James Luckey was an early settler of Lincoln County, North Carolina. He was most likely born in Lancaster County, Pa., and migrated with his family to North Carolina in about 1772. His wife's name was Sarah.
According to "The Luckey Family of Tennessee", James served in the Revolutionary War along with his son Hugh.[1]
On 28 November 1778, James Luckey (then of Tryon County) purchased 53 acres of land on Cabarrus Creek from John Hill.[2]
On 3 April 1784, James Luckey sold to Robert Luckey for one hundred English pounds a 125-acre tract of land on the Catawba River adjacent to other lands that James owned.[3]
James died in Lincoln County in 1799, and his will lists the following children:
Hugh Luckey (1763-1844), married Dinah Bond, moved to Fayette County, Tenn.
James Luckey, Jr.
John Luckey
Isabella Luckey, married John Baldridge, moved to Maury County, Tenn.
William Luckey
Robert Luckey
Samuel Luckey
Sources
↑ Luckey, Ann Colvin and Elizabeth Luckey Bennett, The Luckey Family of Tennessee: A Genealogical History of John Henry Luckey, William Franklin Luckey, and Samuel Joseph Luckey of Gibson/Madison Counties, Tennessee: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1987, The Gregath Company, Cullman, AL.
↑Real estate conveyances (Lincoln County, North Carolina), 1769-1911, images, (FamilySearch : accessed 24 Apr 2023); citing indenture between John Hill and James Luckey, Lincoln County, N.C. Register of Deeds, v. 2, p. 489-90 (North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, n.d.).
↑Real estate conveyances (Lincoln County, North Carolina), 1769-1911, images, (FamilySearch : accessed 24 Apr 2023); citing indenture between James Luckey and Robert Luckey, Lincoln County, N.C. Register of Deeds, v. 2, p. 644 (North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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