Answer from Beverly: I was never in Estes Park. Was only in Colorado when my train passed thru going to Seattle. Ir you ever met me, it was either Stone Mtn. or once at Gatlinburg, I think. My James was born in 1761 presumably in Virginia or Pennsylvania. That was the migration route to his part of Georgia. My cousin had his DNA done (which would be the same as James Johnston, Jr., Esq's. He had a perfect match! The man was not connected with our immediate family of Johnstons in any way, but ancestors buried at Old Tennent Church in New Jersey, I believe I remember. This is as far as we got. Isn't that disgusting? Now, if you are related to that family, you may be in the same family tree somewhere as our James. I have his portrait. He was a Sgt. in GA in Rev. War. He could easily have been from a family which migrated down thru Camden District to the Davannah River and on into Georgia into Burke Co. (Burke is a totally "burned out" county.) Other knowledge: his father or at least, his grandfather, had to have been named James, as well. He married first, Mrs. Mary Garner who had a son, Richard Garner before she was married to James. Her first son by Ja! mes Johnston, Jr., was named John Johnston. Also had Alexander, and Young Johnston. He then married Amey Lanier. Sons by her: James Butler Johnston, William Kliber Johnston, and Thomas Jefferson Johnston. These were too old to be Confederate soldiers. Beverly -------------- Original message -------------- > There were hundreds of men named James Johnston, more thahn 20 families . > Beverly > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > Yes, I know you were the clan genealogist for many years. I actually met > > you one year in Estes Park when the Clan Johnston was the host clan. (I > > know you would not remember me) I used to belong to the Clan Johnston, but > > dropped out (won't go into those details here). However, you still did not > > answer my question about WHICH James Johnston was in SC. Was it the James > > Johnston, born in Dumfries, Scotland OR the James Harvey Johnston that > > (according to info he gave a census taker) was born in Ky? Am assuming that > > you mean the James Johnston born in Scotland. > > > > A bit of history on this James Johnston, other than what is listed. He was > > with Gen Burgoyne and was captured when Burgoyne surrendered. He became a > > convert to the American cause and left the British Army as a Lt. He married > > Margaret Keith, in Va (although I have no proof), and his first son was born > > in Va. He was a Baptist Minister, serving in at least two churches in Va > > and one in WVa before showing up in Ky. Not conjecture, I have copies of > > minutes of churches in Va he was at. Could it have been another James > > Johnston? Possibly, but as they say, if they shoe fits, one must wear it. > > > > Am not trying to argue the point, I just don't see how the James of Scotland > > could have been in SC, and if the James Harvey is who you speak of, then he > > had to have lied on to at least two different census takers. One would > > wonder why? > > > > Now, my question, obviously, is what time frame would either James have been > > in SC? > > > > Thanks for the info, > > > > Roger J > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON] James Johnston - 2 families > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I got my information from being genealogist for Clan Johnston/e in USA for > > many years. Also South Crolina is very small. I researched every James > > Johnston I could find that was about the same age as my James Johnston, Jr., > > Esq. (He was a J.P. down in GA. > > > Beverly Shuler > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== 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 >