Robert Looney Jr. Branch
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Jesse Looney was to receive $50 from the estate of his great uncle Moses3 Looney. This money was left in the hands of Jesse’s first cousin Absalom4 Looney, executor of the estate of Moses3 Looney.

The estate of Jesse5 Looney is mentioned in the Estate Book of Knox Co. 7, p. 288-299; E. I. Looney, administrator.

Moses Round Looney
The estate of Moses R. Looney is mentioned in the Estate Book of Knox Co. 7, p. 287: E. I. Looney, administrator.

Evan I. Looney (under 21 in 1823) he was the administrator 3 times in Knox Co., Tenn. (1) of Moses4 Sr.; (2) of Jesse5 ; (3) of Moses5 R.

Peggy Looney

Possibly Moses4 of this account was the Captain Looney of a company of ‘regulators’ who was shot by Thomas Fallin during a parlay during which Fallin himself had been suddenly shot by some irresponsible member of the company. The account is found in a Draper MSS 329, 14 DD 113; Letter of 1 Dec. 1942 and received by S. C. Williams in “Lost State of Franklin”.

Samuel4 Looney (Samuel3 ) was born about 1778 in the lower part Washington Co., Va., and with his brother Moses4 was reared in the family of Elijah Cross, his stepfather, on a farm near Blountville, present Sullivan County, Tenn., on the South Fork of Holston River.

In 1812 Samuel4 witnessed a deed from his older brother Moses4 Looney to Elijah Cross. Possibly this Samuel Looney is he who witnesses the will of Thos. Nanse in Knox Co., Tenn., in 1818. Certainly he received $5 according

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to the will of his uncle Moses3 Looney in 1823. His age is right for him to be identical with Samuel of the 1830 census of Rhea County, i.e. b. 1775 +5, wife over 50, with 2 girls over 10 and 2 over 20. In this Rhea County in Feb. 1832 he bought 2 cows, etc., at the sales of David Bevins. He was on jury in Rhea County 1834, 1835. In 1834 he was one of 5 petitioners for release of responsibility as surety for Samuel McDaniel and Abraham Cox, administrators of estate of Thos. Cox.

According to a published Biographical Review of Samuel’s grandson, Hon. Wm.6 A. Looney, Samuel’s4 wife was (Sarah) Evan, and Samuel4 died near Knoxville at about 96 years of age. That would be about 1874.

By 1840 at the census he was living in Meigs County near Zachariah Cross (Elijah). Samuel and wife were 60/70 and with them was 1 female 30/40. In 1850 they were both there and both 72 years old, i.e., b. 1778, and Sarah b. in Virginia. In 1860 he was 82 and alone except for a probable daughter, Ann B. Blevins, b. 1802, housekeeper.

It is estimated that Samuel4 Looney and his wife Sarah Evan Looney had at least the following children:

	Moses5 Looney		b. say 1796		See 5th generation
	Anna B. Looney		b. ca 1802; m. 3 Apr. 1828  Hugh T. Blevins.
				As a widow, Ann B. Blevins, she was housekeeper for her father in 
				1860 in Meigs Co., Tenn.	
	William5 Evan Looney	b. say 1805		See 5th generation 
	John5 Looney		b. say 1810		See 5th generation
There were probably 3 other girls according to the 1830 census of Rhea Co., Tenn.

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Henry came to St. Clair County with his father probably about 1818 or 1819. As Henry Looney he was commissioned Justice of the Peace in 18 March 1829. (Civil Register of Co. Officials, Vol. 1, p. 296.) At the 1830 census of St. Clair County, Henry was head of the family household, with Rebecca, probably mother, brothers Asa, Isaac, Wiley, and Absalom; sisters Sophia and Malinda.

It was not until 25 Oct. 1838 or 1839 that Henry married Jane R. Ash who was born in 1815 in Georgia. In 1840 at census he is found with wife, mother, brother Wiley, 12 slaves, and no children. In 1850 Henry and Jane Looney had Margaret A. b. 1843, Elizabeth C. b. 1845, and a male infant b. 1849.

Henry5 bought land in St. Clair County in 1854 and 1855. A daughter Mary and son George were reported as unmarried. Pension papers show that Henry died 3 May 1876. Jane, his wife, died 8 Feb. 1901.

	Children of Henry and Jane Looney included:
		Margaret A. Looney b. 1843. Perhaps m. Jesse Davidson.
		Elizabeth C. Looney b. 1845, m. Wiley Yarborough and had a daughter who
			m. J. W. Smiley of Tyler, Texas.
		George Looney b. 1849, who d. unmarried.

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John5 Looney (John4 , John3 ) was born in Tennessee in 1805 which was at about the time or soon after his father migrated from East Tennessee to Warren and Smith Counties. He came to Alabama Territory from Maury County about 1818 or 1819 with his father.

John5 Looney was m. in St. Clair County, Alabama Territory, on 4 Feb. 1830 to Lucinda R. Cooper (‘Cinderella Cooper’, b. 1810 in South Carolina), sister to John Cooper of the 1850 census of Coosa Co., Ala.. They are listed in the 1830 census of St. Clair County.

On 27 Sept. 1833 John5 sold to Asa Trammel the E1/2 of NW1/4, Sect 9, Twp. 14, Range 5 E. for $500; and not long thereafter they removed to Coosa County, probably 1835 to 1840, where in 1840 his family consisted of wife and 5 children. John was for many years a commissioner of Coosa County. He died 14 May 1868. His wife Lucinda survived him and died 28 Nov. 1876.

As judged by the 1850 census of Coosa County, their children, all born in Alabama, were:

	Possibly a son		b. ca 1832; dead or gone by 1850.
	Rufus P. Looney		b. 1834;  killed 22 July 1864 in CSA at Atlanta.
	Noah6 C. Looney		b. 1835 or 1836		See 6th generation
	Caroline Looney		b. 1838
	Oliver (Powell) Looney	b. 1840.  A county commissioner. Daughter m. Judge A.D. 
		Beatley; 	another m. George McDonald.  A son Walter Looney m. Sadie Bentley.
	Mary Looney		b. 1842
	John J. Looney		b. 1844;  In CSA and died at Camp Chase, Feb. 1865.
	Susan Looney		b. 1846
	Baby Looney, daughter	b. 1848

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The Memorial Record of Alabama (Vol. 2, p. 971) in an account of Noah6 C. Looney of Talladega Co., Ala., calls him son of John and Cinderella (Cooper) Looney and grandson of “John and Elizabeth Looney both of whom were of German descent.” The tradition of descent from John and Elizabeth Looney is persistent. One recalls the gravestone inscriptions in the cemetery of Friendship Baptist Church, Lawrence Co., Ala. “Old” Rentfro was probably of German origin and proud of it. (See Ala. Historical Quarterly 4, p. 229; 1942; also Men of Special Note in Coosa, p. 178.)

Isaac5 Looney (John4 , John3 ) was born in Tennessee ca 1808, probably in Warren County or Smith County and came to St. Clair Co., Ala., about 1818 after sojourns with his parents in Maury Co., Tenn. He bought land in St. Clair County as early as 1836 and in 1840 was head of household with wife, baby son Richmond, 5 slaves, and 2 other white males of his own age group. In 1850, however, he seems a widower with sons:

Richmond Looney b. 1840
William Looney b. 1844
This Isaac is probably the Isaac5 b. 26 July 1807, who is reported to have m. (2)Melvina and have gone to Texas where they both died in Milam County.

Wiley5 Looney (John4 , John3 ) was b, 1813 in Tennessee, and bought land in St. Clair County in 1838; he m. about 1843 Lamideo W. ____ b. 1825 in Alabama. In 1850 their children were:
Wm. M. Looney b. 1844
James6 M. Looney b. 1847. This may be James Knox Looney b. 8 Nov. 1846.
John Looney b. 1849

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