Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameLUKER, Joshua Burette Jr. 
Birth10 Sep 1816, Choctaw CO, Alabama (Dallas C0)
Death1860, Athens, Henderson CO, Tex
BurialLiberty Cemetery, Van Zandt CO, TX
FatherLUKER, Joshua Burette Sr. (1786-1853)
MotherWife #1 (-~1816)
Spouses
Birth6 May 1835, Jefferson CO, AL
Death14 Jun 1920, Athens, Henderson CO, TX
FatherMcWILLIAMS, Watson (1800-1855)
MotherWHITTINGTON, Anna
Marriage17 Mar 1852, Van Zandt CO, TX168
ChildrenElizabeth Lavina (1852-)
Sara Ann (1853-1916)
Thomas Porter (1855-1910)
Mycenia (1858-)
James Monroe (1859-1923)
Cora Ida (1864-)
Mary Ella (1864-)
Land/Deeds notes for Joshua Burette LUKER Jr.
Bounty Land Claim of Joshua B. Luker, Jr.
The State of Texas}
County of Henderson}
On this the forth day of June A. D. (1856) one Thousand And Eight hundred and fifty-six, personally appeared before me, Plesant T. Tannahill, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Henderson and State of Texas, Joshua B. Luker, aged forty-one years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Joshua B. Luker who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas G. Raines in the regiment of the Alabama Volunteers commanded by Col. R. E. B. Baylor in the war with the Creek Indians, that he volunteered at Montgomery, Alabama, on the thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1836 for the Term of Six Months, and continued in active service in said war for the term of one month and twenty-two days, and was honorably discharged at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 22nd July 1836 as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company and that his discharge accompanies this application.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act passed March the 3rd 1855, and he hereby declares that he has not applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress except as above stated; and he hereby appoints John H. McCutchen Attorney-at-Law, of Washington, D. C., to prosecute his claim and receive his warrant when issued.
s/Joshua B. Luker
Database: Texas Land Title Abstracts
October 20, 2004
9:10 AM
Grantee: Joshua B. Luker
Certificate: 398
Patentee: Joshua B. Luker
Patent Date: 20 Jul 1854
Acres: 320
District: Houston; Nacogdoches
County: Henderson
File: 1535
Patent #: 376
Patent Volume: 10
Class: Nac. 3rd.
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Henderson County
HENDERSON County Texas
Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed.
Block - Block number.
Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded.
Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres.
Section - Section Number
Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the
Texas General land Office in Austin.
Joshua B. Luker J. B. Luker abs 462
The State of Texas}
County of Henderson}
On this the forth day of June A. D. (1856) one Thousand And Eight hundred and fifty-six, personally appeared before me, Plesant T. Tannahill, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Henderson and State of Texas, Joshua B. Luker, aged forty-one years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Joshua B. Luker who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas G. Raines in the regiment of the Alabama Volunteers commanded by Col. R. E. B. Baylor in the war with the Creek Indians, that he volunteered at Montgomery, Alabama, on the thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1836 for the Term of Six Months, and continued in active service in said war for the term of one month and twenty-two days, and was honorably discharged at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 22nd July 1836 as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company and that his discharge accompanies this application.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act passed March the 3rd 1855, and he hereby declares that he has not applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress except as above stated; and he hereby appoints John H. McCutchen Attorney-at-Law, of Washington, D. C., to prosecute his claim and receive his warrant when issued.
s/Joshua B. Luker
Database: Texas Land Title Abstracts
October 20, 2004
9:10 AM
Grantee: Joshua B. Luker
Certificate: 398
Patentee: Joshua B. Luker
Patent Date: 20 Jul 1854
Acres: 320
District: Houston; Nacogdoches
County: Henderson
File: 1535
Patent #: 376
Patent Volume: 10
Class: Nac. 3rd.
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Henderson County
HENDERSON County Texas
Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed.
Block - Block number.
Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded.
Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres.
Section - Section Number
Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the
Texas General land Office in Austin.
Joshua B. Luker J. B. Luker abs 462
Census notes for Julia (Spouse 1)
1870 US Census, Henderson CO, Texas (Aug. 5, 1870)
Julia Luker, 35, bn. AL
Elizabeth, 17
Sarah, 16
Thomas, 16
Myenia, 12
James, 11
Ida, 6
Mary E., 3
Julia Luker, 35, bn. AL
Elizabeth, 17
Sarah, 16
Thomas, 16
Myenia, 12
James, 11
Ida, 6
Mary E., 3