This query about Johnsons is not Pace related but I will post it back to the list anyway as it is an interesting genealogical story. My Johnson lineage hits a brick wall with my gg grandfather Absolum Johnson, who married Permelia Jones in Madison County, KY, I don't remember the exact date, then moved to Indiana, Illinois, and finally southwest Missouri. Then it goes to James Johnson, Thomas T. Johnson, Robert Johnson, then me, Roy Johnson. None of your Johnsons click. Family rumor is that the name is Swedish but Eastern Kentucky was hardly a Swedish region, so it would probably go back to the early Swedes who settled in New Jersey and Delaware in colonial times. I did a DNA test in the Johnson study and it came back--West African! I had my nephew test as a check, and he got the same result. So maybe this is the reason for the brick wall! White families with African ancestry are probably more common than we realize, but in earlier times they wouldn't want to admit it. Roy Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Atpowelljr@aol.com [mailto:Atpowelljr@aol.com] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 10:36 AM To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE-L] RE-Johnson CONNECTION Attenn Roy Johnson, Howdy CUZ, Heres how I Connect to The Pace-Johnson Families. William Johnson M. to Margaret Pace T their Son Stephen Johnson M to Susannah Pace To their Son Stephen Johnson M to Elizabeth Perry in Nelson County to Their Son George Rodney Johnson Married to Nancy Ellen Mitchell to Their Daughter Sallie Lee Johnson M. to John Wilmer To their Daughter M to Tom Josh Campbell To Their Daughter Myra Campbell M. Arthur T. Powell to ME, A. T. Powell. I would like to know Which of the Johnson's you Descend From. To help: William Johnson & Margaret Pace; William Johnson B10/8/1722 Goochland CO Henry " B 1/11/1729 Daniel " B 5/3.1739 Stephen Johnson B 2/1/1741 M Susannah Pace William B 1766 Benjamin Stephen B 1783 Amherst Co. Va. M. Elizabeth Perry William Johnson M An Black in Rockbridge Co. Louisa Johnson M William DODD Amherst Co Va Moses Alexander Johnson M. Martha J Scruggs Amherst Co. Va. George Rodney Johnson B. 1819 Died 1914 M Nancy Mitchell Children; #-1 Sallie Lee Johnson M John Wilmer #- 2 William Walker Johnson #-3 George Thomas Johnson 1854-1943 #- 4 Charles Stephen Johnson 1867 to 1924 #- 5 James Edward Johnson 1871 to 1936 #- 6 Samuel Rodney Johnson B. 1873 Lawson W. Johnson M Caroline Black I am in contact with a Descendent from this Family in Rockbridge COUNTY VA. Sophia Johnson M Cliborne Tucker Sarah W. <Sally> Johnson M James Henry Higginbotham Amherst Co Va Stephen Gordon Johnson M. Frances Ware Amherst Co. Stephen Wilkerson Johnson M Amanda Paxton #-1, Mary F. Brooks #-2 George Thomas Johnson M #-1 Nannie Sales #-2 Georgiana Sanderson Lucy Ann Johnson M James Fauver John Edward Johnson M #-1 Ida P. Davis, #-2 Naomi Mays Tucker Alice Lavina Died Young Martha Elizabeth Johnson M William Columbus Christian Stephen D Young Frank John Johnson D at 17 years Frank Johnson M # 1 Neida Tucker, #- 2 Ethel Phillips Robert H. Johnson M Sally Clark & Moved to MO. William Albert Johnson B. 10/16/1856 M. Lydia Signora Lawman 2/7/1883 Amherst Co. Va.. I am in contact with a descendent & am related to her through Another Family. Now Roy Johnson , are you connected to any of these Johnsons. Or any one else that may have an opportunity to see this Please Make contact with ME A T Powell <atpowelljr@aol.com> ==== PACE Mailing List ==== If you haven't done so within the last six months, please post a message describing your Earliest Pace Ancestor and how you descend from them. Please include dates, places, spouses, etc, if possible. Send the message to PACE-L@rootsweb.com