Isle of Wight-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, J. Timothy, 1927 

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JAMES TIMOTHY JOHNSON 

TIMOTHY JOHNSON, GALLANT CONFEDERATE SOLDIER DIES IN CARRSVILLE 

   J. Timothy Johnson died Saturday, July 16, at the home of his brother, 
George W. Johnson of Carrsville, in the 83rd year of his life.  He was an 
honorable and esteemed citizen and a loyal Confederate soldier, serving 
throughout the War Between the States in A.P. Hill’s Corps, Mahone’s Brigade, 
Company "K", 61st* Virginia Infantry.  The greater part of his life had been 
spent in farming at his former home in the South Quay community where his body 
was laid to rest by the side of departed loved ones.

   Mr. Johnson was a faithful and consistent member of Franklin Baptist Church 
and held his membership in Urquhart-Gillette and Beaver Dam camps of 
Confederate Veterans.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Steinhardt 
of Franklin and a brother, Geo. W.* Johnson, with whom he made his home.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by his 
Pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson, and internment following in the family burying 
ground.  The body bearers were Harry Steinhardt, G.E. Johnson, S.V. Butler, 
J.P. Butler, Emmett Saunders, R.L. Johnson, Leland P. Simmons, and Frank 
Johnson.  The honorary pallbearers were: Joe Bynum Gay, J.F. Duke, Dr. C.J. 
Bradshaw, W.H. Lankford, Tup Jones, J.R. Bracy, and Robert Daughtrey.


James Timothy JOHNSON, retired farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 31 Aug 1845, Nansemond Co., 
d. 16 Jul 1927, at brother's home, Carrsville, 
interred in the family cemetery*, 17 Jul 1927, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 22, 1927, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 15852 (Windsor #6), 
   which gives bu. Isle of Wight Co.

Not among Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} reports: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Headstone app. by Urquhart-Gillette Camp UCV commander L.L. MANRY gives 
   Timothy JOHNSON, d. 18 Jul 1927, bu. 6 miles S.E. of Franklin; 
   61st VA Infantry, Co. F, Private; 
   that James JOHNSON d. 6 Oct 1864 at Chimborazo Hospital, 
   and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond. 

That description would put the cemetery in Nansemond Co. 

He appears in the 1870 Census in Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co., working 
   on his father's farm. 

He appears in the 1880 Census in Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co., as a farmer, 
   married, with 2 children. 

He appears in the 1900 Census in Holy Neck Dist., Nansemond Co., Owning 
   Mortgaged Farm #112. 

The regimental history (p. 117) gives 41st VA Infantry, Co. K, brother of 
   Benjamin Franklin & George T. JOHNSON. 

His brother George W. also served in K/41st, the South Quay Guards.  He 
   appears in the (24 Jan) 1920 Census in Windsor District, Isle of Wight Co., 
   Owning Farm #131.  He had retired by the 1930 Census and is not on the 
   farm schedule.  D.Cert. #8014 gives d. 14 Mar 1936, res. Carrsville 
   15 yrs, 10 mos, & 14 days [ca. 30 Apr 1920]. 

George is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   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 

Their brother Benjamin Devaney JOHNSON (18 Sep 1838 - 9 Oct 1915), served in 
   I/41st.  He is buried in Winton Baptist Church Cemetery, Winton, Hertford 
   Co., NC. 


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