James M. Huskey

1795 - 1845  (50 years)

• Name	James M. Huskey
  Born	14 Feb 1795	Edgefield County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1845	Bird Township, MaCoupin County, Illinois
  Buried	Bird Township, MaCoupin County, Illinois
  Person ID	I3784	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Isaac Huskey,   b. 29 Jan 1772, Rowan County, North Carolina ,   d. Jul 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Jane Miller,   b. Abt 1772,   d. Abt 1840/1846  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1788/1789	South Carolina
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Reagan,   b. 20 Mar 1796, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Oct 1855, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 59 years)
  Married	1813	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Elizabeth Huskey,   b. 31 Mar 1815, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 15 Aug 1834, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 19 years) + 2. Jane H. Huskey,   b. 6 Dec 1816, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 10 Dec 1895, , MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 79 years) + 3. George S. Huskey,   b. 25 Jan 1818, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 1 Nov 1882, , Greene, Illinois  (Age 64 years)   4. Sarah Huskey,   b. 2 Sep 1819, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 15 Aug 1834, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 14 years) + 5. Mary Ann Huskey,   b. 20 May 1821, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 20 Jan 1901, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 79 years)   6. Nancy Eliza Huskey,   b. 29 Mar 1823, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 12 Sep 1831, , Perry, Alabama  (Age 8 years) + 7. Matilda Huskey,   b. 27 Nov 1824, , Perry, Alabama   8. Lucinda Huskey,   b. 4 May 1826, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 6 May 1826, , Perry, Alabama  (Age 0 years) + 9. Penina Huskey,   b. 12 Jun 1827, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. Abt 1863, , MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 35 years) + 10. Miller Huskey,   b. 1829, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. Abt 1894, Temple, Texas  (Age 65 years) + 11. Martha E. Huskey,   b. 13 May 1831, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. 19 Aug 1894, , MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 63 years) + 12. Harkless H. "Harkey" Huskey,   b. 20 May 1833, , Perry, Alabama ,   d. LaPorte, Texas   13. Harriet Huskey,   b. 6 Jan 1836, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 19 Aug 1841, , MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 5 years) + 14. Zerilda Evelyn Huskey,   b. 20 Dec 1839, , MaCoupin, Illinois
  Family ID	F1417	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Feb 1795 - Edgefield County, South Carolina Married - 1813 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  James Huskey came to Sevier County, Tennessee in 1805. He moved to Perry County, Alabama in the fall of 1816. He sold his farm and slaves (9 miles from Mobile Alabama) and came to Illinois, alone, in 1832 and then he returned to Alabama and brought his wife and 10 children back to Illinois with him by wagon train in March, 1834. In the spring of 1834 he settled on Section 5 near the present residence of Thomas Joiner. He built his first brick house in the spring of 1835 opposite the Thomas Joiner House. In 1836 James built the Methodist church building on his property. The neighbors provided the pews. At one time there was a large membership at this church. Between the years 1834 and 1840 James Huskey purchased a total of 2,218.28 acres of land, 1,617.26 acres in Bird Township, Macoupin County, Illinois and 601.02 acres in South Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois mostly during the years 1834 and 1835. He purchase this land from the U. S. Government at the rate of $1.25 per acre. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 425. Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994.