JOHNSON WILSON
A description of Johnson Wilson was found in the Fannin County records. He was 6' tall, dark hair, light eyes and fair complexion.
Johnson Wilson
This might be his daughter, Catherine, that he is holding, but not positive.
They are standing outside his house.
WHERE JOHNSON WILSON CAME FROM
Johnson was born about 1818 in northeastern Tennessee. I have found documentation of him living in Johnson County, Tennessee in 1840. Johnson County formed in 1836 from Carter county, so it's safe to assume that he was born in Carter County, Tennessee.
After checking county history from back then, this area was first Washington County, NC. When Tennessee officially became the 16th state, that is when this area transferred to Washington Co., TN. It then split off to form Carter Co., TN. Later, that divided and part of it became Johnson Co., TN.
Johnson Wilson married Maria/Mariah Maynard/Manard in Johnson County, Tennessee in 1838.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
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1840 Census - Johnson County, Tennessee
Click on this link to see the 1840 census. Johnson's name is in the 3rd row...7th name from the bottom.
CLICK HERE>> jctcuzins.org/census/john1840.html
Johnson and Maria (sometimes spelled Mariah in other documents) migrated to Polk County just before 1850.
He is listed in the 1850 census of Polk County, Tennessee as living in Ducktown, Tennessee, Polk County.
The 1850 census lists as living with him in his household are his wife and children at that time.
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1850 United States Federal Census
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1860 United States Federal Census
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Listed below are the census records in Fannin County for the remainder of Johnson's life. You will be able to see how people's names/spellings changed from census to census. This could partly be the fault of the census takers at the time, but sometimes families started calling their children different names than the name they began with.
1870 United States Federal Census
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1880 United States Federal Census
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In the 1900 hundred census, Johnson is now listed as living with three of his children along with Thomas Byers.
Johnson is widowed by now. His is listed as an invalid.
Thomas Byers is a nephew of Joseph Wilson and listed as single. The three children of Johnsons never married.
1900 United States Federal Census
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The 1900 census was the last one that Johnson was listed in. He was living with his children with Joseph as head of household at that time. He is not listed in the 1910 census, therefore it is assumed that he died sometime between the two censuses.