I have been out of town for past two days so be patient in your requests, I promise I am not ignoring you guys. There is no order to my response other that as it is human nature to answer the easiest ones first. To Barry, There are several John Johnson of different generations: Abstract County Records by Janet Pease Voume V Grant Co Kentucky Marriages pg 9 Johnson, John and Rosanna Lawrence Bond Date: 11 December 1845 Bondsman Sam'l R.Lawrence The groom is of lawful age Consent of the father of the bride was personally given. Bond Book: 1838-1847 page 159 They were married Dcember 18, 1845 This is possibly his father in Harrison County Harrison County KY Probate Abstracts 1815-1832 Vol I Page 137 Will of John Johnson being weak in body wife: Lydia- the farm that I now live on mentions that he needs to get a deed for that farm (above mentioned) from Fielding B. McDuffee. son: John- the farm he now lives on son: Hugh the farm he now lives on 5 daughters: margaret Jinkins, Mary Miller, Betsy Parman, Jane Johnson and Lucinda Casey my mills are to be sold. son: William Daughter Nancy Key- money which Daved Ogles owes me for my mill in the year in 1830 daughter Sefrona who is now an infant- when she becomes 21 executors: friends David Snodgrass and Benjamine Snodgrass witnessess: Lawson Myers, James Dunlap written 20 October 1827; probated February 1828 Volume B page 352 Harrison County KY minute Book H 1835-1839 Vol IV page 49 Apprenticeship: John Johnson an infant orpahn (no parents are given) is bound to Josiah Whitteeker, farmer until he becomes 21 yrs old. September 1837. H: 183 Volume III Grant Co Order Book Guardianship B.F.Day appointed guardian to John HIner Johnson infant orphans of Sarah Jane Johnson, dec's he being under the age of 14 yrs Security: Gero. Norton March 1855 C: 604 Page 50 Court Order: It is ordered that the lands of Pendleton Collier are to be divided among: to the widow Helena Collier; to the heirs John H. Johnson, Robert Collier, Wm T. Collier and Emeline Collier. May 1855 C;621 ----- Original Message ----- From: <BLJRADM@aol.com> To: <burbridg@sr66.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 8:10 AM Subject: Request for Assistance--JOHNSON surname > Sandy, > > I would very much appreciate your assistance in locating any information > about John Johnson, who appears in the 1830 through 1860 U.S. census for > Grant County. (I can find no mention of him after 1860, although my search > of Owen County records is incomplete.) Ben Benson very kindly searched old > Grant County tax records and found John Johnson paid taxes in Grant County in > the 1830s and 1840s. > > I am also interested in any information about Jacob Johnson, who is the only > Johnson who appears in the 1820 census. Thank you for considering my request. > > Barry L. Johnson > Atlanta