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LUSK
Lusk in Ukrainian is said to be derived from the word "lusk" meaning "river bend or winding river" Lusk is also a place in medieval Volhynia. Lusk in Gaelic means "cave" It is believed that our line is of Scotch-Irish origin and descended from John or William Lusk of Chester County, Pennsylvania.The earliest known Lusks in the Mid-Atlantic region, Philadelphia southward to the Carolinas were brothers John and William of Chester, Pennsylvania, who were born in the late 1600's. There was a Nathan Lusk whose will is recorded in Augusta County, Virginia in 1748. There was a James and William Lusk, possibly brothers, who were members of the Providence Presbyterian Church of Augusta County, Virginia in 1753 along with members of the Houston family.
Our line begins with Samuel Lusk, and Indian Scout and early pioneer. Samuel was engaged in 26 combat situations with Major Robert Crockett during the Indian uprisings in the late 1700's. Crockett was for a number of years, including 1791, and for some years later, the military commandant in Wythe County, Virginia. Tazewell County was formed from Wythe County in 1799. He made his headquarters on the Clinch River at Wynn's Fort near the present day town of Tazewell. Crockett credited Samuel lusk with the success of the campaign---Virginia Calender Papers, Reports of Major Crockett.
Samuel and three of his children were killed by Indians in 1792. Thomas Godfrey, who married Samuel's widow, was reputed to be a servant of Valentine Servier. In the mid 1700's Sevier and a Samuel Lusk were neighbors in what is now New Market, Virginia. Both sold their land there in the Shenandoah Valley in the late 1760's and early 1770's.
Speculation is that Adam Stephenson, son of William and Sarah, had a daughter Susan (Susannah) who married, first, Samuel Lusk, and second Thomas Godfrey, the servant of Valentine Server (Servier). They were all present in Augusta County prior to the mid 1790's when it appears, Thomas Godfrey, his wife Susan Stephenson Lusk, and at least two of her sons, David and Samuel Lusk, and possibly a third son, William Lusk, moved from Augusta County west to the Wolf Creek district of Wythe/Montgomery County. Note: Valentine Sevier is mentioned in "The Annals of Southwest Virginia" 1929-Summers, "At a court held for Fincastle County, August 1, 1775 a suit naming Valentine Sevier, plaintiff against Samuel Wilson, defendant for debt owed.
The foregoing relationships are based on the testimony of Mrs. Rebecca Varina Godfrey Christian (1867-1967) obtained by the noted historian Rev. G. P. Goode in 1927. Mrs Christian, a direct descendent of Thomas Godfrey, stated that Thomas Godfrey married Susan Stephenson Lusk, the widow of Samuel Lusk, and that the two surviving sons of Samuel were Eli and Samuel. However, Wyoming County, WV. marriage records (Eli's third marriage) state that he, Eli, was the son of David Lusk and Chloe Bailey. Note: It is possible that David Lusk's middle name was Eli and he passed the middle name on to his son.
Some of the Lusk family information is excerpted from the book "LUSK a genealogy" by Eugene Lusk and Dixie Lusk Lee.[millie.FTW]
LUSK
Lusk in Ukrainian is said to be derived from the word "lusk" meaning "river bend or winding river" Lusk is also a place in medieval Volhynia. Lusk in Gaelic means "cave" It is believed that our line is of Scotch-Irish origin and descended from John or William Lusk of Chester County, Pennsylvania.The earliest known Lusks in the Mid-Atlantic region, Philadelphia southward to the Carolinas were brothers John and William of Chester, Pennsylvania, who were born in the late 1600's. There was a Nathan Lusk whose will is recorded in Augusta County, Virginia in 1748. There was a James and William Lusk, possibly brothers, who were members of the Providence Presbyterian Church of Augusta County, Virginia in 1753 along with members of the Houston family.
Our line begins with Samuel Lusk, and Indian Scout and early pioneer. Samuel was engaged in 26 combat situations with Major Robert Crockett during the Indian uprisings in the late 1700's. Crockett was for a number of years, including 1791, and for some years later, the military commandant in Wythe County, Virginia. Tazewell County was formed from Wythe County in 1799. He made his headquarters on the Clinch River at Wynn's Fort near the present day town of Tazewell. Crockett credited Samuel lusk with the success of the campaign---Virginia Calender Papers, Reports of Major Crockett.
Samuel and three of his children were killed by Indians in 1792. Thomas Godfrey, who married Samuel's widow, was reputed to be a servant of Valentine Servier. In the mid 1700's Sevier and a Samuel Lusk were neighbors in what is now New Market, Virginia. Both sold their land there in the Shenandoah Valley in the late 1760's and early 1770's.
Speculation is that Adam Stephenson, son of William and Sarah, had a daughter Susan (Susannah) who married, first, Samuel Lusk, and second Thomas Godfrey, the servant of Valentine Server (Servier). They were all present in Augusta County prior to the mid 1790's when it appears, Thomas Godfrey, his wife Susan Stephenson Lusk, and at least two of her sons, David and Samuel Lusk, and possibly a third son, William Lusk, moved from Augusta County west to the Wolf Creek district of Wythe/Montgomery County. Note: Valentine Sevier is mentioned in "The Annals of Southwest Virginia" 1929-Summers, "At a court held for Fincastle County, August 1, 1775 a suit naming Valentine Sevier, plaintiff against Samuel Wilson, defendant for debt owed.
The foregoing relationships are based on the testimony of Mrs. Rebecca Varina Godfrey Christian (1867-1967) obtained by the noted historian Rev. G. P. Goode in 1927. Mrs Christian, a direct descendent of Thomas Godfrey, stated that Thomas Godfrey married Susan Stephenson Lusk, the widow of Samuel Lusk, and that the two surviving sons of Samuel were Eli and Samuel. However, Wyoming County, WV. marriage records (Eli's third marriage) state that he, Eli, was the son of David Lusk and Chloe Bailey. Note: It is possible that David Lusk's middle name was Eli and he passed the middle name on to his son.
Some of the Lusk family information is excerpted from the book "LUSK a genealogy" by Eugene Lusk and Dixie Lusk Lee.
WW1 draft registration Rockwall Co, TX 1918
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Sources:
Greenbrier Co., WV. birth record
Webster Co., WV. marriage record[millie.FTW]
Sources:
Greenbrier Co., WV. birth record
Webster Co., WV. marriage record