This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACI/1140.1167 Message Board Post: Re: Johnson of Lancaster Co SC (Wm and Sallie (Hammond) Johnson) Author: Donald Maring Date: 20 Sep 2003 12:46 PM GMT I research Johnson/Johnston in Lancaster Co, SC. In reference to two queries: (1) William Henry Johnson Sally Hammond in SC, Author: Trudy Frost Date: 13 Feb 2001 7:15 AM GMT Looking for my ex-husbands ancesters for a family tree for our children. His father was Steve Johnson and his father was William Henry Johnson who married Sally Hammond. Their children were, Steve, Fred, Annie Belle, and Gladys. PLEASE HELP ! (2) William Henry Johnson wife Sally in Lancaster, SC, Author: Jeannie Mason Date: 7 Mar 2001 2:22 PM GMT William Henry and Sally (?) Johnson are my gg-grandparents. I am aware of three children by William & Sally.... Grace Johnson Wright, Gladys Johnson Allman, and Annie Bell Johnson Ellis. There may be others. Annie Bell is my great grandmother born in Lancaster, SC on 11/21/1896 and died in Rock Hill, SC on 03/17/1988. She married James Hoyt Ellis. They are both buried in Belair United Methodist Church Cemetery. Annie and James had four children... Reginald Conrad Ellis (my grandfather), Owen Hunter Ellis, Gladys Leoda Ellis Collins Perry, Lewis Dwight Ellis. Very possible Annie's parents (William Henry Johnson & Sally (?) Johnson) having lived in this area also died in this area and are buried somewhere in or near Lancaster County. If you have any connection please e-mail me at JIMason6965@cs.com. Thank you. (This address does not appear to be in service anymore.) DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND MARY JOHNSON of Lancaster County, South Carolina My numbering system is W1 for William, W1E for the 5th child (William T), W1E8 for 8th child William [b July 1864, SC] W1 William [ca 1790, SC--1848, SC] m: Mary ----- [ca 1795/96, SC--1851, SC]; four sons and four daughters. Old SC records use both the "Johnson" and "Johnston" spellings interchangeably for all persons with this surname. William and Mary Johnson resided on "lower" Camp Creek in Lancaster County, SC, southwest of Lancaster, a tributary of the Catawba River. Some deeds mention Garrett's branch, others Crooked Creek branch. William Johnson bought land from Robert Champion on 14 Dec 1813 -- the earliest reference found so far to him. The 1813 deed was not recorded, but is mentioned in an 1852 deed as part of Mary Johnson's estate. Possibly he had brothers James F. and John M. Johnson. William Johnson did not write a will. The first records having to do with the settlement of his estate were dated 8 September 1848. The court appointed a commission to decide how best to distribute the real estate among the heirs. The commissioners appointed were Francis P. Ingrem, John D. Young, Evan Rollings, Caswell Mobley, and John N. Dunlap. On the same date, the court named Nelson Bell (a son-in-law of the deceased) to look after the interests of the minor heirs: James I. Johnson, Marion M. Johnson, Sarah Ann Terry, and William Terry. Barnett D. Johnson, the eldest son, became administrator of the estate and legal guardian of his Terry niece and nephew. His guardianship application was made 29 Jan 1849, and his appointment was made in February. His guardianship bond was signed 4 Feb 1850 and was co-signed by Francis P. Ingrem and James I. Johnson. James I. Johnson turned 21 early in the settlement process, and so did not need a legal guardian. On 25 June 1849, William T. Johnson petitioned for guardianship of his younger brother, Marion. The bond, dated 1 Jan 1850, was co-signed by Nelson Bell and George W. Bell. As administrator, Barnett D. Johnson did his figuring on the basis of a widow and eight children. One child was deceased, so her share was divided between her two children, the Terry minors. Several years later, Barnett D. Johnson filed a petition for the distribution of the estate of Mary Johnson. The heirs appeared in court on 12 Jan 1852, at which time 2 Feb 1852 was set as the date for the auctioning of her land. Mary Johnson left 196 acres on Camp Creek, adjoining lands of James S. Thompson, W. F, Brasington, and William T. Johnson. James S. Thompson of Liberty Hill, Kershaw District, who had been acquiring land in the Camp Creek area, bid $1512 and arranged to pay in installments. Witnesses were John Thompson and J. A. Stewman. Signatures of W. T. Johnson and Marion Johnson are preserved on receipts for payment of their shares in the receipt book which James H. Witherspoon kept for the Lancaster County court. Other property left by Mary Johnson included household furni! shings, a horse, some livestock, cotton, and a slave named Abraham. James I. Johnson, who had recently moved to Georgia, sold his interest in his mother's estate to William T. Johnson. William and Mary Johnson began their family