1776 Virginia -1845 Kentucky
Samuel Lusk was born in ~1776 in what was then Montgomery County, Virginia. There is some confusion about the place of his birth, because, as more and more settlers poured into the Valley of Virginia, new counties were continually added and old county lines redrawn. At one time Augusta County contained most of what is now western Virginia, as well as the states of West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1769, Botetourt County was formed from Augusta and Rockbridge; in 1772 Fincastle was formed from Botetourt (Fincastle was later to disappear entirely); in 1776, Montgomery was formed from Fincastle, and later on a piece of Botetourt was added to it. So if Samuel was born in 1776, he was probably born in Montgomery County. I have seen other dates given for him, but they are all within a year or two of this, so. Records of people living back then are found in all the various counties, which adds to the fun and confusion.
The area in which he lived was hotly contested by the Indians. From what I have read (which is not much, so please excuse my ignorance), the area looked uninhabited when the first white men saw it. Apparently no Indians actually lived there, but the area was their traditional hunting ground - they visited regularly - and they were not about to lose it to a bunch of white settlers. (These particular Indians were Shawnees, based in Ohio, I think.) So there were constant skirmishes, and atrocities on both sides, although we mostly hear about the Indian atrocities. Samuel's father (also named Samuel) was an Indian fighter . . .
Samuel, Jr.'s father, Samuel Lusk, Sr., during the 1790's, was serving under Major Robert Crockett (was Captain then) in the local militia. Samuel, Sr. was involved in at least 26 combat actions against the hostile Indians. Years later in the reports filed by Major Crockett, Samuel Lusk, Sr. was given credit with much of the successful campaigns against the hostile Indians.
This was written by James Carver, whose research is extensively quoted on the Internet.
. . . and young Samuel was too.
In 1792, the senior Samuel, along with three of his sons was killed by the Indians.
It was in 1792 there in (then) Wythe County, Virginia (area now Tazewell County) when another hostile raiding party of Indians raided the area where the Lusk clan lived. During this raid Samuel Lusk, Sr. and three of his sons, (names unknown) were killed by the hostile Indians. Surviving this raid were Samuel Lusk, Jr., his brother, David and now widowed mother, Susannah. Most likely the call went out for additional able-bodied men to fill the ranks of the local militia to defend themselves from any additional attacks against their settlement.
continues the quotation from James Carver.
According to some sources (including Walter Bailey, whose Bailey-Coulter archives have been very helpful), the names of the sons were: William F b. 1770 d. 1792, Robert A. b. 1771 d. 1792 and James R.b. 1772 d. 1792. Samuel and his brother David Eli survived, as did their mother Susanna Stevenson Lusk. It is possible that William also survived. I said this because I could not place a certain William Lusk, who lived in the same area at the same time as our people. According to Sandy Jessee, an excellent researcher, this William was the son of William and Mary Neely Lusk. He and his brother Charles and John C Lusk (often listed as son of Samuel and Sarah Bailey) moved to Ohio in the 1830s.
According to James Carver, our Samuel enlisted in March, 1792 and was stationed at a
fort located on Bluestone Creek under the command (like his father) of Major Robert
Crockett. I believe this was Wynn Fort [It might not have been; Wynn Fort was on the
Clinch River - but I haven't been able to find Bluestone Creek yet], and I believe his
brother David was stationed there too. In July of 1792, during what was to be the last
Indian raid into the country, Samuel was captured. I have seen four versions of the story of
his capture, which I have reproduced on another page. (see Sam's Indian Adventure) Basically, it goes like this: Upon getting
news of the raiding party, Major Crockett was in such a hurry to intercept them that he left
Fort Wynn without adequate provisions. Young Samuel and another man, Joseph Gilbert,
were sent off to hunt. They were ambushed by the Indians, Samuel was shot in the hand
and couldn't use his rifle. Gilbert stayed by Samuel, and killed several Indians before being
killed himself. Gilbert was then scalped, but Samuel was taken prisoner, and carried off by
the Indians across the Ohio River and on to Sandusky, where he remained for about 11
months. The Indians treated his wounded hand, and apparently came to trust him enough
to leave him unguarded - and so he escaped. According to his own account, he made his
way to Detroit, crossed over into Canada, went across Canada to Niagara Falls, crossed
back into the US, and then on home, which he reached in October, 1793.
