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Robert Harrington Johnson was born 11 Nov 1796 in VA, the son of Francis Johnson and Nancy Harrington. A biography gives him as dying on 21 Feb 1837 at McLean Co. IL at 40 and is buried at the Scoggin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington IL<\/a>. There is however a problem with his death date as on the 30th of March 1837 he took out a land patent for 80 acres in McLean county.<\/p>\n

Bathsheba\/Bersheba Potter is given as having been born 1789 in TN, and died 2 Oct. 1859 in McLean Co. IL. She is also buried at the Scoggin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington IL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert and Bathsheba were married Aug 1814 in Overton Co. TN. <\/p>\n

If one looks at the census information below, it seems reasonable that Bathsheba would be related to the family of a Thomas Potter<\/a> who was located several pages away in the 1820 Jackson County, Tennessee census, but there as of yet no known links to the family. Also, that family didn’t enter Tennessee until, it seems, not long before 1820, whereas Bathsehba gives herself as born in Tennessee. She would not be a child of that family as that Thomas married an Ann, and it appears that Bathsheba’s mother may have been a Sarah. In 1830 an elder woman was in the household, and in Dec. 1831 RH Johnson applied to the Court for relief for Sarah Potter, an insane person in his care. I’m unable to find any burial information currently for Sarah Potter.<\/p>\n

When Bathsheba was widowed in 1837, the eldest of her 10 children was but 12.<\/p>\n

The family story as to their daughter, Mary Jane (our direct line)<\/a>, is as follows:<\/p>\n

John (Fowler) was a Union sympathizer and had to leave NC. Came to Bloomington, IL where he decided to settle. He disguised himself as a peddler and returned to NC to get the girl he loved. They eloped and were married and moved to Osage Mission, KS in 1863. Her family was so angry with her husband that she never heard from them again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nancy Benton notes that this was passed along to her from Cora Granger, related to the Brewers through the Spurlings, along with family sheets prepared by Dottie Skinner Elliott, and that there was no source given other than family story.<\/p>\n

The Johnson family had actually migrated to ILL when Mary Jane was little (see Robert Herrington Johnson information), her father died when she was only 5 years of age, she is in the 1850 census with her mother, and her mother died in 1859 (so both parents were dead before the move to Kansas) and even in 1860 Mary Jane had family living in the McLean County area around she and John. So that’s one story that bites the dust, though it raises questions as to why the estrangement story would have arisen in the first place. The story may be accidentally assigned and belong to a relative, and it was thought because Mary Jane moved to Kansas that she was the one estranged, or there may have been an estrangement here which has become mixed with the story of yet another.<\/p>\n

The following article is the source for new data on the family that places the Johnsons in IL by the 1820s.<\/p>\n

The article notes a George Hinshaw having constructed a cabin for Robert and his family prior his arrival. This is George Hinshaw who married Susannah, Robert’s sister. Marietta Johnson married a brother of George, Jacob. George and Jacob Hinshaw with their families moved to Illinois in the Spring of 1827, preceding Robert Harrington Johnson.<\/p>\n

\nDr. E. Duis, The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois<\/a>
\n(The Leader Publishing and Printing House – 1874)<\/p>\n

