Mary R. Lee b. 1 May 1830/11 Apr 1836 TN d. 31 Mar 1868 Logan Co., AR. Married: 24 Dec 1857, Johnson Co., AR. Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. Father: William S. Lee Mother: Dicey Ennis
husband: John Adkins Johnson b. 8 Jul 1821 Mecklenburg Co., N.C. d. 5 Mar 1900 Paris, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Occupation: Farmer. Father: Littleton Johnson Mother: Lucy Adkins
2nd marriage: 1869 Wife: Margaret E. Cravens Guthrie b. 1833 d. ? Buried: Hagarville Cemetery, Hagarville, Johnson Co., AR Father: Jesse Lamb Cravens Mother: Maggie Dotson
1st Husband: William L. Guthrie b. 20 Sep 1820 d. 21 Jan 1865, Guthrie Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR.
Children of Mary Lee & John Adkins Johnson
William David "Dee" Johnson b. 12 Oct 1858 Mecklenburg Co., N.C. d. 9 May 1926 Paris, Logan Co., AR 1st Marriage: 27 Mar 1884 Paris, Logan Co., AR. 2nd marriage: 31 Jan 1894 Logan Co., AR Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
1st Wife: Vianna "Annie" Maberry b. 8 Apr 1860 MO/1862 MO d. 7 May 1890 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
2nd Wife: Patience Lovinia Haggard b. 15 Feb 1862 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN d. 22 Aug 1907 Logan Co., AR Buried: Johnson, Logan Co., AR Father: William Martin Haggard Mother: Elizabeth Regan Garner.
Patience Haggard's 1st Husband: William Holden Maxwell b. 18 Jul 1869 d. 1890 Buried: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Daniel Brunson Maxwell Mother: Lucy M. F. Deason
Emma Adeline Johnson b. 14 Nov 1860/1 Johnson Co., AR d. 29 Jan 1947 Paris, Logan Co., AR Married: 14 Jan 1894, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
Husband: Wafer Jay Dodson b. 25 Jul 1860 Shelby Co., AL d. 19 Jul 1956 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: 25 Nov 1881 Shelby Co., AL Father: James Wilson Dodson Mother: Eliza Delany Robinson
1st Wife: Laura Chesser b. Dec 1857 AL d. 7 Mar 1893
Sarah E. Johnson b. 23 Nov 1862 d. 15 Jan 1863 Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
John Clark "Jonny" Johnson b. 7 Nov 1863 Johnson Co., AR d. 28 Mar 1936 California Married: 27 Feb 1892 Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
Wife: Mary K. Mosley b. 29 Jul 1871 d. 24 Jan 1959 Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
Mary Johnson b. 1866 d. 1867 Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Possible daughter/granddaughter living with family: Susan A. Johnson
1st Husband: X Johnson
2nd Husband: R. J. Nesbit from Texas
Children of Margaret Cravens & William L. Guthrie
Walter M. Guthrie b. 5 Aug 1852 Prairie View, Logan Co., AR d. 5 Aug 1933 Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
Wife: Nancy Emmaline Dobbins b. 1854 d. 1936 Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Sarah Francis Guthrie b. 1855 d. ?
Jessie L. Guthrie b. 8 Dec 1859 d. 15 Feb 1931 Married: 28 Feb 1886, Logan Co., AR Buried: Prairie View Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Wife: Mattie Boyd Metheny b. 154 Mar 1866 Dyersburg, Dyer Co., TN d. abt. 7 Aug 1920-1922 Kennific, Bryan Co., OK 2nd marriage: abt. 1903 AR Father: William H. Metheny Mother: Martha A. Doyle
2nd Husband: James Parker Hampton b. 2 Jul 1857 Tyner, Hamilton Co., TN
Jeremiah Guthrie b. 1863 d. ?
Notations on Johnson family
20 May 1832-Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized and established in Franklin Co., AR, List as members: John Johnson and William Johnson, Jr.
During the goldstrike of 1849, John went to California, returned with gold to Arkansas and bought field hands. After the Civil War, he lost the field hands and the gold.
