John S. Looney was listed in the 1830 census of Morgan Co., Ala., but removed to Tenn. (probably Hardeman Co. ) about 1831 or 1832. Then about 1835 or 1836 John S. removed to Tippah Co., Miss., where both John Currin and John S. Looney were listed in 1840 census.

Meanwhile, Lunsford L. Looney was listed in Hardeman Co. in 1840 but followed on to Tippah Co., ;Miss., about 1841.

In Tippah Co., Miss., on 9 Oct 1850 the census taken recorded as family no. 590, on page 533 essentially is as follows. (Additional information furnished by descendants).

	John 5 Smith Looney (or Luna) (b. 15 Jan 1807, d. 23 June 1885 Walnut, Miss.)
	Sallie Davis Currin (d. 1889 Walnut, Miss.)
	John Currin Luna (b. ca. 1827 Ala.) - see sixth generation
	William Lafayette Luna (b. 24 July 1829 Ala.) - see sixth generation
	Mary Emeline Eliza Luna (b.1832 Tenn.) - see sixth generation
	Lunsford Luther Luna (b. 5 Feb 1833 Tenn.) - see sixth generation
	Linnie 6 Ann Currin Luna (b. 1837 Miss.) - see sixth generation
	Isaac David Luna  (b. 26 Mar 1839, d. 7 Oct 1863 Miss., from minnie ball 
		received at Battle of Shiloh.)  Served as a private in Co. F, 2nd Regt. 
		Infantry, C.S.A.
	Martha (“Mat”) Luna (b. 1841 Miss., d. Feb 1925).  Md. (1) Jeff Rowland, 
		separated; md. (2) Jeff Reed, who died.  No children. 
	Emeline Frances Luna (b. 1843 Miss. )  Probably died young.
	Peter 6 Taylor Luna (b. 20 Nov 1846 Miss.) - see sixth generation.
	Winfield Scott Luna (b. 20 Feb 1850 Miss.) - see sixth generation.

Children of John Smith and Eliza Jane Rice, md. 22 Sept 1860 by Daniel Hunt
	Tenna Luna (b. 1865), married.
	Virginia Luna ( b. 1869) md. Will Franklin Richardson of Tiplersville, Miss.,
		who was born 1852, died 1908.	
	
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Similarly, on 20 Oct. 1850, the family No. 866, page 552, was recorded for Tippah Co., Miss., essentially as follows. (Additions and corrections have been supplied by Mrs. Witherspoon, of Grand Junction, Tenn., and by W. T. Dixon, of Longview, Texas, and family papers of William Carol Luna.)

	Lunsford Long Looney, b 25 Sept 1808 Tenn., farmer, $500, d. 16 Nov. 1876 or 
		1896. 

	Mary Davis (Currin) Looney, b. 8 Cot 1810 Tenn., d. 9 Sept 1900
		(First  7 children born in Hardeman Co., Tenn.)

	Sarah (Sally) Maligned Looney, b. 14 DEC 1828, d. 9 Sept 1852.

	James Monroe Looney, b. 26 Sept 1830, d. 1 July 1863

	Isaac Currin Looney, b. 14 Aug 1832, d. 3 Oct 1877.

	Mary Ann Looney, b. 24 June 1834, d. 3 Oct 1879

	Amelia Jane Looney, b. 15 Sept 1836, d. 4 Oct 1903 

	Rainey Elizabeth Looney, b. 30 May 1838, d. May 1853

	John Currin Looney, b. 7 Apr 1840, d. Sept 1862, md. a Butler 

	Susan Carolina Looney, b. 20 Apr 1842, Tippah Co., Miss., d. Nov 1927

	Eliza Smith (“Smithie”) Looney, b. 23 Sept 1844 Tippah Co, d.  , m. Dock Porter.

	William 6 Carroll Looney, b. 21 Oct 1846,  See sixth generation.

	Felix Knox Looney, b. 14 Feb 1848 Tippah Co., d. Jan 1849

	Arabella Frances Looney., b. 12 Dec 1850 Tippah Co., d., 12 Dec 1935. md. 
			William Madison Rowland

	Thomas Lunsford Looney, b. 29 Nov 1853 Tippah Co., d. 1915. md. Janie Ford

	Orland Jackson Looney, b. 28 Dec 1856, m. Mary Brown

See census of 1860 for Tipah Co, Miss., and perhaps record of a youngest son, Currin Looney.

(When the state of James 4 Luna was settled in 1878, neither John 5 Smith Luna nor Lunsford 5 Long Luna or their families seems represented. It is said that both John Smith Luna and Lunsford Long Luna had their share of the estate at an early date.)

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James 5 Kain Looney (James 4, Peter 3) was born 23 Jan 1815 Lincoln Co, Tenn., and lived with this parents at the 1820 and 1830 censuses.

James K. married about 1834 his first cousin Mary (Polly) Clarissa Hogan, dau. of Peggy Luna and _____Hogan, and they settled in Arkansas in Van Buren Co., Little Red River Township. They were listed in the census there in 1840, both in the 20-30 age bracket, with a son 5-10 and a daughter 0-5. Mrs. Duran reports him in 1850 listed as James K. Looney of Search Co., Ark., b, 1815 in Tenn. With them lived William C. Hogan, b. Tenn. 1835. This James K. Looney is almost certainly the James Leuny who lived in Van Buren Co. in 1840.