ROBERT HARRINGTON JOHNSON<\/p>\n

Robert H. Johnson was born November 11, 1796, in Virginia. His father was
\nFrancis Johnson, and his mother’s name before her marriage was Nancy
\nHarrington. Francis Johnson was born in Ireland, and brought to America when he
\nwas four years of age. Nancy Harrington was partly of Pennsylvania Dutch
\ndescent. When Robert Johnson was only four years of age he was taken to Jackson
\nCounty, Tennessee, where he lived until he was twenty-six or seven years of
\nage. There he followed framing and tanning leather. He married in August, 1814,
\nBathsheba Potter. In about the year 1822 or ’23 he went to Overton County,
\nTennessee, where he lived until the year 1828, when he came to Illinois. He
\ncame on his journey by team and arrived at Blooming Grove on the first of
\nDecember. He had no particular adventure except that his daughter Mathurza fell
\nfrom a horse which she was riding, and broke her thighbone, and the party was
\ndelayed fifteen days in consequence. The party arrived at Blooming Grove in the
\nevening of December 1, when everyone for miles around was at church. As the
\nparty passed the church, a bell on one of the colts was heard by the
\ncongregation, and it was known that another family had arrived. The addition of
\na single family to the neighborhood was then a great event, and at the close of
\nthe meeting the entire congregation, which was not large, though it included
\neveryone in the country for a great many miles around, came to see the Johnson
\nfamily and give them a welcome. No one waited for an introduction, but each
\nshook hands cordially and said: “How are you, Brother Johnson?” and, “How are
\nyou, Sister Johnson?”<\/p>\n

The family first moved to Three Mile Grove, now called Harley’s Grove, into a
\nlog house fourteen feet square, with a few logs extending for a porch. This
\ncabin was put up for the Johnson family by George Hinshaw some months before
\ntheir arrival. It happened in the meantime that the Funks (Isaac and Absalom)
\nhad driven a lot of pigs to this grove to eat the mast, and the latter had
\ntaken possession of the unoccupied cabin. Pigs which have been running in the
\ntimber, became wild, and when excited or aroused are more dangerous than any
\nother wild animal. During the night after the Johnson family moved into their
\ncabin, they heard their dog barking and fighting with the hogs. The cabin had
\nno door to it. A hole had been cut out for entrance, and also another for a
\nfire-place. In the latter a large fire was burning, and some green sticks were
\nnear by. Mr. Johnson jumped up and grasped a long, green stick and met the
\nhogs, about seventy-five in number, in the door-way as they were attempting to
\ncome in. He fought them there for life, while Mrs. Johnson prevented them from
\ncoming in at the fire-place by throwing fire at them. Mr. Johnson fought until
\nhe was exhausted completely. He battered their heads; he struck powerful blows,
\nand at last knocked off the snout of one of the hogs, which ran squealing away
\nto Funk’s Grove, followed by the whole drove. But Mr. Johnson, fearing the
\nreturn of the brutes, put his family into the wagon to protect them. The next
\nday Isaac, Absalom and Robert Funk came up to Harley’s Grove to whip the band
\nof villains, who, they thought, had been knocking out the eyes and breaking the
\nsnouts of their hogs; but when they learned what a fight Mr. Johnson had made
\nto protect his family from being eaten up by the brutes, they left in a
\ndifferent humor.<\/p>\n

As the Johnson family was the first to settle in Harley’s Grove, the wild
\nanimals were taken by surprise. A day or two after the hogs were driven off a
\nblack wolf came up close to the door. During that winter Mr. Johnson killed a
\ngreat many deer within half a mile of the house. At one time he severely
\nwounded a deer, which turned on him and knocked him down several times; but it
\nwas so badly hurt that he broke away and left it in a thicket within a few
\nhundred feet of the house. He went in for ammunition, and told the children to
\nstay inside and hold the door shut. But when he started for the thicket, the
\nchildren disobeyed orders and ran out and climbed the fence, and jumped on the
\nstumps to see the fun. The deer sprang up and ran towards the children, but the
\ndog grabbed it by the ear and Mr. Johnson shot it through the neck and it fell
\nwithin a few feet of the door. During the spring following, Mr. Johnson fenced
\nforty-five acres of land and planted nearly all of it in corn. But he was
\nunable to enter it immediately and soon afterwards a man named Jack Hougham
\nentered it away from him and gave him forty-five dollars for his improvement.
\nIt was a custom among the old settlers never to enter a man’s claim away from
\nhim; but Mr. Hougham had no such delicacy. He gave Mr. Johnson notice of his
\nintention and went to the land office and took up the land. Mr. Johnson then
\nsettled on the south side of Twin Grove, improved a claim and entered the land,
\nand lived there until 1837, when he was killed by an ox which he was attempting
\nto yoke up to a wagon. This was on the twenty-first of February, 1837. He was a
\nvery industrious man, and made shoes and looms in the winter, and worked his
\nland during the summer. He tanned leather for the whole country around.<\/p>\n

