Does anyone have the following individual in their database: Benjamin H. Johnston b abt 1836 in Mississippi md Sarah Butler (wife #1) 9 Dec 1858 I'm trying to ascertain whether a child, Andrew J. Johnston b 9 Apr 1861, was the child of Benjamin or of Benjamin's father, John A. Johnston. I would really appreciate help on this. Happy Holidays! Pam in sunny Arizona

Hi Pat, Thanks for the explanation. I still had no luck though finding my Spindle family or anything about Rappahannock county. Kristen

Kristen- I think this web site is an ongoing project so check back to it from time to time for new databases. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <NFOsnowkats@aol.com> To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON] New Web Site-Free > Hi Pat, > > Thanks for the explanation. I still had no luck though finding my Spindle > family or anything about Rappahannock county. > > Kristen > > > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > Use a specific subject line for best results. Include full name, spouse (if known), dates, and LOCATION. > >

Kristen- I'm sorry you are having a problem with the Past Portal web site. When you go to the web site click on "Search the Digital Archive". That will bring up another window where you will click on "Browse". That will present another window where you will click on "Virginia GAZETTE".That will present the alphabet A thru Z in square boxes. Click on the alphabet letter for the name you are searching for. That will bring up another window with subdivisions of the letter. For instance if you were searching for JOHNSON, click on the J. That brings up a window with: Jails-James, Jameson-Jenings, Johnson-Jointers, etc. Click on the Johnson-Jointers title. Then you would scroll down the list in search of your Johnson, if that person is there. I hope these instructions are helpful & don't sound too complicated. They really are not, but if you still have a problem let me know. Pat Corona ----- Original Message ----- From: <NFOsnowkats@aol.com> To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON] New Web Site-Free > I'm not having any luck with it, by just searching on an ancestor's last > name. Is there another way to search? > > Kristen > > > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Johnston mailing list, send the word > "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the body of the message to > JOHNSTON-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > >

I'm not having any luck with it, by just searching on an ancestor's last name. Is there another way to search? Kristen

Fantastic website for me. Just started and already finding many curious and interesting possibilities. Been researching for over thirty years and even though the internet genealogy gets a lot of bad raps and has a lot of personal research that is inaccurate, sites like this make it just amazing. To be able to read these old papers at my leasure in my own home is fabulous. Thanks for sharing this. Hope you don't mind but have to share this link with some of the other family lists I am on. Vivian Markley, Johnstons of Shelby Co Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Pat Corona [mailto:corona245@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:39 AM To: JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [JOHNSTON] New Web Site-Free Listers- A new web site worth visiting: http://www.pastportal.com/ This is a digital library project of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation & the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Past Portal web site offers a complete run, in digital form, of every known issue of the Virginia Gazette from 1736 to 1780. The Virginia Gazette was the official newspaper of Virginia. I found several items relating to my 5th. & 6th. Gr. Grandparents, the Taylors, Pollards, Pendletons, etc. Even if you do not have ancestors from Colonial Virginia the newspapers make for fascinating reading. Enjoy! Pat O'Sullivan Corona ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== Please send messages you would like to post to the JOHNSTON mailing list to: JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com

Listers- A new web site worth visiting: http://www.pastportal.com/ This is a digital library project of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation & the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Past Portal web site offers a complete run, in digital form, of every known issue of the Virginia Gazette from 1736 to 1780. The Virginia Gazette was the official newspaper of Virginia. I found several items relating to my 5th. & 6th. Gr. Grandparents, the Taylors, Pollards, Pendletons, etc. Even if you do not have ancestors from Colonial Virginia the newspapers make for fascinating reading. Enjoy! Pat O'Sullivan Corona

Hi Carol- Thank you for your message.Sorry for the delay in replying. We were out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday & I am just replying to e-mails. Yes, I do have a copy of PHILIP JOHNSTON's will. I have made several research trips to Shelby Co. KY. & also to Union Co. KY. PHILIP JOHNSTON's son, also named PHILIP JOHNSTON (my 3rd.Gr. Grandfather) removed to Union Co. in abt. 1840. HIs will, dated 1852, is filed in the Morganfield court house, Union Co. KY. Pat O'Sullivan Corona