Version #4 is much less sympathetic to Samuel, and tells a slightly different story. In this version, Samuel was taken only as far as Chillicothe, where there was another prisoner, Virginia Wiley, who had been captured in 1789. She insisted upon accompanying Samuel when he escaped although he didn't want her along - thought she would slow him down too much. The escape route in this version is: down the Scioto to the Ohio, up the Ohio to Gallipolis, where Samuel and Mrs Wiley parted, Samuel going on up the river and eventually to Pittsburgh, Mrs Wiley following the Kanawha and New Rivers back home.
After Pittsburgh, Samuel went on to Philadelphia - and then home, which he reached in October, 1793.
All the versions more or less agree on the events leading up to Samuel's capture, which are
apparently included in the Virginia State Calendar Papers - Reports of Major Crockett
(which I have not seen.) The versions which describe the Canadian escape route are
based on Samuel's own Pension Application. Version #4 is from A History of Middle
New River settlements and contiguous territory by David E. Johnston (Huntington, WV:
Standard Ptg.& Pub. Co., 1906. p 102-107). I assume Johnston did not invent the story
out of whole cloth, but must have heard it from someone, possibly a descendant of Virginia
Wiley's, or of Major Joseph Cloyd who supposedly accompanied Samuel from
Philadelphia on. Since Samuel Lusk and not Virginia Wiley is my ancestor, I must privilege
his account - but it is something to think about looking into.
Since writing this, a fellow Lusk researcher found a site about Virginia Wiley - link. This particular site quotes from The Pack Family of Lincoln County, West Virginia, by Ellen Jane Allen Pack. It does not mention Sam Lusk as a fellow prisoner, but does contain quite a detailed account of her captivity and escape. There is another version (which also does not mention Samuel Lusk) in a book called Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924 (sorry, I don't have any more bib. info than that).
Samuel's mother was Susannah Stevenson (or Stephenson - people weren't fussy about spelling in those days). After her husband was killed, she married Thomas Godfrey. According to James Carver "Mr. Godfrey was a widower with two grown children, Absalom and Burgess Godfrey." They were both on the tax list of 1802, listed as "over 16" so they were born before 1786.
According to Walter Bailey, who produced the Bailey-Coulter Archives, Thomas Godfrey and Susannah and the two (and possibly three) surviving Lusk sons, moved further west after the mid-1790s (after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794), to the Wolf Creek District.
In 1776, about the time Sam jr. was born, the area was Montgomery County. In 1791, it became Wythe County, and in 1799, Tazewell County. If you look for Bluefield, West Virginia on the map - its about as far south as West Virginia goes - that's the area we're talking about. It was still all Virginia then.
So. Sam got home in October 1793. There are a fair number of records of him after that. In 1795, he was an axman on a survey crew in Wythe County. This is interesting because, when he wrote his petition for a pension for his part in the Indian Wars, he said "the wound aforesaid has crippled and disabled his hand, and he has never been able to open it since the wound healed." Another curiosity.
He was on the tax lists for Wythe County for 1795 and 1796. He and his brother David signed four petitions, from 1796-1799, to form a new county, and in November of 1800, he had jury duty in the newly created Tazewell County. In 1801, he was in some sort of trouble, and was sentenced to one hour's imprisonment and cost (it must not have been anything too major). He is on a LOT of court records after this, sometimes as a member of the jury, but often as the defendant. I can't tell, from the abstracts of records I have seen, what all these cases were really about. They say things like "1803 Oct 14 Commonwealth v Samuel Lusk. Prest. Sum." I have included all the abstracts in the time-line below, and maybe someone sometime will feel like looking up the actual records (if they still exist) - or maybe someone will know enough law to make a guess as to what they were about. There seems to have been a fair amount of fighting involved, and then claims for payment.
What I suspect is this: Sam's brother David married a woman named Chloe Bailey. But "married" is possibly not correct: no marriage record has ever been found - and she had a husband already. She and her first husband, David McComas, had a son James, but McComas did not believe James was his child - a court case in Cabell County, concerning land litigation, stated that "David McComas had no children," and his will left nothing (or rather, only $1) to James. So. Samuel married Chloe's sister Sarah, and the whole Bailey-Lusk-Godfrey tribe took Chloe's side. (Chloe became a common family name for the next generation or two.) David was also involved in litigation, and in 1801 he and Chloe were prosecuted, possibly for adultery. So. I suspect that aspersions were cast, offense was taken, and fights - and law suits - ensued. In 1804, David McComas and his brother moved to what became Cabell County, and there were no new court cases involving Lusks after that time - although some of the old ones did drag on for a few more years. (Also in 1804, a deed was recorded from "David Lusk and Chloe his wife.")
