Johnson Chronologically ARTHUR, SR. born 1691 New Kent, VA (Maybe) Shenandoah Vly - Augusta Co Now Rockingham Co 1742 15 Sep - Present at a Court Martial -fr list of Capt Hugh Thompson's delinquents 1745 Son John born 1747 Son Arthur, Jr. born 1748 Son Andrew born 1748 - Sept 1 - Buys goods from estate of Joseph Harrison Pg 208 Chalkey's Will Book 1749 27/28 Feb - Deed Bk. 2, p586 190 acres + 10 acres from Daniel Harrison Cooks Creek - Chalkey 1752 - Daughter Jane born 1754 - Daughter Sarah born 1756 - Daughter Mary born 1757 10 Nov - 99 acres on Northwest Branch Cooks Creek 1758 - Appraisal of Roger Dyers Estate - Appraisal of Randald McDonald 1759 20 Jan 1759 - Will dated. Sons JOHN and ANDREW tract he is living on. 200 acres* Son Arthur Jr. adjoining survey 99 acres # - Called Hunters Gulley Wife executrix (Pregnant) Daughters Jane, Sarah, and Mary 1759 - May Daughter Margaret born after his death. 1759 20 Jan 1759 - Died. (I have my doubts on this one sometimes Will date & death date are not same) 1759 20 Mar - Will Approved. 1759 - Andrew and John assigned guardians of Arthur, Jr. (He would have been 12 at the time) 1760 19 March - Arthurs appraisment (Daniel Harrison) 1760 26 Nov - Margaret Phares Johnston married William Gregg @ Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church at Dayton 1761 19 Aug - Margaret Phares Johnston Gregg paid for estate appraisal 1762 14 Aug - Estate sold - recorded 19 August 1762 - appraised 13 Aug (Daniel Harrison) 1763 17 Feb - John Johnson, aged 18, orphan of Arthur Johnson, chose Daniel Smith his guardian. (Daniel m a dgtr of Daniel Harrison) John married Mary Shipman @ Cooks Creek Pres. Church Aug 17 1763. 1767 24 Nov - Margarets death. Son Andrew appointed a guardian Abraham Smith (19 yrs) 1768 - Andrew married Hannah Henkle in ROCKINGHAM CO 1770 - 25 Aug - John and wife Mary transfer 124 acres of the 200.* 1770-1771 - Son Andrew probate on Daniel Harrison's Will ARTHUR JOHNSON, JR BORN 17 AUG 1747 MARRIED ELIZABETH HARRISON Settled on the North Fork of the South Branch ROCKINGHAM CO. VA Served in the Revolutionary War under Colonel Lewis 1776 - Daughter Margaret b 1776 1777 - Son Reuben b (Shenandoah Vly) 1782 - 30 May Son David born in Clarksburg, Monongalia, WV 1782 25 March - Tax List (original purchase of this land was 1 Mar 1733) 1783 November - Margaret Johnson (sister & baby of family) marries Andrew Skidmore, Jr. ROCKINGHAM 1784 - Andrew and Mary in Rockingham Co. (Arthur, Jr.'s brother) 1784 - Son BENJAMIN b in Shenandoah Co. WV 1786 - Son Aaron born 1787 24 June - Sale of land on West Fork of Cooks Creek of 99 acres.# Formerly Augusta now Rockinham Co and Parish (original purchased by Arthur, Sr. 10 Nov 1757 and willed to Arthur, Jr) HARRISON CO VA - Formed from Monongahela and Lewis counties in 1784. 1788 Tax List HARRISON CO West Fork of the Monongahela east of Clarksburg. - Selling and purchasing land 1793 29 Nov - Land Office grants 186 acres, dated 9 May, 1793 West side of the West Form and bounded to a white oak in Buffaloe Creek (Surveyed 6 Apr 1787) 1795 16 Feb - Deed book #2, pg 138 Arthur and wife Elizabeth sell 186 acres. 1796 20 Apr - Survey of 100 acres both sides of West Fork. 1799 19 Jan Arthur signed marriage document for son David - Also signed by Benjamin Cutler for his daughter Martha Dgt Mary Johnson m John Riley Cutler same time and place. 1799 Jan 25 - Purchased 100 acres of surveyed land. 1799 25 Feb - Letter for permission for son Reuben to marry Mary Lynch signed Arthur Johnson Peter Lynch - Feb 26 dgtr Margaret m Joseph Wilson HARRISON Co 1799 16 Sep - Arthur and Elizabeth sold above land. (Note 4 of their children married earlier this year) Don't know about William or Samuel (William in 1807 in Ohio) 1807 - On Harrison Co Tax lists til this year then gone. GREEN CO OHIO XENIA TWP. (Organized 3 March 1807 ) 1800 to 1810 Aaron, Arthur, Reuben Johnson and James Johnston 1805 Tax List 1807 tax list on West Fork River - Same year moved to Greene Co Ohio. (Bath) 1807 1st Election for TWP of Xenia includes Arthur and William Johnson SOUTHWESTERN OHIO 1800-1810 Purchasing land 1813 - BATH TWP - Tax list -Arthur Johnson (66) and sons David (31), Benjamin (33), Issac, and Reuben (36). Also Benjamin Cutler and wife Mary Cosad. (David's In-Laws) (Reuben ended up in Eastern Indiana) 1814 - Hannah BENNETT b someplace in Ohio. Father James N. Bennett 1817 - Miles M Johnson b someplace in Ohio 1820 Census - ROSS TWP - Benjamin Johnston - under 45 - 4 sons under 10 2 dgtrs under 10 - James Johnston - under 26. No children - wife under 26 yrs. 1822 - Aaron b someplace in Ohio. INDIANA Arrived abt 1814 1820 - Census for OWEN CO - Arthur (73) & Elizabeth - John under 45 (39?) & family - David under 45 (38)& family (Also James - under 26 and William under 45) 1820 - Census for DEARBORN CO - Issac under 45 ILLINOIS - EDGAR CO. - Part of CLARK Co in 1819 - Separated in 1823 1819 - Issac Johnson, John Cutler and nephew James Johnston, probably the son of Andrew Johnson. 1822 - 10 Sep - Land purchase by Arthur (75), and Issac Johnson and John Cutler all on same day. - Settled in Fairfield Precinct which later became Grand View. 1823 - March - Death of Arthur Johnson, Jr. buried on Issac Johnson's farm east of Grandview. 1824 - 25 Oct - BENJAMIN JOHNSON - Land purchase 80 acres $100.00 1827- 7 Apr - James Johnson land purchase - Symmes Twp immediately e/o Grandview. 1829 - Arthurs son Aaron and wife Phebe of Fayette Co Ohio transferred Edgar Co land - 80 acres. Originally Arthur Johnson, Jr's land. (Aaron supposedly ended up in Indianapolis, In) 1829 - 29 Dec - Land Records. David Johnson of Owen Co In and Benjamin Johnson, Issac Johnson, John Cutler, Reuben Wilson "assence of Aaron Johnson, all of Co of Edgar, State of Ill to Joseph Dunn," 30 acres $108. 1830 - Elizabeth Harrison Johnson dies. Buried on son Issac's farm east of GrandView 1831 - Village of Grand View were Benjamin and Issac Johnson and John Cutler. 1832 - 13 Nov - Land Records. - Grand View Twp Southeast of town.