Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/744 Surname: Johnston, Hunter ------------------------- I am researching the line of Dr. John Porter Johnston (1829-1871) who m. Delilah Jane Nix. They were listed in the 1850 and 1860 census records of Hancock Co. and Marion Co., Alabama. They moved to DeSoto Ph. around 1867 when 2 sons were buried near Grand Cane. Their children were: Sarah called Sallie b 1848; Thomas Benton b 1850; Laura Jane Hunter b 1853; Telitha Catherine Tidwell b 1854; Oakley Bynum b 1857; John Porter b 1859; and Dr. George Washington Johnston b 1862. I have not proven that this was the Sallie Johnston that m Thomas Jefferson Billingsley.