This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Mayfield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/98.1.1 Message Board Post: You are right - it is unusual to have two Moses Johnson's in Carter Co., TN - but I think that this is the case. My Moses Johnson came from NC in the 1840's. In all liklehood it was because of a nephew who was hung for murder. His nephew, Pres. Andrew Johnson, probably left NC for the same reason. At least his mother got him out of there. There were some cousins who were constantly in trouble and she wanted to get them away from there, which she did. I know that Moses was married to Nancy Mayfield at the same time as your Moses married Margaret Mosely. I also know that Moses had 4 children with Nancy Mayfield, and my great great grandfather was the second child. Moses married a Rachel McInturf after Nancy's death. He lived in the Hampton area of Carter Co. and died there in 1872. I was on the land where he lived 18 months ago. Some cousins are there now!