John Benjamin Smith and Augusta Elizabeth Hornburg

Gerald G. Johnson – Bryan F. Johnson – Sarah Elizabeth Smith – John Benjamin Smith

John Benjamin Smith was born in Randolph County, Georgia (far southwestern Georgia, almost on the border of Alabama) on April 8, 1843 to Benjamin Smith Jr. and Britanny Elizabeth Davis Smith. The earliest information in my records indicate that the Smith line goes back to Benjamin Smith Sr. (grandfather to John Benjamin Smith) who was also born in Georgia (Stewart County) in 1752 (Stewart County is directly north and contiguous to Randolph County, Georgia). John Benjamin was the second of eleven children and was born when Benjamin was 28 and Britanny Elizabeth (originally from South Carolina) was 21. I am unaware of who Britanny's parents were.

Augusta Elizabeth Hornburg, on the other hand, was a first generation American, or rather , Texan. Her parents were Johann Christoph Hornburg, born 1795 in northern Germany or Prussia and Marie Dorothee Christine Harms Hornburg, born in 1806, in the same general area as her husband. Johann and Marie were married August 25, 1824 in Germany and had six children when they learned of the opportunities presented by the Stephen F. Austin land grants in Texas. The proposition was that any German family that moved to Texas would receive one section of land (660 Acres). Any family that did not have the money for passage could deed ½ of their property over to the steamship company in return for getting them to their new home. The prospect of 330 acres of land was just too much to pass up. They left Germany on the ship Eberhart on September 17, 1845 and arrived at the Texas port of Indianola in December of 1845. During the trip over the steamship company went bankrupt and sold the wagons they had in Texas to the United States to use in the Spanish American War. The immigrants built a tent city there on the coast and had a terrible time of it. Cholera and Dysentery took the lives of over 1,000 and it appeared the only way to survive was to move inland. The Hornburgs made the trip up to Victoria, a distance of 40 miles, and it was there that little Augusta Elizabeth was born, January 23, 1847. Her parents were 52 and 41 respectively when she was born. One other child was born later, Mary Melinda, who made a total of 8 children born to the family.

Benjamin Smith and Britanny moved from Randolph County, GA between 1855 to 1857 to Jackson, East Feliciana, Louisiana, a distance of 488 miles, where a set of twins, Lea and Tilman Paul were born (their last two children). Within three years or so (1860 census) the family is living in Lavaca County, Texas (about 425 miles from their home in Louisiana) and seems to have been a family of some wealth (over $1,500 in Real Estate and $12,000 in person property). Our Benjamin is shown on that census as a 16 year old.

The Hornburgs moved from Victoria, Texas to Lavaca County, Texas between Augusta's birth in 1847 and the 1850 census. Augusta is shown in that census as a 3 year old (1850 census) and by the 1860 census she was 13 years old. Note: I am unable to find the Hornburg's in the 1860 census (though they appear they in later ones). Possibly they were missed in the 1860 census.

John Benjamin and Augusta Elizabeth were married July 8, 1867 when he was 24 and she was 20. Three years later in the 1870 census, Mary Melinda Hornburg (Augusta's younger sister) is shown living with them. John Benjamin is listed as a farmer with a land value of $100 and a personal property value of $175.

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By the 1880 census John Benjamin is now 39 and Augusta is 33 living in Lavaca County and list 4 children: Benjamin 6; Roda 5; John W. 3; and Mary R. 2. Since Dad's (Bryan F. Johnson) mother, Sarah Elizabeth Smith Johnson was born October of 1880 it seems that Augusta was pregnant with her during the census. Sarah Elizabeth ended up being the 5th of 9 known children.

The 1890 census was largely destroyed and so the next record we have of the Smiths was the 1900 census where it is apparent all 9 children are still living at home ranging in age from Benjamin, who was 26, to Viola, who was 7. The census also informs us that by 1900 J.B., age 57, and Augusta, age 53, have been married for 33 years and that she had 13 children, 9 of which are still living. J.B. is still listed as a farmer and the school age children are listed as attending school. All in the family are listed as being able to read, write and speak English. Both sons Benjamin and Willie are shown with occupations as "Farm Laborer".