Samuel starts appearing on the tax lists for Tazewell County after 1801. There was both a
Personal Property Tax, and a Land Tax, and sometimes he is on one, and sometimes he is
on both.
1801 Personal property tax list, Tazewell Co - 1 wm 16+, 2 horses etc
1802 Personal property tax list, Tazewell Co - 1 wm 16+, 2 horses etc
Land tax on 87 acres (his mother and stepfather deeded him some land in January
1802)
1803 Personal property tax - Tazewell Co - 1 w m 16+, 1 horse etc
In November, 1803, he got himself some more property . . .
1803 Nov 4 - Land grant 148 acres with Elias Harmon; on East River, south side of Stoney Ridge, near Andrew Davidson's line.
1803 Nov 5 - Land grant 124 acres on Bluestone and Flipping Creek half as Elias Harmon assignee.
. . . and in January, 1804, he got married.
Lusk, Samuel - Sarah Bailey 5 Jan 1804 (John Tollett)
Together, Samuel and Sarah would have 14 or 15 children. The first was born in, probably, late 1804. It is difficult to be sure of the exact order of the children and of their exact birth dates. In fact, I don't even know how the names of the children are known - I assume someone has clearer family memories than we do - or perhaps a family Bible. I found them on the Internet; several sources agree on the names (although not on the dates), so. Some of the names and dates can be more or less confirmed by censuses starting in 1850, but some of the children had died - or disappeared - before them.
The children and their birthdates:
John 1804,1806
I suspect that John is not the son of Samuel and Sarah, but possibly a son of David and Chloe, possibly the son of William and Mary Neely Lusk.
Andrew 1804-1810
One source makes Andrew the eldest son, and gives him a birthdate of 1803
(before his parents were married). The best guess I can make is sometime between
1804-1810. He married in 1830, so 1819 is almost surely too late.
Polly (Elizabeth) 1808
Some sources say Polly & Elizabeth are two people, some one. James Carver,
Polly's direct descendant, says they are one person, so I'm going with him. Some
sources add another daughter, Linda, in place of Elizabeth.
Martha 1811
Harrison - Feb 28, 1813
Such an exact date must have some documentation, no? On the censuses I
have seen, his birth year wavers from 1822 to 1827!
Russell 1815 His birth year on censuses: 1815-1819
James 1817
Chloe 1815,1819
Lydia 1820,1822
Whitten 1821
Some people have Whitten born 1805, some 1821; in 1860, he was supposedly
36 years old, which would give him a date of 1824.
Susan - March 22, 1825
William 1823, 1826 The 1850 census agrees with the year 1826
Samuel 1827, 1828 Census gives 1828, 1830
Emily 1830 Carter Co, Ky
Samuel continued on the Tax Lists of Tazewell County for the next several years, and he continued to amass property, both livestock and land.
1806 Personal property tax list - Tazewell Co, Va - 1 wm 16+, 3 horses etc.
land tax on 124 acres, and on 148 acres shared with Elias Harmon
1814, Land Tax, for 124 acres on Big Rock, Bluestone
1815 tax list Tazewell 2 wm 16+, 6 horses, 12 cattle
land Samuel Lusk - Clear Fork of Wolf Creek from Thomas Godfrey 1801
ditto - Flat Top Mountain
1819 - Oct 23: Samuel received 1000 acre Land Warrant #6670 located on Dividing Ridge near Cabin Creek on Bluestone River
1820 Personal property Tax 1m 16+, 6 horses etc
1822, Oct 18: Samuel obtained 2 additional Land Warrants totalling 550 acres located on Branch Creek and on the Mill Branch near Black Lick Mountain and Lusk Branch
He also continued military service. I am not sure what duties were involved in being a member of the militia. That is another bit of research for someone to undertake sometime.
1807 June 25 Samuel Lusk recommended as Lieut. in Capt Andrew Peery's Company of Militia in room of Thomas Cartmill, removed.