Lee, Mary, 28, to John A. Johnson, 35, married 24 Dec 1857, Johnson Co., AR in Book N-O, page 23
Johnson County, Arkansas Land Records of John Johnson:
31 section 10N 25W 40 acres 1855 Mar 1
31 section 10N 25W 40 acres 1855 Mar 1
1860 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Johnson, John A., 38, NC, farmer, $2000-$5325
Mary, 28, TN
William, 1, AR
Lee, William H., 30, TN, farmer, $400-$150
Logan County, Arkansas Land Records of John A. Johnson:
21 section 7N 25W 80 acres 1860 Mar 1
1860 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Guthrie, William L., 40, VA, Min. M. E. S. $3000-$1800
Margaret, 29, AR
Walter,9, AR
Sarah, 5, AR
Jessie, 1, AR
Houser, David, 31, TN, farmer
Cravens, Jeremiah, 25, AR, schoolteacher
Cravens, Jessee, 19, farmer
John A. Johnson enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1863, and served as a private. John fought in the battle of Cane Hill in Northwest Arkansas, which resulted in detrimental losses. John Adkins Johnson lost his slaves before the end of the war. "They took a wagon, a team and some grain and just disappeared into the night". Slave quarters located a few yards south of the old Johnson Cemetery in Greasy Valley (if still standing) marks the family farm site. John's father-in-law, William S. Lee was also strong anti-slavery.
John Johnson owned 120 acres of land with 100 acres under cultivation, growing corn and cotton. Mrs. Mary Johnson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Walter M. Guthrie information. In Paris Express, dated 10 Aug 1933, died at age 81, date of death 5 Aug 1933. He was member of the M. E. Methodist Church at Scranton, Logan Co., AR. Son: William, two daughters: Mrs. Joe Carper & Mrs. Omer Ewing(Scranton). A son died young, named: Dolph Guthrie(Paris).
Children of Walter M. Guthrie & Nancy Emmaline Dobbins
Children
William J. Guthrie
Dolph Guthrie
Virginia Guthrie
Lula Mae Guthrie
Margaret J. Guthrie b. Nov 1894 AR
Jesse L. Guthrie & Mattie Boyd Metheny's children:
William Leslie Guthrie b. Abt. 1887 AR
Mary Guthrie b. 1889 AR
Robert B. Guthrie b. Abt. 1892 AR
Loyd M. Guthrie b. Abt. 1898 AR
James Parker Hamilton & Mattie Boyd Metheny's children:
James Parker Hampton b: 8 Aug 1904 Bryan Co., OK
Orrick Winfred Hampton b: 21 Jul 1907 in Silo, Bryan Co., OK
William H. Metheny b. 5 Sep 1837 Dyersburg, Dyer Co., TN. Martha A. Doyle b. 22 Nov 1838 AL
Greasy Valley's name was created due to the rendered vast quantities of pig lard from acorn fed hogs. Swine roamed the woods free. The location is in Subiaco, Logan Co., AR.
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Johnson, John A., 50, TN
Margaret, 43, AR
William D., 12, AR
Emma A., 10, AR
John C., 7, AR
Guthrie, Walter, 17, AR
Guthrie, Sarah R., 15, AR
Guthrie, Jesse L., 10, AR
Guthrie, Jeremiah, 7, AR
Logan, John, 15, AR
1880 Federal Census, Logan Township, Logan Co., AR:
Guthrie, Walter, 27
Emma, 25
Lula, 2
Jerry, 17, brother
From the Logan County, AR cemetery tombstone project the Johnson Cemetery listing states; W. D. Johnson b. 1880 d. 1926 Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR; Vianna Johnson b. 8 Apr 1880 d. 2 Mar 1900 Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR.
John Adkins Johnson's second wife, Margaret Cravens Guthrie was a widow, whose first husband was William L. Guthrie. He was killed by bushwhackers in the Civil War. His body was brought back by his people in an ox cart and was buried on the Guthrie Cemetery located west of Prairie View.
Pension Applications, Union, from Desmond Walls Allen's book.
James D. Johnson, Company B, I 1898, W 1917, 4th Arkansas Union Calvary, Pension Application. died: 19 Jul 1917, Amity, AR.
John A. Johnson, Company K, I 1890.
John Johnson, Company B, W 1894.