John Benjamin passed away October 17, 1909 at the age of 66. Augusta lived another 3 years and passed away December 19, 1912 at the age of 65.

Seaton Leroy Joines and Mary Susan Jett

The following is information compiled on Honey's maternal grandparents, Seaton Leroy Joines and Mary Susan Jett who married about 1872. Gerald G. Johnson - Janice F. Cooper – Bertia Leona Joines – Seaton Leroy Joines.

Seaton Leroy (Joins) Joines was born December 7, 1848, in Tennessee (most likely Giles County) to Daniel Logan Joines (originally from Giles Co., TN) and Nancy Ann (maiden name unknown) also from TN. Daniel was 21 and Nancy was 20 when Seaton (the oldest child) was born.

The 1850 census shows a 1 year old son Seaton Leroy living with his parents (Daniel Logan Joines and Nancy Ann) in Giles County, TN where Daniel was listed as a farmer. By 1860 Seaton, still living in Giles Co., TN was not attending school and his family (father Daniel Logan Joines) showed no real estate value, but a personal estate worth about $300. It appears that Seaton ended up with 6 siblings.

Between 1860 and 1866 a family living in Blount Co., AL moved from their home in AL northwest 105 miles to Giles Co., TN. I wonder if the move was precipitated by events of the civil war? They moved in next door to the Joines family. The new move-in family was Isaac and Sarah Jett and their children.

Isaac and Sarah's middle child Mary Susan (later to become Seaton's wife) was born in Blount Co., AL to Isaac Jett (originally from KY) and Sarah Bird Jones (originally from AL) March 5, 1854. At that time Isaac was 49 and Sarah was 28. Mary was the fourth of seven children.

By the time of the 1870 census Seaton is 21 and still living in Giles Co., TN (by himself now) and is working at a saw mill. Seaton shows his personal worth at $125 and the census says he could not read (later census records indicate that he could read and write). The census shows the spelling of his name as Seton Joins and his age (21) was mistakenly being shown as born in 1839 …actually he was born in 1849. Seaton is shown living in the house (boarding?) of Mr. Thomas Compton age 54 who is listed as the proprietor of the saw mill. Also living in the same house with Seaton is another young male also working at the saw mill.

About 1872 Seaton Leroy Joins and Mary Susan Jett and were married. They had known each other since they became neighbors about 6-10 years earlier.

In the 1880 census Seaton Joins, age 31, a laborer born in TN, is shown married to Susan, age 26 born in AL, who is keeping house. They lived in the same vicinity as his family Daniel Logan Joines. As in the 1870 census, their last name is spelled "Joins". Children of Seaton and Susan in this census were:
Margaret 7
Rosa 4
Clinton 1
Living with them is Susan's sister Delila Jett, age 21. The census says Delilah was born in VA with both parents being born in VA, but that does not match my accumulated information on Mary Susan Jett and her parents.

Between September 1881 and April 1888 the Joins family moved from Giles Co., TN. to Hunt Co. TX., a distance of almost 600 miles.

The 1900 census shows Seaton (a farmer) and Mary S. Joins, married for 28 years, living in Hunt County, TX (Hunt Co. is east of the Dallas area…county seat is Greenville). Mary states that she has had 8 children, 6 of whom are still living.
Children in this census still at home are:
Clint J. May 1880 20 years old single born in TN
Ura September 1881 18 years old single born in TN
Maurie April 1888 12 years old single born in TX attending school 5 months this year
Bertie October 1890 9 years old single born in TX attending school 5 mo. this year

Picture: Seaton Leroy Joines and Mary Susan Jett seated. Bertie standing on left and Clint standing behind. May or Ura is standing on the right. Picture is of Roy who died at the age of 12 in 1895 (Honey believes he was thrown from his horse).

The Bertie listed above is Honey's mother. Living with the family in this census is Sarah B. Jett (mother-in-law), age 74 and widowed. It says that Sarah was born in AL and that her father was born in AL and mother's birthplace was "unknown". Interestingly, the 1900 census shows that Sarah Bird Jett had had 9 children, 5 of which were still alive at the time of the 1900 census. My current genealogical information only includes the records of seven children.

Sometime between 1900 and 1910 the family moved from Hunt County, Texas to Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, a distance of 42 miles.

The 1910 census shows Seaton L. Joins, age 61 and Mary S., age 56, (married for 38 years) with mother-in-law Sarah B., age 84, and daughter Birtie, age 19, living in Van Zandt County, TX. They are living next door to Henry and Rosa L. Haptonstall (their daughter), and are listed in the same vicinity as the Vines families who we are related to.

1) Seaton, Mary and her mother Sarah Bird Jones

2) Family Reunion with Seaton seated on the right, Mary Susan seated on the left and Mary Susan's mother Sarah Bird Jones Joines seated in the middle. Notice Bertie Leona Joines Cooper standing second from the right. I believe the tall male standing in the middle is Clint Joines.

On the 14th of February Seaton's youngest child Bertie Leona Joines (Honey's mother) married David Barto Cooper. David was a year younger than Bertie which was always a source of embarrassment to her. The 1920 census for Hunt Co., TX shows Bart and Bertie with two children Estelle age 6 and Lorene 1. Later children included D.B. (who died by accident at an early age), Janice Fay and Ray Cooper (who were twins).

The same 1920 census shows Seaton L. (incorrectly listed in the census as Satan, yes, Satan Jones), age 71, and Susanna Joines, age 69, living together in Van Zandt County, TX. On the previous page is Henry Haptonstall and wife Rosa (Seaton and Mary's daughter). Seaton passed away in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., TX on March 4, 1920 shortly after the census was taken at the age of 71.

The 1930 census of Van Zandt County, TX shows Mary Susan, age 76, living with Henry and Rosa Haptonstall and son. Mary S. could read and write. It also shows that David and Bertie Cooper had moved from Hunt Co. to Van Zandt Co., TX to be closer to family.

Mary Susan Jett Joines died on March 3, 1938 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., TX at the age of 84.

James David Cooper - From Heaven to Seymour

James David Cooper and his family Born on December 17, 1845[1] in Cass County, Georgia, James David Cooper was the oldest of eight children of Andrew Jackson Cooper and Mary Francis White Cooper[2], both of Henry County, Georgia (southeast of Atlanta). Information from both the 1850 and 1860 census records indicate that the A. J. Cooper family remained permanently in Henry County, Georgia, and that A.J., a farmer, and his wife Mary could both read and write[3]. Davis D. Cooper (Andrew Jackson Cooper's father) passed away in June of 1857 and left James David "2 pots"[4].
During the Civil War, James David was a fireman on a train that ran from Atlanta to Macon[5]. After the war, Andrew Jackson Cooper passed away on December 4, 1865. In January of 1867, 50 acres of land in Henry County, GA was sold as part of the A. J. Cooper Estate for $50.00[6]. Later, on February 2, 1867, the perishable property of the estate was sold. The items sold included a buggy ($5.00); a crop cut saw ($4.00); a grindstone ($3.00); a box of old irons ($2.85) and a scythe & cradle ($0.75); all totaling $15.60[7].
On December 28, 1867, James David married Martha Speed at the bride's home[8] and continued in his father's tradition of what he knew best, farming. He chose near that time to accept Jesus Christ into his life and joined the Baptist Church in Henry County[9] and between 1867 and 1870 the young Cooper family moved to Cherokee County[10], Alabama; a distance of 123 miles to the northeast. James and Martha had a daughter, Callie, born December 13, 1868. Sometime between 1877 and 1880 the Coopers moved to Birmingham, Alabama and then on to Blount County, Alabama[11] (about 60 miles from where they had lived in Cherokee County). By that time they had four more children: Mary (1871), Charles (1873), Rufus (1875), and John (1877) (info from birth of John and 1880 census)[12]. James David was ordained a Deacon in the Baptist Church there in Blount County, Alabama in 1880 at the age of 35[13].
There is no record of the 1890 census, but by that time James (1880), Sarah (1881), Nancy (1884), Ida (1886) and Martha (1890?) were born[14]. It was on March 25, 1890, assumedly in childbirth, that Martha passed away with 10 children at home, ranging from 21 to newborn. With such a tremendous need at home, it is not surprising that on August 17, 1890, James David married Amanda Arminda Burgett (born March 19, 1857) who was 12 years his junior[15]. The wedding took place at the home of John J. Burgett (Amanda's father).
Amanda was 33 at the time of her wedding. It is hard to imagine what it was like to come into a family with ten children. James and Amanda then had six children of their own: Thomas (1891), Marion (1893), Cynthia (1894), David Barto(1895), Luskie (1896), and Jessie (1899). David Barto Cooper is Janice Faye Cooper Johnson's (Honey) father[16].