1808 Apr 27 Samuel Lusk is appointed Lieut. in 112th Regt.
1810 Apr 25 Samuel Lusk appointed Capt in room of Andrew Peery, removed.
1812 Sep 1 Private in the 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Detached Militia serving in Captain Soloman Brandenburg's Infantry Company - He was not a resident of Kentucky, but he served in this outfit and is listed in the Kentucky Adjutant General's report. His job was simply to transport supply wagons to Kentucky. These wagons were transported to Hardinsburg, Breckenridge County, Kentucky. Once the wagons were delivered Samuel was discharged on Christmas Day, December 25, 1812, receiving pay of $25.33 for his 4 months, and 24 days of service. (more from James F. Carver)
You will notice that I have not included any census information up to this point. That is
because no census exists until 1820. The 1790 and 1800 Virginia censuses were
destroyed by the British although there are some tax lists which serve as census substitutes
for 1790. The 1810 Virginia census survived - but not for Tazewell County! So it is lucky
for us that some earlier dedicated (insane?) people went through all those old court
documents and made them available, or else we would have absolutely no idea where our
ancestors lived. The court documents also give us more of a glimpse into the lives of our
ancestors than the censuses do. So, thank you all, especially Netti Schreiner- Yantis for
your Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County Virginia!
Anyway, after 1820, Samuel appears regularly on the censuses. Here he is in 1820:
1820 Tazewell Co, Va census
3 boys 0-10: Harrison 7, Russell 5, James 3.
1 boy 10-16:
1 boy 16-18 Andrew 1804?
1 boy 16-26 John 1804 = 16
1 girl 10-16 Polly age 12
3 girls 0-10 Lydia 0, Chloe 1, Martha 9
In 1828, Samuel and family moved north to Lawrence County, Kentucky, and in 1829 a little further on north to Greenup County - and now we have a new batch of county name changes to deal with.
Greenup County was formed in 1803; in 1838 Carter County was formed from Greenup and Lawrence; and in 1860, Boyd County was formed from Greenup, Carter and Lawrence. Records of Samuel Lusk
and his descendants are found in all those counties - and also in Mason County, from which Greenup was formed. If you look on the map, the river which divides Kentucky and West Virginia goes down to the area the Lusks lived in Virginia, so they possibly followed the river north.
Samuel and family are in the 1830 census for Greenup County. And incidentally, they are
listed right next to John Hull, the father of Charlotte, Andrew's wife.
1830 Census Greenup 085 (formed from Mason 1803; Mason from Bourbon 1788)
Samuel Lusk 12311001 2100001
1m, 2f under 5 Susan 5, Emily 0, Samuel 2
2m, 1f 5-10 Lydia 8, William 4, Whitten 9
3m 10-15 Russell 15, James 13, Chloe 11
1m 15-20 Martha 19, Harrison 17
1m 20-30 John 26, Andrew 23, Polly 22
1f 40-50 Sarah 45
1m 50-60 Samuel 54
Andrew and Polly were married in 1830 and 1824 respectively. Andrew married
Charlotte Hull in Greenup County on August 14. Polly married Isaac Adkins in Tazewell
County, December 17, 1824 - she would have been about 16. Martha got married in
1831 and Chloe in 1833, so they should be still with Samuel in this census. Sometimes
census takers made mistakes on the ages or sexes of the children . . . .
In 1831 (March 14), Martha Lusk married Robert Gorman in Greenup County. I have not found anything further on them, except a Gorman GenForum message, which says they had a son, Robert jr, born 1836.
In 1833 (November 20), Chloe Lusk married Claiborne Smith in Greenup County. They remained in the area at least for the 1850 census.
In 1834, Samuel filed for a pension, based on his service in the Indian Wars. The petition was not answered until 1842, when it was rejected. (James Carver.)
In 1838, the portion of Greenup County in which Samuel lived was made into Carter County. In 1839 Samuel and his sons Andrew and James appear on the Carter County tax list (available at the Rootsweb archives), along with a Henry Lusk (mistake for Harrison?) and Samuel's son-in-law Claiborne Smith. In 1840 Samuel is in the Carter County census..
1840 Census Carter - Lusk, Samuel 255
Samuel Lusk 011020001 01100001
1m, 1f 5-10 Emily 10, Sam 12,
1m, 1f 10-15 William 14, Susan 15, Lydia 18, Whitten 19
2m 20-30 James 23, Russell 25, Harrison 27
1f 50-60 Sarah 55
1m 60-70 Samuel 64
(bold = still at home 1850; italic married? - or possibly with brother Andrew?)
Russell, William, Samuel and Emily were living with their widowed mother in 1850, so it is reasonable to assume they are with Samuel for this census. Harrison didn't marry until 1858, so it is possible he was one of the males 20-30, whereas James married in 1842 - does that make it more likely for him to have left home? I have no information on Lydia; she might have been married by now. I have never had any information on John and only contradictory information on Whitten. So. Missing from this census are: John, Whitten, either Lydia or Susan, and either Harrison or James. The other girls were married by now.
There is an Andrew Luske in the 1840 Carter County census, who has a confusing
collection of people with him, two of whom could have been his siblings:
1840 Kentucky Carter
252 Andrew Luske??? 0211001 101101
1f under 5 probably his daughter Rebecca b. 1837
2m 5-10 b. 1830-1835 possibly his two daughters Nancy ~1833 - Emily ~1834
1m, 1f 10-15 b. 1825-1830 probably his son Jonathan B b. ~1831
?and an unknown female (sister Susan 15 or Lydia 18??)
1m, 1f 15-20 b.1820-25 Charlotte & Andrew were only married in 1830; these
children would have been born when Andrew was 15-20 - brothers & sisters?
Possibly Whitten 19 and Lydia 18 - or possibly his wife's sibs.
1f 30-40 Charlotte about 36 (b. 1804)
1m 40-50 Andrew actually between 30 - 40
In 1839 Samuel bought a farm (187 acres) on Rush Creek, off Williams Creek in Carter County, Kentucky. James Carver says he was there when he died. However, another source says that the farm was sold in 1844, to James Hartley. I haven't seen the records, and so I can't confirm or disprove this. Sam died sometime before the 1850 census, possibly as early as 1845. His wife Sarah lived until at least the 1850 census, but she is not found on any census after that one.
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1776 Sam jr. b (Montgomery Co)
1791 Montgomery Co becomes Wythe Co
1792 Sam sr. dies Wythe Co, Va - during an Indian attack - along with 3 children (some say: William F., Robert A, & James R; some say death was 1794 - I think it was 1792.)
(Susan remarries Thomas Godfrey)
1792 Indian adventure (hand wounded; friend Gilbert killed)
Wynn Fort had records of Sam Lusk Jr and his brother David in the militia and working as Indian Scouts. Samuel Lusk Jr was fighting Indians and they used him as a scout around age 14. I think he was a "little man" and he could move fast. The story of Sam Lusk Jr and his capture and being wounded is also in Mary Keller Brown's book "Wyoming Co History". The story about Samuel and his wound is all correct, there are several places in history books with the same story.
Cleverly, since this is the documentation section, I failed to document where this quote came from. : (
~1794 Susanna, Thomas, sons move west - Thomas has land on Clear Fork of Wolf Creek (Nov 1794)
1795 Sam axman on survey - (Wythe survey book 1, p. 175) [A; 138]
1795 tax list - Wythe Co [WL]
1796 tax list - Wythe Co [WL]
#3602, Nov 31, 1796 - petition to create Tazewell Co - Sam & brother David sign [AP;
294]
#3672-C, Dec 6, 1797 ditto [AP; 295]
#3846, Dec 5, 1798 ditto [AP; 298]
#3997, Dec 1799 ditto [AP; 299]
1800 Tazewell - Sam - jury duty (Nov 5) [ACI-18; 4]
1801 Mar 4 Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk and John Smith. Deft. pleaded not guilty,
They are found guilty and sentenced to one hour imprisonment and cost [ACI-29; 7]
1801 Personal property tax list, Tazewell Co - 1 wm 16+, 2 horses etc.[ATp-1801; 108]
1802 Ditto - Ditto [Atp-1802; 112]; Land tax on 87 acres [Atl-1802; 116]
1802 Jan 14 Deed from Thomas Godfrey and Susanna, his wife to Samuel Lusk.
[ACI-51; 15]
