James
Madison
Johnson
Born in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Johnson Sr
and Mary Polly (Burns) Johnson
Brother of
Isaac Johnson, Elisha Johnson Sr, George Johnson, Mary Polly (Johnson) Vires, Elizabeth Johnson, Thomas Henderson Johnson CSA, Jesse Burns Johnson Jr, Madison Johnson, Nancy (Johnson) Barrett, Jefferson Johnson and Rebecca Johnson
Husband of
Elizabeth J (Roberts) Johnson
— married
12 Dec 1857 in Breathitt County,Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in Lee County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2015
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Biography
James Johnson was a Kentuckian.
James was one of 11 known children born to Jesse and Mary Burns Johnson. He married Elizabeth Jane Roberts 13 Dec 1857 in Breathitt Co, KY. They had seven known children: Sarah, America, Madison, Anderson, Jesse, Whitley, and another son.
He's found on the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 US Censuses in Breathitt Co, KY. He is also listed on the 1890 Veterans Schedules in Breathitt Co, KY.
On 15 Jan 1865, he enlisted as a private in the US Army (Union), Company G, 3rd Kentucky Infantry. He was discharged 17 Jul 1865. The US Veterans Gravesites database lists his burial in Matt Johnson Cemetery, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY.
James Madison was born in 1835. He passed away in 1914. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Sherri Johnson.
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M65B-99V), Entry for Jesse Johnston and Polly Johnston, 1850
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX72-8YB), Madison Johnson
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC3-L22), Mattison Johnson, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125921584/james-madison-johnson), memorial page for James Madison Johnson (1832–1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125921584, citing Johnson Family Cemetery, Lee County, Kentucky
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
Sherri Johnson
:
23andMe, GEDmatch DR9836003 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member norrislakegirl
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~6.25%
April Poindexter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK67005
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~6.25%
Christine (Johnson) Gephart :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~3.12%
B. Spears :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Lois (Mullins) Little :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Billy Larkins :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Penny Larkins :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Micheal Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TF6625572 [compare], Ancestry member johnson971164
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~0.78%
Michael Abramo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A909468 [compare], Ancestry member mikeiabramo
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~0.78%
Sheri Havens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JD3148549 [compare], FTDNA kit #953806
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~0.78%
Quinton Maurer :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H066005 [compare]
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~0.39%
Christine (Reagan) Grissom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A189283 [compare], Ancestry member Christine_Grissom
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S Stevenson
Johnson-119997 and Johnson-42102 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates, locations
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by S Stevenson
Unmerged matches › James Madison Johnson (abt.1835-1914)
Rejected matches › James Johnston (abt.1836-1913) › James Theodore Johnson (1836-1914) › James Johnson (1834-) › James A. Johnson (1837-1916) › James Johnson (abt.1835-)
James is 13 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 26 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 31 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 26 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 24 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 17 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.