Chattahoochee County GaArchives History .....Johnson Family Data 1933
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JOHNSON 
Copied from Biographical Directory of the American Congress.

    James Johnson, a Representative from Georgia; born in Robesin Co., N. C.,
Feb. 12, 1811; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1832;
taught school; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and commenced
practice in Columbus, Ga., in 1836; appointed Prov. Gov. of Ga. .in 1865;
presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Grant and Colfax in 1868; judge
of the Superior Court of Georgia from July 1, 1869, until Oct. 1, 1875; d. on
his plantation in Chattahoochee Co., Ga.

    Data furnished by Albert Edward, a grandson of Judge Jas. Johnson, who is
one of the county's most prominent citizens and lives on the plantation where
his grandfather died.

    James Johnson b. Feb. 12, 1811; m. Ann Harris June 12, 1834; d. Nov. 20,
1891. Ch.: Richard H. b. June 6, 1835, d. May 6, 1864: Adelaide Victoria b. Jan.
19, 1838; d. Oct. 13, 1866; Geo. F. b. Dec. 10, 1838; Lucius Q. b. Aug. 31,
1840; Albert Lewis b. March 31, 1842; d. March 9, 1894; James E. b. Jan. 3,
1844; Walter H. b. Oct. 10, 1846; Cornelia Ann b. June 26, 1848; d. Oct. 30,
1884: Charles Augustus b. Jan. 30, 1851; d. Sept. 9, 1888.

    The family of Albert Lewis Johnson were born and reared in Chattahoochee
Co., and two of them reside in this county at present, viz: Walter Howard and
Albert Edward.

    Albert Lewis Johnson m. Katie Anderson. May 22, 1884. 5 eh. viz: Walter
Howard b. July 28, 1886, m. Gertrude Sellers July 7, 1914, 3 ch. viz:
Alice"Kate, Walter Howard Jr., Martha Jeanne; Albert Edward b. May 22, 1888, m.
Lula Wooldridge Aug. 19, 1916, 4 ch. viz: Lula Evelyn, Martha Josephine, Mildred
Kate and Albert Lewis II; Annie Kate b. Oct. 19, 1889; d. Jan. 6. 1920; James
Elmer b. Oct. 23, 1891, m. Georgiana Smith Sept. 4, 1918; Albert Ellene b. June
27, 1894, m. Fee Bivins Sept. 7, 1915, 3 ch.: Katherine Elizabeth, James Fee,
Winifred Ann.

    (Mrs.) Katie Anderson Johnson m. 2nd David Crockett Gordy Sept. 24, 1896.
One son, David Crockett Gordy Jr., b. July 27, 1897; d. Aug. 19, 1926, m. Ida
Ruth McMurrain, dau. Amelie Gordy.

    Another of Judge Johnson's sons, Walter H. Johnson, spent as much time in
Chattahoochee Co. as could be spared from official duties as Postmaster at
Columbus, Ga. and U. S. Marshal for Northern District of Ga. (for about 16 years).

    Walter Henry Johnson m. Florence Verstille Jan. 23, 1877. Ch.: Addie
Verstille (dec'd), Rosa Ellen (Mrs. Floyd Furlow of New York), Folger, Anna
Beall (dec'd), and Walter Henry (dec'd).


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

PRINTED   BY
COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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