1802 Apr 15 Wm. McBroom, assee. vs. Samuel Lusk, pet. now summons?
[ACI-59;18]
1802 June 10 same [ACI-66; 21]
1802 July 15 same Judgement is granted the plft. for $20.00 with interest from Oct 1, 1798. [ACI-67; 21]
1802 Aug 13 same On the motion of Samuel Lusk, by his attorney, an injunction is granted him to stay proceedings on a judgement obtained against him by William McBroom, assignee of Matthias Harman, assignee of David Foster for the
sum of $20.00 [ACI-71; 22]
1803 Jan 13 Samuel Lusk vs. William McBroom continued. [ACI-87; 27]
1805 June 26 On judgement. Defts. moved for a dissolution of the injunction which was overruled and the injunction continued and a general commission awarded the parties to take depositions [ACI-175; 53]
1805 July 22 Oath being made according to law and notice being admitted, a commission is awarded the deft., William McBroom, to take the deposition of Ezekiel Droddy and David Foster and others directed to William McGuire, Cornelius McGuire, Solomon Strutton, Harry Strutton, and Tandy Strutton residing in Floyd Co Ky. [ACI-181; 55]
1806 Apr 24 Injunction . This cause this day came on and was heard from the Bill, answers and depositions taken, and returned and arguments of council on both sides, whereupon it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the injunction award the plaintiff to the judgement at law be made perpetual and that he recover his costs by him in the prosecution of this suit expended. [ACI-284; 66]
1803 Personal property tax - Tazewell Co - 1 w m 16+, 1 horse etc.[ATp-1803; 119]
1803 March 10 Grand Jury presents Samuel Lusk for breach of the peace by assaulting
and beating William Jeffry on the 25th day of December, 1802.....by information of William
Jeffry. [ACI-89; 28]
1803 Aug 11 A summons to Samuel Lusk to see why a presentment of Grand Jury should not be against him for assulting and beating William Jeffrey. It is ordered that said summons be quashed. [ACI-106; 33]
1803 Mar 11 John Chapman vs. Thomas Morgan, Micajah Bailey, and Henry Bailey.
Debt. Samuel Lusk enters himself special bail for Morgan and Bailey. [ACI-91;28]
1803 May 12 Sam Lusk - grand jury [ACI-96; 31]
1803 Aug 11 Sam Lusk - grand jury [ACI-105;32]
Grand Jury presents William Ferguson and Edward McDonald for fighting on May 12,
1802 at Jeffersonville. Known to John Belshey and Samuel Lusk. [ACI-106;33]
1803 Aug 12 Commonwealth v. George Davidson and William Smith. Plead not guilty.
Sam :is on jury. Verdict - each found guilty, each assessed 3¢. [ACI-108; 33]
1803 Oct 14 Commonwealth v Samuel Lusk. Prest. Sum. [ACI-118;36]
1803 Nov 4 - Land grant 148 acres with Elias Harmon; on East River, south side of
Stoney Ridge, near Andrew Davidson's line. [AL-52-99; 164]
1803 Nov 5 - Land grant 124 acres on Bluestone and Flipping Creek half as Elias Harmon
assignee [AL-52-106; 165]
1804 Jan 5 Sam jr marries Sarah Ann Bailey (Tazewell Co, 5 Jan)[AM-201][TM]
1804 Mar 15 Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk [ACI-129;39]
1804 Mar 16 Sam Lusk - jury duty [ACI-132;40]
1804 May 11 Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk. Plead: Not guilty; Found guilty &
assessed $5.00 [ACI-137; 32]
1804 May 12 William Davis, adv. Samuel Lusk. James Witten enters himself as special
bail. [ACI-140; 42]
Samuel Lusk vs. William Davis. John Lane proved three days attendance at a former court and one at this one for the pltf and John Tollett proved one days attendance at this court of deft. [ACI-140;42]
1804 Aug 18 John Lard proved one days attendance as witness. [ACI-151; 46]
1805 Mar 16 Samuel Lusk vs. William Davis. John Tollett was a witness for deft. and John Lane for plft. [ACI-166; 51]; William Shannon was a witness for the pltf [ACI-168; 51]
1805 June 26 Non assumpset payment and the statute of limitations is plead. No decision on part of jury, case continued. [ACI-175; 53]; John Lane was a witness for the plft [ACI-175; 53]
1805 June 27 John Tollett proved a witness for deft. [ACI-177; 54]
1805 July 22 Oath being made according to law and notice being admitted a Commission is awarded the deft. to take the deposition of Samuel Haws, Jr., and Samuel Haws, Sr., and his wife, etc. John Graham directed to William McGuire, Cornelius McGuire, Solomon Strutton, Harry Strutton, and Tandy Strutton resideing in Floyd County, Kentucky [ACI-181; 55]
1805 Aug 27 William Shannon and John Lane witnesses for pltf. [ACI-190; 58]
1805 Sep 26 case continued for pltf. John Tollett witness for deft. [ACI-192; 58]
1805 Sep 26 On the motion of the defendant., John Tollett, a material witness for him in this case is about to depart the country. It is ordered that a commission be awarded him to take deposition of the said Tollett. [ACI-192; 58]
1805 Nov 28 By consent of parties this cause is submitted to the determination of Thomas Witten, William George, Robert Crockett, John Lard, and Henry Harman. [ACI-201;61]; John Lane witness for pltf. [ACI-202; 61]
1806 Apr 24 This case was submitted to determination by arbitration at a former the court. The arbitrators move to have the case quashed which is refused by the court, and award is to be made by court, which is done accordingly. [ACI-283; 66]
1804 August - Samuel Lusk - jury duty [ACI-140; 42]
1804 Aug 16 Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk, on forthcoming bond for delivery of
property. [ACI-145;44]
William Davidson vs. Samuel & David Lusk. Case dismissed by pltfs. and order and defts. costs. [ACI-146; 44]
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk, Plead; Not Guilty, found Guilty, fined 50cents. deft filed errors in arrest of judgment. cont. [ACI-148; 45]
William Jeffery vs. Samuel Lusk; Dismissed by pltfs. order at defts. costs. [ACI-148; 46]
