Please excuse me for quoting "Internet sources" so often. Excuse number one is that in the beginning I didn't know enough to keep a record of my sources. Excuse number two is that some of the sources have simply copied from other sources (as I did and still do) - and it is difficult to figure out who the original source was. I did get a lot of information from various GenForum postings, and I did find some things on Rootsweb - both the WorldConnect and the Archives. One person who helped me a lot individually was Barbara Boyce. But responsibility for any mistakes is mine - with enough time and money, I would go to all the county courthouses and look up whatever records survived the inevitable courthouse fire. Maybe someday I will.
Andrew | John | Polly | Elizabeth | Martha | Harrison | Russell | James | Chloe | Lydia | Whitten | Susan | William | Samuel | Emily
1. Andrew - b. 1804-1810 - d. 1842-1850
Internet sources say he is a son.
He is in Greenup County at the same time Samuel Lusk is.
He gets married at about the same time some of Samuel's daughters do.
Sam and Sarah were married in 1804; Andrew was married in 1830. The earliest
he could have legitimately been born was late 1804; supposing age of marriage to be 16 at
a minimum, the latest he could have been born was 1813 - and earlier would be better. In
1820, Sam listed 3 boys younger than 10 and 3 boys from 10-26, but since Sam married
in 1804, the older boys could only have been 10-16, ie born 1804-1810. We know (from
the 1850 census) that two of the younger boys were Harrison, Russell; James is not with
Sarah (he's a few houses away) on the 1850 census but Internet sources say he is a son
and that census census makes his birth to be about 1816, so he is probably the third
younger boy. Therefore Andrew must have been one of the older boys, therefore he must
have been born 1804-10.
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2. John 1804 - ?
Internet sources say he is a son.
James Carver says he was born 1806. However James Carver also says that Sam
and Sarah only had 3 children before the War of 1812, and that these children were John,
Polly and Martha. That leaves my Andrew out of the picture. However, James Carver is
the descendant of Polly, and often the older children preserve more memories than the
younger ones do - so maybe he is right.
At any rate, John is presumably one of the older boys in the 1820 census - but
from then on I can find no trace of him.
Unless he is Andrew John.???
There are 17 John Lusks in the 1830 census index at Ancestry.com, 1 Lush, and 2 Lusts.
Alabama, Jackson 80
Illinois, Madison 185 (John T)
Indiana, Decatur 39
Kentucky, Garrard 213
Meade 271
Nelson 115
New York, Ontario, Victor 215
Orange, Goshen 282 (John J)
Wayne, Arcada 76
Ohio, Butler, Oxford 117 (John N)
Farifield, Clear Creek 274 (Lust)
Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Fargess? 290
Pittsburg, S. Ward 12
Beaver, N. Beaver 188
Philadelphia, Moyamensing 85 (Lush)
South Carolina, Anderson 110
Union 202
Tennessee, Smith 41
Sullivan 13 (John L)
Lincoln 73 (Lust)
You will notice that there are no Virginia Lusks although there was a John C Lusk in Tazewell County for that year. That is the fun of these indexes - you can never be sure they have
included everything!
Another possibility is that he may be the son of David and Chloe - John C (Jehu
C) Lusk.
A third possibility is that he is related to the Auglaize Co. Lusks.
"Concerning "Jehu" Lusk: There is some evidence that Jehu might have been John C. Lusk, a younger brother of Charles & William Lusk. There was a John C. Lusk who married a Polly Corder on Oct 21, 1819 in Tazewell, VA moved to Augliaze county, Ohio with the family, and then moved to Missouri with his brother Charles. Charles F. Lusk, of Lima, Ohio, found land records in Warsaw, Benton county, Missouri which would be a good person to contact." (signed) Barbara - but I don't know Barbara-who or where I got this. : - ( (maybe Barbara Boyce?)
Another support for the Auglaize thesis is that there are Corders in Auglaize County as well as Lusks and Runyons.
Here are the records I do have about John Lusk, whoever he is:
names assigned to children on pre-1850 censuses assume the Tazewell John is
identical with the Missouri John - this is just an assumption
John Lusk married Polly Corder on 21 Oct 1819 in Tazewell Co., VA.
