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1840 Census, Meigs County, Tennessee


p.235a, line 16, 1840, Meigs County, Tennessee
Samuel Looney  000000001-000001001

  00-04 1836-1840 0 0
  05-09 1831-1835 0 0
  10-14 1826-1830 0 0
  15-19 1821-1825 0 0
  20-29 1811-1820 0 0
  30-39 1801-1810 0 1
  40-49 1791-1800 0 0
  50-59 1781-1790 0 0
  60-69 1771-1780 1 1  Samuel Looney Jr.

Elijah Cross married Nancy Ann Lane, widow of Samuel Looney Sr.  Here in Meigs County in 1840, Elijah's son Zachariah Cross was living next door to Samuel Looney Jr., where Samuel Looney Jr. was the son of Samuel Looney Sr. and Nancy Ann Lane.  So Samuel Looney Jr. and Zachariah Cross were half brothers who were living next door to each other.  Samuel Looney Jr. moved from Sullivan County, Tennessee to Meigs County between 1830 and 1840.


p.235a, line 17, 1840, Meigs County, Tennessee
Zacariah Cross  00120001-0011

  00-04 1836-1840 0 0
  05-09 1831-1835 0 0
  10-14 1826-1830 1 1  Isaac Grundy Cross, Ann Cross
  15-19 1821-1825 2 1  Reese Benjamin Cross, Absolom Looney Cross, Artemisia Eliza Cross
  20-29 1811-1820 0
  30-39 1801-1810 0
  40-49 1791-1800 0
  50-59 1781-1790 1    Zachariah Cross

Zachariah Cross was the son of Elijah Cross and Nancy Ann Lane.  Nancy Ann Lane was the widow of Samuel Looney Sr.  Zachariah was from Sullivan County, Tennessee.  He moved to Meigs County between 1830 and 1840.


p.238a, line 7, 1840, Meigs County, Tennessee
Sollomon Dizney  120101-0011001    8 total, 1 engaged in agriculture

  00-04 1836-1840 1 0  Joseph Disney
  05-09 1831-1835 2 0
  10-14 1826-1830 0 1  Rachel Disney
  15-19 1821-1825 1 1
  20-29 1811-1820 0 0
  30-39 1801-1810 1 0  Solomon Disney
  40-49 1791-1800   1  Sarah Bray

Sarah Bray age 40-49 was the daughter of my fourth great grandparents John Bray and Jane.  As such, Sarah was the sister of my third great grandfather Edward Payne Bray.

Sarah married Solomon Disney age 30-39 in the early 1820's in Anderson County, before Anderson County began recording marriages in a bound marriage book.


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