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Descendants of Lewis Johnston

Generation No. 1

1. LEWIS¹ JOHNSTON¹ was born Abt. 1757, and died Abt. 1825. He married SARAH STEADMAN. She was born Abt. 1780, and died Abt. 1813 in North Carolina.

Notes for LEWIS JOHNSTON:
Lewis Johnston (probably James Lewis) was born about 1757. Lewis died between 1825-1828 in Georgia, at about 68 years of age. He married twice. He married an unknown woman in North Carolina, about 1789. She and their first child probably died during childbirth about 1791 in North Carolina. He then married Sarah Steadman in North Carolina about 1795.

Apparently, around 1820-1824, Lewis and all the children, except George Gregory, who had run away from home "to seek his fortune out West" in 1813 at the age of 14, left North Carolina and settled southeast of Atlanta, Georgia, around Henry, Butts and Newton Counties. Lewis probably died a couple of years later, and is buried somewhere in that area.

More About LEWIS JOHNSTON:
Burial: Georgia

More About SARAH STEADMAN:
Burial: North Carolina

Children of LEWIS JOHNSTON and SARAH STEADMAN are:

	i.		LINDSEY² JOHNSTON, b. May 01, 1796.
	ii.		WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, b. 1797, North Carolina; m. ELIZABETH HILL; b. 1832, Newton County, Georgia.

Notes for WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON:
William B. Johnston "went West" unheard from for many years per Perry Green Johnston letter.

iii.

GEORGE GREGORY JOHNSTON, b. August 11, 1799, North Carolina; d. January 26, 1877, Randolph County, Arkansas; m. (1) MARTHA W. BURTON, November 16, 1821, Humphreys County, Tennessee; b. August 16, 1802, North Carolina; d. November 01, 1875, Randolph County, Arkansas; m. (2) NANCY TAYLOR, September 10, 1876, Randolph County, Arkansas; b. December 28, 1812, Pike County, Indiana; d. May 28, 1897, Randolph County, Arkansas.

Notes for GEORGE GREGORY JOHNSTON:
James Perry Johnston, in 1931, either placed or arranged to have placed a memorial marker at Siloam Cemetery in honor of his grandparents, George Gregory and Martha Burton Johnston. Supposedly, it is located on the original grave site. Whether it is on the original site or not is strictly speculation at this point, as is whether or not here was an original marker, or markers. At the present time, there is no sign of an original marker. The marker that James P. placed is constructed of concrete rather than marble or granite, and is deteriorating badly. It is in sore need of replacement with something more permanent.

More About GEORGE GREGORY JOHNSTON:
Burial: Siloam Cemetery, Randolph County, Arkansas

More About MARTHA W. BURTON:
Burial: Siloam Cemetry, Randolph County, Arkansas

More About NANCY TAYLOR:
Burial: Ainley Cemetery, Randolph County, Arkansas
Census: 1880, Randolph County, Arkansas, Nancy Johnston, age 69, is listed as "mother" with her son, William Ainley. William Ainley was the second husband of Myra Reynolds Johnston, after George Henry's death in 1859.

iv.

SARAH JOHNSTON, b. 1802.

Notes for SARAH JOHNSTON:
Name may have been Sallie. The last account of Sallie, she was living in Kansas. Perry Green Johnston 1868 letter.

NELLIS JOHNSTON, b. 1805, North Carolina.

Notes for NELLIS JOHNSTON:
The last account I have of sister Nellis, she was living in Talapossa County, Alabama. Perry Green Johnston, in 1868 letter.

	vi.		STEADMAN JOHNSTON, b. March 31, 1808.
	vii.		PERRY GREEN JOHNSTON, b. January 16, 1810.

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