It is possible that all the Lusks (in our line) came first to Pennsylvania, the possible exception being William's possible brother Nathan - who may have gone directly to Virginia.
But after one generation, most of them moved on.
The first place they moved to was the Valley of Virginia - the Shenandoah Valley,
which runs between two arms of the Appalachians.
Two of William's sons (David and James) remained in Pennsylvania; the ones who
went to Virginia were: Samuel, Hugh, John and William.
Also in the same general area were Nathan and his sons John and James.
Nathan's grandsons seem to have moved to South Carolina, and then on to
Tennessee and points beyond.
A couple of William II's sons also moved to Carolina - but maybe North Carolina,
and then to Tennessee and then at least one to Kentucky.
Samuel Lusk possibly moved on to North Carolina, and one of his possible sons
moved on to Amite County, Missouri.
Hugh Lusk possibly moved on to North Carolina, or possibly to Kentucky (there are
Hughs in both places).
We suspect that our Samuel Lusk is the son of one of these people, but have only guesses as to which one. (The best guess is Hugh.) At any rate, our Samuel, born about 1747 in the Valley, lived all of his life there. His sons moved westward, deeper into the western Appalachians, to where Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia meet today. Then in the late 1820s, our group moved up into Kentucky proper.
Much of what we know about the early Lusks in Virginia comes from "Chalkley's
Chronicles"
[Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia : extracted from the
original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co.,
1989)."Originally published: 1912." ], which is a collection of abstracts of
documents from the area. This is available online: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/
Although the first white settlers in the Valley were Germans from Pennsylvania, Chalkley abstracts only records containing Scots-Irish names - sometimes German names are included, but only accidentally, because they happen to occur in a Scots-Irish document.
There is no Federal census for Virginia for 1790 or for 1800 (burned by the British in the
War of 1812). There are some substitutes (tax lists and so forth) but mostly for 1790.
There is a census for 1810, but not for Tazewell County (which is where our people were
living then). However, Netti Schreiner-Yantis has done an abstracting similar to Chalkley's
for Tazewell County. [Archives of the pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia. Transcribed
and edited by Netti Schreiner-Yantis. (Springfield, Va., c1973)]
Arranged by Counties
Augusta
Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. (Greenville,
S.C. : Southern Historical Press, [1992?])
Augusta Co Marriages
Lusk, Robert - ________ - 25 Feb 1764 - license only
Botetourt
Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. (Greenville, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, [1992?])
539) Botetourt Co Brief of Deeds p. 169 - 11 Oct 1770 - Israel Christian to Hugh
Lusk - contract, witnesses David Montgomery, John Montgomery, James McCorkle
546) ditto - 28 Oct 1771 - Lusk, High & Agness his wife = grantor; John Bowyer =
grantee - 220 acres N. side Buffalo C.
Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia, its men, 1770-1777 [Troutville, Va. : C.T. Burton, 197-?]
Lusk, Hugh tax list of James Trimble 1771 N of Buffalo Creek
also James and Samuel Bailey
Husk, James tax list of William Herbert 1772 Mus Cr?
Vogt, John. Botetourt County marriages, 1770-1853. Athens, Ga. : Iberian Pub. Co., c1987.
Luck - David, - America Taylor 14 Apr 1734 b. George W. Taylor - who testified bride is 21+
Nathan P. - Corinna A. Maupin 4 June 1823. d/o Robert Maupin of Albemarle
William - Lucy Ann Bolt 8 June 1817 b David Shanks jr. Joel Bolt father
Cumberland
1810 - Luster, William 860
Giles
Giles County, Virginia, history--families / by Research Committee, Giles Co. Historical Society. ([S.l.] : The Society, c1982-)
1821 - p. 27 Cash due from Saml Lusk to Matthew Erixon estate (249-50 - Feb 15,
1821)
1822 - p. 28 estate of Elizabeth Maxey - Samuel Lusk purchaser - (302 - 26 July 1822)
1824 - p. 30 Debts due Henry Harmon estate - John Lusk, David Lusk - 30 Nov 1824
1828 - p. 30 Elias Harmon (417 - 25 Mar 1828) persuaded that freedom is the naturl right
of mankind and that I have under my care several negro slaves which I set free: Frank and
Febe, both about 35 years old.