1820 Tazewell p. 251 - Jehu Lusk
1m 18-26 b. 1794-1802 (the Ohio/Missouri John Lusk was b. ~1798, the son of Sam& Sarah was b. ~1804, the son of David & Chloe was b. betweeen 1794-1800)
1f 10-16 b. 1804-1810
1f 16-26 b. 1794-1804 Mary (Polly) 20
1830 Tazewell p. 206 - Jonh C. Lusk
1 male (5-10) b. 1820-25 a unknown male = Ingram? 1823 (b. OH?)
1 male (30-40) b. 1790 - 1800 John 32
3 females (under 5) b. 1825-30 unknown female A
1825-30 B Margaret 1828
1825-30 unknown female C
1 female (5-10) 1820-25 unknown female D
1 female (10-15) 1815-20 unknown female E
1 female (30-40) 1790-1800 Mary (Polly) 30
1840 Missouri Benton Alexander p. 061 J. C. Lusk
1 male (under 5) 1835-40 b John 1838
1 male (15-20) 1820-25 a Ingram? b. 1823
1 male, (40-50) 1790-1800 John 42
2 females (under 5) 1835-40 Livica b. 1840
1835-40 Mary b. 1836
2 females (5-10) 1830-35 Sarah b. 1834
1830-35 unknnown female A 1830
2 females (10-15) 1825-30 B Margaret b, 1828
1825-30 unknown female C
1 female (15-20) 1820-25 unknown female D
1 female (40-50) 1790-1800 Mary (Polly) 40
1850 Missouri Benton Tom298b
JC Lusk 52 Va farmer (b. 1798)
Mary 50 Va (b. 1800)
Margaret 22 Va (b. 1828)
Sarah 16 Oh (b. 1834)
Mary 14 Oh (b 1836)
John 12 Oh (b 1838)
Livica 10 Missouri (b. 1840)
James L 8 Mo
Ann C Mo
1850 Missouri Benton Tom 299
Ingram Lusk 27 Oh b. 1823
Elizabeth 21 Ind
MA f 1 Missouri
Mary Miers 8
George W Miers 6
Isaiah McClurg 38 Tn
1850 Missouri Benton Tom 300
CH Lusk 5 m b MO - with Henry Miller 67 SC
1850 Missouri Benton Lindsay 320 - Solomon Lusk
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3. Polly 1808 - 1871
Her marriage license says she was a Lusk; Internet sources says she was a daughter of
Sam and Sarah. She lives near the rest of the family in Carter County in 1850.
James Carver, who is her descendant, calls her Polly (Elizabeth). At any rate, she is
one of the girls with Samuel in 1820.
In 1824, she married Isaac Adkins. He was the son of Isaac Adkins and Elizabeth
Hager, and lived in Tazewell County, not far from the Lusks.
Lusk, Polly - Isaac Adkins bachelor 17 Dec 1824 John Peery
Haga, Pauline. Tazewell County, Virginia marriages, 1800-1853. (Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press, [1991?])
Isaac and Polly remained in Virginia for a while after Samuel and the rest of the family
moved to Kentucky.
1830 Virginia Tazewell p. 192
Adkins, Isaac jr 00001 30001
1m, 1f 20-30 Polly 22, Isaac 27
3f under 5 Eliza 3, Sarah 0, Elizabeth 5
Sometime between 1830 and 1840 they did move to Kentucky - they are there for the
1840 census.
1840 Kentucky Greenup p. 241
Isaac Adkins 210001 002101
2m under 5 Wiser (1840 = 0), Henry (1837=3)
1m 5-10 David (1835=5)
2f 10-15 Sarah (1830=10), Eliza (1827=13)
1f 15-20 Elizabeth (1825=15)
1m, 1f 30-40 Isaac 37, Polly 32
Daughter Elizabeth married Jonathan Gallien or Gallion in 1843.
In 1850, they are in Carter County, Kentucky, living in the same neighborhood as her
mother and most of her siblings.
