Roger, I am not related to Andrew Johnson, but to an Edward Johnson b. abt. 1760 (based on his daughter's marriage) who lived in Randolph Co. Va. and had a daughter named Margaret. I feel but don't have any proof that he could be tied to the Arthur Johnson family that came from New Kent Co. Va. The Phares family I am related to is Johnson Phares and Sarah Negley, then to their daughter Christina Phares who married Reuben Teter, then to Edith Teter and Adam Sites, an so on. Margaret Johnson was born about 1790 possibly in Randolph Co. Va. and married there in 1809 to William Loughry son of John and Mary Loughry. (she is on the 1802 Randolph co. tax list as Mary Lochry widow). Margaret Johnson's marriage record in Randolph co. Va. shows her father as Edward Johnson. I have never been able to figure out who he connects to for sure.I have not found any other marriage record listing Edward as father in Randolph co. Any help on Arthur's family or Edward from New Kent Co. Va. (thanks Tony) is appreciated. Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Powell" <roger-powell@sbcglobal.net> To: <rlucas@neo.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > Becky: > > I am a long-time Johnson researcher. I have: > > Arthur Johnson > b. 1688 , New Kent County Virginia > m. Margaret Phares > > If this is the Arthur you are looking for, I have his his entire line > completed and available to you. I spent twenty years or more on this line, > and the line of President Andrew Johnson descends from this Arthur > Johnson. If this is your Andrew, I will share all I have with you, which > is considerable. Many genealogists have helped me over the years, and I > would be happy to help you along. I think I can complete Arthur's > genealogy very quickly for you, again, if this is your Andrew. > >

Becky So far in Colonial Virginia from 1721 to 1690 there have been 8 Edwards identified Edward of Strawberry Bancke died 1655 in York Co Va. He left one son Edward Johnson,. his estate was 2/3rds left to his wife Which migh mean she had another child at home: A few days Later a Guardian ship was set up in York Co for the Son of Edward Johnson of Strawberry Bancke: Edward Johnson and wife in a census ( 1622 or 1624) had one child in their home so that child would be at least 30 plus years old. Of note is in 1632 Edward Johnson GAVE LANDS to John Johnson and Luke Johnson ( Luke came from England per his will was abated there) Rev. Edward Johnson minister in the Martins Hundred area: This can be proved by deeds of Ann Stafford Barnhouse in 1755,. Rev. Edward Johnson died in 1766 in YORK Co, Edward Johnson of Blissland Parish in 1766 Per a Petition signed there Edward Johnson of Powhite Swamp in St. Peters Parish era of 1680 Edward Johnson Transported in 1632 by Edward Travis who was married to the daughter of John Johnson Yeoman of Archers Hope Lands and his son John JOhnson owned lands on Upper Chipoakes Creek. There was about in 1680 era a Edward Johnson transported into New Kent Co. Va. These are the ones I remember off the top of my head. If you want Please tell me the Parent County of randolph I can send you what we have accumulated on it on the Jonson, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone surname. As we don't have a Randolph Co. VA or is it files in WV Randolph Co. umm have to check that one. Also can scan files for and Arthur Johnson etc. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Lucas<mailto:rlucas@neo.rr.com> To: johnson@rootsweb.com<mailto:johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia Roger, I am not related to Andrew Johnson, but to an Edward Johnson b. abt. 1760 (based on his daughter's marriage) who lived in Randolph Co. Va. and had a daughter named Margaret. I feel but don't have any proof that he could be tied to the Arthur Johnson family that came from New Kent Co. Va. The Phares family I am related to is Johnson Phares and Sarah Negley, then to their daughter Christina Phares who married Reuben Teter, then to Edith Teter and Adam Sites, an so on. Margaret Johnson was born about 1790 possibly in Randolph Co. Va. and married there in 1809 to William Loughry son of John and Mary Loughry. (she is on the 1802 Randolph co. tax list as Mary Lochry widow). Margaret Johnson's marriage record in Randolph co. Va. shows her father as Edward Johnson. I have never been able to figure out who he connects to for sure.I have not found any other marriage record listing Edward as father in Randolph co. Any help on Arthur's family or Edward from New Kent Co. Va. (thanks Tony) is appreciated. Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Powell" <roger-powell@sbcglobal.net<mailto:roger-powell@sbcglobal.net>> To: <rlucas@neo.rr.com<mailto:rlucas@neo.rr.com>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > Becky: > > I am a long-time Johnson researcher. I have: > > Arthur Johnson > b. 1688 , New Kent County Virginia > m. Margaret Phares > > If this is the Arthur you are looking for, I have his his entire line > completed and available to you. I spent twenty years or more on this line, > and the line of President Andrew Johnson descends from this Arthur > Johnson. If this is your Andrew, I will share all I have with you, which > is considerable. Many genealogists have helped me over the years, and I > would be happy to help you along. I think I can complete Arthur's > genealogy very quickly for you, again, if this is your Andrew. > > ------------------------------- 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

Becky I have soooooooooooooo much stuff on Arthur Johnson,jr. 1747(unknown) except it was someplace "east" of Va. Artur JOhnson Sr. married about 3 times his last marriage to Margaret Phares. Arthur died 1759 in Augusta Co WV when Margaret Phares was pregnant with youngest child. She named her margaret. Margaret Phares b 1736 in Delaware. HUsband Arthur Jr b around 1799. I have worked on this line for 14 years and have not found his earlier wives only people who said they had that info at one time. Arthur Jr died in Edgar Co Ill. 1823. REba ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky Lucas" <rlucas@neo.rr.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > Roger, I am not related to Andrew Johnson, but to an Edward Johnson b. > abt. > 1760 (based on his daughter's marriage) who lived in Randolph Co. Va. and > had a daughter named Margaret. I feel but don't have any proof that he > could > be tied to the Arthur Johnson family that came from New Kent Co. Va. The > Phares family I am related to is Johnson Phares and Sarah Negley, then to > their daughter Christina Phares who married Reuben Teter, then to Edith > Teter and Adam Sites, an so on. > Margaret Johnson was born about 1790 possibly in Randolph Co. Va. and > married there in 1809 to William Loughry son of John and Mary Loughry. > (she > is on the 1802 Randolph co. tax list as Mary Lochry widow). Margaret > Johnson's marriage record in Randolph co. Va. shows her father as Edward > Johnson. I have never been able to figure out who he connects to for > sure.I > have not found any other marriage record listing Edward as father in > Randolph co. > Any help on Arthur's family or Edward from New Kent Co. Va. (thanks Tony) > is appreciated. > Becky > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Powell" <roger-powell@sbcglobal.net> > To: <rlucas@neo.rr.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:30 PM > Subject: [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > > >> Becky: >> >> I am a long-time Johnson researcher. I have: >> >> Arthur Johnson >> b. 1688 , New Kent County Virginia >> m. Margaret Phares >> >> If this is the Arthur you are looking for, I have his his entire line >> completed and available to you. I spent twenty years or more on this >> line, >> and the line of President Andrew Johnson descends from this Arthur >> Johnson. If this is your Andrew, I will share all I have with you, which >> is considerable. Many genealogists have helped me over the years, and I >> would be happy to help you along. I think I can complete Arthur's >> genealogy very quickly for you, again, if this is your Andrew. >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

West Virginia was part of Virginia until the Civil War. WV didn't want to seceed from the Union. When VA seceded the western part of the state seceded from VA and applied of admission to the Union as WV. This would have been about 1862. The below is from the WV website. John R. Johnson Everything changed with the approach of the Civil War. In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president, with virtually no support from the South. His election resulted in the country's southernmost states leaving the Union. On April 17, 1861, days after Lincoln's order to seize Fort Sumter in South Carolina, a convention of Virginians voted to submit a secession bill to the people. Led by Clarksburg's John S. Carlile, western delegates marched out of the Secession Convention, vowing to form a state government loyal to the Union. Many of these delegates gathered in Clarksburg on April 22, calling for a pro-Union convention, which met in Wheeling from May 13 to 15. On May 23, a majority of Virginia voters approved the Ordinance of Secession. It is not possible to determine accurately the vote total from present-day West Virginia due to vote tampering and the destruction of records. Some argue that secessionists were