Mr. Johnson had ten children, two of whom were born in the West. They are:<\/p>\n

Nancy Johnson, who married Moses Wooden Brown, and lives at White Oak Grove in
\nWoodford County.<\/p>\n

John S. W. Johnson lived at the head of the Mackinaw and died in 1865. Mathurza
\nJohnson, now the wife of Jeremiah Rhodes, lives three miles from Bloomington,
\non the Leroy road. She furnished the items for this sketch, and seemed to have
\nvery clear ideas and a good recollection.<\/p>\n

Jacob H. Johnson lives between Brown’s Grove and Twin Grove.<\/p>\n

Thomas P. Johnson lives near Osceola, Clark County, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Benjamin M. Johnson lives about a mile and a half west of Bloomington.<\/p>\n

Francis, Lewis S., and James B. Johnson, are dead.<\/p>\n

Mary Jane Elizabeth Johnson married John Fowler, and lives in Osage Mission,
\nKansas.<\/p>\n

Mr. Johnson was about six feet in height, was possessed of immense strength,
\nbut was very good-natured, kind-hearted and religious. He never wished to
\nquarrel with anyone, was always on good terms with his neighbors, and was very
\nhonorable in all of his transactions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

================================================================================
\nHusband: Robert Harrington + Johnson
\n================================================================================
\n Born: 1796 Nov 11 – , Warren, Tennessee or Virginia
\n Christened:
\n Died: 1837 – Twin Grove, McLean, Illinois
\n Buried: – Scoggin Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois
\n Father: Francis + Johnson ( – )
\n Mother: Nancy Or Mary + Harrington ( – )
\n Marriage: 1814 Aug Place: , Overton, Tennessee
\n——————————————————————————–
\nEvents
\n——————————————————————————–<\/p>\n

1. Birth: 1796 Nov 11 , , Virginia. <\/p>\n

2. Migration: 1800, , , Tennessee.
\n Robert’s family migrates to Tennessee.<\/p>\n

3. Marriage: Marries Barsheby POTTER., 1814 Aug, , Overton, Tennessee. <\/p>\n

4. Child’s Birth: John born., Bef 1815. <\/p>\n

5. Child’s Birth: Nancy born., Abt 1815. <\/p>\n

6. Child’s Birth: Mathurza born, 1818 Nov 1. <\/p>\n

7. Child’s Birth: Jacob born., Bef 1820. <\/p>\n

8. Census: 1820 , Jackson, Tennessee.
\n 1820 JACKSON CO TN CENSUS
\n pg. 72
\n JOHNSTON Francis – – – 1 – 1 1 3 – – (7)
\n JOHNSTON Robert 2 – – 1 – – 2 – – 1 (2)<\/font>
\n Note: The 2 young males are John and Jacob, the 2 young females are
\n Nancy and Mathurza.
\n JOHNSTON Elizabeth 1 – – 1 1 – 1 2 3 – (8)
\n PG. 78
\n POTTER Thomas 1 – – – 1 – 2 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER Zachrius – – – 1 – – 1 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER James 1 – – 1 – – 2 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER William 3 1 – – 1 – 2 1 – 1 (4)
\n POTTER Thomas 1 1 – – – 1 – – 1 2 (4)
\n POTTER Samuel – – – – 1 1 – – 1 – (4) <\/p>\n