1850 Carter Co, Ky - p. 225b - No dist. - 22? August 1850
139-139 Isaac Adkins 47 m laborer Virginia cannot read or write
Polly 42 f Virginia cannot r/w
Eliza 23 f Virginia cannot
Sarah 20 f Virginia
Daniel 15 m laborer Kentucky attended school
Henry 13 m Ky attended school
Wicier??? 11 m Ky
Harrison 7 m Ky
Andrew 5 m Ky
Martha blurred single digit f Ky
Anthony 1 m Ky
William 2 m Ky
I had assumed that Wicier was a misspelling for Whitten, but Internet sources (hah, I
wrote it down this time: William A Brobst, curator of the Hager Family Historical Register"The Other Hagers of Hagerstown, MD" - posted on Rootsweb) say he is Wiser
Carnilues, born 10 March 1840, Shanty Branch, Williams Creek, Carter County,
Kentucky.
William Brobst also gives more information about a couple of the children:
Elizabeth b. 19 Nov 1825 d. ~1904, buried Webbsville, Elliott Co, Ky
married 5 Oct 1843 Floyd Co, Ky Jonathan Gallion (b. 25 Oct 1822)
Eliza b. ~1827, Tazewell Co, Va (a different person than Elizabeth?)
Sarah b. ~1830, Tazewell Co, Va
David b. ~1835, Carter Co, Ky (would this be Daniel in the census?)
Henry b. ~1837, Carter Co, Ky
Wiser Carnilues b. 10 Mar 1840 Carter Co, Ky d. 22 Oct 1915, Carter Co, Ky
married 17 March 1859 Randolph Co, GA (or Randolph Co, Ark) Margaret
Jane Williams
OR married 15 March 1860 Randolph Co, GA - which seems more likely, since
she isn't with him in the 1860 census
Harrison b. ~1843 Carter Co, Ky
Andrew b. ~1845 Carter Co, Ky
Martha b. ~1848 Carter Co, Ky
William b. ~1848 Carter Co, Ky
Anthony b. ~1849 Carter Co, Ky
Because I couldn't find Isaac and Polly in the censuses after this, I thought they might have died between 1850 and 1860. Actually,
this is wrong. There is a fair amount about Polly's son Wiser on the Internet, and it
includes the information that Polly Lusk Adkins died in 1871. (Here is the link.) I haven't found them
in censuses after that date, and I have found their children.
1860 Arkansas Lawrence Spring River 303 (p. 194) - 17 Sept - Jackson
(the house numbers are all messed up, so)
Daniel Adkins 23 m farmer 400 Ky
Sarah 26 / Harrison 16 / Andrew 14 / William 11 / Wiser Adkins 20 m laborer -
all Ky
(There is an Isaac Adkins age 53, born Va, in Arkansas in 1860 - but the names of thechildren are all wrong - it is Randolph County, Roanoke 375 - Blacks Ferry. The children are: Alexander 33 b. Oh, Catherine 10, John 9, Elender 7, Isaac 2, Henry T? 1 - all born in Arkansas. I suppose it is possible that Isaac and Polly separated and that Isaac started a second family with another wife.Or Polly might simply have been left off this census for some reason. But she was pretty old to be having children in 1859 - she would have been about 51.)
The older girls are in Kentucky:
1860 Kentucky Carter Star Furnace 242 (p. 98) - 17 July - line 11 (715-637)
Jonathan Gallien 37 m farmer 400 800 Ky
Elizabeth 34 house hand Va
William 15 farm hand
America E 10
Polly 8
Thomas 6
Ruth 4
Isaac J 2
Henry 2/12 all Ky
line 28 717-639 - Eliza Riggs 30 f house work Ky
Sarah 5f
In 1870, there is a Martha Adkins, about the age of Polly, living with Polly's brothers
Russell and Samuel. She is really too old to be their niece, so I wonder if it is another
census mistake?
1870 Carter - Roll 454, Bk 1 - Grayson - 183 of 194 p. 177a
Line 13 - 57 54 Lusk, Russell 51 mw farmer Va cannot read/write
Samuel 40 mw miner Va cannot read/write
Adkins, Martha 57 fw keeping house Va cannot read/write
Polly's sons Wiser and possibly Harrison are in Boyd County, Kentucky in 1870:
1870 Boyd p. 20 b taken 10-11 August
173-147 Adkins Wain 29 Ky
Margaret F 24 GA / Henry H 7 Ark / Andrew A 4 Ind / Mary M 2
Ky
Williams, C 18 Ark
176-150 Adkins, H 24 or 25 (sic) Ky cannot read/write
Sarah 35 Ky / William 22 Ky also cannot read write
(H Adkins is right next to Harrison Lusk, and Wain - which is probably Wiser
- is nearby)
In 1871, Wiser and his family were moving back to Arkansas. It was on this journey that Polly Lusk Adkins died.
