What evidence proves Morgan was the correct name of Lydia S Johnson?

Question

The LDS trees on familysearch show Lydia S.'s LNAB to be Morgan, but I've not been able to find any confirming evidence that that is so.  Her husband was John Johnson and they wee married in 1842 in Fernandina, Nassau, Florida, USA.  I've looked for the marriage record online and I've not been able to find it.  The PM lists her LNAB as "S." which should never be the case.  One doesn't use an abbreviation as a full name, does one?

Is the information on the LDS family trees correct in making her last name at birth Morgan?

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Edited - incorrect

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All of the census records give her BIRTHPLACE as Florida

 

Lydia L Johnson

 in the 1860 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Lydia L Johnson
Age:	33
Birth Year:	abt 1827
Gender:	Female
Birth Place:	Florida
Home in 1860:	Nassau, Florida
Post Office:	Fernandina
Family Number:	176
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age John Johnson 36 Lydia L Johnson 33 Henry C Johnson 13 Malissa Johnson 11 Elizabeth E Johnson 10 Lydia A Johnson 8 John E Johnson 6 Thos B Johnson 3

Source Citation

Year: 1860; Census Place: Nassau, Florida; Roll: M653_108; Page: 427; Family History Library Film: 803108

 

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All I find is Sons of the American Revolution application by Eugene Allen Johnson who claims he is a descendant of Obediah Johnson Jr. His great grandfather is listed as John Johnson married to Lydia Morgan.

Lydia Morgan

 in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

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Name:	Lydia Morgan
SAR Membership:	25620
Role:	Ancestor
Application Date:	23 Feb 1914
Spouse:	John Johnson
Children:	John Johnson

 

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Above lists this as source

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Record of Robert F. Johnson, Year Book, Michigan Society SAR

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This is the comment I edited off. If you check the document, you'll see it's for a John Johnson born in Connecticut about forty years before the profile guy

Answer 1

yes, unfortunately census records of that time frame did use only a first initial and S and L are difficult to discern. Follow the family backward and forward if possible in census records, and widen your search.

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I have had experience in reading birth, marriage, and death records, etc. in the Cayman Islands and doing my own transcriptions of the handwriting.  In many cases, I can discern the difference between an L and an S.

You didn't, however, attempt to answer my question.  Was her LNAB Morgan as the LDS family trees show?  I've not found the 1842 marriage record and no baptismal records for her.  Her birthplace seems to have been in Florida, not Georgia as one ancestry.com family tree shows.

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Then as suggested you need to do follow up and check 1850 and 1870, both ~should~ be available for that state... you should know that LDS has to be checked.

You seem to be asking for a research effort on Morgan as last name, possibly, instead of a census clarification.

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I have her up here in N.C. died and actually found a grave of her and was perplexed and wonders who she was , could be a different one though but a few of my ancestors did migrate to GA FL and KY just to name a few ..

Answer 2

I am currently driving so when I start around 1 PM eastern time frame will look into this first and give you guys a answer. I have extensive research on this family I am connected to the Johnson family through Bertie County Chowan County Dobbs County  from isle of right Virginia through Jamestown Virginia. I have DNA matches with South Carolina Florida Alabama Louisiana Texas and Kentucky Johnsons. Wilson County North Carolina currently DNA matches and in the process of  connecting all these DNA matches to my won 8000+ member Johnson family tree. I currently live and family has to stay in Gnash county from Berkeley county since the revolutionary time frame. I have photos of grave markers that could possibly answer  this question. There are several Lydia Johnson’s in my tree and I have a photo of a Lydia Johnson’s grave. More to come when I stop . My tree on wiki is not filled in al I just ran straight up my Y dna on here to help other find me ..