9. Child’s Birth: Francis born., 1821 Jul 17. <\/p>\n

10. Migration: 1822, , Overton, Tennessee. <\/p>\n

11. Child’s Birth: Thomas born., Cir 1825. <\/p>\n

12. Child’s Birth: Benjamin born., 1827 Aug 22. <\/p>\n

13. Migration: 1828, , , Illinois.
\n The bio of Robert mentions the family first moved to Three Mile Grove,
\n into a log house put up for the Johnson family by George HINSHAW some
\n months before their arrival.<\/p>\n

14. Child’s Birth: James born., Cir 1829. <\/p>\n

15. Census: Pg. 178 1830 Illinois, Tazwell County (Later Became
\n Mclean), Mackinaw Township.
\n Sam. John WILLIAMS
\n James BROWN
\n Shadrack WILLIAMS
\n WIlliam B. DADE
\n Miles BROOKS
\n George REYNOLDS
\n Ebenezer BARNS
\n Robt. H. JOHNSON 2 males under 5, 2 males 5 to 10,
\n 2 males 10 to 15, 1 male 30 to 40, 1 female 10 to 15, 1 female 15 to 20,
\n 1 female 30 to 40, 1 female 40 to 50<\/font>
\n NOTE: The 2 males under 5 are Jame and Benjamin, 2 males 5 to 10 are
\n Thomas and Francis, 1 males 10 to 15 are Jackob and John. The 1 female
\n 10 to 15 is Mathurza, the 1 female 15 to 20 is Nancy. An unknown female
\n 40 to 50 appears. If she is on the far end of the 40 to 50 age group she
\n could be the mother of Bathsheba or the mother or Robert.
\n Benjamin HENSHAW
\n Stephen WEBB
\n WIlliam MCCORD
\n James A. DALE
\n John HERBERT
\n Landa HURST
\n Matthew HERBERT
\n Samuel BARKER
\n Aaron RHODES
\n Samuel RHODES
\n John MACCONNELL
\n James TOLIVER
\n John GREENMAN
\n Henry MILLER
\n James ALLEN
\n David WHEELER
\n James A. JOHNSON
\n William EVANS<\/p>\n

16. Child’s Birth: Lewis born., After 1830. <\/p>\n

17. He was involved in a court case in 1831 in , McLean, Illinois.
\n Title: County Records
\n Text: Dec. 1831 RH Johnson applied to the Court for relief for Sarah
\n Potter an insane person in his care.
\n NOTE: This was perhaps Barsheba’s mother, the older individual observed
\n in the household in 1830. There are no POTTERS listed in the Cemetery
\n Index for McLean County.<\/p>\n

18. Child’s Birth: Mary Jane born., 1832 Feb 9. <\/p>\n

19. Land Patent: 2 patents for 80 acres total, 1833 Oct 10, , McLean,
\n Illinois. <\/p>\n

Patentee: Robert H. JOHNSON
\n Issue Date: 10 October 1833
\n Land Office: Danville
\n Cancelled: No
\n Mineral Reservations: No
\n Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
\n State: Illinois
\n Acres: 40
\n Metes\/Bounds: No
\n Document Nr: 237
\n Acession\/Serial Nr: IL0620_234
\n BLM Serial NR: IL NO S\/N
\n Aliquot PARTS: SESE
\n Sec\/Block: 32\/
\n Township: 24-N
\n Range: 1-E
\n Fract. Section – No
\n Meridian: 3rd PM
\n State: IL
\n Counties: McLean
\n Survey Nr:<\/p>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

Patentee: Robert H. JOHNSON
\n Issue Date: 10\/10\/1833
\n Land Office: Danville
\n Cancelled: No
\n Mineral Reservations: No
\n Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
\n State: Illinois
\n Acres: 40
\n Metes\/Bounds: No
\n Document Nr: 239
\n Acession\/Serial Nr: IL0620__.236
\n BLM Serial NR: IL NO S\/N
\n Aliquot PARTS: SWSE
\n Sec\/Block: 24-N
\n Township: 1-E
\n Range: No
\n Fract. Section –
\n Meridian: 3rd PM
\n State: IL
\n Counties: McLean
\n Survey Nr:<\/p>\n