According to Anna Adkins Kelly's Family History (1951), their (Wiser's and Margaret's) 5th child, James B, was born in Indiana as they were passing through in a wagon train - going back to Missouri & Arkansas. She also says that mother Polly Lusk Adkins was with them, along with sister Sarah - who lived with them most of their lives (she never married) - and Margaret's sister Letitia known as Tish, who also lived with them for many years.
She says that Polly died on the journey, and that Wiser "had to drive on until he came to a farmhouse where he went in and told his story about his mother. The farmer was very friendly and invited him to bring his family in, but he had his own food and bedding in the wagons. The good farmer took the ceiling down from his kitchen to make a coffin. In those days the ceiling and floors of their houses were built from logs that had been split in half, and much work had to be done to fashion a coffin from this type of lumber. The floors built from such logs were know as "puncheon floors." Anna Adkins Kelly states that grandmother, who is Polly Lusk Adkins, was buried and left behind on the farm. The location where they buried her is unknown."
from the link about Wiser (same as above)
Wiser and family are back in Carter County in 1880:
1880 Kentucky Carter Precinct 8, p 602d (LDS site)
Wiser Adkins 40 carpenter Ky Va Va
Margaret J 38 keeping house GA GA GA
Henry H 16 AR / Andrew A 14 IN / Margaret M 11 Ky / Luana (f) 9 Ky /
Elly 6 Ky / Maud 4 Ky / Latitia 2 Ky
1880 Kentucky Carter Precinct 8, p 604c (LDS site)
Harrison Adkins 35 Ky Va Va coal mine
Nancy A 31
Wiser 3 / James E 6m
And that is all I know about Polly.
Her son Wiser was an interesting fellow. He became an Indian scout at age 16 (like his
grandfather and great-grandfather), and for four years wandered all over the country, even
as far as California. It must have been on one of those journeys that he met his future wife,
Margaret Jane Williams, a Georgia girl. She was 17 when she married him, and, having
been a school-teacher before she married, she taught him to read and write. They seem to
have spent their married life alternating between Arkansas/Missouri and Kentucky, finally
settling in Kentucky for good sometime between 1884-1897. There is a picture of him in
the "Carter County, Kentucky, Photo Album" - link
The phot album also contains a picture of the two-story house he built in 1897 from ONE
tulip poplar tree - link
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4. Elizabeth 1809/1810 - ?
I have no information about her other than the name and date, which I got from the
Internet. James Carver, direct descendant of Polly Lusk and Isaac Adkins, says Polly was
actually Elizabeth-called-Polly. I am willing to take his word for it.
5. Martha 1811 - ?
Marriage license says she was a Lusk AND a daughter of Samuel.
Internet sources say she was born 1811.
She is presumably with Samuel for the 1820 census. She seems to be missing from the
1830 census.
She married in 1831:
14 Mar 1831 Lusk Martha - Robert Gorman - dau Samuel
Hardiman, Richard. Kentucky, Greenup County marriages, 1803-1853 :
alphabetized by brides. ([S.l.] : R. and L. Hardiman, 1980.])
He was (according to Darrell Warner, message 1 - 23 Nov 1997 - on the Gorman
GenForum site) the son of William Gorman and Jane Henderson.
After her marriage, I can't find her in the census. There are Gormans in Eastern
Kentucky, but no Roberts. Darrell Warner says they had a son, also called Robert, born
26 December 1836, died November 11, 1905, who married his 2nd cousin Julia Ann Enix
in 1887 (December 19).
And that is all I know about Martha.
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6. Harrison 18 Feb 1813 - 15 Feb 1897
Internet sources say he is a son and give his dates.
He lives in close proximity to the rest of the Lusk family (when he can be found).
He is presumably on the 1820 and 1830 censuses with Samuel. He is possibly not with
Samuel in 1840, and I have not found him in the 1850 census. (He is possibly the Henry
Lusk listed in the 1839 Carter County tax lists.)
