Posted on: Johnston Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/joh/Johnston?read=254 Surname: Johnston ------------------------- I am looking for other descendants of my g.g.g.grandparents, James Lewis Johnston and Sarah Steadman Johnston, who married in North Carolin (Sampson Co.) in the early 1790's. Have identified 4000+ descendants to date, and looking for more. Lewis and Sarah had 7 children, all born in NC. 1. Lindsey Johnston - b. NC, May 1, 1796 - d. Pleasant Grove, Pontotoc Co., MS; Aug. 14, 1877 - m. Susan Catherine Seager - l ived in NC - 8 children: Harriet Johnston Roye, Rebecca Johnston White, Caroline Johnston Lawrence, Mary Catherine Johnston Johnson/Combs, James L. Johnston, John Calvin Johnston, Susan Josephine Johnston Henderson, Martha Johnston Armstrong. 2. William B. Johnston - b. NC, 1797 - ? - may have married Elizabeth Hill in Newton Co., GA, in 1832 - "Went West" 3. George Gregory "Greg" Johnston - b. NC, Aug 11, 1799 - d. Randolph Co., AR, Jan 26, 1877 - "my g.g.grandfather"- m. Martha "Patsy" Burton, Humphreys Co. TN, 1821 - 10 children, 4 youngest died young. Lived in McNairy Co, TN - Moved entire family to Randolph Co, AR, in 1849. Children in Randolph Co. included Sarah Jane Johnston Moore; Larkin Farley Johnston; Arrena (or Arena) B. Johnston Robinson; Lewis Burton Johnston; James Franklin Johnston and William Perry Green Johnston. Especially seeking living descendants of 3 children of Sarah Jane Johnston & D. C. Moore; of 12 children of Larkin Farley Johnston; of 9 children (4 died young) of Arrena and Jesse Robinson; and of the 21 children of William Perry Green Johnston. 4. Sarah "Sallie" Johnston - b. NC, between 1800 and 1808 - ? - may have married a William Ransom Wilson in NC and moved to Lafayette Co,MS, in 1835 or 1836. If so, they had at least 11 children. Last known residence of Sarah was "Kansas," in 1868. 5. Nellis "Nellie" Johnston - b. NC, between 1800 and 1808 - d.? - m. "no clue" - one of her brothers wrote in 1868. "last I heard of sister Nellis, she was living in Talapoosa Co., AL" 6. Steadman Johnston - b. NC, March 31, 1808 - d. May 5, 1890, Bryant, Saline Co, AR - m. Unity Burkes in Newton Co, GA, in 1830 - lived in NC, GA, Lafayetts Co, MS, Jefferson Co, AR and Saline Co, AR - Steadman and Unity produced 12 children before she died in 1863. The oldest girl, Nancy Johnston, married a Mr. Browning about 1848 - M. (Mrs.) Emeline Smith abt. 1865 - had at least 4 more children - looking for any living descendant of Steadman and his 2 wives. 7. Perry Green Johnston - b. NC, Jan 16, 1810 - d. Lone Star, Parker Co, TX, Aug 16, 1895, buried at Goshen, TX - m. Katharin Baldwin Veazey in Newton Co, GA on Mar 24, 1833 - lived in NC, GA, Lafeyette Co, MS and Parker Co, TX - had at least 7 children - at least 2 of the children lived in Parker Co, TX in 1880's and 1890's, William Joseph "Joe" Johnston and Sarah Missouri Johnston Dunlap, who probably remarried after Mr. Dunlap died in abt 1878. Would like to find any living descendant of Perry Green Johnston. I am also still trying to find where James Lewis Johsnton was born, to whom and how he got to North Carolina. Any help will be appreciated. Larry Johnston

Larry J. Johnston wrote: > Posted on: Johnston Queries > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/joh/Johnston?read=254 > > Surname: Johnston > ------------------------- > > I am looking for other descendants of my g.g.g.grandparents, James Lewis > Johnston and Sarah Steadman Johnston, who married in North Carolin (Sampson > Co.) in the early 1790's. Have identified 4000+ descendants to date, and > looking for more. Lewis and Sarah had 7 children, all born in NC. >snip > I am also still trying to find where James Lewis Johsnton was born, to > whom and how he got to North Carolina. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Larry Johnston > Hi, Larry, Got quite a jolt when I saw the heading Lewis Johnston. My GGGGrandfather was Lewis Matthew Gregory Johnston, born (somewhere!) in England approx. 1800. He married in Edinburgh and spent the rest of his life in Edinburgh and Lanark, Scotland. He was a master Sword Fencer and had numerous acadamies where he taught fencing, gymnastices and callisthenics. He also taught sword & blade handling to the military and cavalry. Quite a guy. He died in Lanark 1874. His parents were Henry Erskine Johnston and Nannette Parker, both actors who appeared in all the major cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and Henry also acted in New York in the early 1800's. Unfortunately, I can't see how any of this will help you with your James Lewis Johnston, but we genealogists can't seem to help ourselves clutching at straws. Good luck with your research, Dornie in cold and windy Melbourne, Australia.