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From: "Del Eddy" <>
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] JohnsTon... Roll Call
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:44:13 -0500
References: <a.195c3c98.298b7969@aol.com>


John,

Those of us east of the Mississippi find it mystifying as to how Samuel,
however he spelled his last name, was <born in Scotland in 1777 and lived in
Ireland for political reasons in the late 1750 and 1760's>.
BETTY in KY

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Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] JohnsTon... Roll Call


> The biggest CORRECTION to your Johnson listing is that this family
starting
> with SAMUEL JOHNSTON born in Scotland in 1777 and lived in IRELAND for
> political reasons in the late 1750 & 1760s. SAMUEL J O H N S T O N died
1861
> in Kentucky and yes, he did marry Sarah Pennington, and yes, he had (8)
> outstanding children.
>
> But my message to all you posters of SAMUEL is that he and his children
were
> born as the name of J O H N S T O N. I am quite aware of the misspelling
of
> this galant name. Some MAY have been uneducated with formal reading and
> writing skills when the name was written, but that was the norm in the
United
> States of America in 1700s and 1800s.
> JOHN in CA
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> In a message dated 1/31/2002 6:43:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
> << my johnsons
> Campbell Johnson s/o Samual Johnson and Sarah Penington
> Nancy Johnson d/o Campbell Johnson and Sarah Turner
> Nancy Johnson Married John Wilder s/o Joseph Wilder and Hannah Hall
> Grant Wilder s/o John Wilder and Nancy Johnson
> Married Martha Johnson d/o James Johnson and Mary Reynolds
> James Wilder s/o Grant married Lois Hacker
> my parents >>
>
>

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