He married Nancy Matilda Hall on 19 March 1858, although they had already had 7 children by then - no-one is sure of the reason for the delay. She was the daughter of John Hall and Senia Watson; her
sister Elizabeth married James Lusk and her brother Andrew married Emily Lusk, her
probable brother James married Susan Lusk. Nancy had been married before, to Henry
Dawson, and had at least two children by him (Mary Rose and William C, who appear in the 1860 census as Lusks, but
what of that.)
Census listings:
1860 Kentucky Boyd Catlettsburg 733 - 27 June (p. 43)
Harrison Lusk 33 m Va
Nancy 32 Ky
Mary I or J 13
William C 11
Marcus 9
Sarah E 8
James 6
John 5
Samuel 2
Marion W 1
1870 Boyd p. 20 b taken 10-11 August
177-157 Lusk, Harrison 48 mw farmer doesn't read or write
Nancy 40 Va ditto
Marcus 19 coal miner KY reads, doesn't write
John 15 ditto
Sarah 13 school ditto
William 11 school ditto
Harrison 7
Ann 5
Charles 3
Andrew 1
Rose, Mary F 23 reads, doesn't write
Dawson, William 21 ditto all b. Ky
1880 precinct 8 Carter Co, Ky - index list
Harrison Lusk 57 miner Va Va Va
Nancy 46 keeping house Ky Nc Va
Marcus 29 teamster Ky Va Ky
Samuel 23 miner -
Whitten 21 miner - this must be Marion Whitt (also must be William from 1870)?
Harrison 17 miner
Anna 15 at home
Charles L 13
Andrew 11
There is also a listing for him for 1890:
Carter Co 1890 Lusk, Harrison 026 Pre 8 John 021 Olive Hill
1890 veterans census , Carter Co Ky
Harrison Lusk/Lusic; Private 26th Ky INF. Co "H", Sept 26, 1864, to June 30 1865, served 9months 4days.
He died in 1897.
Barbara Boyce, who was so helpful to me, is a descendant of Harrison. She has posted
a lot of information in the Rootsweb Archives. She also has a website (link)
Rae Goodrow is another descendant, and she has a nice website (link)
I have more information of the children and grandchildren of Harrison here.
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7. Russell 1815 - aft 1870
Internet sources say he is a son.
He is on the 1850 census with the widowed Sarah Lusk - age 25, which would give him
a birthdate of 1825 - but in later censuses he gains a good 7 years, so that makes him born in about 1818 or 1819.
He is presumably one of the males in the 1820, 1830, 1840 censuses with Samuel. He
is on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses in Carter County. He apparently never became
a miner (his occupation is given as laborer, farmhand, farmer), and he apparently never
married. I haven't found him after the 1870 census.
1850 Carter Co Ky census p. 225a 142-142
Lusk, Sarah 72 f b. Virginia
Russell 25 m farmer Virginia
William 24 m laborer Virginia
Samuel 22 m laborer Virginia
Emily 19 f Kentucky
1860 Carter 12 July p. 232
652-574 James Hall 38 m farmer Ky
Susan (Lusk) 34 Va
William 16 / Elizabeth 14 / Emily 12 / Judah 4 (Sarah? Susan?) all Ky
John 7 Mo
Meriwether 3 / James 1 all Ky
Russle Lusk 42 farmhand Va
Whitten Lusk 36 ore digger Va
1870 Carter - Roll 454, Bk 1 - Grayson - 183 of 194 p. 177a
Line 13 - 57 54 Lusk, Russell 51 mw farmer Va cannot read/write
Samuel 40 mw miner Va cannot read/write
Adkins, Martha 57 fw keeping house Va cannot read/write
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8. James 1817 - aft 1850
Internet sources list him as a son. He lived near the other Lusks in 1850.
He is possibly the James Lusk listed on the 1839 Carter County tax list.
His age on the 1850 census was 34, which gives him a birth year of 1816.
Internet sources say he married Elizabeth Hall on June 27, 1842. She was the sister of
Nancy Matilda Hall (who married Harrison Lusk), Andrew Hall (who married Emily Lusk)
and possibly James Hall (who married Susan Lusk); they were the children of John Hall
and Senia Watson.
I have not found James after 1850.
1850 Carter - p. 225 - no dist. - Aug 22, 1850 138-148
James Lusk 34 m laborer Virginia cannot read/write
Elizabeth 25 f Ky cannot
Perlina 7 f Ky
Emily 5 f Ky
Nancy 3 f Ky
America 1 f Ky
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9.Chloe 1819 - aft 1850
Her marriage license says she is a Lusk.
She was living at the time in Greenup County,
where Samuel and family were located.
Internet sources say she was a daughter, and her
name is a good indication that she was (Sarah Bailey Lusk's sister was named Chloe).
Also, she is living near the rest of them in 1850. Her age in 1850 is given as 31, which
makes a birth year of 1819; some sources make her a little older (b. 1815).
She is presumably one of the females on the 1820 and 1830 censuses with Samuel.
She married in 1833, in Greenup County:
20 Nov 1833 Lusk Chloe - Claiborne Smith.
Hardiman, Richard. Kentucky, Greenup County marriages, 1803-1853 :
alphabetized by brides.
([S.l.] : R. and L. Hardiman, 1980.))
Claybourne Smith is on the 1839 tax list for Carter County.
Census listings:
1840 Kentucky Carter 244
Claiborne Smith 110001 (30/40) 00001 (20/30)
1 male under 5 (b. 1835-40) Russel b. 1838 missing Delila b. 1836
1 male 5-10 (b. 1830-35) James b. 1835
1 female 20-30 (b. 1810-20) Chloe b. ~1819
1 male 30-40 (b. 1800-10) Claiborne
1850 Carter - p. 225b - no dist - Aug 22?, 1850 - 141-141
Claiborne Smith 48 m farmer Ky cannot read/write
Chloe 31 f Va cannot
James 15 m farmer Ky attended school
Delila 14 f Ky attended school
Russell 12 m Ky
Lucinda 10 f Ky
John 8 m Ky
Martha 7 f Ky
Nancy 5 f Ky
George 4 m Ky
Ann 2 f Ky
Roxa 6/12 Ky
In 1880, two of her sons were in Carter County:
1880 Kentucky Carter Precinct 7 p. 589d (LDS site)
Jas O Smith 45 all Ky
Elizabeth 35
James 8 / Franklin 5 / Patrick 3
1880 Kentucky Carter Precinct 7 p. 590d (LDS site)
Geo Smith 35 Ky drives team
Corrilda 30
George 7 / Edward 5 / Freelon 3 / Simeon 2 / John 7m
I haven't found anything else on Chloe.
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10. Lydia 1820
Internet sources make her a daughter, and give her birth year as either 1820 or 1822.
She was presumably with Samuel for the 1820 and 1830 censuses. She may have been
with him for the 1840 census, or she may have been with her brother Andrew. I haven't
found her after that.
In 1850, there is a Lydia living near the rest of the Lusks and Halls in Carter County.
1850 Kentucky, Carter p. 226a 147-147
William Smith 29 Pa
Lydia 23 Ky
John 10/12
This Lydia is a little young to be our Lydia, but it is something to think about, especially
considering how the Lusks made a habit of marrying siblings and sister Chloe was married
to a Smith. (But Claibourne Smith was supposedly born in Ky and this Smith was born in
Pa.)
Other than that, I have nothing on Lydia.
11. Whitten 1821 - aft 1860
Internet sources say he is a son.
James Carver says he was born in 1821; 1860 census says he was born 1824. I have
seen him given a birthdate of 1805.
If he was one of the older sons, he is possibly missing in 1830; if one of the younger, he
is presumably one of the 3m 10-15 on that census.
He is missing from the 1840 and 1850 censuses.
In 1860, he is with his sister Susan and her husband James Hall, occupation given as"ore digger." Brother Russell is also living with Susan.
1860 Carter 12 July p. 232
652-574 James Hall 38 m farmer Ky
Susan (Lusk) 34 Va
William 16 / Elizabeth 14 / Emily 12 / Judah 4 (Sarah? Susan?) all Ky
John 7 Mo
Meriwether 3 / James 1 all Ky
Russle Lusk 42 farmhand Va
Whitten Lusk 36 ore digger Va
And that is all I know about Whitten.
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12.Susan - March 22, 1825 - aft 1880
Internet sources say she is a daughter and give her birthdate.
She lives near the rest of
the Lusks in Carter County in 1850, and in 1860 has two of the Lusk sons (her brothers)
living with her.
