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George Owen. (Hawkins Court Record 1857-63, 460; 548).
Immediately thereafter the court divided the land of
William Owen, deceased. (Hawkins Deeds 32, 485) From
the land division and from deeds recorded in Hawkins
County, in Vols. 20, 25, 32, and 33, it is
found that William Owen had children as follows:
William (P?) Owen of Sullivan Co., Tenn., 1855.
Maria S. Owen m. ante April 1860 James H. Collett.
Lavinia Owen m. ante Oct. 1860 Solomon Walters.
Elizabeth M. Owen b. 12 October 1821, d. 15 Sept.,
1886, Hawkins Co., m. 4 August 1844 Jacob Howe
b. 1818. (Hawkins Census 1870)
Robert K. Owen.
Benjamin L. Owen m. 5 November 1849, Adeline Crowder.
Mary Ann Owen m. bond 20 Feb., 1849, John Phelps.
George W. Owen b. 1831, m. (1) Ca 1852 Louisiana ____
m. (2) Margaret _____. (Hawkins
Census 1870).
Caroline Owen m. ante August 1861, _______Mayo.
Oscar F.C. Owen b. ante September, 1840; m. 15
March 1866 Nancy Looney.
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Julia 4 Looney b. ca. 1805, d. unmarried, 1840 to 1850.
Betsey 4 Looney b. 1810, d. 1860-70 unmarried. "Spinstress"
in 1860.
Absalom 4 Looney b. ca. 1814. See 4th Gen.
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Margaret 4 Looney (Michael 3) was born say 1779 in Stanley Valley,
Hawkins Co., Tenn. She married ca1796 Daingerfield
Rice (b. 1775); d. 1827) who came to Tenn. from Virginia
and settled near Shelbyville on duck Creek. Their children
were:
Sally Rice (b. 12 Feb., 1797, d. 10 May 1874); m. Bradford
Co., Tenn., ca1816.
Mackey Brown (7th child of Joseph and Jemima Broyles
Brown) b. Haversham, Ga., 11 Feb. 1797, d. March 1874.
Their son Joseph Emerson Brown b. 15 April 1821 became
governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865 and U.S. Senator
from 1881 to 1891. Information from Miss Sallie
Eugenia Brown to Coyd a. Looney. (The Looney papers
collected by Miss Sallie Eugenia Brown are reported
to be preserved in the Archives of Georgia at Atlanta.)
Prudence Rice b. 12 Feb,. 1801; m. John Ingram.
Pleasant Rice b. 7 March 1803; m. 26 Aug. 1826 Verlinda
C. Ray.
Mrs. Margaret (Looney) Rice died on Duck Creek in Tenn. ca 1804. Daingerfield Rice married (2) ca 1808 Nancy Brown, cousin to Mackey Brown, and in 1818 moved to Missouri, Lafayette County, where he died 15 June 1827. Their children were: Polly Rice m. John Grant; Ann Rice m. ____ Whitehead; Melissa Rice m. 1831 George Gilliland; James Porter Rice m. (1) Sallie Whitselt, (2) Mary Ramsey, (3) Ann Atherton; John Rice; Hugh Rice, Celest
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Helen Elvira Rice m. John Weston.
Mary 4 Ann "Polly" Looney (Michael 3) was born 14 Jan, 1781 in Stanley Valley. She eloped and married 14 Nov. 1800 Sherrod Williams (b. 20 April 1776, d. 12 Sept. 1831) a Welshman and a widower with 1 son. Polly Looney Williams died 19 June 1844. Her children were:
Jefferson Williams b. 2 Jan. 1802, d. 3 March 1817.
Rachel Williams b. 2 March 1803, d. 6 April 1851.
Jennie 5 (Jane) Williams b. 22 Jan. 1905 (1805 wbl), d. 14 Nov. 1883,
Margaret (Peggy) Williams b. 2 May 1806.
James 5 (Jim) Williams b. 28 May, 1807, d. 27 Feb. 1887,
Alabama legislator.
Louisa Williams, b. 22 March, 1809.
Michael (Mike) Williams b. 1 Oct., 1810. (1 Sept. ?)
Madison (Mat) Williams, b. 15 Nov. 1811
John Williams, b. 29 Nov. 1812, d. 9 Sept. 1837.
Absalom (App) Williams, b. 18 May 1814, d. 27 Feb. 1857.
Sherrod (Pete) Williams, Jr., b. 12 Sept. 1815.
Lent Williams, b. 17 Oct. 1817.
Susannah (Susie) Williams, b. 12 Feb. 1819.
Nancy Williams b. 4 May 1820.
Josiah (Con) Conn Williams, b. 7 Sept, 1821, d. 22 June, 1903.
William Harmspring Williams, b. 22 Feb. 1823, d. 8 Aug. 1842.
George Washington Williams, b. 29 March 1825.
Francis Marion Williams b. 29 March 1825.
Sherrod Williams and family lived in Maury Co., Tenn., in 1807 and in Franklin Co., Tenn., in 1808 at Williams Cove. He gave to each child a Bible with his genealogical record therein.
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Note that the mother of 18 children lived until the youngest was 19 years old.
(Information supplied by Mrs. N. 8 R. Francis of Winchester, Tenn., descendant of Jennia 5 Williams, and by Mrs. William H. Christian, Jr., of Atlanta, GA., descendants of James 5 Williams.)
William 4 Looney (Michael 3) was born say 1784 or 1785 in Stanley Valley, Hawkins Co., Tenn. From county records it is found that by Sarah Felkner, b. 1787, he had a son.
William 5 (Gravelly Bill") Looney, b. ca 1805, d. 1870 in Hawkins Co.; m. Mary Gross b. 1809. This son William 5 lived in Gravelly Valley, Hawkins Co. On 21 Feb. 1835 Williams 5 purchased from William Mann for $325 two tracts in Gravelly Valley, 325 A. (Hawkins Deeds 15, 334.) On 25 Sept. 1846 William 5 Looney and wife Mary agreed to separate and (Hawkins Deeds 19, 426) William deeded 325 acres, etc., to trustees for Mary and the children;
Louisiana Looney b. 1833.
Adeline Looney b. 1835.
Samuel Looney b. 1836; m. (1) 11 April 1858 Rhoda Ann
Tarter s.p.,
(See July 18, 1999 Update to Samuel Looney Descendants)
m. (2) 19 Feb. 1873 Arlivia Starnes.
Bettie ("Evie") Looney b. 1839.
William Looney b. 1841; m. 28 Dec. 1868 Mecca F. Shanks.
six children, including Rev. Fred N. Looney.
Nancy Looney b. 1844; possibly m. 15 March 1866 Oscar F.C.
Owens.
Mary A. Looney b. 1848.
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