First Generation:

Most records indicate that James Johnson was born at sea in 1757 on the way to America. It is unknown where he is buried but his will was probated August 30, 1830 in Rowan County, NC.

Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church was constructed in 1809 by Henry Eccles, a local builder, who carved his initials and the date into one of the church timbers. It is a simple, frame, gable-front structure which housed an active congregation until the 1920s. In 1928 William Neal Reynolds bought the property at the request of the congregation and the building was used as a granary. It was restored in 1951 through the generosity of Senah Critz Kent. Next to the church lies a graveyard with stones dating from 1765. William Johnson, the first settler in the area, is buried in the cemetery. --Courtesy of the City-County Planning Board, Winston Salem, North Carolina. All Rights Reserved.

Second Generation

Who is the Anna Johnson married to George Hanes (1781-1834)? Their only child Elizabeth Johnson Hanes was born in 1829.

Third Generation

Fourth Generation

Children of William Johnson and 2) Elizabeth Eccles
Alexander Johnson (1822-1871) m. Emily Martin (1827-?)
William Coston Johnson (1823-1882) m. Salome (Sarah) Sides (1830-1891)

Children of William Johnson and 3) Rebecca Elrod
John Wesley Johnson (1832-1857) m. Rebecca Faw (1836-1892)

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Children of John Johnson and 1) Lydia Elrod
George Wesley Johnson (1810-1889) m. Martha Williams Taylor (1816-1893), daughter of Spencer Taylor & Esther Etheridge
Adam Johnson (1813-1831)
Madison Johnson (1816-1848) probably m. Rebecca Hughes in 1838

Children of John Johnson and 2) Sarah Elrod
Lydia Johnson (1819-1826)
David Enos Johnson (1821-?)
Jennett Amelia Johnson (1823-?)
James Millys (Millus?) Johnson (1824-1892) m. 1) Sarah ?, 2) Rachel Ann Smith (1848-1930)
Emelia Elizabeth Johnson (1827-?)
John Hiram Johnson (1830-?)
Sarah Jane Johnson (b. & d. 1833)

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Children of James Johnson Jr. and Anna Eccles
Asbury M. Johnson (1823-1824)
Emily Camilla Johnson (1828-1911) m. Zaddock Griffith (1821-1889)

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Children of Elisabeth Johnson and Jeremiah Eccles
Caroline Eccles (died bet. 1840/1850) m. Lewis Hanes

In October of 1853, Jeremiah Eccles offered his Plantation on the Yadkin River to be sold. The ad appeared in People's Press as follows: "I offer for sale my Plantation on Yadkin River, three miles South of Clemmonsville, containing 340 acres of land. The Improvements consist of a good two-story Dwelling, Kitchen, two Barns, other necessary Outhouses, and two Wells of good water conveniently situated. There is a good Mill-Seat of about five feet fall on the premises, with water sufficent to propel any quantity of Machinery. -- Jeremiah Eccles. Davidson County, N.C., Sept."

Fifth Generation

Were they also the parents of William Augustus Johnson (1840-1922) who married Sarah Ann Rominger (1838-1921)?

Children of Wiley Ellis Johnson and 2) Martha L. Norman
James H. Johnson (1857-1868)
Joseph E. Johnson (1862-1886)
Clara Cynthia Johnson m. Robert Lee Shoaf (1860-1890)

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Children of Alexander Johnson and Emily Martin
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson (ca. 1851-?)
John Emory Johnson (1854-?) m. Lillie Alspaugh (1864-1960)
Augusta Johnson (ca. 1856-?)

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Sixth Generation

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Children of Henry Johnson and Elisabeth Sides
Robert Eugene Johnson (1880-1963) m. Alma C. Shutt (1890-1967)
Virgil O. Johnson
Gaither F. Johnson (1884-1961) m. Earshlie Burke (d. 1989)
Mittie L. Johnson (1886-1945) m. Emory Samuel Burke (1882-1961)
Burleigh L. Johnson (d. 1960) m. Beulah Alspaugh

Children of Henry Johnson and Ella Clinard
Salome M. Johnson
Dewey H. Johnson (d. 1990) m. Ruby Coltrane
Nannie S. Johnson
Henry W. Johnson (d. 1968) m. Ella M. Spaugh

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Children of Coston Johnson and Carrie Spaugh
Della L. Johnson m. Pierre Walker
Russell C. Johnson (d. 2000) m. Margaret Click

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Children of James Louis Johnson and Chloe Sigmon
William Johnson m. Elizabeth Meggs
John Johnson m. Nancy Cummings
Howard Johnson m. Elizabeth ?
Faith Johnson m. Perry G. Bunn
Hope Johnson m. Carl A. Barkley
James Johnson m. Alice Cornwell

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Children of William Gaston (Dr.) Johnson and Emma C. Miller
Emma L. Johnson (1881-1969) m. Jesse Marvin Smith (1883-1962)
George Wesley Johnson (1883-1949) m. Marian G. Hauser (1889-1976)
Francis Marion Johnson (Dr.) m. Estelle Vestal in 1902
Bertha Johnson (died in childhood)
Spencer Johnson (died in childhood)