Another success story!! I don't think I wrote to the Johnson list about my finding out more about my great grandfather, Joseph Abner Johnson. I finally broke down and hired Hazle Boss Neet of Pontotoc, MS to find a marriage certificate for me that I had heard about. I wanted to see it in person. Several years ago, another researcher had told me about three marriages in Pontotoc Co. that might possibly fit my great grandparents. One was a "Joab" Johnson and a Mary "M." Brown. They married in 1858. Right away, I thought that it couldn't be my g grandparents because my g grandfather was a Joseph Abner Johnson and my g grandmother was Mary Undine Brown so that her middle initial had to be a "U", of course. But the timeframe for their marriage was the right one. Then I began to think that the "Joab" could have been an abbreviation for Joseph Abner and that in the old-fashioned handwriting, that the middle initial for Mary could have been misinterpreted as an "M", rather than a "U". Now, the story in my family was that two Johnson brothers had left Pontotoc Co. and had gone south to Neshoba Co., MS. So I definitely was looking in Pontotoc Co. for awhile. When Hazle sent me the certificate, sure enough the "M" was definitely a "U". Mary's name was written in three places and definitely it was a "U". So now, I am positive that these were, in fact, MY great grandparents. Now because of that, I know who Joseph's parents were. They are listed on the 1850 Pontotoc Co. census and the "Joab" listed is also the right age to be my Joseph Abner. His parents were Randolph and Elizabeth (Ashby) Johnson who had moved there from Jefferson Co., Alabama and had married there. Randolph was apparently born in Tennessee ( Wilson Co., I believe) and recently another researcher told me that she believes a DUNCAN JOHNSON was Randolph's father. Does anybody have anything on a DUNCAN JOHNSON. I did find him on the 1804 Wilson Co., TN Tax List. Thanks for any help on Duncan. Sue Howard P.S. Sorry about the length of this. Just had to tell it! SueHoward@prodigy.net