unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Johnson" <john@bridgebs.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:28 PM 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 >