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Descendants of John Johnston

Generation No. 2


2. WILLIAM3 JOHNSTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM M.1) was born 12 Jun 1828 in Georgia, and died 22 Jul 1881 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He married REBECCA JANE SMITH 25 May 1852 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. She was born Abt. 1832 in Reel Town, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, and died Unknown.

More About WILLIAM JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Chambers County, Alabama
Occupation: Merchant and Huckster
     
Children of WILLIAM JOHNSTON and REBECCA SMITH are:
  i.   JOHN4 JOHNSTON, b. 1854; d. Unknown.
  ii.   JOSEPH JOHNSTON, b. 1860; d. Unknown.
10. iii.   MARY MOLLIE A. C. JOHNSTON, b. 13 Apr 1863, Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 17 Mar 1933, San Antonio, Texas.
  iv.   WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. 1866; d. Unknown.


3. JOSEPH3 JOHNSTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM M.1) was born 1830 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 02 Jul 1863 in Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH W. SANDS 21 Dec 1848 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, daughter of THOMAS SANDS and WINNEFRED SMITH. She was born Jun 1833 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 30 Mar 1915 in Eclectic, Alabama.

More About JOSEPH JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania

More About ELIZABETH W. SANDS:
Burial: Unknown, Eclectic, Alabama
     
Children of JOSEPH JOHNSTON and ELIZABETH SANDS are:
11. i.   WILLIAM A.4 JOHNSTON, b. 17 Feb 1850, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 18 Jul 1881, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
12. ii.   JOHN THOMAS JOHNSTON, b. 19 Feb 1852, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 01 Apr 1931.
  iii.   JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON, b. 1854; d. Unknown.
  iv.   JOSEPH JOHNSTON, b. 10 Jan 1857, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; d. 03 Sep 1857, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
  v.   SAMUEL JOHNSTON, b. 1858; d. Unknown.
  vi.   MARY JOHNSTON, b. 1861; d. Unknown.
  vii.   WINNIFRED JOHNSTON, b. 1864; d. Unknown.


4. JOHN YOUNG3 JOHNSTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM M.1) was born 18 Jul 1832 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 07 Jul 1896 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He married (1) RUTHA MEADOWS 06 Dec 1847 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama1, daughter of MILUS MEADOWS and SUSAN PARKER. She was born 07 Mar 1831 in Upson County, Georgia, and died 05 Jan 1906 in Centerpoint, Alabama. He married (2) ELIZABETH W. SANDS 14 Aug 1871 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, daughter of THOMAS SANDS and WINNEFRED SMITH. She was born Jun 1833 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 30 Mar 1915 in Eclectic, Alabama.

Notes for JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTON:
John was 15 years old when he married Rutha Meadows, daughter of M.R. Meadows. M.R. Meadows was a prominent citizen and politicion in Upson Co., Georgia. John's sister, Mary Jane married Rutha's, brother James.
After his marriage to Rutha, John attended the Graffenburg Institute and became a doctor. He served as a Major. in the 47th Alabama Infantry in the Civil War.

More About JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery, Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Divorced: 26 May 1870

More About RUTHA MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Centerpoint, Alabama

More About ELIZABETH W. SANDS:
Burial: Unknown, Eclectic, Alabama
     
Children of JOHN JOHNSTON and RUTHA MEADOWS are:
  i.   MARTHA SUSAN4 JOHNSTON, b. 1849, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. Unknown; m. JOHN R. UMPHRIES; d. Unknown.
  More About MARTHA SUSAN JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Centerpoint, Alabama
  ii.   SAMUEL JOHNSTON, b. 1851, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 1917, Texas; m. MARY COPELAND; d. Unknown.
  iii.   FRANKLIN PIERCE JOHNSTON, b. 20 Sep 1852, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 03 Jan 1853, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About FRANKLIN PIERCE JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
13. iv.   MARY ANN JOHNSTON, b. 02 Jan 1854, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 1886.
14. v.   JANE EUPHEMIA JOHNSTON, b. 26 Jun 1856, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 30 Mar 1933.
     
Child of JOHN JOHNSTON and ELIZABETH SANDS is:
15. vi.   SARAH ELIZABETH4 JOHNSTON, b. 16 Feb 1873; d. 02 Jun 1955.


5. MARY JANE3 JOHNSTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM M.1) was born 21 Mar 1834 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 12 Apr 1894 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. She married JAMES DANIEL MEADOWS 03 Sep 1848 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, son of MILUS MEADOWS and SUSAN PARKER. He was born in Upson County, Georgia, and died 14 Jan 1903 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.

Notes for MARY JANE JOHNSTON:
Mary Jane, her husband and six children are all buried in the Johnston Cemetery, located on the old Plantation, near Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
She was only 10 years old when her Mother passed away and she married James Daniel Meadows at the age of 14.
James was Sheriff of Tallapoosa County, Capt. Co. A, 1st Alabama Voluntary Infantry and Artillery C.S.A., and member of the 1876 Constitutional Convention. They belonged to the Primative Baptist Church.

