Robert Looney Jr. Branch
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Matron, O.E.S.; Officer in Grand
Chapter of Oregon.
David Henry Looney See 6th Generation.
Frances Margaret Looney m. Wilbur F. Cornell.Six of these children made the crossing from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon in 1843. It is reported that twins were born on the journey but died within a few days.
Isaac 5 Looney (John 4, Benjamin 3), son of John 4 and Mary Garrison Looney, was born on 3 November 1802, probably in western Hawkins County, or some county created from Hawkins. The family migrated southwest and onto Indian lands and were probably living in northern Alabama by 1819 when Isaac and others of the family signed the petition protesting eviction.
He was married about 1820 or 1821 to Sally Matthews (b. ca 1806), perhaps related to John Matthews who also was among the 37 petitioners living on Indian lands in 1819.
Isaac 5 migrated to Missouri, probably with his parents and siblings in the mid or late twenties and entered or bought land in (the present) Monroe County 6 November 1828, in Section 24, Township 54, Range 10 West. At the 1830 census he was enumerated in (the then) Ralls County immediately east of Monroe. Isaac 5 migrated southwestward in the early thirties according to the History of Greene County and entered 160 acres, the NE, of Section 13, Township 31, Range 24, in Greene County on 5 November 1838. He is listed there at the 1840 census.
Meanwhile Isaac's father, John 4 Looney, died in Green County on 16 November 1839, and Isaac was appointed administrator of the estate. Unfortunately he
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died 15 December 1842 and the unfinished task fell to his wife Sally who was appointed administrator of Isaac's estate. Then Sally was relieved of her duties, perhaps because she contemplated marriage with John Saunders. William 6 Looney (son of Isaac 5) was the final administrator of the estate of John 4 Looney.
Under these circumstances the final accounting was not as clear and explicit as desirable. It is possible to show, however, that Isaac 5 Looney and his estate received his full 1/12 share of $520 as a legatee and the administrator's fee of $329.29 even though no receipts for these two amounts were signed and filed. (The actual receipt is shown by an excess of the administrator's collections over his disbursements.) The deed records of Greene County also show that William M. Looney (who was son of Isaac 5 Looney) and his wife Dorcus on 22 October 1855 conveyed to Stephen M. Dillard 16-2/3 acres in Greene County, as legal heirs of John Looney, deceased. (Greene Co. Deeds _, p. 572.) Although Dorcas was b. Looney she was daughter of Alan 5 Looney (Isam 4), and not a heir of John 4 Looney. Presumably William M. Looney could convey Isaac's interest in this land (for which title lay solely in all the heirs of Isaac 5 Looney) because some, or perhaps all, of them had or did convey to William their undivided interest in the lands of Isaac Looney.
Isaac 5 Looney was buried in the front yard on his own 160-acre home place (purchased in 1838), perhaps 20 miles northwest of Springfield, near Walnut Grove, Missouri. His name on the stone was still legible in 1963. The 160-acre tract is located on Section 15, Township 30, Range 23.
The will of Isaac Looney, dated 30 November 1842 and proved 6 February 1843, left all property to his wife, Sally Looney, unless and until she should remarry. At such marriage the personal property was to be sold and the proceeds equally divided amoung his wife and children; the lands were to be similarly divided without a sale. To his son James Calvin he bequeathed $100 for an education. The witnesses to the will were B. A. Jones and J. S. Owen.
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No executor was named in Isaac's will. Consequently Sally was appointed "administrator with the will annexed" and she signed and acknowledged the oath administration on 23 February 1843. After Sally's remarriage to John Saunders on 25 October 1849, the court appointed B. A. Jones as "administrator de bonis non with the will annexed" and he filed bond on 4 December 1849. (No report has reached the compiler showing any action by the widow.)
B. A. Jones filed (preliminary) accounts of 3 September 1850 and on 3 December 1851 from which it can be deduced that the personal estate totaled $3,191, that the widow and each of the 10 children received (or were entitled to receive) $264.90, and that $100 extra was reserved for James Calvin Looney, according to the will. No final accounting has been found.
Orphans Court records show that A. Looney was guardian for David R. and Isaac Looney, and Benjamin Looney for Arthur Looney.
The court records, some Bible records, and the census of 1850 for Greene County, Missouri, permit listing the children of Isaac and Sally Looney as:
*Absalom 6 Looney b. 17 October 1822. See 6th Generation.
*Jenny Looney b. ca 1824; m. William H. Cook.
They were living in Missouri as
late as 5 March 1868.
*Benjamin 6 D. Looney b. 18 June 1827. See 6th Generation.
William 6 Marion Looney b. 31 October 1829. See 6th Generation.
James Calvin Looney b. ca 1831. Had only one hand;
received $100 extra by father's
will for his education. Went to
Oregon as a young man.
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*These five heirs for $100 to each of them jointly conveyed their undivided
interest in Isaac's lands to William Marion Looney on 5 March 1868. (Cont.)
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*Louisa 6 Looney b. 12 June 1834. See 6th Generation.
Elizabeth Looney b. ca 1836; m. 10 May 1854 John D.
Burney. On 21 May 1856 they
conveyed to William M. Looney
their interest in lands in Polk
and Greene Counties. John D. and
Elizabeth (Looney) Burney had at
least the following children:
-- Arthur Burney
-- Sarah Burney m. A. L. Holman
-- James Burney m. Mary ____
-- Bella Burney
*Arthur 6 Looney b. 16 July 1838. See 6th Generation.
David 6 R. Looney b. ca 1840. See 6th Generation.
Isaac Looney b. ca 1842 and perhaps d. at
Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, 1862.
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Absalom 5 Looney (John 4, Benjamin 3) was born ca 1804 in east Tennessee and as a youth lived with his parents on Indian lands in the Tennessee Valley. In 1819 he signed the petition protesting the sudden removal of the white settlers from the Indian lands. He signed the petition as A B Slum Lewney, and was the youngest member of the family of John 4 to sign.
Absalom 5 participated in the family trek to Missouri and reached Ralls County in time to be enumerated at the 1830 census in Jackson Township, probably in the present Monroe County. His wife was the same age group, 20/30. They had one daughter 5/10, two daughters and one son 0/5. Thus they were married, probably in Alabama, about 1823.
Absalom entered land in (present) Monroe County, Missouri, 14 September 1831, but probably went southwest to Polk County in the early thirties. When John 4 died in Greene County in 1839, Absalom 5 was indebted to him on "account" $189. At the sale Absalom bought a bay horse for $56.
At the 1840 census of Polk County, Absalom 5 was in Rooney Township and had four children born before 1830 and five more. Absalom on 21 January 1841 signed, as legatee of John Looney's estate, a receipt to Isaac Looney administrator for $418.62. Presumably he still owed on the horse and other articles a balance of $101.38, and that amount was deducted from his share of $520.
A clue concerning the wife of Absalom 5 Looney is a deed of 28 October 1840 from Absalom Looney and wife Mary Looney to Robert H. Acock for 40 acres in Polk County.
The signing of the receipt to Isaac on 21 January 1841 is the last act by Absalom 5 Looney of record. He probably died soon thereafter. Something concerning his death should be on record in Polk County where he lived in October 1840.
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