Hiram Gaines Johnston Sr. (1818 - 1861)

Born 31 May 1818 in Elbert, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Jane (Cozart) Johnston — married 20 May 1841 in Elbert, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1861 at age 43 in Terrell, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Hiram was born in 1818. Hiram Johnston ... He passed away in 1861.

The 1860 U.S. Census recorded 42-year-old Hiram G. Johnston, a merchant, as head of a household in the town of Dawson, Terrell County, Georgia. He reported having $6500 in real estate and $6000 personal estate. Others in the household included Nancy J. Johnston, age 38 (or is that 28?); children Sarah Jane Johnston, 16; James A Johnston, 13; Wm L Johnston, 11; Mary E Johnston, 9; Martha E Johnston, 7; Christopher L Johnston, 5; Percival L Johnston, 2; and Hiram G Johnston, 1; and Martha E Mills, 29; Mary E. Mills, 11; Thomas Mills, 3; and Isaac Lash, a painter, age 29. All were born in Georgia except Isaac Lash, who was born in North Carolina.^[1]

He passed away about 1818.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-DLT?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-5MM%3A1589423245%2C1589423363%2C1589425706 : 24 March 2017), Georgia > Terrell > Dawson > image 2 of 13; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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