That's what someone else said :( Maybe I'll find a cousin somewhere off the male line Alli :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > Your father's dad would have had to be the Johnson - not his mother. It > carries through the males.

Okay, you'll have to find a male cousin from your mother's Johnson family, who actually carries the name, Johnson. That's the way I understand it. I wish somebody on the list would either confirm what I'm saying is true or correct me. In my particular case, I have one brother left who could do the testing for the name, Johnson (my maiden name was Johnson, of course), but I haven't been able to convince him to do it yet. He thinks it's going to be way too expensive and he doesn't understand how it could help me in my genealogy research. He does have a son who could also do the testing, in the event that he decides definitely not to do it. While I'm writing, I might as well say who and what I'm looking for, right? I am looking for information about my 3rd great grandfather, Duncan Johnson (it very well could have been spelled Johnston at some point). I believe he was probably born anywhere from 1770 to 1775, but I don't know where. Perhaps from one of the Carolinas or Virginia. I only know that in 1800, he was Tennessee, as his son - my 2nd great grandfather, Randolph Johnson, was born there at that time. BUT WHERE IN TENNESSEE? I have no idea who Duncan's parents were or his siblings. I do know that he was in that part of Blount Co. that must have later become part of Jefferson Co., Alabama, by 1816, as he is on a Tax List (actually called Monroe Co. because I understand that Monroe Co. covered most of the present-day counties at that time). On the Blount Co. GenWeb page, he is listed as being a Justice of the Peace in 1818/19. Another surname closely connected to him, I believe, is the surname, Wood, but I won't go into that. In 1820, he apparently owned land, and I have the township, range, etc. for that. He also made a will in 1823, which was witnessed by my gg grandmother, Elizabeth Ashby. Elizabeth Ashby and Randolph Johnson married a few months later in 1823. That's about the extent of what I know about my Duncan Johnson - oh, and I believe his wife's name was Ann or Anna, and her maiden name MIGHT have been Cunningham, since one of their sons was named George Cunningham Johnson. So, there it is. If anybody has any information, I sure would appreciate - or suggestions on how to find out where they were in Tennessee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli" <iamcheroke@filertel.com> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > That's what someone else said :( > > Maybe I'll find a cousin somewhere off the male line > > Alli :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> > To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:44 PM > Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > > >> Your father's dad would have had to be the Johnson - not his mother. It >> carries through the males. > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Actually the Johnson line is on my Dad's side of the family. His mother is a Johnson or was a Johnson, she died in 83 I have talked to a couple of Johnson cousin's whose dad was a Johnson, but he's dad or like me their mom was the Johnson. I don't know of any of the Male Johnson's that their dad's also were Johnson's. So until I can find a Male Johnson descended from a Male Johnson I'm stuck Alli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > Okay, you'll have to find a male cousin from your mother's Johnson family, > who actually carries the name, Johnson. That's the way I understand it. > I > wish somebody on the list would either confirm what I'm saying is true or > correct me. In my particular case, I have one brother left who could do > the > testing for the name, Johnson (my maiden name was Johnson, of course), but > I > haven't been able to convince him to do it yet. He thinks it's going to > be > way too expensive and he doesn't understand how it could help me in my > genealogy research. He does have a son who could also do the testing, in > the event that he decides definitely not to do it.