Individual Details
Andrew Jackson Johnson
(JANUARY 27, 1825 - DECEMBER 5, 1891)
Events
| Birth | JANUARY 27, 1825 | Macon, Georgia |  |  | |
| Marriage | APRIL 14, 1853 | Lockhart, Caldwell Co., TX - Martha Jane "Mattie" Tuttle | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft MAY 15, 1856 | Executor -Jesse Johnson Estate - Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1868 - 1888 | Land Purchasas - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | FEBRUARY 9, 1873 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas - Ann Elizabeth "Bettie" Morris | | | |
| Census | 1880 | Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | MARCH 30, 1881 | Quit Claim on J.M. Morris Estate - McLennan County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JULY 30, 1887 | Quit Claim-Martha J. Johnson Heirs - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | SEPTEMBER 14, 1887 | Homestead Exemption - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JANUARY 3, 1888 | Land sale - H.W. Jones Survey, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JANUARY 3, 1888 | Land Sale - H.W. Jones Survey, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | NOVEMBER 13, 1890 | Will - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Death | DECEMBER 5, 1891 | Oglesby, Coryell Co., TX | | ||
| Miscellaneous | JULY 29, 1892 | Partition of Estate Land - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell Co., TX | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Jane "Mattie" Tuttle (1837 - 1869) |
| Child | Ava Johnson ( - ) |
| Child | Dora Johnson ( - ) |
| Child | Kate Johnson (1854 - 1938) |
| Child | Laura L. Johnson (1858 - 1892) |
| Child | Anna Johnson (1860 - 1937) |
| Child | Frank Johnson (1860 - 1919) |
| Child | John Ealy Johnson (1866 - 1931) |
| Child | Infant Daughter Johnson (1869 - 1869) |
| Spouse | Ann Elizabeth "Bettie" Morris (1840 - 1903) |
| Child | Mattie Morris Johnson (1874 - 1962) |
| Child | Mary Nora Johnson (1876 - 1956) |
| Child | Harry "Hal" Johnson (1878 - 1947) |
| Father | Jesse J. Johnson (1795 - 1856) |
| Mother | Lucy Webb Barnett (1798 - 1857) |
| Sibling | John Leonard Johnson (1818 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Nathan Barnett Johnson (1820 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Ava Ann Johnson (1823 - ) |
| Sibling | Amanda Melvina Johnson (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Francis Washington Johnson (1829 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Johnson (1831 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Lucy Ann Johnson (1833 - ) |
| Sibling | Jesse Thomas Johnson (1836 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Samuel Ealy Johnson (1838 - 1915) |
Notes
Birth
The Texas Death Certificate of Harry Johnson shows that his father Jack Johnson was born in Macon, GA.This information was provided by Harry Johnson's sister Mattie Johnson Compton, daughter of Andrew J. Johnson.
Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History shows his birth place as Georgia.
Marriage
The marriage of A. J. Johnson and Martha J. Tuttle on 4-14-1853, in Caldwell County, Texas, performed by Minister James H. Wells is recorded on page 18 (Book number not given.)Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History gives the marriage location as Lockhart, Texas.
Miscellaneous
He was appointed as Executor of his father Jesse Johnson's estate.Miscellaneous
Coryell County, Texas Land Purchases:On 5-14-1868 A. J. Johnson, purchased two tracts of land from Wiatt Hall for a total of $1200 cash:
a 10 3/4 acre tract in the Tobias Kelly Survey, filed 5-14-1868
a 100 acre tract in the Wiatt Hall Preemptive Survey, filed 5-14-1868
On 1-25-1870 A.J. Johnson of Coryell Co., TX purchased, for $800 cash, from J.T. Lyon of Travis Co.,TX, two tracts of land in Coryell Co., TX: 61 acres of the Mary Hawley Survey and 100 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey.
Coryell Co. Deed Records, Vol. E, page 757-758.
On 3-10-1882 A. J. Johnson purchased 50 acres in the H. W. Jones Survey from Frank M. Spencer, filed 12-17-1883
On 11-15-1882 A. J. Johnson and C. P. Hughes purchased 50 acres in the H. W. Jones Survey from Frank M. Spencer, filed 12-17-1883
On 12-12-1882 A. J. Johnson and C. P. Hughes purchased 100 acres in the H. W. Jones Survey from Frank M. Spencer, filed 12-17-1883
On 12-20-1882 A. J. Johnson and C. P. Hughes purchased 76.6 acres in the H. W. Jones Survey from Frank M. Spencer, filed 12-17-1883
On 7-30-1883 A. J. Johnson was given full interest in 100 acres in H. W. Jones Survey by C. P. Hughes out of the previous joint land purchases by these two men from Frank M. Spencer, filed 12-17-1883
On 11-27-1888 Frank M. Spencer acknowledges full payment by A. J. Johnson and C. P. Hughes for purchases of 100, 76.6, and 50 acres of land in the H. W. Jones Survey, filed 2-18-1889.
Marriage
The marriage of A. J. Johnson and Elizabeth Morris on 2-9-1873 by Minister W. R. D. Stockton is recorded in Coryell County, Texas, Marriage Book c, page 124.Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History gives the marriage place as Oglesby, Texas.