in the majority in western Virginia, while others feel Unionists had greater support. Following a Union victory at the Battle of Philippi and the subsequent occupation of northwestern Virginia by General George B. McClellan, the Second Wheeling Convention met between June 11 and June 25, 1861. Delegates formed the Restored, or Reorganized, Government of Virginia, and chose Francis H. Pierpont as governor. President Lincoln recognized the Restored Government as the legitimate government of Virginia. John Carlile and Waitman T. Willey became United States Senators and Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley became Congressmen representing pro-Union Virginia. On October 24, 1861, residents of thirty-nine counties in western Virginia approved the formation of a new Unionist state. The accuracy of these election results have been questioned, since Union troops were stationed at many of the polls to prevent Confederate sympathizers from voting. At the Constitutional Convention, which met in Wheeling from November 1861 to February 1862, delegates selected the counties for inclusion in the new state of West Virginia. From the initial list, most of the counties in the Shenandoah Valley were excluded due to their control by Confederate troops and a large number of local Confederate sympathizers. In the end, fifty counties were selected (all of present-day West Virginia's counties except Mineral, Grant, Lincoln, Summers, and Mingo, which were formed after statehood). Most of the eastern and southern counties did not support statehood, but were included for political, economic, and military purposes. The mountain range west of the Blue Ridge became the eastern border of West Virginia to provide a defense against Confederate invasion. One of the most controversial decisions involved the Eastern Panhandle counties, which supported the Confederacy. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which ran through the Eastern Panhandle, was extremely important for the economy and troop movements. Inclusion of these counties removed all of the railroad from the Confederacy. SNIP The United States Senate rejected a statehood bill proposed by Carlile which did not contain the Willey Amendment and then, on July 14, 1862, approved a statehood proposal which included the Willey Amendment. Carlile's vote against the latter bill made him a traitor in the eyes of many West Virginians and he was never again elected to political office. On December 10, 1862, the House of Representatives passed the act. On December 31, President Lincoln signed the bill into law, approving the creation of West Virginia as a state loyal to the Union without abolishing slavery. The next step was to put the statehood issue to a vote by West Virginia's citizens. Lincoln may have had his own reasons for creating the new state, knowing he could count on West Virginia's support in the 1864 presidential election. On March 26, 1863, the citizens of the fifty counties approved the statehood bill, including the Willey Amendment, and on June 20, the state of West Virginia was officially created. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reba" <reeebie@midwest.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > Becky > I have soooooooooooooo much stuff on Arthur Johnson,jr. 1747(unknown) > except it was someplace "east" of Va. Artur JOhnson Sr. married about 3 > times his last marriage to Margaret Phares. Arthur died 1759 in Augusta Co > WV when Margaret Phares was pregnant with youngest child. She named her > margaret. Margaret Phares b 1736 in Delaware. HUsband Arthur Jr b around > 1799. > I have worked on this line for 14 years and have not found his earlier > wives > only people who said they had that info at one time. Arthur Jr died in > Edgar > Co Ill. 1823. > REba > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Becky Lucas" <rlucas@neo.rr.com> > To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 3:18 PM > Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, > Virginia > > >> Roger, I am not related to Andrew Johnson, but to an Edward Johnson b. >> abt. >> 1760 (based on his daughter's marriage) who lived in Randolph Co. Va. >> and >> had a daughter named Margaret. I feel but don't have any proof that he >> could >> be tied to the Arthur Johnson family that came from New Kent Co. Va. The >> Phares family I am related to is Johnson Phares and Sarah Negley, then to >> their daughter Christina Phares who married Reuben Teter, then to Edith >> Teter and Adam Sites, an so on. >> Margaret Johnson was born about 1790 possibly in Randolph Co. Va. and >> married there in 1809 to William Loughry son of John and Mary Loughry. >> (she >> is on the 1802 Randolph co. tax