Margaret Cravens parents: Jesse Lamb Cravens and Maggie L. Dotson, follow the link below to John Jackson Cravens & Emma B. Smith
Children of Wafer Jay Dodson & Laura Chesser
James William Dodson Sept. 18, 1872
Nancy Dodson Jan 5th 1885
Arthur Dodson Dec 23, 1886
James William Dodson Sept. 18, 1872
Children of Emma Adaline Johnson & Wafer Jay Dodson
David Clark J. Dodson Feb 28, 1897
John Wilson Dodson b. 28 Oct 1894 Logan Co., AR
Ocie Donna Dodson b. 6 Oct 1899 Logan Co., AR
Mattie Emma Dodson b. 5 Mar 1902 Logan Co., AR
Thomas Leslie Dodson b. 6 Jan 1905
History of Jay Wafer Dodson, lived in Paris, Ark. R-1, had always been a farmer, born 25 Jul 1860 in Shelby Co., AL. 1st marriage: Laura Chesser in Nov. 25, 1881, Weldon County. She was born Dec. 1883, AL. Jay came by Missouri Pacific RR seeking a homestead. He built a pine knot house with a chimney. Lighting was by tallow candles the pioneers made, the fuel to heat with was wood. The food was made from corn meal and wild game was plentiful. Sorghum molasses was their "jelly". Corn & cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes. Before my day tomatoes were love apples. The people shared their food with the needy. Home spun shoes, and looms with spinning wheels were used to make what was worn. All plows used were homemade. Smith’s made them, no factory made implements. Chivaries (shivarees) at weddings. Home Guards were a total of 12 men who would be ready to fight were formed. If there was a fire they used bucket brigades and back fire. In Shelby County Double Mt, Red Mt, Oak Mt, Coosa River. Caharber, game was deer, raccoons, and turkeys. Shelby Co. AL school had a frame building located some 30 miles from town west Dadeville, AL. Johnie Lowe, his teacher was 25 years old. Fund for schools were by subscription. They used McGuffey Readers, Webster's Blue Back Speller. There was a Negro school near my home school.The local paper was the County Paper, The Shelby Centinal/Sentinel. Horse n' buggies, trolley cars, ox carts were used for transportation. In 1910, at Paris, Ark horse cars in 1868 the Louisville & Nashville RR. In 1914 at Paris, Ark. The first buses began in 1926 at Fort Smith. Jay was a small boy Just after Civil War Ku Klux Klan was organized here. Jay's descendents were usually close so he knew most of them; a total of 11 children, 26 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren. nformation by interview with Elisha C. Harris 12 Jun 1941.
The Paris Express, dated 10 Aug 1933, “Walter Guthrie, 81, from Scranton, died at his home, 8pm Sat. night after a year’s illness. He was born at Prairie View, and a lifelong resident of Logan County. Survivors: Son: Will, Scranton, Daughters: Mrs. Joe Carper & Mrs. Omer Ewing, Scranton & Dolph Guthrie, Paris. Funeral services held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Scranton & burial at Prairie View Cemetery”.
The Paris Express, dated 23 Apr 1936, “Mrs. Emma Guthrie, 81, found dead in her bed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. B. Ewing, early Wed a.m. Death was caused by heart attack. She was a native of TN, but carried to AR as an infant & has lived all her life at Scranton. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors: Daughters: Mrs. Ewing & Mrs. Jake Carper, Okemah, OK. Son: Will Guthrie, Hot Springs. Sister: Mrs. Mollie Smith, Paris. Brother: Jeff Dobbins, Ripley, OK. She was also the mother of Dolph Guthrie, who was a bank employee that was killed in the 1933 robbery of a bank at Paris. Funeral services at the Methodist Church & burial at Prairie View Cemetery”.
Information acquired by Johnson Cemetery, Logan Co., AR in Logan County, AR Tombstone Project. Marriages from Logan Co., AR marriage book.
Some information provided by Omer Dee Johnson, Eugene Johnson and Jane Haggard.
William S. Lee & Dicey Ennis
Littleton Johnson & Lucy Caroline Adkins
John Clark Johnson & Mary Mosley
William David Johnson & Vianna Mayberry
John Jackson Cravens & Emma B. Smith
Daniel Brunson Maxwell & Lucy M. F. Deason