In a message dated 10/6/2007 1:53:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bjreece@bellsouth.net writes: I might suggest you all find a Johnson based web site and offer them to the site manager for permanent posting. If any of them are based in Tennessee I'd be glad to post them on the TNLHN web site at http://usgennet.org/usa/tn/state/ or send them to the proper county for posting. This is not only a wonderful and POSITIVE suggestion.......... to post information that was undoubtedly gathered and shared already with good intentions and a 'giving' attitude......... but it also demonstrates how 'trickle down' theory DOES work in genealogy...... I read this post........ thought it a great idea....... remembered that it had been some time since I'd visited the USGenNet.org >>>TENN site and so I went there...... many new things have been added and I found a link which clearly outlined how each county in Tenn was formed - when and from which other county; it was something that I'd either overlooked or had just not noticed HOW CLEARLY this laid out the history of the formations. Not only is this the history of the divisions but a very clear view of what might be perceived as 'migration' when the family could have stayed put but the records might intimate moving.... I know - simple but basic!!! IF......... I got it right...........Knox...... comes from Greene and Hawkins...... which come from Sullivan...... which comes from Washington......... and guess what.......... Washington Cty. TENNESSEE comes from Washington District, NORTH CAROLINA............ I DID NOT KNOW THIS! I'd not done ANY research in NC...... so see ---------- even the simplest of posts can lead to a water fall of information, implications, innuendo, and ideas of what direction to take to maybe find that long lost soul that IS YOUR BRICK WALL. Sometimes you have to 'corner' an ancestor..... can't find them going 'up' --- you hope to luck out with a name that runs in your line historically and try to make a match coming 'down'. It's sooooooooo much luck many times...... and patience is truly a virtue in genealogy research!!! To research............ means to dig, hunt, sift and wade through all sorts of goodies...... and if you don't have the time.......... well, sadly - YOU don't have the time. This is a GIVING community and like with any gift....... YOU TAKE IT GRACIOUSLY. Thanks for taking the time to read this post.... ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Hey Gerald, I'm also looking for information on a David Johnson. My guy was born about 1812 in NC, married Mary Ann Macon in Macon County, Alabama. The family was in Vaugine Township, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff Post office, Arkansas,when the 1870 census was taken. Then, they took off for the wilds of Texas. Mary Ann made it, David didn't. At least, she showed up in 1880 in McCulloch County, Texas, and he was nowhere to be found. I know who is descended from David and Mary Ann. Don't know who he descended from. Don't suppose my David is also your David??? Carlette > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs searching is always > slow. Even > when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, spouse, and children to > even see > if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow and its work. Its far > easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 million fewer to search > through. > > Gerald J.

What is your husband's first name, so I can pray for him? ----- Original Message ----- From: "unicorn1945" <unicorn1945@sbcglobal.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: [JOHNSON] subject line > What if you don't know your Johnson's first name? I am beating on doors > looking for possible Johnson/Johnston's in given areas only. Seems a > person who is serious about finding their kind wouldn't mind doing a > little reading. > > Once again, my husband is seriously ill - COPD, diabetes, two heart > conditions, post stroke and lung cancer. I am myself disabled and caring > for him with no help and believe me, it is more that a 24/7 job. Surely, > if I am willing to receive Tony's information without complaint AND be > grateful, I can't see what the problem is. I'm saving and searching later > and there are, as I mentioned, easier ways to search a document. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 16:39 -0500, Carlette wrote: > Hey Gerald, > I'm also looking for information on a David Johnson. My guy was born about > 1812 in NC, married Mary Ann Macon in Macon County, Alabama. The family was > in Vaugine Township, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff Post office, Arkansas,when > the 1870 census was taken. Then, they took off for the wilds of Texas. Mary > Ann made it, David didn't. At least, she showed up in 1880 in McCulloch > County, Texas, and he was nowhere to be found. > I know who is descended from David and Mary Ann. Don't know who he descended > from. Don't suppose my David is also your David??? > Carlette > Since my David's estate was probated in 1823 with children that I can identify birth years born from about 1786 to 1805, its not the save David. It would have been nice had all our kin used two middle names, then maybe they would have had more unique names. However during their lifetime, they though one given name was often enough. Now there was a Scottish king named David that beat the British a time or two so David is a popular given name. There was that old testament David but staunch church goers kind think of him with less admiration. Gerald J.

