John Johnson (abt. 1720 - abt. 1774)

Descendants

Died about 1774 at about age 54 in Chatham, North Carolina

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Biography

John was born about 1720. He passed away about 1774.

Taken from the family history below: He lived in Chester County, PA for a time. According to the records at Guilford College (NC) his son John was born there. He migrated to NC and was granted land by "His Grace, The Earl of Granvill, on the Mud Lick Creek in Chatham Co on August 20, in the year of our Lord 1759". The amount of land is stated to be 382 acres.

There are several detailed transactions of the land changing hands between Jesse and Levy and others between 1759 and at the death of John in/around 1774. His known children: Levy and Jesse.

There is no John Johnson on the 1790 Census in Chatham County. There is a Jesse Johnson and a Levi Johnson: 2 males >10, 2 males <10 and 4 females

Sources

• Kimrey, Graces Saunders. The Duncan-Johnson Family Tree. Self published around 1955 ("Sources of information: OLD Family Bibles; Living families; Guilford College Library; Chatham County Records at Pittsboro, NC and old deeds.")

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA