 1748 - 1783 (35 years)
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| Name |
LOONEY Benjamin |
| Born |
1748 |
Looney's Mill Creek, Augusta Co., VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1783 |
Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee |
| Person ID |
I0289 |
Combo |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2009 |
| Father |
JR. Robert Looney, b. 1721, Isle of Man, England , d. Abt Feb 1756, Auguata County, VA (now Rockbridge) (Age 35 years) |
| Mother |
RHEA Margaret, b. 1725, Augusta, VA , d. 1803, Knox County, TN (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1742 |
Augusta, VA |
| Family ID |
F0146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
JOHNSON Mary, b. 1748, Botetourt County, VA , d. 1830, Hawkins County, TN (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1768 |
Botetourt County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. LOONEY Jesse, b. 1769, d. UNKNOWN |
| | 2. LOONEY Benjamin Jr., b. 1771, Botetourt Co., VA , d. 12 Jul 1822, Cave Springs, Green County, MO (Age 51 years) |
| | 3. LOONEY John Absolom, b. 10 Sep 1774, Knox, Botetourt County, VA , d. 16 Nov 1839, Greene County., MO (Age 65 years) |
| | 4. LOONEY Isham, b. 26 Oct 1775, Tennessee , d. Sep 1850, St. Clair Co., MO (Age 74 years) |
| | 5. LOONEY Robert, b. 1778, Washington Co., VA , d. Bef 20 Nov 1830 (Age < 52 years) |
| | 6. LOONEY Absalom, b. 1782, Stanley Valley, Hawkins Co., TN , d. Between 1858 and 1859, Boisser Parish, LA (Age 76 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0153 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- According to an account by William Gaines Looney : Michael Looney, his brother Jonathan Looney and Benjamin (about 35) went buffalo hunting northwest of Black Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky. On their return, when near Cumberland Gap, they noticed some "whet rocks" where they had been exposed by the uprooting of a tree during a storm. It was late in the day and they did not stop, because they susupected the presence of Indians from the behavior of their horses, but pushed on some distance before camping. Next morning while backtracking for the whet rocks they were attacked. Ben was wounded and Johnathan captured. Sometime later while Ben was resting, perhaps mortally wounded, an Indian killed him, and Michael escaped with nothing but his flint-lock rifle and on charge which he needed to get food during the three day and night return trip on foot. (Johnathan escaped much later, after he was gradually permitted increased liberty of movement.)
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