Mr. Wyly, I wonder if you know where Morris Johnson's ancestors were from. My 3rd g-grandmother, Anny/Amey JOHNS(T)ON had a brother called Morris. She was born about 1775-1780 and lived in Edgefield Co, SC. Morris was older. There were other Morrises in the family tree, and both Morris JOHNSONs and Moore JOHNSONs (also spelled JOHNSTON) in Edgefield Co in the early 1800s. Their father was David and their mother seems to have been Rachel (surname unknown). I believe they came to Edgefield from Virginia. Lots of Scots in this area -- Anny/Amey married one whose surnamed was HAZEL. I have another line of JOHNSONs who were in Hill Co. TX in the 1860s. My g-grandfather, William Henry JOHNSON (grandmother's side of the family) was born there in March 1861. Found him, I think, on the 1870 census, age 9, with an older bro. Jeremiah, born in Ark. before the war, and a younger sister, Catherine, born after the war, and a mother, Dorean. No father listed. Mother says she was from NC. Nearest neighbors were GUSTs -- (GUESTs?) also from NC. Later census records say the parents were born in AL, though. If any of these JOHNSONs sound familiar, I would love to place them in some sort of extended neighborhood and discover if they connect to any of the other JOHNSONs in Hill Co. I'd also like to find out which "Southern trail" they took to get there. Regards, Barbara Schenck