Jean Willis "Peggy" Looney: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

Jean Willis "Peggy" Looney was born on 9 Jul 1789 in , , Tennessee, USA (daughter of Absalom Looney, Jr and Bettie Peggy Wills); died on 14 Jun 1849 in Thompson, Rhea, Tennessee, USA; was buried in , Rhea, Tennessee, USA.

Jean married Jesse P Thompson on 21 Sep 1808 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA. Jesse was born on 10 Sep 1788 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Nov 1837 in Thompson, Rhea, Tennessee, USA; was buried in , Rhea, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Absalom Logan Thompson was born in Oct 1813 in , Rhea, Tennessee, USA; died in 1865 in Vernon, Barry, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 2

Absalom Looney, Jr was born in 1763 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA (son of Absalom Looney and Margaret Eleanor Moore); died on 25 Oct 1818 in Indian Creek, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: , , Alabama, USA
Residence: 1809, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1811, , Madison, Alabama, USA
Residence: 1816, , Madison, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Absaolm and his brother-in-law, James Harbison, volunteered in Botetourt Co., Virginia, in the "faul before the Battle of Cow Pens" in 1780 and served for 6 months. They entered the service of Capt. James Robinson under Major David Campbell's command, and marched to South Carolina. They were within six days' march of the Battle of Cow Pens (17 Jan 1781). They passed over through King's Moutain and then to Hamsour's Mill, crossing down the river to Horse Ford. They heard the guns when Gen. Davidson was killed on the Catawba River. They marched to salisbury in North Carolina, then to Bland Ford on the Yadkin River. They were in a battle with the British where Capt. Henly was taken prisoner. They then were marched to Virginia on the Dan River where they were discharged.

In 1783 he was one of the commisioners who came to the Cumberland District to survey lands set apart by the Legislature for the soldiers of the Continental line and others. He is mentioned as a Justice of the Peace as early as September 1790.

7 Aug 1789, acquired 640 acre tract from William Lee. In land was at the time in Hawkins County, TN near Treadway, TN.

Absalom married Bettie Peggy Wills on 21 Sep 1791. Bettie was born in 1770 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died in 1824 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bettie Peggy Wills was born in 1770 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died in 1824 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA.

Children:

1. Jean Willis "Peggy" Looney was born on 9 Jul 1789 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Jun 1849 in Thompson, Rhea, Tennessee, USA; was buried in , Rhea, Tennessee, USA.
Jean Peggy Looney was born in 1792 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Jun 1849 in , Rhea, Tennessee, USA.
John Warren Looney was born in 1793 in , Madison, Alabama, USA; died in 1848 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.
Priscilla Looney was born on 7 Jun 1794 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 27 Jun 1848 in Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, USA.
Margaret Looney was born in 1797 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died on 17 Dec 1872 in , , Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA.
David R Looney was born in 1797 in , , Virginia, USA.
Absalom Looney, II was born in 1799 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died in 1839 in Corinth, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
Martha Patsy Looney was born in 1801 in , Madison, Alabama, USA; died on 1 Jun 1869 in Preuit Farm, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA.
Susan Elizabeth Looney was born in 1803 in , Madison, Alabama, USA; died on 1 Jun 1869 in Preuit Farm, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 3

Absalom Looney was born in 1729 in Maughold, Isle of Man, England; died on 28 Sep 1791 in , Craig, Virginia, USA.

Absalom married Margaret Eleanor Moore in 1750 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA. Margaret was born in 1729 in Centerville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; died in 1791 in Bluefield, Botetourt, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Eleanor Moore was born in 1729 in Centerville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; died in 1791 in Bluefield, Botetourt, Virginia, USA.

Children:

2. Absalom Looney, Jr was born in 1763 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Oct 1818 in Indian Creek, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA.