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Descendants of John Johnston

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN² JOHNSTON (WILLIAM M.¹) was born 10 Feb 1803 in Georgia, and died 27 Feb 1881 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He married (1) MARTHA Abt. 1827. She was born Jan 1809 in Georgia, and died 06 Jul 1844 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He married (2) MARY ANN CLEABIE HAYNIE 20 Aug 1844 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. She was born 06 Oct 1823 in Georgia, and died 09 Jun 1888 in Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama.

Notes for JOHN JOHNSTON:
John Johnston was a wealthy planter who lived in the Walnut Hill area of Tallapoosa county, Alabama from about 1838/1839 until his death in 1881. He is buried in a private cemetery located in T 20 N, R 22 E, Section 28, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, once a part of John's plantation.

John was born Feburary 10, 1803, in Georgia. We know nothing of his parents or his exact place of birth. He married Martha _______ abt. 1827.

A land indenture in Harris County, Georgia, dated Nov. 8, 1828, has John Johnston of Wilkes County, Georgia, selling land in Troup County, Georgia, to a Lloyd Cooper of Harris County, Georgia, for the sum of six hundred dollars. This land lying and being in the County of Troup, Fourth District, third section known as No. one hundred seventy (170) was granted to Martha Lyon the 3rd day of November 1828. Filed in Clerks Office of Superior Court 13th of April 1829. Signed John (his mark) Johnston. Witnesses: William Johnston, J.B. Johnston, James Cooper, George F. Buckhamon.

The above mentioned land in Troup Co., Georgia was drawn in the, 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, by Martha Lyon, minor, of Lincoln Co., Georgia

For John to have been able to sell this land five days after it was granted to Martha Lyon it may have been part of her dowery.

John and Martha's first child, William, was born June 12, 1828, in Georgia. John and family are on the 1830 Census of Harris County, Georgia. While in Harris County, they had four more children; Joseph, born 1830, John Young, born July 18, 1832, Mary Jane, born March 21, 1834 and Samuel Young, born April 1, 1836.

Another land transaction recorded in Harris County, was

More About JOHN JOHNSTON:
Burial: 1881, Johnston Cemetery near Walnut Hill, Alabama, which was once part of their Plantation. Located in T 20 N, R 22 E, Section 28.

Notes for MARTHA:
Drew Land in Troup County, Georgia in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery.

Martha that married John Johnston was listed as a minor in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery. There was another Martha in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery that was listed as an orphan. So the above listed parents of Martha Lyon may or may not be the parents of Martha that married John Johnston.

More About MARTHA:
Burial: 1844, Johnston Cemetery near Walnut Hill, Alabama, which was once part of their Plantation.

Notes for MARY ANN CLEABIE HAYNIE:
Have found several different spellings for the initial "C" in Mary Ann's name. They include CELEBY, CELEBIE, & CLEABIE. do not know which is the correct spelling.

More About MARY ANN CLEABIE HAYNIE:
Burial: Unknown, Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama

Children of JOHN JOHNSTON and MARTHA are:

2.	i.	WILLIAM³ JOHNSTON, b. 12 Jun 1828, Georgia; d. 22 Jul 1881, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
3.	ii.	JOSEPH JOHNSTON, b. 1830, Harris County, Georgia; d. 02 Jul 1863, Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania.
4.	iii.	JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTON, b. 18 Jul 1832, Harris County, Georgia; d. 07 Jul 1896, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
5.	iv.	MARY JANE JOHNSTON, b. 21 Mar 1834, Harris County, Georgia; d. 12 Apr 1894, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
6.	v.	SAMUEL YOUNG JOHNSTON, b. 01 Apr 1836, Harris County, Georgia; d. 21 Feb 1901, Winters, Runnels County, Texas.

Children of JOHN JOHNSTON and MARY HAYNIE are:

7.	vi.	JAMES PIERCE³ JOHNSTON, b. 18 Apr 1847, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 12 Jan 1916, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
8.	vii.	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHNSTON, b. 24 Apr 1850, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 20 Aug 1925, Birmingham, Alabama.
9.	viii.	BURTON JACK JOHNSTON, b. 25 Nov 1852, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 27 Mar 1929, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
	ix.	STILLBORN DAUGHTER JOHNSTON, b. 1861, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 1861, Johnston Cemetery, Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama.

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