Tami, What part of Georgia did your Johnson/Johnston's come from? Patsy Johnston Vernon ----- Original Message ----- From: <ImHereWhereRU27@aol.com> To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: [JOHNSTON] Johnson/Johnston Georgia to Louisiana ... HELP !!! > > Hi Lists: > > Just wanted to give this one more crack for the year; before I put things > aside for the holidays. > > I am eagerly seeking any information on the following JOHNSON/JOHNSTON > family. This is my biggest brick wall EVER. > > David Johnston (Johnson) was born about 1788 in Georgia. He moved to > Plaquemines Parish, LA by 1840. In 1840, he married Hannah Frederika > Hoffman. They had one son named Alexander Henry Johnston (Johnson). David > died in 1852 at the age of 64. > > After David’s death, I loose track of them until 1863, when Alexander > reappears registering for the Civil War in Orleans Parish, LA. > > Also, at some point Hannah remarries ___??___Weisheimer. > > Alexander married Magdalena Sherwood/Keisel in July 1863. Certain records > show her as Magdalena Sherwood and others as Magdalena Keisel. Could > someone tell me perhaps why different records have different names when > they don’t even sound alike? > > -- > Thanks a bunch, > Tami Johnston-Parise > New Orleans, LA > > Researching: JOHNSTON/HOFFMANN/STEINDBINDER/WEISHEIMER/SPROUL/ > KEISEL/SHERWOOD/HOERNER/ZWEIFEL/DOCLAR/USNER/ > FERNANDEZ/MCDERMOTT > > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > A note re AOL blocking Rootsweb List Mail: > AOL users should not to ever delete mail FROM the spam folder that comes > to them through RootsWeb. Before deleting RW mail, or closing the SPAM > folder, move the RW message to the inbox first by clicking THIS IS NOT > SPAM and then delete it. Otherwise it gets reported to AOL as being spam > and RootsWeb is blamed. To read more and join the discussion, AOL users > are advised to join the AOLers-Rootsweb list: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/RootsWeb_Support/AOLers-RootsWeb.html >

Hi Lists: Just wanted to give this one more crack for the year; before I put things aside for the holidays. I am eagerly seeking any information on the following JOHNSON/JOHNSTON family. This is my biggest brick wall EVER. David Johnston (Johnson) was born about 1788 in Georgia. He moved to Plaquemines Parish, LA by 1840. In 1840, he married Hannah Frederika Hoffman. They had one son named Alexander Henry Johnston (Johnson). David died in 1852 at the age of 64. After David’s death, I loose track of them until 1863, when Alexander reappears registering for the Civil War in Orleans Parish, LA. Also, at some point Hannah remarries ___??___Weisheimer. Alexander married Magdalena Sherwood/Keisel in July 1863. Certain records show her as Magdalena Sherwood and others as Magdalena Keisel. Could someone tell me perhaps why different records have different names when they don’t even sound alike? -- Thanks a bunch, Tami Johnston-Parise New Orleans, LA Researching: JOHNSTON/HOFFMANN/STEINDBINDER/WEISHEIMER/SPROUL/ KEISEL/SHERWOOD/HOERNER/ZWEIFEL/DOCLAR/USNER/ FERNANDEZ/MCDERMOTT

In a message dated 11/29/04 7:38:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, wmbmcc@earthlink.net writes: I'm a descendant of Matthew and Frances Belford Johnston, who arrived in Westmoreland Co. PA from Belfast in 1799. I see no references to DNA genealogy testing on the JOHNSTON mailing list site at Rootsweb. The basic tests trace the male line exclusively. Therefore I can't use them. I should like to see some JOHNSTONs however participate in these tests and share the results on the Rootsweb site. For information log onto www.familytreedna.com ================= Since many families used the variant spelling both were included in the DNA Study. _Click here: Johnson DNA Chart_ (http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/johnson.html) _http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/johnson.html_ (http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/johnson.html)

----- Original Message ----- From: <ImHereWhereRU27@aol.com> To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: [JOHNSTON] Johnson/Johnston Georgia to Louisiana ... HELP !!! snip> Alexander married Magdalena Sherwood/Keisel in July 1863. Certain records show her as Magdalena Sherwood and others as Magdalena Keisel. Could someone tell me perhaps why different records have different names when they don’t even sound alike? > > -- > Thanks a bunch, > Tami Johnston-Parise > New Orleans, LA The most common reason would be that she had been married previously and one was her birth name, one her married name. Maine marriage records have one record for each name so I suspect other states might also. Regards, Sharyn

This JOHNSTON list does not include the topic of DNA research. Rootsweb does have specific criteria for DNA lists that are slightly different from regular lists. There is also a Rootsweb message board for DNA research posts. If someone wants to start a JOHNSTON list for DNA discussion, feel free to request one from Rootsweb. However, the topic will not be discussed on this list. Please reply to the people who posted on this topic through private email, not on the list. Regards, Sharyn Hay JOHNSTON Administrator

