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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sarah 'Sally' Johnson: Birth: 1778 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: AFT 1850 in Bear Creek, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA

  2. Robert Johnson: Birth: 1780 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: in Illinois

  3. Daughter Johnson: Birth: 1782 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA.

  4. Samuel Johnson: Birth: 1784 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: in Illinois

  5. Daughter Johnson: Birth: 1786 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: in Sumter, South Carolina, USA

  6. John 'Jack' Johnson: Birth: 23 AUG 1792 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: 30 SEP 1852 in Lisman, Webster, Kentucky, USA

  7. Lenore 'Lanie' Johnson: Birth: 1794 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: 8 SEP 1851 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA

  8. Benjamin Johnson: Birth: 1796 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: BEF 1850 in Union, Kentucky, USA

  9. James 'Jimmy' Johnson: Birth: 20 DEC 1799 in Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Death: 12 APR 1879 in Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Bowers, Diane; [email protected]@wyoming.com & Lawrence, Jesse; [email protected]@flash,net
2. Title:   Darlington Co., RMC, Book E, pp 105; dated 7/8/1813

Notes
a. Note:   1747: Isaiah appears as a witness to a deed in Bertie County, NC in 1747.
  1750's: William Keys to William Belk*; Johnson/Dobbs/Lenoir County Index, Bk 2, page 216; 4/1750 - 4/1754; rootsweb.com, Dobbs Co., NC, latest updates, (Old Dobbs) electronic.
  1767: Isaiah of Dobbs County sells to his son John for 1 shilling; 200 acres adjacent to Wills Quarter Swamp, 27 March 1767. Witnessed by John Barber and George Oxley. Loose Deeds 2: 210, Bertie County, NC .
  1769: Isaiah enumerated in the Dobbs County, NC Tax List, 1769.
  1769: ...between Bear Creek and Walnut Creek in Wayne County, formerly Dobbs County, a 200 acre tract, part of a 400 acre tract granted to Benjamin Skinner dated 12/16/1769...adjacent to property of Benjamin Skinner and his brother, William Skinner...to James Johnson's corner, which originally belonged to Benjamin Skinner...(Deed Book 1, 1780-1785; dated 1/13/1783) [see entries for 1774, 1783, 1786; Dobbs County.]
  1770's: James Johnston, Charles Johnson, 1753-1819; Elijah Johnston, and Needham Johnston; enumerated in Dobbs County Militia. [ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/dobbs/military/dobbs war1.txt ]
  1770: John Johnston to Thomas Clarke for 25 pounds; 200 acres adjacent to John Williams, south side of Wills Quarter Swamp, 20 September 1770. Witnessed by Peter Clifton, George Oxley, and Thomas Boswell. Loose Deeds 2: 217, Bertie County, NC.
  1771: Robert Kea obtains a land grant of 300 acres in then Dobbs County, NC (now part of Lenoir County), on 11/14/1771 (on the South side of the Neuse River and on the East side of Marsh Branch that runs into Fauling (Falling) Creek.) Edward Woodham,Jr., father of Ariss Woodham; Benjamin Skinner, Sr., father of Lemuel Skinner; and James Johnson, father of LEONORE JOHNSON; also owned land in the Dobbs (now Lenoir County) area. [also see Thomas and Leonore Kea / Benjamin Skinner, Sr., entry for year 1826.]
  1773: Robert Kee to Joseph Killy; Johnson/Dobbs/Lenoir County Index, Bk 10, page 426; 4/1773 - 4/1775; rootsweb.com, Dobbs Co., NC, latest updates, (Old Dobbs) electronic.
  1774: ...between Bear Creek and Walnut Creek in Wayne County, formerly Dobbs County, a 100 acre tract, part of a 400 acre tract granted to Benjamin Skinner dated 12/16/1769...which Benjamin Skinner sold to John Lawhon on 10/5/1774; ...and 100 acres adjoining; the said 200 acres of land that James Johnson is now living on, in 1786...(pp 188; Deed Book 3, 1785-1787, dated 2/23/1786)
  1780's: James Johnston to Mary Johnston; Johnson/Dobbs/Lenoir County Index, Bk 12, page 180; 4/1779 - 4/1784; rootsweb.com, Dobbs Co., NC, latest updates, (Old Dobbs) electronic.
  1780: James Johnson listed on Dobbs County, NC, 1780 Taxlist. The property is located in Taylor District, Lenoir County, (in the vicinity of present day La Grange and the Institute community.) Listed next to James Johnson is Edward Woodham, Sr., and Benjamin Skinner.
  1780: Benjamin Hardy enumerated next to James Johnson (son of Mary) in the 1780 Dobbs County Tax list, Taylor District, LaGrange/Institute area (now Lenoir County, NC).
  1780: William Belk* recorded in Loftin District, Lenoir County, in Dobbs 1780 Tax List; South of Neuse River near Kinston.
  1783: ...between Bear Creek and Walnut Creek in Wayne County, formerly Dobbs County, a 200 acre tract, part of a 400 acre tract granted to Benjamin Skinner dated 12/16/1769...adjacent to property of Benjamin Skinner and his brother, William Skinner...to James Johnson's corner, which originally belonged to Benjamin Skinner...(Deed Book 1, 1780-1785; dated 1/13/1783)
  1785: The Benjamin Skinner family left Lenoir Co., NC., between 1785-1790, and moved to Darlington, SC. The James Johnson family was still in Lenoir County, North Carolina, until after 1800. (notes from W. Garrett Johnson, Sr., descendent of James Johnson.)
  1786: see 1774 entry: ...between Bear Creek and Walnut Creek in Wayne County ...the said 200 acres of land that James Johnson is now living on, in 2/1786...(pp 188; Deed Book 3, 1785-1787, dated 2/23/1786)
  1790: James (Johnston) and family enumerated in the Dobbs County, NC census; 1 male, &gt16; 2 males, &lt16; 4 females. page 135, electronic. (1-2-4, three males and four females.)
  1800: James and wife had 4 children between 1791 and 1800; 3 males and 1 female who have been identified. The 2 males and 3 females born before 1790 have not been identified.
  1810's: 'Johnson family tradition is that seven siblings, 5 brothers and 2 sisters, came to western Kentucky from North Carolina. They possibly came with the Nichols-Early-Price families of about 50-60 people, probably about 1812. [Some Webster County, Kentucky Families, by Bassett, 1983]
  1813: Thomas Kea and Leonore Kea sells to Benjamin Skinner (one ninth part) of all the lands of James Johnson, deceased, in Lenoir Co., NC; on Fawling Creek, July 8, 1813 (same property as above.) (Darlington County Deed Book E, page 105) Thomas "X" Kea and Leonore "X" Kea. Witnessed by John and Frederick Skinner.
  1815: James' sons, John and Robert are on the 1815 Hopkins County, Kentucky Tax Rolls.' [Some Webster County, Kentucky Families, by Bassett
  1989: James' 3rd great-grandson, 'Jimmy' was the Dallas Cowboys coach 1989-1994, won Super Bowl in 1992 and 1993.


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