Michael Looney

b. ca. 1751, Augusta Co., now Botetourt Co., VA
d. 1 January 1839, Stanley Valley, Hawkins Co., TN
Father: Absalom Looney Sr. (1729-1791)
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Eleanor Moore (1735-bef. 1777)
Wife: Temperance Cross
Buried: Looney original Homesite, Stanley Valley, Hawkins County, TN
See Thompson Family files

Rev War

Photos provided by Grayce Elizabeth "Betty" Looney Bingham

Historical Sign: Michael Looney - 1B 49: 7.9 miles north was the homestead of this pioneer, veteran of Lord Dunmore's War and of the Revolution, originally from Botetourt County, VA. Among his descendants were Joseph Emerson Brown, governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Joseph Mackay Brown, also a governor. Looney is buried in the family cemetery.
Located on U. S. 11 W, Hawkins County, at Rural Road
See http://www.mindspring.com/~mozark/MLnyGen.html

Original Homesite of Michael Looney, Stanley Valley, Hawkins County, TN