There are two reasons I'm so interested in Luke's family. First, there is
no authentic record of John's family. As far as I know, Dale Walker was
the first person to cobble together a fairly accurate family group sheet
for him. Only two of the sons are proven in the documentation--by land
deed to James and Reuben. But the paper trail, as weak as it is in some
cases, is greatly aided by genetics. And if John was patrilineally related
to any other colonial-era Cooley, there's a very good chance that DNA will
will lead the way.
But his daughters may have passed down genetic clues of their own. Will
the gentic results match one another proving they were likely sisters? And
was their mother Sarah Matthews, and was Sarah the daughter of James
Matthews? It's a long shot, but mitochondrial DNA can tell us if we're in
the ballpark on that. If the Matthews genealogy is correct, Sarah had at
least two sisters: Martha m Aaron Houston, and Mary m John Kerr. If they
were sisters and shared Mary McGill as their mother, their matrilineal
descendants will have matching mtDNA.
I've yet to prove a lineage using mtDNA. The reasons are principally
two-fold: the lineages are very difficult to track because the surname
changes every generation, and myDNA mutates very, very slowly, making it
better for so-called deep genealogy than for the genealogy of a dozen or
so generations that the Y is so helpful with, and perfectly suited to
tracking to colonial days. But, as more and more data becomes available,
the better the chances are that we will one day find good info.
So, we've got a good lead on Luke Barnett/Burnett's family. What about
William Blackburn? That may be him on the 1810 Casey co KY census. Has
anyone been able to further track him?
-Michael
> If this is him, it would suggest that his wife was dead by 1840:
>
> 1840 > GEORGIA > COBB > DISTRICT 892
> Series: M704 Roll: 39 Page: 252
>
> Luke Burnett 120010001 01102
>
>
>> I may be onto something here:
>>
>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~batesmillerhistory/descendantpages/burnettedescendants.htm
>>
>> --quote--
>> Luke Burnett was born in 1778 on Reedy Branch in Mecklenburg County,
>> Virginia. He died on 13 Dec 1859 in Hempstead County, Arizona at age
>> 81.
>>
>> Luke married Hannah ________.
>> --endquote--
>>
>> There was a Carter Barnett in Surry county in 1790. He had a son named
>> Luke. That family moved to TN. Carter apparently had a brother named
>> Luke.
>> The above page, however, does not give Luke a brother named Carter.
>>
>> http://boards.ancestry.com/SearchResults.aspx?dir=forward&sortKey=CIAAIf0A2GBg&pOff=7&db=mb&ti=0&gss=nfwylf&rank=0&adv=show&_88000003=dinwiddie&gskw=dinwiddie&hc=50
>>
>> --quote--
>> luke Barnett/Burnett Posted on: 15 Apr 2000, by mary9901
>> Surnames > Barnett
>> I am looking for a Luke Burnett brother of Carter, born in Dinwiddie Va
>> about 1762. His father was Richard. My 3rd g.grandfather Carter Barnett
>> had a son Luke born about 1800 and I believe this carter and the ...
>> --endquote--
>>
>> Luke is living with his son Luke in 1850. We can follow the movements of
>> the family from the births:
>>
>> --quote--
>> Name: Luke Bernnett
>> Event: Census
>> Event Date: 1850
>> Event Place: Ozan, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
>> Gender: Male
>> Age: 38
>> Marital Status:
>> Race (Original):
>> Race (Expanded):
>> Birthplace: South Carolina
>> Estimated Birth Year: 1812
>> Dwelling House Number: 197
>> Family Number: 197
>> Line Number: 31
>> NARA Publication Number: M432
>> NARA Roll Number: 26
>> Film Number: 2480
>> Digital Folder Number: 004193066
>> Image Number: 00443
>> Household Gender Age Birthplace
>> Luke Bernnett M 38 South Carolina
>> Delphy Bernnett F 36 South Carolina
>> Lanoh F Bernnett F 11 Georgia
>> Joseph Bernnett M 9 Georgia
>> Wm T Bernnett M 7 Georgia
>> John Bernnett M 3 Arkansas
>> Luke Bernnett M 74 Virginia
>>
>> --endquote--
>>
>> I'm guessing that the date of his death is known because he might show
>> up
>> on the 1860 mortality schedule for Arkansas. Does anyone have access to
>> that?
>>
>> There's also a Luke Burnett in Spartanburg in 1800, 1810 and 1830. There
>> were a large number of them, including Carter Burnett. The families I've
>> looked at all seem to go back to Essex county VA.
>>
>> Anyway, the real encouraging thing is that Luke's wife is known to have
>> been Hannah.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
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