(Above are pictures of James David Cooper; the original land platt map for the portion of Blount County, AL where James David's homestead was; the marriage certificate of James David Cooper and Amanda Arminda Burgett; a family picture of James David, Amanda and most of the two Cooper famalies; on a recent visit to Blount County, AL a look at the Cooper property; A look at the same property we visited with James David and family...David Barto Cooper is sitting on the syrup mill; next is a video panorama of James David's land in Blount Co., AL; a family portrait of James David Cooper's 2nd family with Amanda Burgett. Below: The house that James David Cooper built in Seymour, TX shown during a family reunion; a picture of the same home taken in 2004; finally another reunion picture.) Note that any picture may be enlarged by clicking on it!

The 1900 census shows an additional child born in 1891, (a grandson) living with the Coopers. It happened that James David's next to the oldest daughter (by his first wife) Mary Frances Cooper married Amanda Arminda Burgett's younger brother Amos J. Burgett. Mary Frances was 18 and died giving birth to their first child, and the baby (James Franklin Burgett) was raised by James David and Amanda as one of their own. He went throughout life as James Franklin Cooper. That grandson is the grandfather of our Justice of the Peace here in Burkburnett, Nancy Viavattene.
James David and Amanda moved from Blount County, Alabama, to a new life in Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, a distance of 843 miles by 1910[17]. I wonder what their feelings were on leaving the absolute beauty of Blount County, Alabama and moving to the baked plains of Baylor County, Texas. James David was between 55 and 60 at the time of the move, and Amanda was
between 45 and 50.
The 1910 census shows that all the children from his second marriage came to Texas, including James Franklin Cooper (the grandson). The census shows him living next door to James David and Amanda, married to a lady named Pearl (Whetsell). Between 1910 and 1920 James David, Amanda ("Mandy"), and Jessie moved to Floyd County, Texas[18], which is at the base of the Panhandle. Finally, James David (age 84) and Mandy (age 73) living in Herford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, with their daughter Luskie Vienna and husband Ira and their six children[19].
James David died a few short months after that census on August 4, 1930[20]. His obituary states that he was survived by his wife and twelve children. He actually had 16 children in addition to raising James Franklin Cooper. It is uncertain which of these had passed away prior to James David's death. Amanda always referred to her husband (James David Cooper) as "Mr. Cooper" and said he was " a good Christian father"[21]. She moved back to Seymour, Texas after his death, and lived another six years until her own passing on October 5, 1936 (age 79). Amanda was referred to by her daughter-in-law Pearl Whetsell Cooper as "a dear somebody" who was "always there when there was a need" and "a good mother and grandmother"[22]. Amanda was kind to her grandchidren. Once when David Barto Cooper and family travelled to Hereford, TX to visit, Amanda invited James Ray and Janice Faye Cooper (grandchildren) to swim in the windmill tank of water. They had a ball. According to Grandaughter Janice Faye, "Amanda had the most striking light blue eyes. They looked just like my Dad's. People say my (Honey's) eyes are just like my Dad's."23