I too, am very busy, but I am saving each one of them to read when I have time. Thank you Tony, now I have some hope of finding my William's parents. More than I had. Oma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheridan" <kssooners@sbcglobal.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] subject > Dee .... not all of us have the luxury of time to do these things. I have > many other things going on in my life in addition to genealogy...and many > other surnames as well. If they all hit me with 68 emails one morning, It > would be over whelming. I still don't know why it is asking too much to > put some identifying name/state, etc. in the subject line. That is what I > was taught to do from the beginning. > > Sheridan > > WolfWalker <realduesouth@yahoo.com> wrote: Sorry to hear you delete > without looking. There are > more than one way for you to check the info coming in. > Go to the egroups page and click on Digest. Go to > the egroups page and read them all at once. > I treat each email that comes thru as a gift and not > an attempt to make my day harder in trying to eek out > info that will help me in my search. > > Dee Johnson > > > --- Sheridan wrote: > >> That is exactly what I did...deleted w/o opening. >> Would it be too much trouble to put in a given >> name??? >> >> Sheridan >> >> Carlette wrote: And, then, >> there are those of us who want to know this >> information and >> welcome the mail from Tony concerning it. You could >> always just delete >> anything you don't want to open. >> Carlette >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pam" >> To: >> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:29 AM >> Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] (no subject) >> >> >> >I really dislike getting 30-40 messages at one time >> from one person. You >> >don't even take the time to put the name of the >> person you are writing >> >about in the subject line, so each and every e-mail >> has to be opened to see >> >what you sent. I would much prefer to see you are >> posting about a Johnston >> >than the Johnson I'm looking for instead of opening >> them all. >> > Pam >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> >> Fact: On the average, 6,000 teenagers die in >> automobile accidents every year. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Fact: On the average, 6,000 teenagers die in automobile accidents every > year. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

OMG!!!! Stop with emails for goodness sake! This is not a chat line! ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Hi: My David Johns(t)on was born in 1788 in Georgia and died in 1852 Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. From about 1838, he moved to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana per sale of land, slaves, etc records I have been lucky enought to obtain. In 1840, he married in New Orleans, Louisiana to Hanna Frederika Hoffman. They had one son in 1841, Alexander Henry. Anyone? Thanks. Tami Johnston www.johnstonfamily.tribalpages.com --- "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <g369n849j@weather.net> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 16:39 -0500, Carlette wrote: > > Hey Gerald, > > I'm also looking for information on a David > Johnson. My guy was born about > > 1812 in NC, married Mary Ann Macon in Macon > County, Alabama. The family was > > in Vaugine Township, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff > Post office, Arkansas,when > > the 1870 census was taken. Then, they took off for > the wilds of Texas. Mary > > Ann made it, David didn't. At least, she showed up > in 1880 in McCulloch > > County, Texas, and he was nowhere to be found. > > I know who is descended from David and Mary Ann. > Don't know who he descended > > from. Don't suppose my David is also your David??? > > Carlette > > > Since my David's estate was probated in 1823 with > children that I can > identify birth years born from about 1786 to 1805, > its not the save > David. It would have been nice had all our kin used > two middle names, > then maybe they would have had more unique names. > However during their > lifetime, they though one given name was often > enough. Now there was a > Scottish king named David that beat the British a > time or two so David > is a popular given name. There was that old > testament David but staunch > church goers kind think of him with less admiration. > > Gerald J. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > Thanks in advance, Tami Johnston New Orleans, LA JOHNSTON/HOFFMAN/KEISSEL/HOERNER/ZWEIFEL/USNER/ELWELL/DOCLAR/WEISHEIMER/HUCKINS/ and many many more VISIT MY SITES AT: http://johnstonfamily.tribalpages.com http://arnoultfamily.tribalpages.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433

Thank You Tony! and to ... Gerald J. Thank You for your great explanation on the spelling of names, etc. I am searching for "Almarinda" Susan Johnson, b. 1830, North Carolina. She is the wife of John W. Cox. I have their family Bible, and in it she writes, her full name and birth date ..... that is all. "Almarinda" is constantly miss-spelled by census takers, etc., and finally in her Mortality Report from Kansas, she is reported as A. "L." Cox. The "S" was written to look like an "L", back in the early days. So, the miss-spelling of names, really make it hard to find in our Genealogy. So far I have not found her Johnson family at all. I read Tony's findings with much hope, and please do not stop sending! Thank You, Janet Cox Yancey

Hello All, I'm searching for info on Ballard Johnston/Johnson. He was born in Tazewell, Virginia. Wife's name may have been Mary or Nancy. Their daughter, Mattie, was born about 1885 in Virginia. She married Charles Duncan about 1904. Mattie and Charles were my great-grandparents. Any info. appreciated. Thanks! Melissa F. Kline Cecil County, Maryland

