Solomon was born enslaved in 1820. The first record of Solomon was in the will of Hezekiah Magruder and was inherited by Thomas Magruder. Solomon took the surname of Johnson as shown by the 1870 census.
In 1866, Solomon and his wife, Jane, and children, Pink, John, Holland, and Alfred, signed an employment contract with Thomas S McGruder. The contract stated that they would work obediently and not leave the plantation without permission. In exchange Thomas was to provide them with house, firewood, and a tenth of the corn and cotton grown to be divided between them and the other workers.[1]
Solomon was in a tax record in 1872-1875 in Meriwether, Georgia, United States.[2]
Name:Soe (Sol) Johnson
Year: 1872-1875
District Sulphur Springs
District Number:726
Place:Meriwether, Georgia, USA
Employer: McGruder
Poll: 1
1870 census Solomon (age 50), Farm Laborer, was in Harris, Georgia.[3]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Solomon Johnson
M
50
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Jane Johnson
F
40
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Pink Johnson
F
18
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Holland Johnson
M
17
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Alfred Johnson
M
12
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Anderson Johnson
M
3
Farm Laborer
Georgia
Clarissa Johnson
F
2
Georgia
Abbie Johnson
F
6/12
Georgia
Sources
↑Employment Contract:
"Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992" Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 22 June 2023)
↑Georgia Property Tax:
"Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
Militia District Number: 726 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #2670217 (accessed 24 June 2023)
Name: Holland Johnson; Year: 1872-1875; District: Sulphur Springs; District Number: 726; Place: Meriwether, Georgia, USA.
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Harris, Georgia; Roll: M593_156; Page: 217A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #1166346 (accessed 22 June 2023)
Solomon Johnson (50), Farm Laborer, in Harris, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992" Wills 1831-1903 (Meriwether County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County); Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #217751 (accessed 21 February 2023) Hezekiah Magruder probate in Sep 1863 in Meriwether, Georgia, USA. 1864.
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Magruder-690 and Johnson-138009 appear to represent the same person because: I believe that Solomon Johnson is the name taken by the slave named Solomon after emancipation. Thomas S McGruder made employment contracts with his former slaves in 1866. I believe it very likely that the Solomon he made that contract with is the same one he inherited from his father. Solomon used the surname Johnson on the 1870 census.