This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owens, Johnson, Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3748.1 Message Board Post: Linda, Johnson Owens was born in Russell Co. abt 1822. He was the s/o Abraham Owens and Leanna Johnson. I don't have Abraham Owens parents at this point, but Leanna Johnson was the d/o William Johnson & Susannah Thompson. Johnson Owens can be found in the 1850 Russell Co. census in the household of Jacob Thompson and his sister, Johannah "Owens" Thompson. Also living in the household is another sister, Nancy Owens. In 1850, Johnson, Johannah & Nancy's father, Abraham Owens b. abt. 1800, was living in Wayne Co., VA with his second wife, Anna Thompson, sister of Jacob Thompson. Jacob Thompson & Johannah Owens were cousins, Jacob being the grandson of William Thompson, brother of Susannah Thompson. The railroad didn't come to Russell Co. until the late 1880's.