1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: John JOHNSON, head Benjamin, 15, son 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL Amanda, 27, MS Nancy, 14, MS Amanda A., 8, MS Benjamin F., 5, MS Catherine L., 3, MS Jesse A., 10, MS I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the same man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC Margaret A., 20, dau, AL Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL L-oi W., 8, son, AL James M., 5, son, AL David, 3, son, AL -----Original Message----- From: suehoward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) Thanks, Harold, for trying to help me with my Joseph Abner Johnson family. Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Sue, > > Allen Harrison of Gautier, Mississippi, has written a book on a Johnson > family from Newton County, but I think it is different from the one you are > researching. I will take a look at the census and see if I come up with > anything. > > Harold Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > Harold, you wouldn't happen to research any Johnson families in Newton > Co., > > would you? I am trying to find a brother of my great grandfather by the > > name of Benjamin Johnson. He was born about 1834/35 in Alabama and was on > > the 1850 Pontotoc Co. census with his parents and siblings. I believe he > is > > the brother who left Pontotoc Co. with my great grandfather, Joseph Abner > > Johnson (Joab Johnson) in 1858/59 and went South to Neshoba Co.; however, > I > > believe Benjamin did not remain in Neshoba Co., but may have gone on to > > Newton Co. It's just a guess, but I would really love to find him. The > > other siblings remained in Pontotoc Co./Lee Co. The parents of these two > > brothers were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in TN) and Elizabeth Ashby > > (born about 1800 in NC). Thanks for your response. > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > Thanks, Butch for the post. I am a Newton County researcher and would > like > > > to know more about this family. Weir is often spelled Ware. > > > > > > Harold Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:06 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > Sandra, > > > > I have a Vicey Loper, birth date listed 1806, listed in my Weir line > via > > > the > > > > Davis connection. She married a Hamilton Davis in South Carolina. This > > was > > > not > > > > my research but another distant kin researching the Davis line. These > > > Davis > > > > married into my Weirs in Newton Co., MS. My aunt's husband has Lopers > on > > > his > > > > line in Newton County. > > > > Butch > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the > mouse. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the > appropriate > > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great grandfather's brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin Johnson is the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family History Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good possibility because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed NC and TN as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because his father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. Their names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE Wilson Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). But this particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just have no proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the 1890 censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if he remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep looking. Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also matched up pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > John JOHNSON, head > Benjamin, 15, son > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > Amanda, 27, MS > Nancy, 14, MS > Amanda A., 8, MS > Benjamin F., 5, MS > Catherine L., 3, MS > Jesse A., 10, MS > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this is the same > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > James M., 5, son, AL > David, 3, son, AL > > >