p. 247 Thomas Godfrey m. Susanna Stephenson Lusk
Jefferson
1860
628 Patrick Lusk 30 marble polisher Ireland
Mary 23 Ky// Mary O'Connel 43 Ireland// John O'Connel 14 Ireland
970 Charles Lush 25 garden laborer Bavaria
Caroline 19 Ky// Mary 3 Ky// Michael 2 Ky
Kentucky
Cook, Michael. Virginia Supreme Court - District of Kentucky Order Books 1783-1792. (Evansville, Ind. : Cook Publications, c1988)
Hugh Lusk
June 10, 1789 - 198 p. 115 - On the motion and affidavit of Hugh Lusk (deposition from
John Dunlap jr as witness against John Dunlap sr.) Wm Mc Kee, John McKee
Sep 28, 1789 - 248 p. 293 - John Dunlap v. Hugh Lusk & Wm McKee - debt -
(defendants claim paid)
March 11, 1790 - 274 p. 389 - John Dunlap v. Hugh Lusk and others on debt - continued
Oct 12, 1791 - 310 p. 53 - ditto - "for reasons appearing to the court, continued"
March 15, 1792 - 358 p. 238 - ditto continued
September 1797 - 400 p. 290 - William Patterson v. Hugh Lusk on debt - def. to pay 10
pounds
with 5% in interest from Sep 10 1784 and costs
Logan
1840 Eli 070
Marshall
1840
Luke Jas 1 m 0-5, 1 f 10-15; 1 m, 1 f 20-30
Lustre, William 2 f 0-5, 1 f 20-30, 1 m 30-40
Luster Wm - Amy Hollingshead 1837 Apr
13
Luke, Robt 1 m 10-15; 1 m, 2 f 15-20; 2m 20-30; 1 f 50-60; 1 m 60-70; 1 f 90-100
Lutes, Ebsy 1 m 0-5; 1 f 10-15; 1 m 20-30; 1 f 40-50
Luts, David 1 f 0-5; 2 m, 1 f 5-10; 2m 10-15; 1 m, 2 f 15-20; 1 m 20-30; 1 f 40-50; 1 m
50-60
Mercer
1840 Absalom 254 Merc// Clon 255 Mercer
1850 Absalom 159 42nd// Absalom 170 42nd// Floyd 187 42nd// Reece 188 42nd
1850 Mercer - Dist 42 - 187
536 - Floyd Lusk 25
Carolina 21 / George S 5/12
541 - Reece Luck 22 / Lucinda 24 / Mary E 1
(I just happened across these two while looking up someone else.)
Martin, Reba K. and Marion W. Gills. Marriages of Mercer County, Virginia, now West Virginia (1854-1863). (Bluefield, W.Va., 1966)
1854 Feb 28 Lusk, James f 29 wid. farmer, ps. Abs & Del m. Cynthia A Dunbar 26
1854 Sep 12 Lusk, Reese L.T. 28 wid b. Mercer, p Chloe, farmer
m. Rebecca McComas 21 b. Mercer ps James & Rebecca McComas
1855 Dec 20 Lusk, Eliza 22 b. Mercer ps Absalom & Delilah m Arch. Johnson 23 b
Monroe
1857 May 21 Lusk, Reece T 22 b. Mercer ps Abs & Dilly farmer
m. Mary J Godfrey 18 b Mercer ps. Jas B & Nancy Godfrey
1858 Jan 1 Lusk, Matthew E 22 b. Wyoming ps Eli & Elizabeth farmer
m. Nancy P. McComas 18 b Mercer ps James & Rebecca McComas
1858 Mar 16 Lusk, Lewis A 22 b. Monroe, p,. Isaac
m. X Martin 16 ps Booker & Rebecca Martin
Montgomery
1790 - should be Lusks and Baileys here, but census was destroyed
1810 - no Bailey, Godfrey, Lusk
Luster, Abner 657
Norfolk
Virginia Marriages early to 1800 compiled, extracted & transcribed by Liahona Research, Inc. ; edited by Jordan R. Dodd. (North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, 200).