Census
The 1880 Coryell County, Texas, U.S. Federal Census shows:Andrew J. Johnson, 56, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. GA
Elizabeth A., wife, 40, b. TN, father b. KY, mother b. KY
Laura, 22, daughter, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. AR
Anna, 19, daughter, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. AR
Frank, 17, son, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. AR
John E., 14, son, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. AR
Mattie M., 5, daughter, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. TN
Nora, daughter, 3, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. TN
Harry, son, 1, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. TN
Kate Green, 25, daughter, widow, b. TX, father b. GA, mother, b. AR
Mary M. Green, 4, granddaughter, b. TX. father b. TN, mother b. TX
Gussie Green, 2, grandson, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. TX
Miscellaneous
Vol. I, page 371-372 Coryell County Deed Records:On 3-30-1881, J.P. Morris, E.A. and A.J. Johnson of Coryell Co., Mary J. Green of Johnson Co., and Sarah L. Winn of McLennan Co. received $1 each from H.A. Morris in exchange for full claim to the estate of her deceased husband J.M. Morris.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 1, page 578-581 Coryell County Deed records:On 7-30-1887, the heirs of Martha Jane Johnson, first wife of A.J. Johnson, Mrs. Kate Green, relic of W.R. Green, Mrs. Laura Bradley and husband J.H. Bradley, Annie Green and husband J.E. Green, Frank Johnson, and J.E. Johnson, relinquish all claims, for $1, to A.J. Johnson on 100 acres of land in the Wyatt Hall Survey and 10 and 3/4 acres of land in the Tobias Kelley Survey.
Note: J.E. Johnson was a minor at this time and on page 579-580 of same record book on 9-19-1887, he confirms his agreement with the quit claim now that he is of age 21 years.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 1, page 580-581 Coryell County Deed Records:On 9-14-1887, A.J. Johnson claimed the following land tracts as his homestead: 10 acres of Tobias Kelley Survey, 152 acres of H.W. Jones Survey, and 40 acres of Mary Hawley Survey.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 5, page 132-133 Coryell County Deed Records:On 1-3-1888, A.J. and A.E. Johnson sold two 50 acre tracts of land in the H.W. Jones Survey for $500 each.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 6, page 628-629 Coryell County Deed Records:On 1-3-1888, A.J. and A.E. Johnson sold 12 acres of the H.W. Jones Survey to G.W. Coleman for $120.
Miscellaneous
A. J. Johnson made his will on 11-13-1890. It is recorded in the Coryell County Probate Minutes, Book E , 1889-1891 Index; Probate Minutes, Book E, 1891-1894, page 368-372; Probate Record, 1867-1915, pages 85-86; and the original will is in the Probate Packet, Case No. 418, dated 9-1-1892. His will was filed for record on 11-28-1892 after his death on 12-5-1891.His will mentions the following:
Children of his first wife (name not given) - Kate Green, Laura Bradley, Ann Green, Frank Johnson, and John E. Johnson are to receive 119 acres of the Tobias Kelly survey (land was deeded to A. J. Johnson by J. T. Lyon); the north half of the sixty acres in Mary Hawley survey (land was deeded to A. J. Johnson by J. T. Lyon); a timber privilege in the 38 acre tract of the H. W. Jones survey (deeded by Frank N. Simmons to A. J. Johnson.)
This was intended to be these children's full share of their deceased mother and Andrew Jackson Johnson's estate.
Present wife, A. E. Johnson - The remainder of his land- 100 acres in the south part of Wiatt Hall's Preemption survey; 10 3/4 acres in Tobias Kelly survey (deeded to to A. J. Johnson by Wiatt Hall); south half of 60 acres in Mary Hawley survey (deeded to A. J. Johnson from Frank M. Spencer); and 38 acres in Mary Hawley survey (deeded to A. J. Johnson by Frank M. Spencer.)
All of his personal property remaining after his debts were paid.
Children of his present wife A. E. Johnson - Mattie Morris, Mary Nora, and Harry Johnson are to receive nothing, believing his present wife will justly provide for them out of her portion of the community estate that he wills to her.
Wife A. E. Johnson - appointed executrix and administrator
Witnesses - U. N. Hall and W. C. Norton
Miscellaneous
Vol. 14, page 367-368 Coryell County Deed Records:On 7-29-1892, The heirs of A.J. Johnson, J.E. Johnson, Frank Johnson, Laura Bradley, Annie Green, and Kate Green agreed to ratify the will of A.J. Johnson and partition two tracts of land bequeathed to them as follows:
119 acres of the Tobias Kelley Survey-
J.E. Johnson bought Frank Johnson's share and was awarded a 2/5 interest of 47 and 3/5 acres,
The other heirs received 1/5 interest (23 and 4/5 acres.)
61 acres of the Mary Hawley Survey-
J.E. Johnson bought Frank Johnson's share and was awarded a 2/5 share.
The other heirs received a 1/5 interest.
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. Texas Deaths 1890-1976, FamilySearch Website, Digital images of original record, www.familysearch.org.
3. 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..
4. Marriage Record. Various Counties and States. Original Record Copy., Page 18, Book number not given.
5. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002).
6. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present), Volume E, pages 320-321; Volume S, pages 529-533, pages 537-538, pages 540-541; Volume 5, pages 55-56..
7. 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..
8. Coryell County, Texas Marriage Records, Gatesville, Texas., Coryell County, Texas, Marriage Book C, page 124.
9. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
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. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
13. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
14. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
15. A. J. Johnson Will and Probate Records (28 November 1892), Coryell County, Texas, Probate Records: Probate Minutes, Book E, 1891-1894, pages 368-372; Probate Packet #418; Probate Record, 1867-1915, page s 85-86; Coryell County Courthouse, Gatesville, Texas.
16. 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..
17. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
18. Cemetery Marker, Record Type: Personal Observation, Reader: Sherry Lawrence (2000).