A number of the descendants of Michael Johnson (d1718) and related families have been DNA tested (Y-DNA). This is for male ancestral lines (father, grandfather, gr-grandfather, etc), won't work for females. Their test results and mind don't match, therefor we are not blood related. I have, however, matched with a few others, who have their lines proven on paper back to Scots-Irish and into Scotland. Yet, none of us has matching ancestral information. Basically, beyond James, I know what direction to go in - Ireland and Scotland - but don't know how to get there - Virginia?, Maryland?, Maine?, New Hampshire? By looking at the Johnson FTDNA website, I can look at those who don't match, and exclude their proven family lines, and if I come accross matching information for them, I can eliminate that search. Hope this helps some. Cheers, Michael Kent Island, Maryland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli" <iamcheroke@filertel.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] Searching for: Ancestors of James Johnson (d1810,Tenn) and wife Charity--Question > Michael, > I'm curious on how you don't know anything about your James Johnson, but > thru DNA you found out who he's not a descendent of? > > How do you eliminate or find a distant ancestor thru DNA? Is it strictly a > male gene or can a female gene work? > > Alli

Thank you! good idea! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <g369n849j@weather.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] subject > On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 12:16 -0400, CPJester@aol.com > wrote: >> In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central >> Daylight Time, >> kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes: >> >> I still don't know why it is asking too much to put >> some identifying >> name/state, etc. in the subject line. >> > Johnson was in the subject line. Some covered two or > three dozen Johnson > given names so that doesn't work well. >> >> The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is >> not in the subject line >> don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this >> complaining and moaning. >> > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs > searching is always slow. Even > when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, > spouse, and children to even see > if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow > and its work. Its far > easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 > million fewer to search > through. > > Gerald J. >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.1/1051 - > Release Date: 10/5/2007 12:27 PM > >

I might suggest you all find a Johnson based web site and offer them to the site manager for permanent posting. If any of them are based in Tennessee I'd be glad to post them on the TNLHN web site at http://usgennet.org/usa/tn/state/ or send them to the proper county for posting. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Johnson" <tonyempireore@msn.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] Tony's emails > Shirley > > I have a lot more Indiana Johnson (sic) in the PDF Files sent to me, but > you will not be able to use a search on them you would have to read each > one. > > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: unicorn1945<mailto:unicorn1945@sbcglobal.net> > To: johnson@rootsweb.com<mailto:johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:18 AM > Subject: [JOHNSON] Tony's emails > > > I am very busy caring for an ill husband but am more than happy to save > Tony's emails to go through later. (Thank you for all your trouble, > Tony.) > I have a suggestion for those of you who find it painful to read every > word of each email when a list comes through like that. Use your FIND > feature on EACH email. Choose TEXT and type in a key word that would help > to isolate your own Johnson. I chose In for Indiana. It pulled up every > "in" in each email but was quick and easy to locate any Johnson who had > any mention of Indiana - ours. It's not fool proof but VERY helpful. > Shirley > Indiana > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.2/1053 - Release Date: 10/6/2007 > 10:18 AM > >

My eldest Johnson ancestor is James Johnson. Who were his parents: don't know! When and where was he born: don't know! What do I know: -- through DNA, he is not a descendant of the Michael Johnson (d1718) line, but I still read Tony's posts. Am eliminating others as I go through the Johnson FTDNA website. -- he, or at least some of his family, lived for a time in Halifax County, Virginia, where a few of them were married. -- he died in 1810 in Wilson County, Tennessee. His children settled in the Hawkins County and Wilson County areas of Tennessee. Descendants of James Johnson 1 James Johnson b: Abt. 1737 d: Bet. 27 Feb - 15 Sep 1810 in Wilson County, Tennessee .. +Charity (Johnson) ..... 2 Thomas Johnson b: Abt. 1759 in of Halifax, Virginia d: Abt. 1844 in Hawkins County, Tennessee ......... +Barbara Hutcheson b: Abt. 1765 in of Halifax County, Virginia m: 12 Jul 1786 in Halifax County, Virginia d: Bef. 1842 in Tennessee ..... 2 Elizabeth Johnson b: Abt. 1768 in of Halifax County, Virginia ......... +Daniel Hutcheson, Jr. b: Abt. 1765 in of Halifax County, Virginia m: 05 Jan 1786 in Halifax County, Virginia ..... 2 James Johnson b: Bet. 1770 - 1780 in of Halifax County, Virginia d: Abt. 1845 in Tennessee ......... +Susannah Dodson b: Abt. 1770 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia m: 1788 in Halifax County, Virginia ..... 2 Stephen "Jerry" Johnson b: Bet. 1770 - 1780 in of Halifax County, Virginia d: Aft. 24 Oct 1845 in Grainger County, Tennessee ......... +Alice/Alcie Dodson b: Abt. 1751 in Lunenburg County, Virginia d: Bef. 24 Oct 1845 ..... 2 Gregory Johnson b: Bef. 1775 ..... 2 Philip Johnson b: Bet. 1775 - 1780 ......... +Betsy Watkins m: 27 Jan 1798 ..... *2nd Wife of Philip Johnson: ......... +Nancy Carr m: 14 May 1822 ..... 2 Sarah "Sally" Johnson b: Abt. 1777 ......... +Isom Palmer/Farmer m: 14 Aug 1797 ..... 2 Patsy Johnson b: Abt. 1780 ......... +Harrison Akin m: 15 Dec 1800 ..... 2 Polly Johnson b: Abt. 1780 ......... +Unknown Akin ..... 2 William Johnson b: Abt. 1780 in of Halifax County, Virginia ......... +Winifred Dodson b: Abt. 1780 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia ..... 2 Clement Johnson b: Aft. 1780 ..... 2 Jeremiah Johnson b: Bet. 1780 - 1790 ......... +Elizabeth Thaxton m: 17 Jan 1798 Cheers, Michael Kent Island, Maryland