Lush Andrew - Mrs Sarah Cooper 2 Apr 1763 Norfolk
Ann - John Branon 13 Mar 1785 Norfolk
Rhoda - Ralph Goffigon 27 Sep 1792 Norfolk
Rockbridge
1820 Lusk---288// John 279
1830 William 316
1850 William 427 51st
Virginia Marriages early to 1800 compiled, extracted & transcribed by Liahona Research, Inc. ; edited by Jordan R. Dodd. (North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, 200).
Lusk, Mary - Wiliam McCampbell 16 Nov 1791 Rockbridge
David - Rachel Hoffman 24 Nov 1794 Rockbridge
Hugh - Elizabeth McCundrey18 Dec 1781 Rockbridge
James - Sally Nicholson 17 Nov 1794 Rockbridge
Samuel - Sarah Gray 10 Nov 1783 Rockbridge
Virginia Vital Records : from the Virginia magazine of history and biography, the William and Mary College quarterly, and Tyler’s quarterly / indexed by Judith McGhan. (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1982)
Tombstones in Cemetery at Old Providence Church, Rockbridge Co
16 Martha V Lusk d. Nov 8, 1861 aged 1 yr 9 mos 16d
21 Mary Lusk d Aug 19, 1823 aged 1 yr, 8 mo, 19 d
22 William Lusk Dec 4, 1837 aged 3 yr 8 mo
23 Patsy Lusk b. June 26, 1791 d. April 21, 1851
24 same grave Sarah Lusk b. Sep 8, 1823 d. Sep 2, 1885
24 William Lusk b. June 4, 1788 d. Dec 28 1861
Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 1, pp. 12-14.
ROBERT LUSK Will, 1778
to John Lyle and Samuel Lyle, sons to William Lyle Deceased.
to Andrew Lyle
to cousins, James Robert William & David McKees, sons to John McKee (notice
Kentucky Co)
and John Lusk Junr.
13 Mar 1778 - proved 5 May 1778
Rockingham
Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia tax payers, 1782-87, other than those published by the United States Census
bureau. ([Richmond? Va.]: 1940)
name poll tax? slaves county earliest year
Lusk, Hugh 1 Rockingham 1782
John sr 1 ditto
John jr 1 ditto
Samuel 1 ditto
William 1 ditto
Samuel 2 Fayette 1787 (now Ky, then VA)
Shenandoah
1830 William 126 (Western)
Southampton
1810 - Luster, Jonathan 867
Spotsylvania
1820 Luss Wm G 086
Tazewell
1790 - no census available (anyway, not formed until 1799 - it would have been
Montgomery)
1800 - no census for Virginia
1810 - Virginia census exists, but not Tazewell Co.
1815 tax lists of Tazewell County, Virginia. [Transcibed] by Netti Schreiner-Yantis.
