I don't know the family at all, but per the cemetery book, Sarah was born 13 October 1844 and died 18 February 1918, so there should be a death certificate, although compliance was very spotty in 1918. There are no dates listed for John, just the fact that he served in the 3rd Tennessee Infantry. Checking a little further, Sarah died in Knox County, and there is a death certificate. You can find images of Tennessee death certificates for free at familysearch.org; just look under "USA, Canada & Mexico", then "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955", not "Tennessee Deaths and Burials". John was the informant, so he was still living. I looked a little further and searched for John Johnson, born 1841, and found his death certificate, giving his father as James Johnson but not listing his mother; there's no guarantee, of course, that the death certificate is correct. He died 13 February 1921 in Knoxville. -- Phillip A. Walker phillip.walker@gmail.com - about.me/phillip.walker On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Judy Erickson <jmje36@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > > > Would like to make contact with anybody connected to John Wesley (Westley) > Johnson, who was b. 18 July 1841 in Grainger Co. I am interested to know > the names of his parents. > > > > John Wesley Johnson was married in 1866, Union Co. TN to Sarah Elizabeth > Johnson, a dau. of Vardamon Johnson & Lockey Mitchell. John Wesley & Susan > E. Johnson are both buried in Milan Baptist Church Cemetery in Union Co. > The line of Vardamon Johnson connects to our DNA Johnson group. > > > > I would assume (always a dangerous thing in genealogy) that TN Death > Certificates are available for John Wesley & Sarah Elizabeth. Does anybody > have a copy of these certs? > > > > Always willing to exchange & share info to benefit each researcher. Are > John Wesley & Susan Elizabeth cousins? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Judy in TX > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you so much. I think that I found them in Knox on the 1910 too. Joyce > From: phillip.walker@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:03:05 -0400 > To: tnunion@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNUNION] John Wesley (Westley) Johnson 1841-1921 > > I don't know the family at all, but per the cemetery book, Sarah was born > 13 October 1844 and died 18 February 1918, so there should be a death > certificate, although compliance was very spotty in 1918. There are no > dates listed for John, just the fact that he served in the 3rd Tennessee > Infantry. > > Checking a little further, Sarah died in Knox County, and there is a death > certificate. You can find images of Tennessee death certificates for free > at familysearch.org; just look under "USA, Canada & Mexico", then > "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955", not "Tennessee Deaths and Burials". > > John was the informant, so he was still living. I looked a little further > and searched for John Johnson, born 1841, and found his death certificate, > giving his father as James Johnson but not listing his mother; there's no > guarantee, of course, that the death certificate is correct. He died 13 > February 1921 in Knoxville. > -- > Phillip A. Walker > phillip.walker@gmail.com - about.me/phillip.walker > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Judy Erickson <jmje36@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear List, > > > > > > > > Would like to make contact with anybody connected to John Wesley (Westley) > > Johnson, who was b. 18 July 1841 in Grainger Co. I am interested to know > > the names of his parents. > > > > > > > > John Wesley Johnson was married in 1866, Union Co. TN to Sarah Elizabeth > > Johnson, a dau. of Vardamon Johnson & Lockey Mitchell. John Wesley & Susan > > E. Johnson are both buried in Milan Baptist Church Cemetery in Union Co. > > The line of Vardamon Johnson connects to our DNA Johnson group. > > > > > > > > I would assume (always a dangerous thing in genealogy) that TN Death > > Certificates are available for John Wesley & Sarah Elizabeth. Does anybody > > have a copy of these certs? > > > > > > > > Always willing to exchange & share info to benefit each researcher. Are > > John Wesley & Susan Elizabeth cousins? > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > Judy in TX > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TNUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message