October 1833 land patent <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

20. Occupation: Leather tanner. <\/p>\n

21. Death: 1837 , McLean, Illinois.
\n There is a problem with Robert’s death date of 21 Feb as given in his
\n bio, for he took out a patent March 30 1837 for 80 acres of land.<\/p>\n

An Index of McLean County Cemeteries gives JOHNSONS buried at Scoggin
\n Hill as:
\n Benjamin M Johnson–1827-1893–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Nancy J Johnson–1832-1916–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Merritt C Johnson–1860-1907–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Emmet P Johnson–1867-____–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Bathsheba Johnson–____-1859–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Robert H Johnson–____-1837–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township <\/p>\n

22. Cause of death: Was killed by an ox which he was attempting to yoke
\n up to a wagon.<\/p>\n

23. Land Patent: 80 acres, 1837 Mar 30, , McLean, Illinois. <\/p>\n

Patentee: Robert H. JOHNSON
\n Issue Date: 3\/30\/1837
\n Land Office: Danville
\n Cancelled: No
\n Mineral Reservations: No
\n Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
\n State: Illinois
\n Acres: 80
\n Metes\/Bounds: No
\n Document Nr: 3412
\n Acession\/Serial Nr: IL NO S\/N
\n BLM Serial NR:
\n Aliquot PARTS: W1\/2SE
\n Sec\/Block: 32\/
\n Township: 24-N
\n Range: 1-E
\n Fract. Section – No
\n Meridian: 3rd PM
\n State: IL
\n Counties: McLean
\n Survey Nr:<\/p>\n

24. Edit : 2003 Nov. <\/p>\n

================================================================================
\n Wife: Barsheby (Bathsheba, Abersheby) + Potter
\n================================================================================
\n Born: 1789 Nov 2 – , , Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: 1859 Oct 2 – , McLean, Illinois
\n Buried: – Scoggin Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois
\n Father: + Potter ( – )
\n Mother:
\n——————————————————————————–
\nEvents
\n——————————————————————————–<\/p>\n

1. Birth: Cir 1789 , , Tennessee. <\/p>\n

2. Marriage: Marries Robert Harrington Johnson., 1814 Aug, , Overton,
\n Tennessee. <\/p>\n

3. Child’s Birth: John born., Bef 1815. <\/p>\n

4. Child’s Birth: Nancy born., Abt 1815. <\/p>\n

5. Child’s Birth: Mathurza born, 1818 Nov 1. <\/p>\n

6. Child’s Birth: Jacob born., Bef 1820. <\/p>\n

7. Census: 1820 , Jackson, Tennessee.
\n 1820 JACKSON CO TN CENSUS
\n pg. 72
\n JOHNSTON Francis – – – 1 – 1 1 3 – – (7)
\n JOHNSTON Robert 2 – – 1 – – 2 – – 1 (2)
\n Note: The 2 young males are John and Jacob, the 2 young females are
\n Nancy and Mathurza.
\n JOHNSTON Elizabeth 1 – – 1 1 – 1 2 3 – (8)
\n PG. 78
\n POTTER Thomas 1 – – – 1 – 2 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER Zachrius – – – 1 – – 1 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER James 1 – – 1 – – 2 – 1 – (2)
\n POTTER William 3 1 – – 1 – 2 1 – 1 (4)
\n POTTER Thomas 1 1 – – – 1 – – 1 2 (4)
\n POTTER Samuel – – – – 1 1 – – 1 – (4)<\/p>\n

8. Child’s Birth: Francis born., 1821 Jul 17. <\/p>\n

9. Migration: 1822, , Overton, Tennessee. <\/p>\n

10. Child’s Birth: Thomas born., Cir 1825. <\/p>\n

11. Child’s Birth: Benjamin born., 1827 Aug 22. <\/p>\n

12. Migration: 1828, , , Illinois.
\n The bio of Robert mentions the family first moved to Three Mile Grove,
\n into a log house put up for the Johnson family by George HINSHAW some
\n months before their arrival.<\/p>\n

