Jesse Johnson

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
Jesse Johnson, son of David Johnson and Mary McMahan, was born at North Carolina, about 1793.1,2 He died at Montgomery Co., Ohio, before 7 May 1836.3

Jesse married Frances Swallow, daughter of John Swallow Sr. and Fanny (…), at Montgomery 1 May 1817.4,5

He died intestate, and the administration papers include various documents that name the five younger children and indicate:
Fanny is their guardian,
she was in Jay Co., Indiana by August, 1840,
Levi & Henderson were of legal age and heirs of Jesse,
and Henderson Johnson of Montgomery County was appointed "lawful attorney" to act for Frances in handling the estate.6

Family

Frances Swallow b. 6 Nov 1795, d. bef. Nov 1844
Children
  • Levi Johnson+6,7 b. 28 Feb 1818, d. 17 Feb 1900
  • Henderson Johnson6 b. say 1820
  • John Johnson6 b. say 1822
  • Isaac Johnson6 b. say 1824
  • William Johnson6 b. say 1826
  • Mary Johnson6 b. say 1828
  • Wiley Johnson6 b. say 1830
This person was last edited on28 Apr 2016

Citations

  1. [S1677] Larry L. Sayrs, Re: JOHNSON-D Digest V98 #164 in "Johnson Family Line", listserve message to http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JOHNSON/1998-06/0897755726, 13 Jun 1998. Accessed 29 May 2011. Hereinafter cited as Johnson Family.
  2. [S460] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Jackson Township, Jay Co., Indiana, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet #366/1, dwelling #1, family #1, Levi Johnson household, Levi's father's place of birth is given as North Carolina; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #287.
  3. [S1157] Rose Shilt and Audrey Gilbert, Montgomery County, Ohio: Administration and Wills 1805-1850, Guardians 1805-1860 (Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, 1985), 90, further cited as Shilt and Gilbert, Montgomery Co. Probate.
  4. [S1159] Shirley Keller Mikesell, Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume III, Genealogical Abstracts from Marriage and Divorce Records 1803-1827, Early Deeds Recorded Late, Election Abstracts, Obituary of an Early Settler (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993), 30, further cited as Mikesell, Early Settlers of Montgomery Co., Ohio.
  5. [S23] M. W. Montgomery, History of Jay County (Chicago, Illinois: Church, Goodman & Cushing, 1864), 406, further cited as Montgomery, Jay County.
  6. [S1165] Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County, Ohio, Estate Files, ca. 1810-1887, File #1381, FHL microfilm 2314562, further cited as Montgomery Co. Estate Files.
  7. [S1025] Levi Johnson, Death Certificates, File No. 182 (1900), Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis, Indiana.