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Luke Points
Luke Points was born between 1774-1784 according to the census records, probably in Pennsylvania although a biographical sketch of his son, William , says he was born in Virginia. His tombstone in the Lebanon Church Cemetery in Grant County, Kentucky incorrectly gives his dates as April 1770-November 1804, aged 70 years. He may have been killed by lightning. Several Grant County circuit court cases however indicate that he died in the "summer of 1829." He was the son of John Points who died in Boone County, Kentucky in 1818. His name first appears on the 1799 Pendleton County, Kentucky tax list with John Points, probably his father. He was married on February 24, 1801 in Pendleton County, Kentucky to Mary Hutchason, born 1774; died May 21, 1866, aged 92 years, buried Lebanon Church Cemetery in Grant County, Kentucky. Luke appears on Boone County, Kentucky tax lists but in 1817, he purchased land from his parents, John and Jane Points of Boone County, consisting of 55 acres on Eagle Creek. From 1821-1827, Luke is on Boone County, Kentucky tax lists be he appears in various Grant County records in mid 1820s. Known children (based on his estate papers).
1. John Points was born circa 1803. He married Sarah H. Moore on November 4, 1824 in Grant County, Kentucky. He was living in Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky in 1880, then reportedly removed to Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas where he was buried.
2. Robert H. Points born circa 1804. His marriage bond to Jane Elizabeth Chapman was dated September 17, 1826 in Boone County, Kentucky. The family removed to Schuyler County, Illinois where Robert died April 21, 1840.
3. Jane Points born circa 1810. She may have been the Jane Points who married Thomas G. Leonard on February 17, 1827 in Grant County, Kentucky but her father's estate pagers (Grant County, Kentucky Circuit Court Box #14) call her "Jane Points" and a daughter "Mary Leonard" is named in those same papers in 1833. The Thomas G. Leonard family removed to Schuyler County, Illinois and the wife (Jane? Mary?) was deceased by 1840 when Thomas married again.
4. A female appears born 1800-1810 on the 1810 census but doesn't appear on the 1820 census listing. See Mary Points below.
5. William Thomas Points was born March 12, 1811 in Boone County, Kentucky and married Margaret Franks on October 8, 1838 in Grant County, Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky State Legislature and left many descendants from his sixteen children in the Grant County vicinity. He died March 5, 1902 and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Grant County, Kentucky.
6. Sarah Points was born circa 1813 and died January 22, 1858, "aged 44 years, 6 months, 10 days". Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Grant County, Kentucky.
7. Mary Points is listed as an unmarried daughter in Luke Points' heirs in 1829 and again in 1833. She may be the Mary Points who married Elisha Beard, bond dated November 23, 1836, bondsman William Points. If so, Mary (Points) Beard was deceased by May 11, 1841 when Elisha married again. This family eventually removed to Appanosse County, Iowa.
Researched
by Janet Pease
10310 W. 62nd Place,
#202
Arvada, Colorado
80004.
Used with
permission.
Published
in Footsteps of the Past, October 3, 1996.
Beulah Wiley Franks
Grant County Coordinator, KY/ALHN