[1] 1850 Census of Henry County, Georgia.
[2] Family Bible in possession of Luskie Vienne Cooper Bartlett.
[3] 1860 Census of Henry County, Georgia.
[4] Andrew Jackson Cooper Estate settlement filing Book C, p. 400 in Henry County, Georgia on July 1, 1857.
[5] Letter from Tommy A. Cooper to Clarence and Dana Cooper dated 17 July 1978.
[6] Andrew Jackson Cooper Estate sale Book D, 1860 – 1888 p. 229 in Henry Co., Georgia in January 1867.
[7] Andrew Jackson Cooper Estate sale Book D, 1860 – 1888 p. 264 in Henry Co., Georgia on Feb. 2, 1867.
[8] Marriage listing A. J. Cooper and Mary F. White May 22, 1844 Book 1837 – 1851, p. 255 Henry Co., Ga.
[9] James David Cooper obituary in Herford, Texas newspaper The Herford Brand August 7, 1930.
[10] Inferred from children's birth places.
[11] Inferred from the 1870 and 1880 census records Cherokee Co., AL and Blount Co., AL.
[12] 1880 census Blount County, Alabama.
[13] James David Cooper obituary in Herford, Texas newspaper, The Herford Brand August 7, 1930.
[14] 1900 census from Blount Co., Alabama.
[15] Marriage certificate James David Cooper and Amanda Arminda Burgett, Blount Co., Alabama.
[16] Family Bible in possession of Luskie Vienne Cooper Bartlett.
[17] 1910 census of Baylor Co., Texas.
[18] 1920 census Floyd Co., Texas.
[19] 1930 census Deaf Smith Co., Texas.
[20] James David Cooper obituary Herford , TX newspaper, The Herford Brand, August 7, 1930.
[21] Personal interview of Pearl Whetsell Cooper June 3, 1977.
[22] ibid.

[23] Personal interview with Janice Johnson August 2008.

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Marcus Rinehart Johnson

Marcus Rinehart Johnson


Son of Jonathan Johnson and Frances Peel
both of Kentucky

Born: 17 May 1837 [i]
Independence, Arkansas [ii]


In 1840 Marcus (age 3) was living in Independence County, AR with parents and 2 siblings (a boy under 5 and a girl between 5 – 10. There was also another adult male besides his father between 30 – 40 living in the home. [iii]

About 1846 at the age of 8 or 9 he moved about 392 miles with his family from Ruddall Township [iv] (now Ruddell Hill just west of Batesville, AR) Independence Co., AR to Sherman, Grayson Co., TX. [v] Jonathan did not sell his acreage in Arkansas until 1 July 1850; 1 Mar 1855 and 1 May 1860. [vi]

1850 Mark ("M") was living with father Jonathan and mother Frances in Grayson Co.,TX (Sherman), the oldest of five children (four boys with the youngest being a girl). [vii] There was an additional girl in the family born in 1839 (2 years after Marcus), but she is not present in Grayson County, TX in 1850. Note should also be made that Jonathan and Frances were married in 1829 and Marcus wasn't born until 1837, so it reasonable that there were other children.

































