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Looney Cemetery Summary Report, page 41

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and held it until 1829 when he sold it to his younger brother, and since the senior Absalom died probably late in the year 1818, it is entirely feasible for the burial to be on that property, in the west half of the northeast quarter. When coupled with the long-established tradition and old indications of a Looney Cemetery in Section 35, these facts point to a location of the Looney family cemetery on the east side of Anderson Road and north of Martin Road. Originally, the search for the cemetery focused on the west side of Anderson Road, due to the improper identification of the land owned by the junior Absalom for a short time, after he bought it from his brother John W. and before he lost it to the sheriff's auction. As pointed out earlier, that recording mistake identified the land of Absalom Jr. as being the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 35, rather than the west half of the northeast quarter of the section. The maps below have highlighted the appropriate location within the blue dashed lines, while the entire section is shown outlined in the red-dashed lines. The cemetery would be somewhere within the blue bordered area. (1909 Map of Madison County, excerpted for the area of interest.) 41 - (3263)    

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