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 >