Diane-The following is all that I know about Johnston County. This is taken from the Johnston County website. There is no mention there of the name being different. Regards, Bill Autry Formation of Johnston County Johnston was formed in 1746 from Craven. It was named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina, 1734-1752. It is in the eastern section of the state and is bounded by Wilson, Wayne, Sampson, Cumberland, Harnett, Wake and Nash counties. At 02:11 PM 2/3/2000 -0500, you wrote: >A few weeks ago I got on a ap of North and South Carolina. It was called the >Johnson`s North and South >rolina( http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl ) on this map it has >Johnston Co. as Johnson Co. which is right and if Johnson is right when was >it changed? >J.L.J.J. >in N.C. >GO >DUKE! > >