1804 Aug 17 Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk; Indictment, Errors in judgement argued.
Court are of the opinion that judgment was correct. 50 cents as set before [ACI-149; 45]
1804 Aug 18
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lusk, On forthcoming bond for delivery of property. Judgment against deft. and costs. [ACI-152; 46]
1804 Aug 18 John Compton vs. Samuel & David Lusk. Case, dismissed by plfts. orders
at defts costs. [ACI-151; 46]
1804 Oct 13 Mathais Harman vs. John Graham. Samuel Lusk proved four days
attendance as witness for plft. [ACI-159; 48] 27 June 1805 Samuel Lusk was a witness
for plft. [ACI-178; 54]
1804 ?son John b.
1805 Nov 28 Sam Lusk - Jury duty [ACI-201; 61]
1806 Personal property tax list - Tazewell Co, Va - 1 wm 16+, 3 horses etc.[ATp-1806;
123];
land tax on 124 acres, and on 148 acres shared with Elias Harmon [ATl-1806; 127]
1807? son Andrew b.
1807 June 25 Samuel Lusk recommended as Lieut. in Capt Andrew Peery's Company of
Militia in room of Thomas Cartmill, removed. [ACI-248; 77]
1808 dau. Polly b
1808 Apr 27 Samuel Lusk is appointed Lieut. in 112th Regt. [ACI-290; 86]
1808 June 29 Deed from Samuel Lusk & Sally, his wife to John Maccon was
acknowledged. [ACI-297; 88]
1809 Apr 26 John J Trigg & Co., vs William & Jacob Wall. Debt. Samuel Lusk enters
himself special bail. Judgment confessed for L 7, 3, 4 [ACI-326; 95]
1809/10 dau Elizabeth b. - may actually be Polly [TM says Polly]
1810 Apr 25 Samuel Lusk appointed Capt in room of Andrew Peery, removed.
[ACI-359; 104]
1811 dau Martha b.
1812 Sep 1 Private in the 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Detached Militia serving in Captain
Soloman Brandenburg's Infantry Company - He was not a resident of Kentucky, but he
served in this outfit and is listed in the Kentucky Adjutant General's report. His job was
simply to transport supply wagons to Kentucky. These wagons were transported to
Hardinsburg, Breckenridge County, Kentucky. Once the wagons were delivered Samuel
was discharged on Christmas Day, December 25, 1812, receiving pay of $25.33 for his 4
months, and 24 days of service. (James F. Carver)
1813, Feb 28 - son Harrison b.
1814, Land Tax, for 124 acres on Big Rock,Bluestone [ATl-1814; 146]
1815 son Russell b.
1815 tax list Tazewell 2 wm 16+, 6 horses, 12 cattle [TL]
land Samuel Lusk - Clear Fork of Wolf Creek from Thomas Godfrey 1801
ditto - Flat Top Mountain
1816 Jan 23- appraisement - Sam mentioned [AWI-100; 182]
1817 son James b.
1819 daughter Chloe b.
1819 - Oct 23: Samuel received 1000 acre Land Warrant #6670 located on Dividing
Ridge near Cabin Creek on Bluestone River.
1820 Personal property Tax 1m 16+, 6 horses etc. [Atp-1820; 155]
1820 Tazewell Co, Va census
3 boys 0-10: Harrison 7, Russell 5, James 3.
1 boy 10-16:
1 boy 16-18 Andrew 1804?
1 boy 16-26 John 1804 = 16
1 girl 10-16 Polly age 12
3 girls 0-10 Lydia 0, Chloe 1, Martha 9
1821 son Whitten b.
1821 Cash due from Saml Lusk to Matthew Erixon estate (249-50 - Feb 15, 1821) [GC
p. 27]
1822 dau Lydia b.
