CRAWFORD COUNTY, GA - Bios W. W. Johnson


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W. W. Johnson

W. W. Johnson was a farmer in Culloden (P.O. in Monroe County), Georgia. Son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Jackson) Johnson and was born in Crawford County in 1830. His paternal grandparents were Simon and Allie (Cotton) Johnson. Simon was born in North Carolina, was a farmer, and migrated to Georgia and settles in Crawford County, where he spent the rest of his life. Simon's father was a native North Carolinain, was reared a farmer, moved to Crawford County, Georgia in 1822 and raised his family here. He lived in the county until he died. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. His maternal grandfather was a native of Virginia and related to General Andrew Jackson. He was a farmer and moved from Virginia to Georgia and permanently in Wilkes County.

Mr. Johnson was raised on a farm and received a good common school education. He began life for himself as an overseer, which calling he followed and was doing well until the war between the states was precipitated. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Captain Charles Dennis, Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment. In all he was in twenty-seven regular battles while in the Army; some of them the most hotly contested and sanguinary of any during the conflict, among them Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Ocean Pond, Fort Sumter, the Wilderness, Fort Fisher, Sharpsburg, Petersburg, and Bentonville. He was wounded at Sharpsburg and sent home, where he remained thirty days and then returned to his command. He continued in the service until the surrender, was in the last battle at Bentonville, entered the service as a lieutenant and came out as a captain, having been promoted at Petersburg. After the war he directed his energies to farming, bought his first land in 1874, and entered upon a term of gratifying prosperity. His success satisfied his most ambitious desires. In 1876 he was elected Sheriff of the county, and held the office one term. In 1888 he was elected to represent the county in the general assembly, and was placed on the following committees: Agriculture, asylum for the blind, asylum for the insane, emigration and coal mines. Mr. Johnson was married in 1851 to Miss. Frances Stripland, born in Crawford County in 1835, daughter of Abner and Nancy (Nichols) Stripland. Abner was born in Mississippi and was a millwright by trade. The following are some of the children born to this union: Roxie, Lizzie, A. J., Robert L. and Ula. Mr. Johnson is a recognized democratic leader and an influential partisan. He was also a master Mason.

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