1773 - 1841 (68 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Joshua Johnson was born in 1773 in , , Maryland, USA; died on 13 Mar 1841 in Guntersvile, Marshall, Alabama, USA. Notes:
Joshua Johnson removed to Va, and later to Tenn. where he was engaged in surveying in the Tenn. Valley. Later he became a merchant trader, boat builder and operator of a series of boats in the Tenn. New Orleans trade. In his will, Joshua Johnson provided "that should the proceeds of my estate be insufficient to send my two sons to some good college in East Tenn, and to keep them there until their education shall be completed, then I give them (my executors) full power to sell the land between Mr. Barclay's tract and the Tenn. Riv. for the purpose of creating a fund for the education of my sons. In addition to about 1880 acres of land, he left a personal estate of $12, 263.44. The will was probated 13 Mar 1841 and is on record in Marshall Co. at Guntersville, Ala.. .
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Joshua Johnson removed to Va, and later to Tenn. where he was engaged in surveying in the Tenn. Valley. Later he became a merchant trader, boat builder and operator of a series of boats in the Tenn . New Orleans trade. In his will, Joshua Johnson provided "that should the proceeds of my estate be insufficient to send my two sons to some good college in East Tenn, and to keep them there until t heir education shall be completed, then I give them (my executors) full power to sell the land between Mr. Barclay's tract and the Tenn. Riv. for the purpose of creating a fund for the education of m y sons. In addition to about 1880 acres of land, he left a personal estate of $12, 263.44. The will was probated 13 Mar 1841 and is on record in Marshall Co. at Guntersville, Ala.. .
Joshua married Mary Carter on 20 Dec 1829. Mary (daughter of James C Carter and Amy Motley) was born on 9 Jun 1803 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Nov 1832 in Claysville, Marshall, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
3. | John Newton Johnson (1.Joshua1) was born on 11 Nov 1832 in Claysville, Marshall, Alabama, USA; died on 30 Nov 1904 in , , Alabama, USA. Notes:
Civil War Veteran.
Family/Spouse: Clotilda Matilda Loveless. Clotilda was born in , , Georgia, USA; died in , , Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Sarah Evergreen Parker. Sarah (daughter of Alcaney Parker and Dollie Tucker) was born on 12 Oct 1844; died on 29 Aug 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Francis Johnson (2.Bartley2, 1.Joshua1) died in Claysville, Marshall, Alabama, USA. Notes:
Buried in Johnson Cemetary on estate at Claysville, Alabama.
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