This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hiner, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/129.216.721.2 Message Board Post: Steve, I too have a Johnson line that goes to Jones County, Iowa. My great-grandmother Catherine Ann Johnson married Franklin Dalbey. Her father was Benjamin Johnson, her mother was Mary Hiner. I am not certain of Benjamin's father. I know he was born in Maryland about 1800 and he and Mary were married in Vigo County, Indiana. Mary Hiner Johnson shows up in Tazewell in the 1830 census. I believe Benjamin died during her move to Illinois. I only know of three children for Benjamin and Mary Hiner Johnson, James, Catherine and Jane. There was a William Johnson born in Maryland, moved to Ohio and dies in Jones County, Iowa, who could have been Benjamin's father. I have a copy of his obituary. I have information on this William. I would like to exchange information with you.