I'm a descendant of Matthew and Frances Belford Johnston, who arrived in Westmoreland Co. PA from Belfast in 1799. I see no references to DNA genealogy testing on the JOHNSTON mailing list site at Rootsweb. The basic tests trace the male line exclusively. Therefore I can't use them. I should like to see some JOHNSTONs however participate in these tests and share the results on the Rootsweb site. For information log onto www.familytreedna.com Thanks, William B. McColly New Jersey

Should of also noted that alternative spelling for William's wife Mary Mclaine maybe Mclane ************************************* John Johnston bearqst@ak.net http://www.johnstons.cc http://www.johnstonclan.info *************************************

Some of the dates/facts that we have verified William JOHNSTON Marriage 1 Mary MCLANE Children James Scott JOHNSTON Margaret JOHNSTON Sarah Ann JOHNSTON William Henry JOHNSTON Almira Jane JOHNSTON Benjamin Franklin JOHNSTON Mary Rebecca JOHNSTON Charles Montgomery JOHNSTON -b 1809 Ohio -d 1864 -m Hannah Atherton Gray John McLANE JOHNSTON -b 04 Mar 1825 Londonderry Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania -d 12 Jan 1889, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania / Resident of Lancaster Co., PA. -m Jane E. Cunningham NOTES: Charles M. He learned the art of daguerreotypng from A. Williams, and opened his own gallery in Lancaster, Pa., in February, 1846. A short time later he was in partnership with John W. Bear. One source indicated he sold his shares of the gallery in 1847 to hi s brother J.M. Johnston, while another source dated the sale in early 1850 John M. John Johnson died at the home of his daughter , Nellie Campbell, who he was visiting while recouperating from an illness. These articles appeared in the " Indian Helper " a weekly letter from the Carlisle Indian School , where his daughter Nellie and husband William Campbell taught. January 11, 1889 Indian Helper Carlisle Indian School; Mr. Johnson, the father of Mrs. Campbell is seriously sick, at her house here. Mr. Percy Johnston of " The Press ", Philadelphia, arrived Wednasday evening , being summoned to the sick bed of his father. January 18, 1889 Indian Helper Carlisle Indian School; Mr. J.M. Johnson, spoken of last week as being seriously ill at the house of Mr. Campbell, of our school, died last Saturday at noon. The bereaved daughters, Miss Campbell and Miss Edith with whom he spent his last few weeks on earth, have our sincere sympathy in their great affliction. In announcing the death of Mr. Johnson, the Lancaster *Intelligencer,* with which he was associated for many years, said Mr. Johnson had been in bad health for the last few years, but he was of such a disposition that be would not retire from labor, and he virtuallv died on his feet. His illness was aggravated by an accident he met with in the discharge of his reportorial duties. He was assigned to report a part of the great Democratic demonstration in October. There was a large assemblage of people at the corner of Duke and Orange Streets, Mr. Johnson’s point of observation and through a horse becoming scared there was a rush of the crowd. Mr. Johnson fell, was trampled and received internal injuries. This was the last of the reportorial work done by him. He was confined to the house for several weeks by reason of the accident, and when able to be about he went to his daughter’s for a brief visit. He hoped to be back again in a few weeks restored to health, but Providence deemed otherwise. Mr. Johnson enjoyed a large acquaintance in city and county. He was a genial companion and always ready to do a favor. His associates on the *Intelligencer* feel his loss keenly." The *Intelligencer* published an interesting sketch of his life, also. Obituary which appeared in the Lancaster Intelligencer Saturday January 12, 1889 Johnston - On the 12th inst. at the residence of his son-in-law, W.P. Campbell, Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa., John M. Johnston of Lancaster, Pa., in his 64th year. Funeral Tuesday , January 15, at 12:58 p.m. from Pennsylvania railroad station, Lancaster , Pa. Interment at Lancaster Cemetery. ************************************* John Johnston bearqst@ak.net http://www.johnstons.cc http://www.johnstonclan.info *************************************

