1804-1810 Virginia - 1840-50 Indiana
Andrew Lusk is one of our more elusive relatives. I have very little documentation on him; most of the information I have comes from other researchers, and I have no idea where they got their information.
I am told that Andrew is a son of Samuel Lusk and Sarah Bailey, and that makes sense. Samuel and Sarah and their family moved to Kentucky in about 1828, first to Lawrence County, and then to Greenup County - and Greenup County is where Andrew got married. All the other Greenup County Lusks were related to Samuel and Sarah, so it is probable that Andrew is also.
As far as when he was born . . . well. Samuel and Sarah got married in January of 1804, so that makes a starting point. Andrew got married in 1830, and if you assume that he was at least 18 when he got married, then that gives 1812 as an ending point - but a slightly earlier date fits in better with the other children of Samuel and Sarah. In 1820, Samuel had 3 boys younger than 10 and 3 boys 10-26 (and since Samuel and Sarah were only married in 1804, that really means the older boys must be 10-16). The younger boys are accounted for, so Andrew must be one of the older ones. Born 1804-1810. Phew.
The very first documentary evidence of Andrew's existence is in a list of purchasers at an estate sale. The sale was held February 1823 in Tazewell County, Virginia; the estate was Isham Belcher's, who was a relative on his mother's side. (It may have been his grandmother's brother, but there were several Isham Belchers around, so I am not entirely sure.)
Tazewell County - Will Book 1 - p. 280 - estate of Isam Belsher - February 1823
Sale bill. Purchasers: Jesse Belsher, Sr., Samuel B. Blankenship, Dodridge Bailey, John Shannon, Robert Davison, Henry Bailey, Sr., Samuel Bailey, Christopher Dillion, William Nuckels, Polly McVey, Isom Belsher, Absolum Godfrey, Samuel Dillion, Jimmeson Bailey, Absolum Lusk, Henry Bailey, Henry Belsher, Obediah Belsher, Andrew Lusk, Benjamin Price, John Coleman, David DeCamp, John Clendenon, William McDowell, John Davidson, James Dillion, R. W. Davidson, Richard Bailey, Joseph McKinney, Henry Dillion. Exrs: John Davidson & Henry Bailey.
(included in: Archives of the pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia. Transcribed and edited by Netti Schreiner-Yantis. [Springfield, Va., c1973], p. 194)
In 1830, Andrew got married.
14 Aug 1830 Lusk Andrew - Charlotty A Lusk
Hardiman, Richard. Kentucky, Greenup County marriages, 1803-1853,alphabetized by bridegrooms. [Ashland, Ky.] : R. and L. Hardiman, 1980.
His wife was Charlotte A Hull. Both Dorothy McHaney (descendent of Andrew's daughter Rebecca) and Lore Hull Kreske (descendent of one of Charlotte's brothers) say that Charlotte's last name was Hull. For a long time I had no other proof of that. But Phyllis Hughes, the Hull Family genealogist, provided this: On March 01, 1838, Rebecca Hull signed a deed which mentioned three of the heirs of John Hull, deceased. These were: (1) John M. James and Eliza Jane, his wife, formerly Eliza Jane Hull; (2) Andrew Lusk and Charlotte, his wife, formerly Charlotte Hull; and (3) Moses Hull.
In 1835, Andrew attended the estate sale of John Hull, his father-in-law.
Hull, John - inventory filed Will Book 3, p. 1- 20 Nov 1834 - filed 5 Jan 1835 - Adm'r Thompson Ward.
signed by Comm. Samuel Rous, Christian Spangler, and Jas. Rous;
value $388.37¼
included 1 set blacksmith tools, 11 geese, 12 head sheep, 1 bedstead & furniture, 1 trundle bedstead, 1 side saddle, 8 chairs and 6 books.
Sale bill 1 Jan 1835, filed 5 Jan 1835.
Purchasers: Rebecca Hull, Benjamin Bablington, Christian Spangler, James Rous, Samuel F. Williams, Moses Hull, John McIntyre, Job Davis, Noah Bryson, Jeremiah Cunnor (sic), Nat Davis, John Miller jr, James Gilkerson, Ewell Riggs, Andrew Susk (sic).
Phillips, Patricia Porter. Greenup County, Kentucky will abstracts, 1822-1860. Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1998. p. 109-10
Barbara Boyce says Andrew is on the 1839 tax list in Carter County, Kentucky. This is available at the Rootsweb Archives. Other Lusks on this list are Samuel, James and Henry (?). Also on it are Burgess Godfrey and Claiborne Smith.
In Carter County, in 1840, there is an Andrew Luske or Lucke (p. 252) [Samuel is on p.
255] The microfilm is very dim and difficult to read. (Carter County, by the way, was
formed from Greenup County in 1838.)
1840 Kentucky Carter 252 Andrew Luske??? 0211001 101101
1 female 0-5
2 males 5-10
1m, 1 f 10-15
1m, 1 f 15-20 since Andrew and Charlotte were only married in 1830, these are
probably not their children.
1f 30-40 this could be Charlotte - she was born abt. 1804
1m 40-50 this is a little old for my Andrew although the census is often
inaccurate.
If this is him, it's pretty messed up. The children who are with Charlotte in 1850 do not fit
nicely into this scheme. This is the best I can make it go:
female 0-5 probably daughter Rebecca b. 1837
2 males 5-10 possibly his two daughters, Nancy ~1833 and Emily 1834
1m, 1 f 10-15 probably his son Jonathan B ~1831, and an unknown female
1m, 1 f 15-20 possibly brother Whitten 19 and sister Lydia 18?
And that's it - that is all the documentation I have found on Andrew. I think he died between 1840 and 1850. In the 1840s many of the Hulls moved to Warrick County, Indiana. (Father John Hull d. abt 1834). Charlotte is there for the 1850 census, living next to one brother, nearby are two more.
1850 Indiana Warrick Owen 174
Lust Charlotte widow 46 Ky
Jonathan B 19 m farmer Ky
Nancy 17 Ky
Rebecca 13 Ky
Patience 10 Ky
John S 8 Ind
John S Conner 8 Ind
These children do not fit well with the children listed in the 1840 census. Sigh.
Since John S Lusk was born in Indiana in 1842, presumably Andrew Lusk was still alive then, and so probably he made the move with the family to Warrick County. There is no trace of him after this, however. I do not know when he died or where he is buried.
Charlotte lived until at least 1880 (she is on the 1880 census living with son John S), but I do not know when she died or where she is buried.
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