Minerva (Slone) Johnson (1834 - aft. 1900)

Born Mar 1834 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Johnson — married 1854 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died after 1900 after age 65 in Lawrence County, Kentucky [uncertain]

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Biography

Minerva was born in 1834 according to the 1850 census of Greenup County, Kentucky where she is found age 16 living in the household of her parents Joab Slone and Rhoda Johnson. ^[1]

Minerva Slone and John Johnson were listed as the parents of Jeremiah Johnson born 29 October 1855 Bear Creek, Carter County, Kentucky. ^[2]

In 1870 she was age 36 and living in the household of John Johnson with their children Isaac (age 17) and Jeremiah (age 15) on Bolts Fork, Boyd County, Kentucky. ^[3]

In the 1900 census John Johnson (age 68) and his wife Minerva Johnson (age 66) resided the Twin Branch District, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Living with them was their son Jeremiah Johnson (45). ^[4]

Research Notes

On Find A Grave you will find a couple named John Stafford Johnson ^[5] and Manerva Jane Cravens Johnson^[6] who are buried in Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois. While their birth dates are close to the couple in Lawrence County, Kentucky they are not the same persons.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M657-GB6 : 9 November 2014), Manerva Sloan in household of Joab Sloan, Greenup county, Greenup, Kentucky, United States; citing family 812, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWJJ-X66 : 4 December 2014), Minerva Slone in entry for Jeremiah Johnson, 29 Oct 1855; citing Bear Creek, Carter, Kentucky, reference 2:2C2ZW74; FHL microfilm 216,819.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870, Boyd County, Kentucky. Bolts Fork, District 2, " database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX7K-ZVG : 17 October 2014), Minerva Johnson in household of John Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 15, family 96, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,947.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HJ-P29 : 20 January 2015), Manerva Johnson in household of John Johnson, Magisterial District 8, Twin Branch Precinct 13, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,537.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88152777John Stafford Johnson (27 Jun 1832–27 Jan 1903),Liberty Cemetery, Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Ellen (contributor 47771793)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88152736 Manerva Jane Cravens Johnson (10 Dec 1830–27 Jan 1913), I'mLiberty Cemetery, Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Ellen (contributor 47771793)