This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOHNSTON - PENNINGTON MEDLOCK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hYl.2ACIB/3959.1 Message Board Post: Elizabeth Johnston was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Johnston, Jr.b. 1808 in NC and Elizabeth Pennington. Dr. Samuel Johnston Jr. was the son of Dr. Samuel Johnston Sr.b. 1777, in VA. and Rachel Jones. If you willl check out the children of both these Samuel Johnstons, I believe you will find your Aikman-Johnston connection. Marilyn Ayers Loudon, TN ================ Don't you mean DR. SAMUEL JOHNSTON & RACHEL PENNINGTON not, ELIZABETH? They were my daughter in law's 4th great grandparents. I am new to this research and wonder if you might have more on this family. SAMUEL & RACHEL's son GEORGE is the one that interests me the most as he was the father of SUSAN PENNINGTON JOHNSTON who m. JOHN MEDLOCK and their dau. was MARTHA b. Jackson County, KY 1880 and was the great grandmother of my dau-in-law. Would love to fill in the siblings data. Here is census research on this family. It appears that DR. SAM married after RACHEL died and had two more children quite late in life. 1850 US CENSUS Name: Samuel Johnston Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1810 Birth place: Not Stated Gender: Male Kentucky, Owsley, Kentucky Page: 280 Roll: M432_216 HOUSEHOLD: JOHNSTON, SAMUEL age 40 occ: Farmer b. unk v-$1400 JOHNSTON, RACHEL age 32 b. KY JOHNSTON, GEORGE age 17 occ: Farmer b. KY JOHNSTON, ANDERSON age 18 occ: Farmer b. KY JOHNSTON, HENDERSON age 16 b. KY JOHNSTON, LEVI age 12 b. KY JOHNSTON, HIJAH age 8 b. KY JOHNSTON, ELIZABETH age 5 b. KY JOHNSTON, NANCY age 1 b. KY JOHNSTON, JANE age 17 b. KY JOHNSTON, SAMUEL SR. age 69 occ: Farmer b. NC (b. abt. 1781) ==================== 1860 US CENSUS Name: Samuel Johnston Age: 51 Birthplace: Virginia Not Stated, Owsley, Kentucky Gender: Male Post Office: Booneville Roll: M653_391 Page: 0 Head of Household: Samuel Johnston HOUSEHOLD: JOHNSTON, SAMUEL age 51 occ: Physician b. VA JOHNSTON, RACHEL age b. KY (rest of fam. b. KY) JOHNSTON, HENDERSON age 26 occ: Farmer JOHNSTON, ABIJAH age 18 occ: Farmer JOHNSTON, NANCY age 12 JOHNSTON, JAMES age 7 JOHNSTON, LUCINDA age 4 ========================= 1870 US CENSUS Name: Samuel Johnson Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Age: 61 Birthplace: Virginia Pond Creek, Jackson, Kentucky Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Gray Hawk Roll: M593_471 Page: 222 Image: 445 HOUSEHOLD: (prev. household listing here as may be son) JOHNSON, ABIJAH (head) age 28 occ: Farmer b. KY v-$600/200 (all in fam. b. KY) JOHNSON, LUCY age 30 JOHNSON, ANDREW age 10 JOHNSON, DAVID age 8 JOHNSON, RACHEL age 5 JOHNSON, JASPER age 3 JOHNSON, SAMUEL age 3 mos. next household: JOHNSON, SAMUEL (head) age 61 occ: Physician b. VA v-$1800/700 JOHNSON, RACHAEL age 52 b. KY JOHNSON, JAMES age 15 b. KY JOHNSON, LUCINDA age 12 b. KY ALLEN, (JOHN & CYRENA) male farm labor & female housekeeper b. TN ADAMS, ARCHEDIUS age 17 b. KY occ: Farm labor (next household: JOHNSON, HENDERSON age 32 occ: Farmer b. KY v-$400 JOHNSON, CYRENA age 22 b. KY JOHNSON, HIRAM age 1 b. KY ============================= 1880 US CENSUS Samuel JOHNSTON Male Other Information: Birth Year <1809> Birthplace VA Age 71 Occupation Practing Physician Marital Status M <Married> Race W <White> Head of Household Samuel JOHNSTON Relation Self Father's Birthplace NC Mother's Birthplace NC Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Samuel JOHNSTON Self M Male W 71 VA Practing Physician NC NC Rachel JOHNSTON Wife M Female W 62 KY Keeping House KY VA Source Information: Census Place E.D. 50, Pond Creek And River, Jackson, Kentucky Family History Library Film 1254421 NA Film Number T9-0421 Page Number 520D ============================= 1900 US CENSUS Name: Samuel Johnston Age: 91 Estimated birth year: 1809 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Census Place: Pond Creek, Jackson, Kentucky; Roll: T623 527; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 58. HOUSEHOLD: JOHNSTON, SAMUEL head b. Oct 1808 age 91 marr 12 yrs. b. VA parents b. NC occ: Farmer JOHNSTON, MARY wife b. March 1869 age 31 b. KY both parents b. KY 2/2 JOHNSTON, JOHN H. son b. Nov 1889 age 10 b. KY occ: Farm Labor JOHNSTON, JOSEPH son b. May 1892 age 8 b. KY ===============