Maj. Robert Lusk

1791 - 1855  (64 years)

• Name	Robert Lusk
  Prefix	Maj.
  Born	24 Feb 1791	Union County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Group	Davidson 001 Family of Immigrant Samuel Davidson
  	Descendants of immigrant Samuel Davidson of DNA Family 001
  Group	Davidson Direct Descendant
  	Direct Descendant of any immigrant Davidson
  Group	Davidson DNA Family 001
  	Descendants of John, George, and Samuel Davidson of Beverley Manor, Virginia, and Iredell county, North Carolina
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  1820 Census	1820	Union County, South Carolina
  	p. 146 Robert Lusk    000 010 - 00100 - 0200
  1830 Census	1830
  	not located
  	The only Robert Lusk in Union county was age 60-70.
  1840 Census	1840	Union County, South Carolina
  	p. 222 Maj? John Lusk   010 100 000 1000 - 000 000 000 1000 Robin? Lusk        001 000 100 0000 - 000 010 000 0000
  Died	1 Jul 1855	Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi
  Buried	Aft 1 Jul 1855	Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, MS
  	Aged 64 years - 4 months - 4 days
  Person ID	I24337	DNA Family 1 Genealogies | Descendants of Immigrant Samuel Davidson of DNA Family 001
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	John Lusk,   b. 2 Jan 1769, Union County, South Carolina ,   d. 11 Jun 1844, Union, Cherokee County, South Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Martha Davidson,   b. 30 Sep 1769, Union County, South Carolina ,   d. 4 Jul 1860, Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi  (Age 90 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1789	Union County, South Carolina
  Family ID	F8601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Mayes,   b. Dec 1796, Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina ,   d. 5 Sep 1839, Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	Bef 1810
  Children	1. Son Lusk,   b. Abt 1810,   d. Bef 1820  (Age ~ 9 years)
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2011
  Family ID	F8602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Esther Susan Lewis,   b. 1813, Charleston County, South Carolina ,   d. 22 Dec 1868, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi  (Age 55 years)
  Married	1842	Gowdeysville, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F8603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1842 - Gowdeysville, Cherokee County, South Carolina Died - 1 Jul 1855 - Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Buried - Aft 1 Jul 1855 - Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, MS  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Major Robert Lusk was the son of John Lusk and Martha Davidson of South Carolina. Robert married twice his first wife was Elizabeth Mayes, they married in 1814 in South Carolina. She died in S. C. 5 Sept 1839. In 1842 he married Esther Susan Lewis in Gowdeysville South Carolina. He came to Mississippi in the 1840's. bringing his widowed mother Martha, and wife Esther. His wife Esther Susan Lewis remaried after Robert's death and then died of Yellow Fever in Water Valley Mississippi 22 Dec 1868. When Robert arrived in Mississippi he acquired a plantation of over 1000 acres in Yalobusha County in Township Eleven, Range Four West on O'Tuckalofa Creek, Approximately 1 mile southwest of Water Valley. In December of 1846, he moved to that location, bringing his wife and widowed mother. In 1850, Robert was the owner of 27 Slaves. They moved their church membership from the Salem Church in SC, where Robert was an Elder., to O'Tuckaloffa congregation, Chickasaw Presbytery of the Old School Presbyterian Church, now Water Valley Presbyterian Church. Robert Lusk was elected Elder in the latter church 21 March 1847, an office he held for his lifetime. Robert Lusk was a prominent citizen, a devoted and generous member of his church, and a patriotic American. He died at his home. 1 July 1855, and is buried in Water Valley (Oak Hill) Cemetery, his mother and second wife surviving. His mother moved after his death to the home of Niece Betsy, Mrs. William H. Steen, near Paris, MS.,and died there 4 July 1860. His widow, Esther Susan Lewis Lusk remarried 19 June 1856 to Albert Gallatin Basford of the College Hill, Miss., family. Mrs. Martha Lusk's will is recorded in Lafayette County, her Estate distributed among her nieces and nephew, children of Thomas and Susan (Davidson) Lusk. Roberts mother Martha Davidson, had a sister Susannah. These sisters married Lusk brothers. After her son Robert died, Martha lived with Susannah's daughter Elizabeth Steen. She is buried next to Elizabeth in Paris cemetery, Mississippi.