Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, George W., 1936 

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GEORGE W. JOHNSON 

GEORGE W. JOHNSON ANSWERS LAST ROLL CALL AT AGE OF 93 

   George W. Johnson, one of the last surviving Confederate veterans of this 
section, died at his home in Carrsville Saturday night in his 93rd year.  Mr. 
Johnson was a native of Isle of Wight County, living his entire life in the 
county of his birth, except for the four years served throughout the War 
Between the States.  At the age of 18, he joined the South Quay Guards, a 
local command, Company "K" of the 41st Virginia Regiment and followed Lee on 
many fiercely-contested fields in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and was 
taken prisoner in the fighting around Petersburg in October, 1864.  A brave 
and gallant soldier, he served his State and the South with distinction and 
witnessed the historic battle of the world’s first iron-clads, the Merrimac 
and the Monitor.

   He had lived a quiet but active life and had been a consistent member of 
Beaver Dam Baptist Church for many years.  Surviving him are a son, G.E. 
Johnson of Franklin and five daughters, Mrs. Jachin Forbes, Mrs. J.R. Bracey 
and Miss Lucy M. Johnson of Franklin; Mrs. J.R. Kyle of Ocean View, and Miss 
Geneva Johnson of Carrsville with whom he made his home.  There are seven 
grandchildren and a wide circle of friends.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from his late residence in 
Carrsville by his Pastor, Rev. J.T. Garland Moore, a former Pastor, Rev. W.B. 
Denson of Buena Vista, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the Franklin Baptist 
Church.  The casket was covered with the battle flag of the Confederacy and 
there were many beautiful floral tributes.  Burial followed in Beaver Dam 
Cemetery, the pallbearers being; S.P. Eason, Arthur Hall, J.A. Wright, 
Prentiss Duck, Simon Saunders, J. Clinton Bradshaw, W.W. Winborne and Alfred 
Johnson.


George Washington JOHNSON, retired farmer, Confederate veteran, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 14 Mar 1936, Carrsville, age circa 92*, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 16 Mar 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 20, 1936, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

His D.Cert. (#8014 {Newport #3}) also gives age 93, but gives b. Nansemond Co. 
   (which agrees with data on siblings {mh}). 

His gravestone, pictured with Find a Grave Mem. #9922648, gives 1843 - 1936. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-49), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

The 1900 Census (Windsor Dist. {#17}, IoW.Co.) gives b. July 1845; 
   Owned Mortgaged Farm #2. 

Biographical sketches of George & bros. James T. & Robert Junius JOHNSON 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 

Their sister m. Alfred Rawls BUTLER [I].  Their son Alfred Rawls BUTLER [II] 
   is also buried at Beaver Dam (BD-14). 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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