Individual Details
Harry "Hal" Johnson
(DECEMBER 21, 1878 - NOVEMBER 14, 1947)
Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History shows that Harry "Hal" Johnson was born in Oglesby, Texas.
Harry Johnson is mentioned as the child of Andrew Jackson Johnson and his second wife A. E. Johnson in A. J. Johnson's will.
Events
| Birth | DECEMBER 21, 1878 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | NOVEMBER 17, 1905 | Land Sale - H.W. Jones Survey, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1910 | Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | MARCH 25, 1913 | Land Sale - Tobias Kelley Survey and Mary Hawley Survey, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1914 - 1944 | Coryell County Commissioner - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JULY 25, 1918 | Oil and Gas Lease - Wyatt Hall Survey, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | SEPTEMBER 12, 1918 | World War I Draft Registration - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | NOVEMBER 6, 1930 | Land Purchase - Tobias Kelley Survey, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | OCTOBER 8, 1934 | Affidavit-Laura Bradley - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 | Wyatt Hall Survey and Tobias Kelley Survey - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Death | NOVEMBER 14, 1947 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | NOVEMBER 14, 1947 | Texas Death Certificate - Waco, McLennan County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Aft NOVEMBER 14, 1947 | Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft NOVEMBER 14, 1947 | Find A Grave Memorial - Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1900s | Anecdote - Coryell County, Texas | | |
Families
| Father | Andrew Jackson Johnson (1825 - 1891) |
| Mother | Ann Elizabeth "Bettie" Morris (1840 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Mattie Morris Johnson (1874 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Mary Nora Johnson (1876 - 1956) |
Notes
Birth
Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History shows that Harry "Hal" Johnson was born in Oglesby, Texas.His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth date as 12-21-1878.
His Texas Death Certificate shows his birth date as 12-31-1878.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 60, page 325-326 Coryell County Deed Records:On 11-17-1905, Harry Johnson, R.L. Compton and wife Mattie A. of Tarrant Co., TX, and C.F. Morton and wife Nora sold 50 acres of the H.W. Jones Survey to J.H. Argabright for a total of $700 ($100 cash, and three notes of $200 each at 10% interest, payable on 11-1-1906, 1907, and 1908.)
Census
The 1910 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, U.S. Federal Census shows:Robert L. Compton, 40, b. AL, father and mother b. AL, first marriage, married 12 yrs., occupation: house plumber
Mattie, wife, 35, b, TX, father b. GA, mother b. TN, first marriage, married 12 yrs., mother of 2 children both living
Aubrey, son, 13, b. TX, father b. AL, mother b. TX
Nora, daughter, 10, b. TX, father b. AL, mother b. TX
William Johnson, boarder, 25, b. TX, father b. AL, mother b. TX, first marriage, married 4 yrs., occupation: railroad fireman
Mollie Johnson, boarder, 24, b. TX, father and mother b. TX, mother of 1 child (living)
Hazel Johnson, boarder, 1, b. TX, father and mother b. TX
Harry Johnson, boarder, 27, b, TX, father b. GA, mother b. TN, single, occupation: farmer
Miscellaneous
Vol. 83, page 111 Coryell County Deed Records:On 3-25-1913, in Oglesby, TX, Harry Johnson sold a 4/5 interest in 24 and 3/4 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey and a 1/5 share of the north half of a 60 acre tract in the Mary Hawley Survey, previously owned by A.J. Johnson, to W.A. Green for $1812 to be paid by one $500 note due 1-1-1914, one $400 note due 8-1-1915, one $972 note due 1-1-1920 (notes at 8% interest).
This transaction conveys a 4/5 interest in the 24 and 3/4 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey.
Miscellaneous
Harry Johnson served as a Coryell County Commissioner for four consecutive terms from 1914 to 1924 and additional terms from 1930-1934 and 1936-1944.Miscellaneous
Vol. 85, page 64 Coryell County Deed Records:On 7-25-1918, Harry Johnson leased to J.R. Munce 93 acres of the Wyatt Hall Survey for oil and gas production for five years or as long as oil or gas is produced.
Terms: $150 per year for each productive gas well and free gas for main dwelling (connections at expense and risk of the land owner); $50 per year for gas produced from an oil well; and 1/8 of oil produced from an oil well.
Miscellaneous
World War I Draft registration Card information:Harry Johnson; 39; lives in Oglesby, Texas; b. 12-21-1878; Coryell County Road Commissioner; nearest relative- sister Mrs. Mattie Compton of Fort Worth, Texas; description-tall, slender build, gray eyes, dark hair.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 110, page 532 of Coryell County, Deed Records:On 11-6-1930, Mrs. M.F. and J.E. Johnson sold 105 acres of land in the Tobias Kelley Survey to Harry Johnson for $1414 in cash; and Harry Johnson also assumed the balance of a $5000 note owed to the Federal Land Bank of Houston.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 122, page 97 Coryell County Deed Records:On 10-8-1934, Harry Johnson gave an affidavit stating: that he sold a 4/5 interest in 24 and 3/4 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey and this property was apportioned to Laura L. Bradley in her father A.J. Johnson's will; Laura L. Bradley was the wife of J.H. Bradley, her only husband, and that she died intestate at birth of their son Carl L. Bradley in August 1893; the Bradleys' other children were Mary Gertrude Bradley, who married Jessie L. Wofford, Jackson H. Bradley, Thomas J. Bradley, and Leoti Bradley; about 1900 J.H. Bradley married Mattie Spencer and their only child died at birth; and J.H. Bradley died about 20 or 25 years ago.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 141. page 134 Coryell County Deed Records:On 9-16-1942, Harry Johnson sold to the U.S. Government, for $7425, 26 and 2/3 acres and 36 and 2/3 acres of the Wyatt Hall Survey and 10 and 3/4 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey.
This land adjoins what became the U.S. Naval Ordinance facility during WW II.
Death
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his death date as 11-14-1947.Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History shows that he was born in Oglesby, Texas.
Miscellaneous
Harry Johnson's Texas Death Certificate shows:Birth: 12-31-1878 in Oglesby, Texas
Death: 11-14-1947 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Father: Jack Johnson b. Macon, GA
Mother: Elizabeth Morris b. Winchester, TN
Burial: Oglesby, TX
Single at time of death
Cause of death: acute lymphocytic leukemia
Informant: Mattie Compton of Fort Worth, TX
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #44751170.The memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth and death dates as 12-21-1878 and 11-14-1947.
Miscellaneous
“Then there was my old friend, Johnnie Johnson [John Ealy Johnson], who had a family of seven boys and no girls, and they were real Texas boys, specially Choc, or Blackie, as the rodeo hands called him.And Harry Johnson—our old county commissioner—and a good one he was, solid as a rock wall.”
Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
3. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
4. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
5. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
6. Compiler: Coryell Co. Genealogical Society, Coryell County, Texas Families 1854-1985 (Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, TX, 1986).
7. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
8. World War I Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, Record Type: electronic database, Subject: World War I Draft Registration, Url: www.ancestry.com, File Name: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
9. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
10. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
11. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
12. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002).
13. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
14. Texas Deaths 1890-1976, FamilySearch Website, Digital images of original record, www.familysearch.org.
15. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
16. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
17. Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum, (Gatesville, Texas), 13 June 1947, Newspaper; Gatesville Messenger Office, Gatesville, Texas. "Down Memory Lane" by R. L. Saunders.