Sue, I want to put you in contact with A. T. Johnson (on-line) and Dawn Driskell (also on-line), both of whom have down Johnson research and may have information on your line. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >