This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOHNSON PATTERSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/5875 Message Board Post: Dear Cattaraugus County Researchers! I'm doing research on some of the Johnson families of early Hinsdale, Cattaraugus cty., NY., ca. 1830s. I have copies of deed records as well as the mortgage records, but I'm afraid I've hit a brick wall. If you are willing to help, let me tell you what I'm looking for and what I know so far. I'm looking for information on Thomas (Sherman?) Johnson (he went by Sherman on most of the census records, but sometimes he went by Thomas). He was last known to have lived in Hinsdale in 1835 (1835 Census), with his wife (H?)anna Patterson (Pattison?). They had six children: 1. Hannah (b. 1824) 2. Parmelia (b. 1826) 3. Erastus (b. 1828) 4. William (b. 1829/30) 5. Sherman Jr. (b. 1832) 6. Elizabeth (b. 1836) Sometime in 1836/8 the family moved to Medina, OH, and I have a good deal of information of their life there. According to 'History of Medina, Cty, by Batson & Batey, 'Sherman' Johnson was born 1798 in Connecticut; Anna Patterson, it says, was born 1797 in New York. The 1835 Census is the only census that mentions a Sherman Johnson, however the 1830 Census of Manlius, Onandoga Cty shows a Thomas Johnson with: 1 male (under 10) 1 male (30-40) 2 females (under 10) 1 female (20-30) Also, there is a Thomas S. Johnson showing as having bought land in Onandaga County in 1813 and later selling it in 1816, according to the deed records. I can supply more information if necessary. A Thomas Johnson bought land in Onandaga cty in 1841, and later sold it in 1844--again, details can be supplied. For sometime in the 1800s-1860s, a James G. Johnson Jr. and his wife, Parmelia Johnson lived in Hinsdale (perhaps they farmed there); I believe that he was the son of the pioneer. I suspect, but don't know if, there is a relation to the family I'm searching for in virtue of the unusual name of his wife being the same name as the daughter of the Thomas S. Johnson I'm looking for. James G. had bought land in Cattaraugus cty (Hinsdale) sometime in 1835, and in the mortgage records, Parmelia is listed alone (sometime in the 1860s). Can anyone supply me with any information about this family and/or tell me if my Thomas (Sherman) Johnson is of any relation to James G. Johnson (the pioneer)? Much obliged for your time, Erik Hanson