Matthew John Johnson (1740 - 1799)

Born 20 Feb 1740 in Weymss, Fifeshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1799 at about age 58 in Onslow, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Matthew was born in 1740. He passed away in 1799. ^[1]

1.MATTHEW/ MATHIAS1 JOHNSON was born 1741 in Scotland, and died 1799 in Onslow Co., NC.He married MISS SMITH Unknown in ?.She was born Unknown in ?, and died Unknown in ?. Notes for MATTHEW/ MATHIAS JOHNSON: Mathew/Mathias Johnson served in the Rev War. Pvt. under Captain Childs in the10th Continental Regiment of North Carolina. John Johnson, a wife and two small sons, Matthew and John arrived in the colonies from Scotland.They landed at the Port of Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina 1753.They then went to the Cape Fear District of North Carolina, an area settled by many scotch men.

Children of MATTHEW/ JOHNSON and MISS SMITH are:
2. i. DANIEL2 JOHNSON, b. 1770, NC; d. 1845, Appling Co., GA.
ii. JOHN JOHNSON, b. 1778.
iii. ARCHIBALD JOHNSON, b. Unknown.
iv. JAMES JOHNSON, b. Unknown.
v. SAMUEL JOHNSON, b. Unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Linda (Johnson) Leslie.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY8-SL9P?cc=1803959&wc=3XTM-B6Z%3A1584071002%2C1584071018%2C1584070607 : 14 May 2015), North Carolina > New Hanover > Not Stated > image 3 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Kenneth-Eugene-Harrison-Miami/BOOK-0001/0007-0001.html