James M. Huskey

b 14 Feb 1795, , , Edgefield, South Carolina
d 15 Sep 1845, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois			Thomas Huskey	>
bur Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois		John Frederick Huskey	Margaret McDonald
	Peter Huskey	b 27 Oct 1733
	\| b 10 Sep 1758	Rebecca Washington
Isaac Huskey	d 30 Mar 1818	b 1733
\|b 29 Jan 1772	\|	James Miller
\|d Jul1846	Mary 'Mollie' Miller
\|
James M. Huskey
\|Rhoda Reagan
\|m 1813
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|
Jane Miller
b 1772	\|
d ABT 1840 1846

Children

1		Elizabeth Huskey
2	<	Jane H. Huskey
3	<	George S. Huskey
4		Sarah Huskey
5	<	Mary Ann Huskey
6		Nancy Eliza Huskey
7	<	Matilda Huskey
8		Lucinda Huskey
9	<	Penina Huskey
10	<	Miller Huskey
11	<	Martha E. Huskey
12	<	Harkless H. 'Harkey' Huskey
13		Harriet Huskey
14	<	Zerilda Huskey

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.

Source: '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.

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