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> >