NYC johnstons calling...oral family history has us connected to VA and General Joe Johnston. I have been unable to prove it, but naming patterns are very similar to the ones in VA. Joseph, Patrick, Robert, John. Patrick is the earliest member known-have to been unable to find him in NYC. ggfather Joseph was well known in Medford Long Island as he had property there from late 1800's on. Joyce Johnston-See RN, CNOR Assistant Director of Nursing Perioperative Services North Central Bronx Hospital Phone-718-515-1459 Cell 646-235-6369 Fax 718-515-1468 Pager 917-897-5272 Main OR: 718-519-3546 -----Original Message----- From: Jeannefke@aol.com [mailto:Jeannefke@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 19:04 To: JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON] Phillip Johnston General Joseph Eggelston Johnston, the Confederate leader, was the son of Peter Johnston, Jr. who fought in the Revolutionary War under Lighthorse Henry Lee. Peter married a niece of Patrick Henry, making her General Joe's mother. So there was a family connection, rather than a mere association. (One also winders if the Eggelston came from a family surname, might perhaps have been the name of Peter, Jr's or Sr's mother's name.) General Joe was best friend and classmate of General Robert E. Lee, elementary through West Point, was the first Military officer to resign his commission in the U.S. Army and join the side of the seceders. He was born at the family estate, Cherry Grove, near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1807. He was a second cousin to my Great Grandmother Margaret Johnston Lawrence, born 1810 in Pettigo, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, married Jacob Lawrence in 1834 in Wayne County, Ohio, died in 1878 in Lafayette Twp, Allen County, Indiana. General Joe's grandfather was also named Peter (Sr.) and was the original emigrant from Northern Ireland to Virginia, many years before his brother Robert emigrated. Peter Sr. was brother to my 3rd great grandpa Robert Johnston, who married Jennie Graham. I have located no vital dates for them nor for their son Francis and his wife, Mary Margaret Clark, except that they all emigrated to the Port of New York in 1811 from Pettigo on the ship, West Point. Exactly where they lived after emigrating is not currently in my data either. If anyone knows anthing about any of these persons, or of Francis' son, John Clark Johnston, of Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, born about 1818, please do get in touch with me. I have more information which I will share and hope you can add to family lore I have not yet located. Mary Margaret Clark, Francis' wife, was three generations from Oliver Cromwell from whom she is descended. I have no more information than that, except that Richard Cromwell, Oliver's son, took the name of Clark when he fled England for Paris in the 1670's. One might assume that the connection came from a son of Richard's, but I have not found records to prove that. I'd love to locate such information. If you know please send it along. Sincerely, Jeanne ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== Interactive Search for this and all RootsWeb lists go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

General Joseph Eggelston Johnston, the Confederate leader, was the son of Peter Johnston, Jr. who fought in the Revolutionary War under Lighthorse Henry Lee. Peter married a niece of Patrick Henry, making her General Joe's mother. So there was a family connection, rather than a mere association. (One also winders if the Eggelston came from a family surname, might perhaps have been the name of Peter, Jr's or Sr's mother's name.) General Joe was best friend and classmate of General Robert E. Lee, elementary through West Point, was the first Military officer to resign his commission in the U.S. Army and join the side of the seceders. He was born at the family estate, Cherry Grove, near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1807. He was a second cousin to my Great Grandmother Margaret Johnston Lawrence, born 1810 in Pettigo, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, married Jacob Lawrence in 1834 in Wayne County, Ohio, died in 1878 in Lafayette Twp, Allen County, Indiana. General Joe's grandfather was also named Peter (Sr.) and was the original emigrant from Northern Ireland to Virginia, many years before his brother Robert emigrated. Peter Sr. was brother to my 3rd great grandpa Robert Johnston, who married Jennie Graham. I have located no vital dates for them nor for their son Francis and his wife, Mary Margaret Clark, except that they all emigrated to the Port of New York in 1811 from Pettigo on the ship, West Point. Exactly where they lived after emigrating is not currently in my data either. If anyone knows anthing about any of these persons, or of Francis' son, John Clark Johnston, of Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, born about 1818, please do get in touch with me. I have more information which I will share and hope you can add to family lore I have not yet located. Mary Margaret Clark, Francis' wife, was three generations from Oliver Cromwell from whom she is descended. I have no more information than that, except that Richard Cromwell, Oliver's son, took the name of Clark when he fled England for Paris in the 1670's. One might assume that the connection came from a son of Richard's, but I have not found records to prove that. I'd love to locate such information. If you know please send it along. Sincerely, Jeanne

Hello! As a matter of fact, the Johnstons were friends of Patrick Henry. The third wife of William Johnston m. Ann Chew, Betty Wyatt Coleman, had a son named Francis Coleman who was closely associated with Patrick Henry not only a friend but a follower of his. Betty, his mother, later Johnston, was said to have made a flag for the new nation to be later called USA, but it was only used in Caroline Co., as far as I know. Beverly Shuler

Forgot to say where my William Henry Johnston posted yesterday was from. Ireland - (again ambiguity) either Belfast or Shannonbridge, Offaly (King's) County.