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Nicholas Johnson

Parents

Father	Nicholas Johnson (b. 11 August 1768, d. 1832)
Mother	Mary Hastings Marks (b. 28 February 1775, d. 1814)

Children with Margaret Ann Jordan (b. 7 January 1794, d. 22 February 1881)

Son	Bryant Westly Johnson+ (b. 1813, d. 1860)
Son	William Harvie Johnson+ (b. 1816, d. 18 February 1863)
Son	Augustus Smith Clayton Johnson+ (b. 15 September 1817, d. 1842)
Son	Adolphus Johnson+ (b. 8 August 1819, d. 11 January 1858)
Son	Rufus Johnson+ (b. 9 November 1821, d. 24 December 1885)
Son	George M T Johnson+ (b. 17 October 1826, d. 11 September 1862)
Son	David Johnson (b. 1828, d. 1872)
Daughter	Margaret Johnson+ (b. 14 February 1831, d. 11 February 1892)
Son	Nicholas Thomas Johnson+ (b. 26 October 1833, d. 22 October 1901)

Person Exhibits

Biography

DNA Verified		33 DNA matches through Nicholas Johnson
Anecdote (fam)		So I was looking at you awesome tree.  Noticed that you have three of Nicholas and Margarett Ann Johnson's daughters pink… If you follow the TroupCo GA censuses, you will see that they only had one daughter.  Ann Johnson and Elizabeth S. Only appear with Margarett after Nicholas’ death.  I found where Seaborn Johnson was the guardian of Ann Johnson and Sankey Johnson was granted guardianship of Elizabeth S.  I believe they were family members who lost their parent(s) and since Margarett was a widow, had a farm, had many slaves and was quite wealthy, she most likely agreed to take them in.  Margarett T, however, is most definitely their only daughter, who appears in 1850.  In 1870, Margarett T and her husband Richard Christopher and their child were living with their mother, Margarett Ann Johnson; and in 1880, Margarett Ann goes to Heard Co GA and is found living with her son Nicholas T. And his wife. I’ve been analyzing all this for my documentation and I’ve been browsing the census, probate, guardianship etc records and I have found all of this.  If you would like the documentation, let me know.1
Birth	1793	He was born in 1793 in Louisa, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Military	1812	He served in the military in 1812 in Jasper, Georgia, United StatesBGO. First served as Private in Capt. Butt's company, (Ga. militia) then as private in Capt. Boone's company (Ga. Militia) then as lieutenant in Leonard Worthy's company (Ga. militia). [this information is from attached pension records.
Marriage	8 June 1815	He and Margaret Ann Jordan were married on 8 June 1815 in Jasper, Georgia, United StatesBGO.2
Clerk	between 1827 and 18353
Anecdote	1828	There were eleven founding members of First Baptist Church in LaGrange, GA on April 12, 1828. They were James Culberson, William House, Thomas Berry, Nathan P. Browning, Henry Kellum, Sarah Culberson, Eunice Browning, Ally House, Mary Berry, Frances Hardin, and “Nelly, property of William Garrard”. The first meeting was held in the home of Nicholas Johnson – the house in which the first court was held. Earliest church records were headed “Baptist Church of Christ, LaGrange, Georgia”. In the 1890’s the name was established as “First Baptist Church, LaGrange”.
1830 Federal Census (fam)	1830	He and Margaret Ann Jordan appeared in the 1830 federal census in 1830 in Troup, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Death	24 October 1835	He died on 24 October 1835 at age ~42 in Lagrange, Troup, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Anecdote	16 January 1893	The LaGrange Reporter has this interesting item concerning an Atlanta man: Mr. N. T.Johnson of Atlanta, was in our city the other day. Mr. Johnson was the second white child born in old Troup, his father, Mr. Nicholas Johnson, having been the first white settler. Mr. Johnson says that the first white child born in the county was John Strong. Above from The Atlanta Constitution.

Citations

1. [S2726] Lisa Novarro, "Ann & Elizabeth Johnson", e-mail message from (, Florida), to Ryland Scott, 17 Apr 2021
2. [S90] cholloway128, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7885909/person/212172417, (.)
3. [S523] jade sayan-springer Family Tree, Nicholas Johnson