Tazewell County, Virginia
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LUSK Family Information
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Submitted by Barbara Boyce.
  The following information was sent to me by James F.Carver.  Descendant of Samuel Lusk Jr. Source:  James F Carver.  (c)Feb 1999, The material may not be sold or used for profit.
Permission is given to reproduce, photocopy, distribute, post on internet, or publish freely, given proper credit to its author, James F. Carver.
** Also see:  Samuel LUSK in Tazewell Co. Order Book One and Samuel LUSK Land Grants
1814, Land Tax, for 124 acres on Big Rock ,Bluestone
1819 - Oct 23:  Samuel received 1000 acre Land Warrant #6670 located on Dividing Ridge near
Cabin Creek on Bluestone River.
1820, Personal Property Tax
1822, March 26: Will of James Thompson states that Samuel owed the estate money.
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.
1828: Samuel and family relocated to Lawerence Co Ky...stayed there 1 year.
1829: Samuel and family relocated to Greenup Co Ky (now Carter Co Ky)
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!
1839:  Samuel is now in Carter Co Ky, (county line moved, not Samuel)
1840;  Samuel Lusk and family is one the 1840 Carter Co Ky census.
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 Lusk Jr ; deceased
1850:  Carter Co Ky census: Sarah (Bailey) Lusk - widow, age 72
children still living at home
Russell, William, Samuel , and Emily.
 

Children of  Samuel Lusk Jr and Sara Anne Bailey: Tazewell Va
John  1806
Polly (Elizabeth) 1808 (m) Isaac Adkins Jr, Dec 17, 1824
Martha, 1811 (m) Robert Gorman
Harrison (b) 1813, (m) Nancy Matilda Hall, March 19, 1858, Carter Co Ky, (d) Feb 15, 1897,
Carter Co Ky;  (This is the direct line of Barbara Boyce)
Chloe - 1814, (m) Claiborne Smith
Russell - 1815 (d) 1850, Carter co Ky
James - 1817 - (m) Elizabeth Hall, June 27, 1842
Andrew - 1819 - (m)
Lydia  1820
Whitten - 1821
William -1823
Susan - March 22, 1825 (m) James Hall, Feb 15, 1843
Samuel - 1827
Emily - 1830 (m) Andrew T Hall - Emily the only child that was born in Kentucky. All others
were born in  Virginia. 

Samuel Lusk is listed in the land and personal property tax list for the following years.
Personal Property Tax - 1801
Personal Property Tax - 1802
Land Tax                          1802 - 87 acres
Personal Property Tax - 1806
Land Tax                       - 1806 - 124 acres
Land Tax - 1806 for Samuel Lusk and Elias Harman -148 acres
Land Tax                       - 1814 - 124 acres, Big Rock, Bluestone
Personal Property Tax - 1820 -one male over 16 - 6 horses
 

There is record of David Lusk (brother) working as a chainmen on surveys and Samuel Lusk
working as an axman. March 1, 1795; surveying 20,000 acres in Wythe Co Va;  source;  Archives
of Tazewell County Pioneers, Yantis
 

Samuel Lusk  and brother David Lusk signed the petition to form Tazewell Co, 1796-1799
Virginia  Legislative Petitions.
 #3602, Nov 31, 1796
#3672-C, Dec 6, 1797
#3846, Dec 5, 1798
#3997, Dec 1799