13. Child’s Birth: James born., Cir 1829. <\/p>\n

14. Census: Pg. 178 1830 Illinois, Tazwell County (Later Became
\n Mclean), Mackinaw Township.
\n Sam. John WILLIAMS
\n James BROWN
\n Shadrack WILLIAMS
\n WIlliam B. DADE
\n Miles BROOKS
\n George REYNOLDS
\n Ebenezer BARNS
\n Robt. H. JOHNSON 2 males under 5, 2 males 5 to 10,
\n 2 males 10 to 15, 1 male 30 to 40, 1 female 10 to 15, 1 female 15 to 20,
\n 1 female 30 to 40, 1 female 40 to 50
\n NOTE: The 2 males under 5 are Jame and Benjamin, 2 males 5 to 10 are
\n Thomas and Francis, 1 males 10 to 15 are Jackob and John. The 1 female
\n 10 to 15 is Mathurza, the 1 female 15 to 20 is Nancy. An unknown female
\n 40 to 50 appears. If she is on the far end of the 40 to 50 age group she
\n could be the mother of Bathsheba or the mother or Robert.
\n Benjamin HENSHAW
\n Stephen WEBB
\n WIlliam MCCORD
\n James A. DALE
\n John HERBERT
\n Landa HURST
\n Matthew HERBERT
\n Samuel BARKER
\n Aaron RHODES
\n Samuel RHODES
\n John MACCONNELL
\n James TOLIVER
\n John GREENMAN
\n Henry MILLER
\n James ALLEN
\n David WHEELER
\n James A. JOHNSON
\n William EVANS<\/p>\n

15. She was involved in a court case in 1831 in , McLean, Illinois.
\n Title: County Records
\n Text: Dec. 1831 RH Johnson applied to the Court for relief for Sarah
\n Potter an insane person in his care.
\n NOTE: This was perhaps Barsheby’s mother, the older individual in the
\n household in 1830. There are no POTTERS listed in the cemetery index for
\n McLean County.<\/p>\n

16. Child’s Birth: Lewis born., After 1830. <\/p>\n

17. Child’s Birth: Mary Jane born., 1832 Feb 9. <\/p>\n

18. Husband’s death: 1837 Feb 21, , McLean, Illinois. Robert Harrington
\n Johnson dies.<\/p>\n

19. Census: Pg. 254 1840 , McLean, Illinois.
\n Wm. DICKSON
\n Jonathan MASON
\n Bersheba JOHNSON – – 2 3 2 \/ – 1 – – – – – 2
\n Macy STOUT
\n John PERRY
\n Simon MASON
\n Jacob HINSHAW
\n NOTE: The 2 10 to 15 males would be Lewis and James. The 3 15 to 20
\n would be Benjamin (though born about 1827), Thomas and Francis. The 2 20
\n year olds would be Jacob and John. Nancy and Mathurza are out of the
\n house. Mary Jane is the 5 to 10 female. Barsheby is given as 50 to 60.
\n There is also another unknown 50 to 60 year old female.<\/p>\n

20. Census: Pg. 37 1850 Dry Grove, McLean, Illinois. Mary Jane is given
\n as Nancy J. in her mother’s household, 18 b. Illinois. Her mother is
\n given as Asherby. The family is residing between brothers Francis and
\n Thomas JOHNSON.<\/p>\n