(Springfield, Va. : [s.n.], c1971).
groups = w m 16+ slaves horses/mules cattle other taxable
Mar 21 - Lusk, Charles 1-0-2-10
William 1-0-4-15
Mar22 - Lusk, Samuel 2-0-6-12
Mar 24 - Lusk, David 2-0-6-12
David Lusk - Bluestone settlement main rd to Hugh Tinnany 1809
Samuel Lusk - Clear Fork of Wolf Creek from Thomas Godfrey 1801
ditto - Flat Top Mountain
1820
p . 848 Lusk John 000100 011
Lusk David 100001 03001
p. 850/562 Luster Nancy 520000 0111
Lusk Abs 0001 201
Lusk Chas 40001 02001
Lusk Saml 311110 3101
Lusk Wm 110011? 2201
Luske Eli 1001 101
1830
p. 206 Lister, Henry, Nancy
Lusk, John 010001 311001
Lister Abner, Thomas
Lusk William 310110101(60/70) 01200010001(80/90)
Absalom 111001 11111 a=30-40
Clark? Cloah? 3001 10001001 - This must be Chloe
p. 207 Lusk Charles 2112001(40/50) 111101
1850 Erastus 244 W
Haga, Pauline. Tazewell County, Virginia marriages, 1800-1853. (Signal Mountain,
TN : Mountain Press, [1991?])
Lusk, Samuel - Sarah Bailey 5 Jan 1804 (John Tollett)
William - Charity Runyan 25 Dec 1806 (Henry Harmon)
Polly - Benjamin Runyan 6 Jan 1807 ditto
Charles - Ann Runyan 20 June 1811 (John Peery)
Eli - Elizabeth Bailey 23 Nov 1817 (John Peery)
Absolum - Delly Bailey 23 Nov 1817 (John Peery)
Susannah - William Bailey 11 Nov 1819 (John Peery)
Jehu C - Polly Corder 21 Oct 1819 (James Charles)
Elizabeth - Archibald Bailey 6 Sep 1820 (John Peery)
Ruth - John Corder 21 Feb 1822 ditto
Peggy - William Payne 25 Nov 1824 ditto
Polly - Isaac Adkins bachelor 17 Dec 1824 ditto
Polly - John M Powell 22 Dec 1825 ( Newberry)
Nancy - Hiram Pennington 10 June 1827 (Nehemiah Barnes)
Benjamin - Anna Compton 2 Sep 1830 (Ancil Richardson)
Benjamin - Cynthia B Shannon 13 Dec 1844 (Moses...)
Floyd - Clarissa Lambert 10 Apr 1851
Luster, William - Rebecca Diles 10 Jan 1804
William - Polly Blankenship 18 Dec 1806 (Henry Harmon)
Much of this information recorded by names comes from Schreiner-Yantis "Annals of the
Pioneers of Tazewell . . ." Information about Samuel and David is not recorded here (it is
very long, and is already included in a separate section).
William Lusk in Tazewell County
1801 William Lusk Personal property tax - 1m 16+, 1 horses. [TP; 108]
1803 Sep 15 - Following impressed into service to guard Hercules Ogle: William Lusk - -
1 day
(among many others) [ACI-115; 35]
1803 Personal property tax - 1 m 16+. 1 horse [TP; 120]
1805 Dec 24 - William Lusk witness for pltf in David Whitley vs. William & John Cecil.
Trespass. [ACI-282; 66]
1806 Dec 25 - marries Charity Runyan (Henry Harman) [AM; 202]
1807 Sep 25 - William Lusk witness for pltf in David Whitley vs. William & John Cecil.
Trespass. [ACI-264; 80 ]
1809 June (probably) - Claims allowed against the county (probably): William George,
assee of William Lusk - - one old wolf - - $2.08 [ACI-332?; 97]
1820 Personal property tax - William Lusk - 1m 16+, 2 horse [TP; 155]
--moved to Auglaize Co, Ohio, where he is listed in the 1850 census - age 64.
Charles Lusk in Tazewell County
Taxes - 1810-20 (x) [AATP; 274]
1811 June 20 - Charles Lusk marries Anne Runyan (John Peery) [AM; 203
1814 Land tax - Charles Lusk -Tazewell - 91 acres, Headwaters Bluestone fr. Danl.
Harmon
1817 son William b.