She is presumably one of the girls with Samuel in the 1830 and 1840 censuses.
In 1843 she married James Hall, said by some Internet sources to be another son of
John Hall and Senia Watson.
Hall, James - Susan Luck 15 Feb 1843
Carter County, Kentucky, marriages, 1838-1850. (Indianapolis, IN :
Researchers, [198-])
Census listings:
1850 Carter, p. 225b - no dist. - Aug 22?, 1850 - 140-140
James Hall 25 m farmer Kentucky cannot read/write
Susan 23 f Virginia cannot
William 6 m Kentucky
Elizabeth 4 f Kentucky
Emily 2 f Ky
Sarah 6/12 f Ky
1860 Carter 12 July p. 232 - 652-574
James Hall 38 m farmer Ky
Susan 34 Va
William 16 Ky
Elizabeth 14 Ky
Emily 12 Ky
Judah 4 (Sarah? Susan?) Ky
John 7 Mo
Meriwether 3 Ky
James 1 Ky
Russle Lusk 42 farmhand Va
Whitten Lusk 36 ore digger Va
1870 Kentucky Carter Grayson p. 177a Line 5 - 56 53
Hall, James 48 mw farmer, reads, cannot write
Susan 44 fw keeping house Va cannot read/write
John 18 Mo farmer
Manetta f 13
James 12
Harrison 7
Flora 5
Nancy 3 all Ky
1880 Precinct 8, Carter Co, Ky - LDS index list
James Hall 58 Ky laborer
Susan 54 Va Va Va keeping house
James 21
Harrison 19
Clara A 15
Kissey 13
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13.William 1826 - aft 1850
Internet sources say he is a son.
He is on the 1850 census with Sarah. Age then 24,
giving him a birth year of 1826 (some sources say 1823).
He is presumably with Samuel for the 1830 and 1840 censuses.
1850 Carter Co Ky census p. 225a 142-142
Lusk, Sarah 72 f b. Virginia
Russell 25 m farmer Virginia
William 24 m laborer Virginia
Samuel 22 m laborer Virginia
Emily 19 f Kentucky
Some sources say he died in 1850. I have nothing else on him.
14.Samuel 1828 - aft 1870
Internet sources say he is a son, and he is with Sarah in 1850 and with Russell in 1870.
Census ages give him birth years of 1828 and 1830.
He is presumably with Samuel for the 1830 and 1840 censuses (in which case he
probably was not born in 1830).
He worked as a miner, for at least part of his life. He apparently did not marry.
Census listings:
1850 Carter Co Ky census p. 225a 142-142
Lusk, Sarah 72 f b. Virginia
Russell 25 m farmer Virginia
William 24 m laborer Virginia
Samuel 22 m laborer Virginia
Emily 19 f Kentucky
1870 Carter Grayson p. 177a Line 13 - 57 54
Lusk, Russell 51 mw farmer Va cannot read/write
Samuel 40 mw miner Va cannot read/write
Adkins, Martha 57 fw keeping house Va cannot read/write
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15. Emily 1830 - aft 1860
Internet sources say she was a daughter (presumably with Samuel for the 1830 and
1840 censuses), and she is with Sarah in 1850.
1850 Carter Co Ky census p. 225a 142-142
Lusk, Sarah 72 f b. Virginia
Russell 25 m farmer Virginia
William 24 m laborer Virginia
Samuel 22 m laborer Virginia
Emily 19 f Kentucky
Internet sources say she married Jackson Copely in 1852 (July 18) in Carter County,
Kentucky, and that she married Andrew Jackson Hall in 1856 (January 31). He was
another son of John Hall and Senia Watson.
She is with him in 1860 and 1880 - I haven't found them in 1870:
1860 Kentucky Boyd Cutlettsburg PO 732 - p. 212 - 26 June
Andrew Hall 32 laborer $25 Ky
Emily 31
Martha A 3
Sarah E 2
William D 1
1880 Kentucky Carter Pct 8 (604c) - LDS site index list
AJ Hall 42 Ky Nc Va farmer
Emily 50 Ky Va Va keeping house
Jefferson 20 (Internet sources give 3 Oct 1859 as his birthdate) miner
Malinda 18
James H 15
Russle 1
Mary E 9
Sarah Adkins 51 servant
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