More About MARY JANE JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama

More About JAMES DANIEL MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
     
Children of MARY JOHNSTON and JAMES MEADOWS are:
  i.   JOHN MILESS4 MEADOWS, b. 1849, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 27 Sep 186, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About JOHN MILESS MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
  ii.   WILLIAM FRANKLIN MEADOWS, b. 28 Aug 1851, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 03 Oct 1854, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About WILLIAM FRANKLIN MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
  iii.   JOSEPHINE MEADOWS, b. 12 Mar 1853, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. Aug 1853, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About JOSEPHINE MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
  iv.   MARTHA ANN MEADOWS, b. 05 Feb 1863, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 29 Oct 1883, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama.
  v.   JAMES DANIEL MEADOWS, JR., b. 28 Oct 1865, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 17 Feb 1866, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About JAMES DANIEL MEADOWS, JR.:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co. Alabama
  vi.   GEORGIA ANN MEADOWS, b. 02 May 1871, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 15 Sep 1871, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
  More About GEORGIA ANN MEADOWS:
Burial: Unknown, Johnston Cemetery, Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama



6. SAMUEL YOUNG3 JOHNSTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM M.1) was born 01 Apr 1836 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 21 Feb 1901 in Winters, Runnels County, Texas. He married LUCINDA JANE GRAY 16 Feb 1854 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, daughter of SAMUEL GRAY and MAHALA MCBURNETT. She was born 23 Oct 1839 in Alabama, and died 24 Nov 1921 in Winters, Runnels County, Texas.

Notes for SAMUEL YOUNG JOHNSTON:
Samuel's tombstone gives his birth year as 1832, however, I believe this to be wrong. According to census records he was born in 1836 in Harris County, Georgia.

Samuel Young Johnston was born in Harris County, Georgia, on April 1, 1836, to John and Martha Johnston. When Samuel was about two years old his family moved to Tallapoosa County, Alabama, settling in the Walnut Hill area.
Samuel was eight years old when his Mother passed away in July 1844. In August of 1844 his father remarried. His step-mother, Mary Ann C. Haynie was about 20 years younger than his father.
In February of 1854, at the age of 17, Samuel married Lucinda Jane Gray, daughter of Samuel Gray, Jr. and Mahala McBurnett, she was fourteen years old.
Following in his father's footsteps, Samuel was a slave holder. At the age of twenty-four Samuel owned nineteen slaves.
When the Civil War broke out Samuel was twenty-five years old. He served in the CSA as a volunteer in Alabama's Co. B, 47th Infantry, from May 1861 until the end of the war in 1865.
On the 1870 census at the age of 34, Samuel's occupation was listed as a school teacher. 1870 was also the year of his son John's birth. Samuel and Lucinda's other children that grew to adulthood were: Mary Jane "Mattie", born 1876; Herschel, born 1879 and Katie Idell, born in 1882, all of these children were born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. According to 1880 census records Samuel and Lucinda were the parents of six children, so three children must have died at birth or at an early age. No records have been found for them.
After his father's death, Samuel, a Notary Public, preformed the marriage ceremony of his step-mother, Mary Ann Cleabie Haynie Johnston to a Mr. Robberson Willingham on June 6, 1882.
Around 1889 or 1890, Samuel moved his family to Runnels County, Texas, settling at or near the town of Crews. Lucinda's brothers, Colombus and Johnathan Gray, had came west a few years earlier, settling also near Crews, Texas, but over the line in Coleman County.
Samuel served as County Commissioner Of Runnels County, Texas in 1891-1892. He was a farmer, teacher and Methodist Minister. According to family he was a circuit rider for the Methodist Church (traveling to different churches to preach) and Minister of Moro Methodist Church, Moro, Texas. Samuel passed away at the age of 63 years, 10 months and 21 days. He is buried in the Northview Cemetery, Winters, Runnels County, Texas.

More About SAMUEL YOUNG JOHNSTON:
Burial: Unknown, Northview Cemetery, Winters, Runnels Co., Texas
Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, CSA, Co.B, 49th infantry

Notes for LUCINDA JANE GRAY:
Lucinda's, Widow's Application for Pension #27938 to the State of Texas in April 1914, states that she would be 75 years old in Oct. 1914. This would make her birth year 1839. Her Pension application was approved and was allowed from June 1, 1914.

More About LUCINDA JANE GRAY:
Burial: Unknown, Northview Cemetery, Winters, Runnels Co., Texas

Marriage Notes for SAMUEL JOHNSTON and LUCINDA GRAY:
According to 1880 Census, Samuel and Lucinda had borne six children. Evidently the first three children died at birth or at an early age. No known records.
     
Children of SAMUEL JOHNSTON and LUCINDA GRAY are:
16. i.   JOHN MORRIS4 JOHNSTON, b. 10 Mar 1870, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 06 Nov 1947, Chico, Wise County, Texas.
17. ii.   MARY JANE "MATTIE" JOHNSTON, b. 09 Jun 1876, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 07 Oct 1963, Runnels Co., Texas.
18. iii.   HERSHEL VIRGIL JOHNSTON, b. 18 Sep 1879, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; d. 17 Nov 1961, Tucumcari, New Mexico.
19. iv.   KATIE IDELL JOHNSTON, b. 20 Mar 1882, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. 17 Jan 1950, Runnels Co., Texas.

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