Its really quite simple as to why that would not work....if you have been reading ALL the emails tony has worked so hard at putting out for everyone....there are at times MANY names and PLACES in each of his emails....If you are a dedicated and experienced researchers you and any one else would realize that you just might miss the information that you needed because Tony chose to put one name and it was the wrong one out of the email that you truly could have used.... Like any email a person receives you have the wonderful right and way to get rid of the unwanted and apparently bothersome annoying email that has fustrated some of you to no end that you would jam up all of our emails with this. Someone else mentioned to please send your suggestions/complaints to the poster in private as the rest of us really want the emails no matter how he gets them to us....> From: CPJester@aol.com> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:16:56 -0400> To: johnson@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] subject> > > In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central Daylight Time, > kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes:> > I still don't know why it is asking too much to put some identifying > name/state, etc. in the subject line.> > > The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is not in the subject line > don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this complaining and moaning.> > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 12:16 -0400, CPJester@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central Daylight Time, > kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes: > > I still don't know why it is asking too much to put some identifying > name/state, etc. in the subject line. > Johnson was in the subject line. Some covered two or three dozen Johnson given names so that doesn't work well. > > The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is not in the subject line > don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this complaining and moaning. > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs searching is always slow. Even when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, spouse, and children to even see if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow and its work. Its far easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 million fewer to search through. Gerald J. >

I have no problem with that, Tony. One day soon, I will be looking for things to occupy my mind and time. I appreciate you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Johnson To: johnson@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] Tony's emails Shirley I have a lot more Indiana Johnson (sic) in the PDF Files sent to me, but you will not be able to use a search on them you would have to read each one. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: unicorn1945<mailto:unicorn1945@sbcglobal.net> To: johnson@rootsweb.com<mailto:johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:18 AM Subject: [JOHNSON] Tony's emails I am very busy caring for an ill husband but am more than happy to save Tony's emails to go through later. (Thank you for all your trouble, Tony.) I have a suggestion for those of you who find it painful to read every word of each email when a list comes through like that. Use your FIND feature on EACH email. Choose TEXT and type in a key word that would help to isolate your own Johnson. I chose In for Indiana. It pulled up every "in" in each email but was quick and easy to locate any Johnson who had any mention of Indiana - ours. It's not fool proof but VERY helpful. Shirley Indiana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.13.35/1040 - Release Date: 9/30/2007 9:01 PM

What if you don't know your Johnson's first name? I am beating on doors looking for possible Johnson/Johnston's in given areas only. Seems a person who is serious about finding their kind wouldn't mind doing a little reading. Once again, my husband is seriously ill - COPD, diabetes, two heart conditions, post stroke and lung cancer. I am myself disabled and caring for him with no help and believe me, it is more that a 24/7 job. Surely, if I am willing to receive Tony's information without complaint AND be grateful, I can't see what the problem is. I'm saving and searching later and there are, as I mentioned, easier ways to search a document.

I appreciate all of the hard work that Tony has done to get this information out to us. I do not save the emails since I can go to the archives and read them again later. I suggest that some of the folks that are complaining are either too new to grasp what a gift it is to get this information or just cranky. From someone who has been searching for a long time, I have read lots of items that do not pertain to me in the hope that there is a clue that will help. You never know where that clue will come from. Spend some time to learn how to use the mailing lists and stop complaining about someone who is actually doing something to help. Linda ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central Daylight Time, kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes: I still don't know why it is asking too much to put some identifying name/state, etc. in the subject line. The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is not in the subject line don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this complaining and moaning. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

To make things easier I have made a special folder for Tonys emails so I can go through a few when I have the time. With a name like Johnson you never know when you will find someone you weren't looking for in these records. P.J.