list as Mary Lochry widow). Margaret >> Johnson's marriage record in Randolph co. Va. shows her father as Edward >> Johnson. I have never been able to figure out who he connects to for >> sure.I >> have not found any other marriage record listing Edward as father in >> Randolph co. >> Any help on Arthur's family or Edward from New Kent Co. Va. (thanks >> Tony) >> is appreciated. >> Becky >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roger Powell" <roger-powell@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <rlucas@neo.rr.com> >> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:30 PM >> Subject: [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia >> >> >>> Becky: >>> >>> I am a long-time Johnson researcher. I have: >>> >>> Arthur Johnson >>> b. 1688 , New Kent County Virginia >>> m. Margaret Phares >>> >>> If this is the Arthur you are looking for, I have his his entire line >>> completed and available to you. I spent twenty years or more on this >>> line, >>> and the line of President Andrew Johnson descends from this Arthur >>> Johnson. If this is your Andrew, I will share all I have with you, which >>> is considerable. Many genealogists have helped me over the years, and I >>> would be happy to help you along. I think I can complete Arthur's >>> genealogy very quickly for you, again, if this is your Andrew. >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.19/1258 - Release Date: 2/4/2008 > 10:10 AM > >

Thanks for sending all this info. At one time even present day Illinois was considered Virginia. Reba ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Johnson" <john@bridgebs.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia > West Virginia was part of Virginia until the Civil War. WV didn't want to > seceed from the Union. When VA seceded the western part of the state > seceded > from VA and applied of admission to the Union as WV. This would have been > about 1862. > > The below is from the WV website. > > John R. Johnson > > Everything changed with the approach of the Civil War. In November 1860, > Abraham Lincoln was elected president, with virtually no support from the > South. His election resulted in the country's southernmost states leaving > the Union. On April 17, 1861, days after Lincoln's order to seize Fort > Sumter in South Carolina, a convention of Virginians voted to submit a > secession bill to the people. Led by Clarksburg's John S. Carlile, western > delegates marched out of the Secession Convention, vowing to form a state > government loyal to the Union. Many of these delegates gathered in > Clarksburg on April 22, calling for a pro-Union convention, which met in > Wheeling from May 13 to 15. On May 23, a majority of Virginia voters > approved the Ordinance of Secession. It is not possible to determine > accurately the vote total from present-day West Virginia due to vote > tampering and the destruction of records. Some argue that secessionists > were > in the majority in western Virginia, while others feel Unionists had > greater > support. > > Following a Union victory at the Battle of Philippi and the subsequent > occupation of northwestern Virginia by General George B. McClellan, the > Second Wheeling Convention met between June 11 and June 25, 1861. > Delegates > formed the Restored, or Reorganized, Government of Virginia, and chose > Francis H. Pierpont as governor. President Lincoln recognized the Restored > Government as the legitimate government of Virginia. John Carlile and > Waitman T. Willey became United States Senators and Jacob B. Blair, > William > G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley became Congressmen representing pro-Union > Virginia. > > On October 24, 1861, residents of thirty-nine counties in western Virginia > approved the formation of a new Unionist state. The accuracy of these > election results have been questioned, since Union troops were stationed > at > many of the polls to prevent Confederate sympathizers from voting. At the > Constitutional Convention, which met in Wheeling from November 1861 to > February 1862, delegates selected the counties for inclusion in the new > state of West Virginia. From the initial list, most of the counties in the > Shenandoah Valley were excluded due to their control by Confederate troops > and a large number of local Confederate sympathizers. In the end, fifty > counties were selected (all of present-day West Virginia's counties except > Mineral, Grant, Lincoln, Summers, and Mingo, which were formed after > statehood). Most of the eastern and southern counties did not support > statehood, but were included for political, economic, and military > purposes. > The mountain range west of the Blue Ridge became the eastern border of > West > Virginia to provide a defense against Confederate invasion. One of the > most > controversial decisions involved the Eastern Panhandle counties, which > supported the Confederacy. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which ran > through the Eastern Panhandle, was extremely important for the economy and > troop movements. Inclusion of these counties removed all of the railroad > from the Confederacy. > > SNIP > > The United States Senate rejected a statehood bill proposed by Carlile > which > did not contain the Willey Amendment and then, on July 14, 1862, approved > a > statehood proposal which included the Willey Amendment. Carlile's vote > against the latter bill made him a traitor in the eyes of many West > Virginians and he was never again elected to political office. On December > 10, 1862, the House of Representatives passed the act. On December 31, > President Lincoln signed the bill into law, approving the creation of West > Virginia as a state loyal to the Union without abolishing slavery. The > next > step was to put the statehood issue to a vote by West Virginia's citizens. > Lincoln may have had his own reasons for creating the new state, knowing > he > could count on West Virginia's support in the 1864 presidential election. > On > March 26, 1863, the citizens of the fifty counties approved the statehood > bill, including the Willey Amendment, and on June 20, the state of West > Virginia was officially created. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reba" <reeebie@midwest.net> > To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:52 AM > Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, > Virginia > > >> Becky >> I have soooooooooooooo much stuff on Arthur Johnson,jr. 1747(unknown) >> except it was someplace "east" of Va. Artur JOhnson Sr. married about 3 >> times his last marriage to Margaret Phares. Arthur died 1759 in Augusta >> Co >> WV when Margaret Phares was pregnant with youngest child. She named her >> margaret. Margaret Phares b 1736 in Delaware. HUsband Arthur Jr b around >> 1799. >> I have worked on this line for 14 years and have not found his earlier >> wives >> only people who said they had that info at one time. Arthur Jr died in >> Edgar >> Co Ill. 1823. >> REba >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Becky Lucas" <rlucas@neo.rr.com> >> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 3:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, >> Virginia >> >> >>> Roger, I am not related to Andrew Johnson, but to an Edward Johnson b. >>> abt. >>> 1760 (based on his daughter's marriage) who lived in Randolph Co. Va. >>> and >>> had a daughter named Margaret. I feel but don't have any proof that he >>> could >>> be tied to the Arthur Johnson family that came from New Kent Co. Va. The >>> Phares family I am related to is Johnson Phares and Sarah Negley, then >>> to >>> their daughter Christina Phares who married Reuben Teter, then to Edith >>> Teter and Adam Sites, an so on. >>> Margaret Johnson was born about 1790 possibly in Randolph Co. Va. and >>> married there in 1809 to William Loughry son of John and Mary Loughry. >>> (she >>> is on the 1802 Randolph co. tax list as Mary Lochry widow). Margaret >>> Johnson's marriage record in Randolph co. Va. shows her father as Edward >>> Johnson. I have never been able to figure out who he connects to for >>> sure.I >>> have not found any other marriage record listing Edward as father in >>> Randolph co. >>> Any help on Arthur's family or Edward from New Kent Co. Va. (thanks >>> Tony) >>> is appreciated. >>> Becky >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Roger Powell" <roger-powell@sbcglobal.net> >>> To: <rlucas@neo.rr.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:30 PM >>> Subject: [Johnson] Arthur Johnson, Pendleton County, Virginia >>> >>> >>>> Becky: >>>> >>>> I am a long-time Johnson researcher. I have: >>>> >>>> Arthur Johnson >>>> b. 1688 , New Kent County Virginia >>>> m. Margaret Phares >>>> >>>> If this is the Arthur you are looking for, I have his his entire line >>>> completed and available to you. I spent twenty years or more on this >>>> line, >>>> and the line of President Andrew Johnson descends from this Arthur >>>> Johnson. If this is your Andrew, I will share all I have with you, >>>> which >>>> is considerable. Many genealogists have helped me over the years, and I >>>> would be happy to help you along. I think I can complete Arthur's >>>> genealogy very quickly for you, again, if this is your Andrew. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.19/1258 - Release Date: >> 2/4/2008 >> 10:10 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >