Gideon Johnson Jr. (1754 - 1843)

Born 7 Nov 1754 in Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Baker (deGraffenried) Johnson — married about 1779 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1843 at age 88 in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Gideon Johnson Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A063204.

Gideon Johnson Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-225094
Rank: Private

Gideon Johnson Jr. served with 2nd North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Gideon Johnson Jr. was born Nov 7 1754 in Virginia son of Gideon William Johnson and Ursula Nancy (Allen) Johnson ^[1]

Gideon is buried in George Chadwell Cemetery, 224 Delvin Dr., Nashville, TN. He has a DAR marker which reads: "Gideon Johnson, Pvt., Continental Line, Revolutionary War, Nov. 7, 1758 - Nov. 1, 1843". Note that birth year conflicts with other birth information in his Find A Grave Memorial. Mrs. Nannie Dee Vaughn James (Mrs. Thomas Chadwell), a present-day descendant of Gideon Johnson through Nancy Johnson Chadwell and Nancy Chadwell Minton, was instrumental in getting the marker erected and helped dedicate it on 9 June 1989.

Gideon Johnson owned property on the Harpeth River in Williamson Co. TN at the time of his death, but was living with George Chadwell when he died. ^{[2] [1]}

Dec 2, 1819-Nathaniel Henderson of Rockingham Co NC deed to Gideon Johnson of Rockingham Co NC, 450 acres land, in Williamson Co TN on Overall's Creek of Big Harpeth River. Jul 4, 1820-Gideon deeded above land; 1/2 each to sons-in-law, Geo. Allen & Geo. Chadwell ^[3] Feb, 5 1834-bought 112 acres in Williamson Co TN from Geo. Allen ^[4] Birth, marriage, and death dates from Geo. Chadwell bible ^[5] Inventory settlement of Gideon Johnson estate, dec., June term 1848 ^{[6] [7]}

Gideon was raised in a slave-owning plantation society. ^[8] Though Gideon was born before his father was expelled from the Quaker Society, the Friends did not have much influence on his life. Like his father, future father-in-law, and his brother "Abner, he served in the Revolutionary War. In July 1776, at Spring Garden in Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted for one year under Captain John Armstrong, and joined the Second Regiment, commanded by Col. Alexander Martin. After three months at Salisbury, they engaged in battle with the Tories at Hollingsworth Mills on Duncan Creek and took one hundred prisoners who they marched to Charleston, South Carolina. After a year he was given a job of recruiting and scouting. He contacted a swamp fever and after lying ten days in a hard wagon he was left at the Widow Sutton's place on Seven Mile Creek. When he recovered, he went to Salisbury and was discharged in October 1777. When Alexander Martin was elected Governor of North Carolina, Gideon was chosen as one of his life guards under Captin Josiah Gates. This guard duty took the place of any further compulsory military duty. During the winter of 1778, through the hardships of bitter cold, snow and high water, he carried express from Col. James Martin in Guilford across to the western part of the state.

On November 18, 1779, he married fifteen year old Mary Baker DeGraffenreid, born in Lunenburg, Virginia, the daughter of Baker and Sarah (Vass) DeGraffenreid. She born him ten children, all born in Rockingham County, North Carolina. In 1783, he was given power of Attorney by his mother-in-law, Sarah DeGraffenreid to sell four hundred acres of her land in Guilford, North Carolina. Then in 1807, he inherited from his father, his home plantation and all his personal estate. In 1819, after lands were granted for Revolutionary War services, they moved to Williamson County, Tennessee, where his wife, Mary, died at fifty-nine years of age. When Gideon was seventy-eight years old, he applied for a soldier's pension. It was granted as fifty dollars a year. He died November 1, 1843, at Davidson County, Tennessee. Of his nine daughters, three of them married brothers, all sons of John and Mary (Allen ) Chadwell ^{[9] [10]}

Revolutionary War

Served the colonial cause in the Revolutionary War; served as a private in July 1776 under Capt. John Armstrong of Surry County, NC and Lt. Joseph Tate of Guilford Coutny, NC. Armstong's company joined the 2nd Regiment of the Continental Line at Salisbury, NC shortly after Gideon enlisted. He was dischared by then-Col. Alexander Martin, the later governor of NC who appointed Gideon and brother Abner as his body guards. ^[11]

Rev War Pension

Gideon JOHNSON, Private, $50.00 Annual Allowance $150.00 Amount Received August 20 1833 Pension Started Age 8 [sic], Williamson Co, TN, Line Not Given (1835 Pension Roll) GIDEON JOHNSON or JOHNSTON, born 7 Nov 1754 in Amelia County, Virginia, served in the Revolution under Captain John Armstrong of Surry County, North Carolina, and Lieutenant Tate from Guilford County, North Carolina. He then resided in Guilford County. Captain Armstrong's company joined the 2nd regiment, North Carolina, Continental troops. When the County of Rockingham was taken from Guilford County his home was in that section of North Carolina, and he resided there until 1819 when he moved to Davidson Co, Tennessee, and in 1826 to Williamson Co, Tennessee where he applied on 2 Oct 1832. He filed a second declaration in 1840 stating that he was then a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1832 an Abner JOHNSON aged 74 a res of Maury Co, Tennessee had served with Gideon JOHNSON and in 1833 a JOHNSON was JP for Williamson Co, TN but their relationship to soldier wasn't stated ^[12]

Marriage

Record ID Number: MH:F86

User ID: 8A2282B7-F7FB-4752-B9E8-17C92D6177A8

UPD 29 JAN 2011 23:19:14 GMT-5

Husband: Gideon Johnson

Wife: Mary "Polly" Baker Johnson

Marriage:

User ID: C6BD7860-A77E-4999-A1CC-CB9B7DC35406

Record ID Number: MH:FF505^[13]

Burial

He is buried in the Minton - Chadwell Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #44196150
2. ↑ notes of Mrs. Nannie Dee Vaughn James (Mrs.Thomas Chadwell)
3. ↑ Williamson Co TN Deed Book "F", p. 305-307.
4. ↑ Williamson Co Deed Book "M", p. 228
5. ↑ TN ARC MS AC SEC NO 67-85
6. ↑ Williamson Co TN Book 9, p. 131
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPT-5WD : accessed 20 May 2016), Gideon Johnson, Williamson, Tennessee, United States; citing 165, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 182; FHL microfilm 24,540.
8. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVCK-8HD : accessed 30 April 2016), G W Johnson, Caswell county, Caswell, North Carolina, United States; citing line number 37, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,664.
9. ↑ notes of Marlene Knott 26 August 2013 Family Search
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTK-W3Z : accessed 20 May 2016), Gideon Johnson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 372, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 520; FHL microfilm 24,543.
11. ↑ Revolutionary Soldiers in Davidson County, Tennessee, Mrs. Edythe Rucker Whitley, The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 13-19,
12. ↑ Rev War Pension File S4456
13. ↑ Source: #S68 Page: 6

See also:

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-8DT : accessed 30 April 2016), Gideon Johnston, 1820.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTK-7SP : accessed 30 April 2016), Gideon Johnson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 324, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 520; FHL microfilm 24,543.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-ZX8 : accessed 12 June 2017), Gideon Johnston Jr, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 534, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.

• "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-R37W : accessed 12 June 2017), Gidion Johnson, 14 Jul 1781; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.

• Our Southern Cousins, The Pillow Family

• Source: S68 Record ID Number: MH:S68 User ID: 1C3507DB-9218-4B10-924C-C3C56D1E275C UPD 28 JAN 2011 19:10:08 GMT-5 Author: Randy McConnell Title: The Johns(t)ons from Caskieben to Missouri Publication: Ancestry.com Page: 4

• Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A063204.

• Aldridge, Franklin Rudolph, Aldridge Records, Nashville, Tennessee: Typed manuscript (1966), Vol. 2, p. 76, Ancestry.com (Online Database).

• Boddie, John Bennett, Historical Southern Families, Volume III, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1967), 19, Ancestry.com (Online Database).

• Reynolds, Katherine, Descendants of Baker and Sarah Vass de Graffenried of Virginia and North Carolina, Houston, Texas: Typed manuscript (1962), 78, 234-237.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 522.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 419.

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Johnson-15141 created through the import of sutton gedcom.GED on Oct 17, 2012 by Linda McKinney. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Linda and others.

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