pg. 5
\n A 13 year old R. H. JOHNSON b. IL is given as living in the National
\n Hotel in Bloomington. I don’t know if there is a relationship to the
\n family but the initials are interesting.
\n pg. 37
\n (initial census number on each of these was cut off, so give the second
\n here)
\n 781 John DEAL and Ellen and family
\n 782 Peter MASON and Henerett and family
\n 783 William D. HARBORD and Susan and family
\n 784 Thomas JOHNSON 25 farmer $1000 b. TN
\n Eliza J. 21 b. IL
\n Nancy 1 b. IL
\n 785 Abersheby JOHNSON 60 $200 b. TN
\n James 21 farmer b. IL
\n Nancy J. 18 b. IL<\/font>
\n 786 Samuel BARKER and family
\n 787 Mariah BARKER and family
\n 788 Francis JOHNSON 24 (or 29) farmer $1200 b. TN
\n Jane 25 b. IN
\n Thursy 8 b. IL
\n Francis W. 6
\n Charles W. 5
\n David W. 3
\n Martha 1
\n Mary 2\/12<\/p>\n

21. Death: 1859 Oct 2 , McLean, Illinois. <\/p>\n

22. Cemetery: ? Scoggin Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois.
\n An Index of McLean County Cemeteries gives JOHNSONS buried at Scoggin
\n Hill as:
\n Benjamin M Johnson–1827-1893–Scogin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Nancy J Johnson–1832-1916–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Merritt C Johnson–1860-1907–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Emmet P Johnson–1867-____–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Bathsheba Johnson–____-1859–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township
\n Robert H Johnson–____-1837–Scoggin Hill Cemetery pg13-Volume 5-Dale
\n Township<\/p>\n

23. Edit : 2003 Nov. <\/p>\n

================================================================================
\nChildren
\n================================================================================
\n1 M John S. W. Johnson
\n Born: Bef 1815 – , Jackson, Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: 1865
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Susannah Tolliver (1823-1879)
\n Marr. Date: 1842 Jan 7 – , McLean, Illinois
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n2 F Nancy Johnson
\n Born: Abt 1815 – , , Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: Unknown
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Moses Wooden Brown (Abt 1816- )
\n Marr. Date:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n3 F Mathurza Johnson
\n Born: 1818 Nov 1 – Overland, Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: 1899 Nov 14 – Bloomington, McLean, Illinois
\n Buried: – Illinois, Mclean County, Woodland Cemetery
\n Spouse: Jeremiah Rhodes (1806-1882)
\n Marr. Date: 1835 Mar 26 – Overland, Tennessee
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n4 M Jacob H. Johnson
\n Born: Abt 1820 – , Overton, Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: Unknown
\n Buried:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n5 M Francis Johnson
\n Born: 1821 – , , Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: Bef 1860
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Jane (1825- )
\n Marr. Date:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n6 M Thomas P. Johnson
\n Born: 1825 – , , Tennessee
\n Christened:
\n Died: Unknown
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Eliza (1829- )
\n Marr. Date:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
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\n7 M Benjamin M. Johnson
\n Born: 1827 Aug 22
\n Christened:
\n Died: Unknown
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Nancy (1838- )
\n Marr. Date:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
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\n8 M James B. Johnson
\n Born: 1829 – , , Illinois
\n Christened:
\n Died: Bef 1874
\n Buried:
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n9 M Lewis S. Johnson
\n Born:
\n Christened:
\n Died: Bef 1874
\n Buried:
\n Spouse: Mary Ann Rhodes (1827-1888)
\n Marr. Date: 1846 Feb 12 – , McLean, Illinois
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–
\n10 F Mary Jane + Johnson
\n Born: 1832 Feb 9 – , Tazewell, Illinois
\n Christened:
\n Died: 1902 Jan 30 – Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
\n Buried: – Carr’s Chapel Cemetery, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
\n Spouse: John B. + Fowler (1827-1883)
\n Marr. Date: 1851 Jan 7 – , McLean, Illinois
\n Spouse:
\n Marr. Date:
\n——————————————————————————–<\/p>\n

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\nNotes: Marriage
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A courthouse fire in April 1865 destroyed almost all the public records from
\nthe beginning of the county with the exception of the deed books.<\/p>\n

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