Who is Thomas Johnson's parents etc.(Actual name is Johnston)

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1870 US Census, TN. Thomas Johnson 79y b NC, Martha Johnson 81y b SC. Census taken in TN.
It appears all other details(yr,location,age,birthplace) are correct excepting the surname should read Johnston and not Johnson)

It appears he was married to Ellen mcfarlane abt 1810 and then Martha later. i do know that his son(my GGGF) Calvin b 1822 said in a letter 1866 that he had a step bro named william who had moved to marble hill Mo, near lutesville mo.

Name:     Thos Johnson
Residence:     , Coffee, TN
Ward:     5th Civil District
Age:     70 years
Estimated Birth Year:     1790
Birthplace:     NC
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dec 2016 :This Thomas Johnston is likely the correct one.  nd the birth is calculated to be near enough to  1790. i only knew a wife by the name of Ellen mcfarland or farlane or mcfarland or macfarlane. Could be spelled Mc /mac farlain. I saw a clan of mcfarlane pafe yesterday and they were searching the Tn area and ran into Thomas ellen McFarlane johnston on the census roll (Ill look up year in a bit),but they moved when they excluded  Ellen MCFarland and Thomas Johnston, 23 Sep 1810. SOURCE: IGI. CENSUS: 1810 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County Caleb McFarland 10100-10010 or 10010- 10100. P 005. LAND: 1811 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County. John Clark and wife Mary McFarland [of Lincoln County, North Carolina], purchased land 1811 in Rutherford county, Tennessee. MARRIAGE: 1815 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County. Esther McFarland and William G. Harris, 30 Sep 1815. SOURCE: IGI. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County Benjamin McFarlin 100001-00001. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County Benjamin McFarlin 300100-11010. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County John McFarlin 000100 - 10100. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County Thomas McFarlin 100100-10010. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County Wm McFarlin 100010-03010. PROBATE: 1824 TENNESSEE, Rutherford County. WILL OF William McFarlin, 18 May 1824, of the County of Rutherford, state of Tennessee. Wife Sarah. Children under 21. Children: Pleasant Nelson, Benjamin, Elizabeth Ann, Kasey A., Nancy B, Louisa J., Sarah. Executors: Wife, Sarah; friend Joseph Youree. Witness: Burton L. McFarlin and Benjamin McFarlin. Land joining William Gowenthem from theeir clan. here its on one page down in midpage if i recall .

its one or both of these links

ancestry
http://boards.ancestry.com/SearchResults.aspx?dir=forward&sortKey=CIAAIf0A6eq0&pOff=3&db=mb&ti=0&gss=nfwylf&rank=1&adv=show&_88000003=Mcfarlane&gskw=Ellen%20Mcfarlane&hc=50
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http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/search.php?mylastname=JOHNSTON&lnqualify=equals&mybool=AND

Answer 1

It is not unusual for spelling errors in documents. I found a deed of my 5th ggf Hudson Johnson in 1790, his name was spelled 4 different ways in the same deed.