Polly was living in 14 Dec 1846 when her grandfather Peter 3 Looney made his will and she was to receive 1/7 of the personal estate. However, she must have been dead in April 1852 when A. (Anthony) H. Luna, her husband’s brother, was appointed by the Marshall Co. Court as guardian of four of Polly’s children as minors and heirs-at-law of Peter Luna, deceased. This was probably done in connection with a distribution of the personal estate of Peter 3 Luna, of which Polly was entitled to 1/7.

James 5 K. Luna may not have been living in 1752; but if so, he may have been in Search Co., Ark. where he died. He probably was not living in 1878, nor was re represented when heirs of James 4 shared in distribution of that estate.

The children of James 5 Kain Looney and his wife Polly (Hogan) Looney, all born in Arkansas, were at least:

	Son, born say 1835 as shown by census of 1840 for Van Buren Co., Ark.

	Mary J. Looney, b.1840

	Peter M. Looney, b. 1844

	Anthony H. Looney, b. 1846

	Andrew J. Looney

(Get 5 more names from Mrs. Duran)

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Peter 5 S. Luna (James 4 Peter 3) was born 19 Feb 1817 (Bible), probably in Summer or Lincoln Co., Tenn. He lived with his parents in Lincoln Co. at the census of 1820 and 1830. He has not been located at the census of 1840. His Bible has been made available by descendant, Mrs. Modeva Yates.

Peter Luna and Zibbia (Luna) Luna were md. 22 Dec 1846. She is said to have been reared in Maury Co. (an orphan) by a sister Burk or Burt. (The name Winecroft came from some source in this connection.) (The initial S. in Peter Luna's name may stand for Smith, his mother's maiden name.)

From the 1850 and 1860 census records of Marshall Co., Tenn., and from their Bible data we have the family as follows:

	Peter S. Luna, woolcarder,  b. 19Feb 1817 Tenn., d. 12 July 1889

	Zebbia Luna,  b.15 Apr 1823, d. 8 Jan 1897

	Grant Luna,  b. and d. 7 June 1848

	Evan Jerome Luna,  b. 10 July 1849

	Sallie E. Luna,  b. 1852

	Elizira (or Eliza) Ophelia Luna,  b. 23 Feb 1854, d. 11 Apr 1859

	Augustine Claiborne Luna,  b. 1856, d. 23 July 1938

	Dione Zibbia Luna,  b. 10 Mar 1859, d. 11 Apr 1859

	James Kain Luna,  b. 30 Mar 1862, d. 20 Feb 1922

	Mary Adler Luna,  b. 20 June 1867

	Dollie Ursula Luna,  b. 26 Mar 1870, d. 15 Nov 1877

In April 1875 Peter 5 Luna was appointed administrator of the estate of James 4 Luna. He had a accounting record 28 Feb 1878. As P. Luna he probably was an heir of James 4 Luna and listed in the accounting. A J. D. Looney in 1925 called Peter 5 (above) "Big Pete" of "Old Jim" Luna.

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Elisha 5 Luna (James 4 Peter 3) was born 19 May 1819 in Lincoln Co., Tenn. He lived with his parents in Lincoln Co. at the 1820 and 1830 census. In Marshall Co., Tenn., 1840 Elisha Looney 20-30, with wife in same age group, lived very near his cousin, Wright 5 Looney and had two girls under 5 yr. Thus, he seems to have married about 1836 to Eliza Gray and as of the 1850 census of Marshall Co. the family was as follows:

	Elisha Luna, b. 1819 Tenn., stonemason, $600
	Eliza Luna, b. 1819
	Harriet E. Luna, b. 1837 (m. H.N. Shepard, Ozark Co., Mo.)
	Nancy M. Luna, b. 1839 (m. Upton, lived in Ozark Co.)
	Linny L. Luna, b. 1841 (m. Upton, lived in Ozark Co.)
	John T. Luna, b. 1842 (lived in Ozark Co.)
	James F. Luna, b. 1844 (d. 1890)
	Eliza I. (J.?) Luna, b. 1846 (m. Cochran of Ozark Co.)
	Richard F. Luna, b. 1847 (lived on Bryant Creek)

	This family moved to Ozark Co., Mo in 1855 and additional names are reproted 
from 1860 census, Falling Spring P.O., Ozark Co., Mo.:

	Elisha Y. (or T. J.) Luna of Ozark Co.
	William W. Luna (Judge), b. 1854 (m. Sarah Patrick and 
		had 10 children in Ozark Co.)
	Alexander H. Luna (of Ozark Co.)
	Samuel F. Luna (of Dora, Mo.)
	Austin C. Luna, b. 1858 (lived on Cane Creek, Ozark Co.)
	M. J. Luna  (lived on Pine Creek, Ozark Co.)
	L. C. Luna (lived with father on Pine Creek)
	Amelia Luna (lived near Dora, Mo.)

The father, Elisha 5 Luna, served in the Mexican War; the mother was Eliza Gray (b. Marshall Co., Tenn.). (See also "A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region," 1890) Elisha 5 Luna was to receive on $5 from his father's estate.

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