Sometime between 1854 and 1861 alone or with family Marcus moved to Lavaca County, Texas. [viii]

Mustered into Confederate Army Texas 6th Infantry Company A. [ix] 6th Infantry was organized at Camp Henry E. McCulloch near Victoria, Texas on September 27, 1861 (Note that Company H which contained many people from Lavaca Count was not mustered until March 27, 1862). [x]

Marcus fights at the battle of Arkansas Post January 10th and 11th , 1863. On January 11th, after heavy gunboat bombardment Marcus with the Texas 6th Infantry surrendered. January 12th , 1863 prisoners boarded steamboats making their way to the Mississippi River in the snow. The boats took them to St. Louis where the non-officers were sent by train to Camp Butler, near Springfield, IL. [xi]

April 1863 there was a prisoner exchange and the 6th was taken by train east and finally to City Point, Virginia. The 6th then returned to their military responsibilities. [xii]

September 19,1863 the 6th fights in the Battle of Chickamagua. [xiii]

November 25, 1863 Marcus regiment the Texas 6th Infantry fought in the Battle of Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga, TN. [xiv]

May 25-27, 1864 Marcus regiment the Texas 6th Infantry fought in the Battle of New Hope Church northwest of Atlanta, GA. [xv] In this battle Mark's friend from Lavaca County Elijah Wilson was wounded and it is recorded that Mark caught him and carried him off to safety. In Marcus Johnson's words."…I (Marcus) caught him (Elijah) when he was wounded at the Battle of New Hope Church."

(Here are a few pictures of the New Hope Church area we took which includes pictures of trenches still visable from the Civil War period.)

Later when Marcus returned home after the war he married Elijah's sister. Elijah also named his first son Mark. [xvi]


(It is believed that this picture is of Marcus Johnson and is best friend Elijah Wilson)


April 26, 1865 General Johnston's army (which included the 6th Texas Infantry) entered into a cessation of hostilities with General Sherman (after hearing of Robert E. Lee's surrender). This happened near Greensboro, N.C. [xvii]

After the war Marcus was a farmer. [xviii]

Marriage: 15 Dec 1865 age 28 to Mary Jane Amanda Wilson age 20 in Halletsville, Lavaca County, TX. [xix]

(Here is Mark and Mary's Marriage as written in the Lavaca County, TX records.

(Here is the Marcus Johnson family bible entry for their marriage.)

























Daughter Francis born 1867 [xx]

Daughter Mary Alice born 1870 [xxi]

June 30, 1870 Mark and wife Mary J. living with daughter Francis and daughter Alice...farming in Lavaca Co., TX. 2 doors down from father-in-law William Wilson and his family and a few more doors away from William Wilson's third and fourth son's and their families. [xxii]

Son John William born 1872 [xxiii]

Son Rube born 14 Nov 1873 [xxiv]

Daughter Helen born August 1875 [xxv]

Son Benjamin Franklin born 22 Feb 1878 living in Halletsville, Lavaca, TX at the time [xxvi]

1880 Marcus "M.R." is living with family in Lavaca Co., TX with 6 children and Joseph a nephew. [xxvii]

Daughter Tulah born 25 Jul 1880 [xxviii]

Daughter Julia Maude born 8 Dec 1883 [xxix]

February 10, 1885 son John William died at the age of 13. [xxx]

Son David M born 15 Nov 1886 [xxxi]

February 3, 1887 daughter Fannie age 20 married James Berryman Brown. [xxxii]

January16, 1890 daughter Mary Alice age 20 married Ward Holland. [xxxiii]

February 1, 1891 daughter Mary Alice died age 21 (assumed she died in childbirth). [xxxiv]

January 3, 1899 son Rube age 26 married Drucillie Miller. [xxxv]

Marcus applied for Confederate Pension: July 24, 1899 and received pension #02538 shortly thereafter. [xxxvi]

June 12, 1900 Mark R and wife Mary J living in Lavaca County, TX JP #4 Farming with children Ruben, Helen, Benjamin F., Tula, Julia M., David M. and daughter-in-law Drucilla and grandson Barney. [xxxvii]

November 21, 1900 daughter Tulah age 20 married Willie Chambers. [xxxviii]

March 1901 son Rube's wife Drucillia died (two years after marriage). [xxxix]

December 17, (1902) son Rube married second time…this marriage to Elen Smith. [xl]

June 3, 1903 daughter Helen age 28 married Joe Parr. [xli]

September 12, 1905 son Benjamin Franklin age 27 married Lizzie Smith (our ancestor). [xlii]

April 18, 1910 Marcus R and Mary J living with daughter Julia M and son David M and living next door to son William (with his family) [xliii]

Marcus and family could read and write. [xliv]

January 15, 1913 daughter Maud age 30 married Joe Persons. [xlv]

Marcus Death: 26 February 1913 [xlvi]
Ezell, Lavaca County, TX [xlvii]


Marcus and Mary are buried: Salem Cemetery, Lavaca, Texas [xlviii]

July 13, 1913 son David age 27 married Lucy Einkauff. [xlix]


FOOTNOTES:

[i] Mark Johnson tombstone in Salem Cemetery Lavaca Co., TX.
[ii] Assumption since they were there in 1830 and 1840 census.
[iii] 1840 census of Independence County, AR.
[iv] 1830 AR Census Index of Johnsons in AR. Shows C. William Johnson Independence Co, Ruddall Twp.
[v] Determined by 1850 Grayson Co., TX census where first child born in Texas was 4 years old.
[vi] Ancestry.com Arkansas Land Records. Bureau of Land Management
[vii] 1850 Grayson Co., TX census
[viii] 1854 tax records in Grayson Co, TX assume he was with them as in 1854 he was only 17. Moved to Lavaca County in 1861 per his Confederate Pension Application.
[ix] Confederate pension application completed by Marcus 24 July 1899. And 6th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment website at www.cba.uh.edu/~parks/tex/irg0060.html And Pension Application Card #02538
[x] Webite of 6th Texas Infantry www.6thtx.org/history.htm
[xi] The Civil War Diary of Charles A. Leuschner, edited by Charles D. Spurlin, Eakin Press, 1992, pgs. 11-15 & 64.
[xii] The Civil War Diary of Charles A. Leuschner, edited by Charles D. Spurlin, Eakin Press, 1992, pgs. 11-15 &64
[xiii] 6th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment website, www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/tex/irg0060.html
[xiv] http://www.civilwarhome.com/missionaryridge.htm
[xv] http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga010.htm
[xvi] E-mail from Ed Antonette eddidbob@mindspring.com referring to Elijah Wilson's pension application.
[xvii] The Civil War Diary of Charles A. Leuschner, edited by Charles D. Spurlin, Eakin Press, 1992, pg. 58.
[xviii] Confederate pension application completed by Marcus 24 July 1899.
[xix] Marriage certificate Lavaca Co., TX
[xx] Approximate date from the 1880 census for Lavaca Co., TX
[xxi] Approximate date from the 1880 census for Lavaca Co., TX
[xxii] 1870 Lavaca Co., TX census
[xxiii] Approximate dates from the 1880 census for Lavaca Co., TX
[xxiv] Approximate dates from the 1880 census for Lavaca Co., TX
[xxv] 1900 Lavaca Co., TX census.
[xxvi] Birth certificate of Benjamin Franklin Johnson Lavaca Co., TX
[xxvii] 1880 Lavaca Co., TX census.
[xxviii] Tombstone of Tulah Johnson Chambers.
[xxix] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxx] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxi] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxii] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxiii] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxiv] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxv] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxvi] Confederate pension application completed by Marcus 24 July 1899.
[xxxvii] 1900 Census Lavaca, TX
[xxxviii] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xxxix] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xl] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xli] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xlii] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xliii] 1910 Census Lavaca, TX
[xliv] 1910 Census Lavaca, TX
[xlv] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.
[xlvi] Mark Johnson tombstone in Salem Cemetery Lavaca Co., TX.
[xlvii] Death certificate Marcus Johnson. (Ezell from family records).
[xlviii] Mark Johnson tombstone in Salem Cemetery Lavaca Co., TX.
[xlix] Johnson Family Bible in my possession.