow 9 o clock Tuesday April the 3 1798 Deed from Henry Turney to John Barnes for 200 acres of land was proved by Peter Turney. In a message dated 2/16/2007 3:45:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have been told in Will Book I of Davidson Co is an article of agreement between Henry Turney of the Cumberland Settlement NC and Daniel Chambers of Lincoln Co VA - Henry sells half his right as settler in Cumberland....dated 2 Sept 1782. I would like a copy of the above - and why it was in a will book instead of land record. I am trying to figure out where Henry Turney's 640 acres were located and what he did with his 320 acres.