in or soon after 1815. The first three children were daughters. Of one, nothing is known for certain except that she was still living when her parents' estates were being settled. One daughter, name unknown, married a Terry, and was the mother of Sarah Ann Terry and William W. Terry. A daughter named Jane Johnson, unmarried, died during the first half of 1849. Barnett D. Johnson was born in 1821. William T. Johnson was born 13 Feb 1824. Sarah E. Johnson was born ca 1826. James Ivey Johnson was born ca 1828. Marion M. Johnson was born in 1833. William T. resided in Lancaster Co, SC. Barnett, James, Marion, and probably Sarah, moved to Hart Co, Georgia. Marion moved on to San Saba Co, Texas. James also moved on, possibly to Alabama. W1E William Thomas [13 Feb 1824, SC--7 April 1871, SC] m: 1st ca 1843 Anna Cousart Bell [4 July 1825, SC--25 July 1859, SC], 7 children; 2nd 16 Dec 1863 Mary Ann [Biggart] Hammond (widow) [15 June 1834, SC--4 November 1896, SC], 2 children. William's first wife, Anna Cousart Bell, was a daughter of Nelson Bell [4 Feb 1794, PA--22 March 1869, SC] who married on 18 April 1821 Ellen Welsh Adams [30 Dec 1794--20 Dec 1876]. The Lancaster Ledger reported the death of Mrs Ann C. Johnson, wife of W. T. Johnson, in the issue of 17 Aug 1859. It stated that she had been a faithful member of Camp Creek Methodist Episcopal Church for 16 years and that she was survived by her husband and five small children. The 1870 Federal Mortality Schedule lists cause of death as "typhoid pneumonia". William's second wife, Mary Ann, was the widow of George W. Hammond [27 November 1817--29 July 1860], and was the mother of 3 Hammond children before she married W. T. Johnson. The Lancaster Ledger of 23 Dec 1863 reported that on the previous Wednesday the 16th, Sergeant W. T. Johnston of Captain Foster's Company, Rutledge's Cavalry was married to Mrs Mary Hammond of Kershaw District at the bride's mother's house by James R. Magill Esq. Mary Ann's father, James Biggart [1784--1855] had come from County Down, Ireland, and lived in Kershaw District where his will was filed. A notice of his death appeared in the Ledger on 13 June 1855. Mary's mother was born Susan Fleming, daughter of Alexander Fleming [d 1831] who was a son of James Fleming. After William T. Johnson's death, Mary Ann married two more times: first to Burrell Bradley, then to Samuel Hammond. She is buried at the Beaver Creek Cemetery in Kershaw Co, SC. John W. Twitty looked after the legal interests of her minor! Hammond children: Samuel Lee, George Francis, and James Robert. William T. Johnson had land on "lower" Camp Creek. He and his sister Sarah were awarded 300 acres from their father's estate, and Sarah sold her share to William for $675. The land included a tract of 204 acres on Crooked Creek which had been resurveyed 4 Oct 1822 and a three-cornered tract containing 96 acres. In 1851, William purchased at public auction 130 acres from the estate of George Perry (Deeds Q, 215 and 217) bounded by lands of James S. Thompson, Henry V. Massey, Andrew McIlwain, and "land of the estate of Johnston". In Jan 1852 James Ivey Johnson a resident of Georgia but formerly of South Carolina sold to William T. Johnson his "right, title, and interest" in the estate of his deceased mother Mary Johnston, not including the land which was scheduled to be auctioned the first Monday of the following February. During the War Between the States, he was referred to as Sergeant W. T. Johnston of Captain Foster's Company, Rutledge's Cavalry when he married in Dec 1863. He later served as a sergeant in Company H, 4th Battalion Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain McIlwain. His signature appears on a receipt for $34.00 which was two months pay; he collected it 1 July 1864, the day he was released from a Confederate hospital in Richmond, VA. The census indicates that there were two children of William T and Mary Ann: William and Charles. I have found census records of one William Johnson with wife Sallie. I believe the information in these two queries applies to William. The dates from the census are not always reliable, but what I have is this: W1E8 William [b July 1864, SC] m: Sallie ----- [b Feb 1870, SC] ca 1890; 7 of 9 children living as of 1910 census. W1E8A Anna Belle [b Feb 1894, SC] W1E8B William [b May 1896, SC] W1E8C Steven [b Dec 1898, SC] W1E8D Lewis [b Feb 1900, SC] W1E8E Gladys [b ca 1903, SC] W1E8F Grace [b ca 1905, SC] W1E8G Dixon [b ca 1907, SC] I believe that William's brother Charles was the following: W1E9 Charles B. [b May 1870, SC] m: Jane Bowers [b October 1869] ca 1892; 5 of 6 children living as of 1910 census. In 1900, resided in Cane Creek Twp. In 1910 and 1920, resided in Pleasant Hill Twp. Both buried at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, Lancs. County, SC. Don Maring dmaring@netreach.net