1820 Personal property tax - Charles Lusk - 1m 16+, 1 horse [TP; 155]
~1835 family moved to Ohio
son William was a minister; spent the years 1839-45 in Missouri
Absolem Lusk in Tazewell County
b. ~1801 son of David Lusk & Chloe Bailey McComas
1820 Personal property tax - Absolem Lusk - 1m 16+, 2 horse [TP; 155]
1823 February - present at sale of Isam Belsher's estate [AWI-280; 194]
Taxes - 1818-20 (x)[AATP; 273]
John Lusk in Tazewell County
1798 - Petition to form Tazewell Co. [AP; 298] - John Lusk
1820 Personal property tax - John D. Lusk - 1m 16+, 4 horse [TP; 155]
1830 March - present at sale of William Shannon's estate [AWI-299; 196] (John C)
Washington
Virginia Marriages early to 1800 compiled, extracted & transcribed by Liahona Research, Inc. ; edited by Jordan R. Dodd. (North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, 200).
Lusk --- - Joseph Colvill 9 May 1786 Washington
Elizabeth - Reuben Bradley 10 Mar 1789 Washington
Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. (Greenville, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, [1992?])
(1007) Washington Co - court held 17 Nov 1778 - will of Benjamin Gray - proved by
oaths of . . . Joseph Lusk
(1065) Washington Co - court held 24 Nov 1780
-Sarah Lusk with the approbation of the court chose Andrew Colvill her guardian.
-Samuel Lusk with the approbation of the court chose Joseph Black his guardian.
- Ordered that Andrew Colvill & Joseph Black be guardians for John Lusk, Elizabeth
Lusk, Katherine Lusk, Jean Lusk and William Lusk orphan children of William Lusk
deceased.
(1180) Washington Co - 20 May 1784 - Thomas Lusk member of jury
(1342) Washington Co - brief of wills - 12 Sep 1788 - Joseph Lusk witness to Benjamin
Gray's
(1344) Washington Co - brief of wills - 18 Aug 1788 probated - will of Samuel Vance -
estate to wife Sarah and children: Margaret Lusk, Elizabeth Blackburn, Samuel Vance
Wyoming
1850 Eli 212 71st// Gardoon 213 71st// Henry F 213 71st// Rice F 213 71st// William
213 71st
1850 Wyoming - Dist 71 - 213
123 Gordon Lusk 28 m farmer
Cosbi 24
Elizabeth 3 / Parvis 5 / Polly 1
126 - Reece T Lusk 36 farmer 325 Va
Elizabeth 29
Adoniram 10 / Croket 6 / Manda M 4 / Laucama 3 f / Octavo 1f / Juleta 1/12
same page - William Morgan 32 with large family
William Lusk 19
(I just happened across these three while looking up someone else.)
Wythe (formed 1791)
1800 - no census for Virginia
1800 Wythe County, Va. tax list, 1793-1800 / by Malita Warden Murphy & James L. Douthat.Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press, c1985
Lusk, David 1 0 4 (males over 15, slaves, horses)
1810 - no Bailey, Godfrey, Lusk
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Annals of South West Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers
Rev. War soldiers - William Lusk - King's Mountain
(1481) - posted in forts & stations: Lusk, David & Samuel, Bailey, John & James;
Godfrey, Absalom; Belcher, Robert
(1483) - War of 1812 - David Lusk, James Belcher, Matthew Stevenson
Church, Randolph W. Virginia legislative petitions : bibliography, calendar, and abstracts from original sources, 6 May, 1776-21 June, 1782 . (Richmond : Virginia State Library, 1984)
58 Lush Andrew JC: 3 June 1776 Portsmouth
Compensation for doctor's bill incurred for treatment of wife and son severely wounded by
Lord Dunsmore's men on 21 Dec 1775.
3 June 1776 - to special committee - 1 July 1776 committee recommends 45 pounds -
convention rejects
(Andrew Lush m Mrs Sarah Cooper 2 Apr 1763 Norfolk)
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