Cathy, You got me there. That indeed is a typo. The number should be 1, not 2. Sorry about that! David -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Meder-Dempsey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WVFAYETT] RE: 1840 Fayette Co., Va. census David, > > P. 3. William Johnson, Jr. 2-0-0-0-2, 1-0-0-0-1. This is the son of > > John B. and Elizabeth Sims Johnson, married Virginia Settle. Is this a typo: 2 males in the 20 & under 30 age bracket? Linda had only 1 male 20 & under 30. Cathy > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Meder-Dempsey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [WVFAYETT] RE: 1840 Fayette Co., Va. census > > > David, > > > P. 4. Nelson Johnson. 1-0-0-0-1, 0-0-0-1. Unidentified. William and > > Amy > > (Nelson) Johnson had a son named Nelson, b. ca 1782, but this Nelson was > > born 1810-1820. May be of William and Amy's line. > > Could this be William and Nancy's Joseph Nelson Johnson b. ca. 1817? > Mary Sims Hughes (the one with the unknown Hughes husband) had a > daughter Elizabeth who married Nelson Johnson (see the suit). I > noticed last night that Joseph Nelson and Nelson may be the same and > wanted your input but thought I'd wait 'til you got back home. We may > have to follow him through the later census to see if he was ever > listed as Joseph. > > If anyone has the names of the parents for the following marriage it > may clear the matter up. > > Date of Marriage: 14 Sep 1837 > Groom: Nelson Johnson > Bride: Elizabeth Huse > Performed by: John Johnson > County: Fayette County, (West) Virginia > (Source: Fayette County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Marriages 1830 - > 1850) > > > P. 2. Hiram Johnson. 0-0-1-0-1, 1-0-0-0-1. Unidentified. James > > Johnson, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Sims) Johnson named a son > > Hiram, but he was not born until 1832. This Hiram was born 1810-20. > > Here, like you, I only have Hiram b. ca. 1833 s/o James & Mary. > > Thanks for straightening out all the others. > > Cathy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David F. [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 3:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [WVFAYETT] RE: 1840 Fayette Co., Va. census > > > > > > Cathy, > > > > I went through and tried to identify all the Johnsons in the 1840 > > Fayette Co., VA census to make sure which was the one who married > > Nancy Sims. Except for two of the Johnsons, I have been able to > > figure them out. The census is not alphabetical, which indicates > > it's likely an enumeration in geographical order, so it's > > significant which page the family appears on since that indicates > > geographical proximity: > > > > P. 2. Hiram Johnson. 0-0-1-0-1, 1-0-0-0-1. Unidentified. James > > Johnson, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Sims) Johnson named a son > > Hiram, but he was not born until 1832. This Hiram was born 1810-20. > > > > P. 2. William Johnson, Sr., 2-1-0-1-1-0-1, 1-0-0-1-1-1. This is the > > son of William & Amy Johnson, married Nancy Ann Sims. In the 30-40 > > age category, Nancy would seem to have been quite young to have > > married William in Oct. 1814. > > > > P. 3. James Johnson. 2-1-0-0-0-1, 2-2-0-0-0-1. This is the son of > > John B. & Elizabeth Sims Johnson, married Mary Murphy. > > > > P. 3. William Johnson, Jr. 2-0-0-0-2, 1-0-0-0-1. This is the son of > > John B. and Elizabeth Sims Johnson, married Virginia Settle. > > > > P. 3. John Johnson. 1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1, 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1. This is John > > Brown Johnson, son of William and Amy Johnson, married Elizabeth > > Sims. The younger male and what I assume is a wife and child is > > likely Harrison Johnson. > > > > P. 3. John Johnson, Jr. 0-0-0-0-0-1, 3-2-0-0-0-1. This is the son of > > John B. and Elizabeth Sims Johnson, married Mary Ann Settle. He and > > Mary Ann had 10 girls. > > > > P. 3. Adam Johnson. 0-1-0-0-0-1, 1-0-0-0-1. This is the son of > > Benjamin Johnson, and married Malinda Woodrum. Benjamin Johnson was > > a Loup Creek settler, and Darlington's book provides more about this > > family. > > > > P. 4. Nelson Johnson. 1-0-0-0-1, 0-0-0-1. Unidentified. William and > > Amy > > (Nelson) Johnson had a son named Nelson, b. ca 1782, but this Nelson was > > born 1810-1820. May be of William and Amy's line. > > > > P. 12. Israel Johnson, 0-1-0-0-0-0-1, 1-0-0-2-0-1. He was the son of > > Zachariah Johnson and married Nancy Kelly. > > > > P. 19. William Johnson. 0-1-0-0-2-0-1, 0-0-1-1-0-0-1. This is > > William W. S. Johnson who married Sarah McCoy and died in Greenbrier > > Co. in 1849. They lived along the New River near present-day > > Sandstone, Summers Co., WV. There was a portion of Fayette Co. > > bounded to the south roughly by Laurel Creek in Summers Co. to the > > present Fayette Co. line that later was given to Summers Co. after > > its creation. The families in this area sometimes appear in > > Greenbrier records and sometimes in Fayette Co. records. This > > Johnson family was originally from Botetourt Co. I also descend from > > this couple. > > > > Can anyone identify Hiram and Nelson? > > > > David > > --------------- > > David Fridley > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > San Francisco, CA > > Alderson web: www.fridley.net <http://www.fridley.net> > ==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog