Born in Augusta County, Now Rockbridge, Virginia
Daughter of Robert Looney Sr.
and Elizabeth (Llewellen) Looney
Sister of
Thomas Looney, Mary (Looney) Cartmell, Robert Looney Jr., Daniel Looney, Adam Looney, Samuel Looney, Margaret Looney, Absalom Looney Sr., Lucy Jane (Looney) Holston, John Looney Sr, Peter Grancer Looney, David Looney and Joseph Lewellyn Looney
Wife of
John Shelby
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
David Shelby
Died
at about age 92
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Dec 2011
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Biography of Louisa Looney Shelby
Louisa was born in 1728. She was the daughter of Robert Looney and Elizabeth Lewellyn. [1]
According to a\the book Notable Southern Families, Louisa Looney married Captain John Shelby of the military organization of Washington County, Virginia.[2]
Louisa Looney, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Lewellyn Looney, met her future husband in North Carolina. John Shelby (b. 1724 - d. 1794) went to North Carolina to join his brother Moses Shelby in1750 where he met Louisa Looney.
He established a station in the Watauga District known as Shelby's.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Louisa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Louisa:
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~0.78%
Beverly (Looney) Moore
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Pam (Pearson) Sams :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeanette (Creech) Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A674283 [compare], Ancestry member Jeanette_Moore
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Bob (H) Helmen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T233877 [compare], FTDNA kit #861110
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~0.78%
Greg Looney :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z386541 [compare], FTDNA kit #542805
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~0.78%
Stanley Cooper :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #975894
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