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    1. [GACARROL] CSA Joseph Johnston
    2. Carole Johnson
    3. Just yesterday my mother-in-law and I discovered the name of her gggrandfather, Joseph J. JOHNSTON. We've also found the service pension applicationof his widow, Elizabeth. In it is a affadavit stating the Joseph was in the GA. Res., company K and that while on sick furlough during July 1864 he was captured and sent to Fort Douglas, Illinois where he died in October 1864. His death left ten children fatherless, including my children's gggrandfather, John T. JOHNSTON. The family was usually listed as "Johnson" on most census records. I've since found them on the 1842 Tax Digest, 1850 and 1860 census. I still need to check for Elizabeth in the 1870 onward. Her last pension application was filed in January 1905, so I assume she died in that year. Does anyone know or have any further information on this family or that CSA unit? I assume that "GA. Res" stand for Georgia Reserves, but I don't have any further information. We are very excited about this "find" and hope that someone else is connected. Thanks for any help or information. Carole

    09/30/2000 10:42:01