1822 March 26 - Sam listed as one owing to estate of James Thompson.[AWI-156; 186]
1822 estate of Elizabeth Maxey - Samuel Lusk purchaser - (302 - 26 July 1822) [GC-p.
28]
1822, Oct 18: Samuel obtained 2 additional Land Warrants totalling 550 acres located on
Branch Creek and on the Mill Branch near Black Lick Mountain and Lusk Branch.
1823 Feb - Andrew Lusk (16?) purchaser at sale of Isam Belsher. [AWI-280; 194]
1824 Debts due Henry Harmon estate - John Lusk, David Lusk - 30 Nov 1824 [GC-p.
30]
1825 dau Susan b.
1826 son William b.
1828 son Samuel b.
1828 Samuel jr moved to Ky - Lawrence Co 1 yr, then to Greenup (became Carter Co in
1838)
1829 - to Greenup Co, Ky
1830 Emily b. Ky
1830 Andrew Lusk m Charlotte Hull [GpM]
1830 Census Greenup 085 (formed from Mason 1803; Mason from Bourbon 1788)
Samuel Lusk 12311001 2100001
1m, 2f under 5 Susan 5, Emily 0, Samuel 2
2m, 1f 5-10 Lydia 8, William 4, Whitten 9
3m 10-15 Russell 15, James 13, Chloe 11
1m 15-20 Martha 19, Harrison 17
1m 20-30 John 26, Andrew 23, Polly 22
1f 40-50 Sarah 45
1m 50-60 Samuel 54
1834, Oct 7; Samuel filed for Invalid Pension for service in 1792, Indian Wars, when he
was captured and injured losing use of one hand. Rejected on April 30 1842! [AATL;
274]
1839: Samuel is now in Carter Co Ky, (county line moved, not Samuel)
1839 Carter Co tax book - Andrew Lusk listed
1840 Census Carter - Lusk, Samuel 255
Samuel Lusk 011020001 01100001
1m, 1f 5-10 Emily 10, Sam 12,
1m, 1f 10-15 William 14, Susan 15, Lydia 18, Whitten 19
2m 20-30 James 23, Russell 25, Harrison 27
1f 50-60 Sarah 55
1m 60-70 Samuel 64
(bold = still at home 1850; italic married? - or possibly with brother Andrew?)
1842? Andrew Lusk moves to Warrick Co, Ind.
1844: April 1, Samuel and Sarah sold their 187 acre farm purchased in 1839 on Rush
Creek off Williams Creek for $315.00 to John Hartley.
~1845 Samuel dies
1850 Carter Co census: Sarah 225 Dist
Sarah (Bailey) Lusk - widow, age 72 children still living at home Russell, William,
Samuel , and Emily.
Sources:
A= Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County Virginia / transcribed and edited by Netti
Schreiner-Yantis.
CI= Tazewell County Order Book #1 (included in that vol)
-#= page # in County Order Book
;#= page # in "Archives. . ."
Tp= Personal property tax list (included in "Archives...")
Tl= Land tax list (included in "Archives...")
M= Marriages 1800-1820 (included in "Archives...")
L= Land grants 1800-1820 (included in "Archives...")
WI = Tazewell Will Book #1, 1800-1832 (included in "Archives...")
P= Petition(s) to form Tazewell Co (included in "Archives...")
ATL = Annotated tax list (included in "Archives...")
TL = 1815 tax lists of Tazewell County, Virginia. [Transcibed] by Netti Schreiner-Yantis. (Springfield, Va. : [s.n.], c1971.)
TM = Haga, Pauline. Tazewell County, Virginia marriages, 1800-1853. (Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press, [1991?])
WL = Murphy, Malita Warden and James L. Douthat. Wythe County, Va. tax list, 1793-1800. (Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press, c1985)
GpM = Hardiman, Richard. Kentucky, Greenup County marriages,
1803-1853, alphabetized by bridegrooms. ([Ashland, Ky.] : R. and L. Hardiman, 1980) AND Hardiman, Richard. Kentucky,
Greenup County marriages, 1803-1853 : alphabetized by brides. ([S.l.] : R. and L.
Hardiman, 1980)
GpW = Phillips, Patricia Porter. Greenup County, Kentucky will abstracts, 1822-1860.
(Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1998)
GC =
Giles County, Virginia, history--families / by Research Committee, Giles Co. Historical Society. ([S.l.] : The Society, c1982-)
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