Younger Johnston (abt. 1824 - 1852)

Born about 1824 in Bibb, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rutha J. (Mayfield) Johnston — married about 1848 (to 1852) in Smith County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 28 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Younger was born about 1824 in Bibb, Georgia. He passed away about 1852. The information on John “Younger” Johnston is difficult to find. He married Rutha Mayfield in Smith County Mississippi 1848. There is a Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents dated 20 Oct. 1835. There is a Florida Homestead entry for Young Johnson in the Florida registry dated: Survey March 10, 1843. I don’t think this ever played out for John and Rutha, The Indian Wars that followed this date were bad. There is also a Residence listing for John in 1840 at Ward No 1, Bibb, George, USA. This is where his family is from. They had two children, John Johnston (1849) and Sarah Elizabeth Johnston (1852). John served in the Florida Indian Wars in the 1850’s. Rutha had moved back home with her parents during this time. John died in 1852 – 1853 after the birth of Sarah. Rutha is on the census of 1860 in Smith Mississippi with her children. Not much is known about this time but Rutha later remarried John Owen Moss in 1864. John Moss was 20 years older then Rutha. Rutha went on to have 4 more children with John Moss, 2 boys and 2 girls. They would have been half siblings to John and Sarah Johnston. Rutha received a War pension for John’s service after the death of John Moss in 1884. She is listed as Invalid and Widow, John Johnston is the name on the Pension file. Johns death details are none existent. All we can do is follow the records as much as possible. The story of John Younger and Rutha is sad. He died young and left 2 small children. This happened before the civil war but during the Florida Seminole Indian Wars. Rutha Continued her life the best she could, widowed at the age of 22. Life in Mississippi was most likely very hard. God Bless you both.

Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908

United States, Bureau of Land Management

Name: Young Johnston
Land Office: Mardisville
Document Number: 318
Total Acres: 80.06
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 20 Oct 1835
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Remarks: Assignee of Hardy Clements
Land Description: 1 W½NW HUNTSVILLE No 20S 4E 2

Florida Indian Wars Adjutant General's Office

Detail Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762-1984; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteeer Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Florida During the Florida Indian Wars, 1835-1858; Series: National Archives Microfilm Public Records.

Name Young Johnson
War Florida War
Year of Military Service 1840
Military Unit 1st Florida Mounted Militia, 3 months 1840-1841

Florida Homestead Cash Entry Patents

United States, Bureau of Land Management

Name: Young Johnson
Land Office: Tallahassee
Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 7616
Total Acres: 80
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 10 Mar 1843
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: 10 Mar 1843
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 E ½ NE Tallahassee No 2 N 8 E 6

Census

1840 Census
Name Young Johnson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Ward No 1, Bibb, Georgia
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
Total Free White Persons 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 1

1850 Census
Year: 1850; Census Place: Smith, Mississippi; Roll: M432_381; Page: 355A; Image: 209
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Name: Younger Johnson
[John Younger Johnson]
Age: 26, Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Florida
Home in 1850: Smith, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 408
Household Members:
Younger Johnson 26 Rutha Johnson 19
John Johnson 1

Census 1860
1860 United States Federal Census
Detail
Year: 1860; Census Place: Smith, Mississippi; Roll: M653_591; Page: 259; Family History Library Film: 803591
Name Rutha Johnson
Age 29
Birth Year abt 1831
Gender Female
Birth Place Mississippi
Home in 1860 Smith, Mississippi
Family Number 165
John Mayfield 57
Anna Mayfield 48
William C Mayfield 22
Stephen Mayfield 19
John Mayfield 14
Thos Mayfield 11
Joanna Mayfield 8
Rutha Johnson 29
John Johnson 11
Sarah Johnson 8

Census 1870
1870 United States Federal Census
Detail
Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 3 Range 7, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: M593_749; Page: 384A; Image: 262255; Family History Library Film: 552248

Name Rutha Moss
Age in 1870 39
Birth Year abt 1831
Birthplace Mississippi
Home in 1870 Township 3 Range 7, Smith, Mississippi
Race White
Gender Female
Name Age
J O Moss 59
Rutha Moss 39
Frances Moss 18
Nancy M Moss 5
Owen J Moss 3
James West 18

Census 1880
Title
1870 United States Federal Census
Detail
Year: 1880; Census Place: Smith, Mississippi; Roll: 664; Family History Film: 1254664; Page: 335B; Enumeration District: 106
Name Ruth Moss
Age 49
Birth Date Abt 1831
Birthplace Mississippi
Home in 1880 Smith, Mississippi, USA
Dwelling Number 5
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Wife
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name J.D. Moss
Father's Birthplace South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace South Carolina
Occupation Keeps House
Household Member
Name
J.D. Moss
Ruth Moss
N.M. Moss
O.J. Moss
Annie Moss
C.J. Moss
An Heslip

Military Pension

The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 245

Name Rutha Johnson
Gender Female
Place Filed Louisiana and Mississippi
Relation to Head Widow
Name
John Johnson
Rutha Johnson

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
2. ↑ Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.