Robert was born February 8, 1738, in New Kent County, Virginia. He is the son of Ashley Johnson and Martha Woodey.
"ROBERT JOHNSON married Virginia C. Elmore of Louisa Co. 11-19-1759. (Cedar Creek Records mention: 1759-Charles, Ashley, and son, Robert). ROBERT & VIRGINIA JOHNSON rec. on cert. from Cedar Creek M.M., Va., dated 1766-3-29 (N.C.?). Both ROBERT & VIRGINIA were buried at Springfield M.M., N.C."[1]
Sources
↑ Johnson, Lorand V., Don C. Terrill, Lawrence Fontaine LeStourgeon, and Harvey Samuel Johnson. 1988. The descendants of William and John Johnson, colonial Friends of Virginia: with Terrell family intermarriages. [Charlotte, North Carolina]: [Terrell Society of America].[1]
"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-32WX : 21 November 2016), Robert Johnson, 1808; citing Stokes, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .
A Quaker Family: Charles Davies, the Immigrant to Pennsylvania about 1725, from There to North Carolina, His Wife, Hannah Matson, and Their Descendants, Eleanor Marian Davis,Robert Davis, 1985, page 918
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Robert Johnson not only had a son called William Ashley Johnson. He also had a son called Ashley. This can clearly be seen in the will of Robert. Ashley married Ursula Deatherage.
I will upload an image of Roberts complete will Devised April 24, 1807 and Proved June 1808.
I will upload an image of Roberts complete will Devised April 24, 1807 and Proved June 1808.