From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills:
            The History of 4 North Carolina Families

Sources for the History of the Family of
Wright & Nancy Johnson

Books:

Betty J. Camin, Records of Moody Funeral Services, Mount Airy, North Carolina, 1903 to 1914, (Mt. Airy NC: Published by the author, 1990) p. 13.

Grady L. E. Carroll, Francis Asbury in North Carolina: the North Carolina Portions of the Journal of Francis Asbury, (Nashville, Tenn.: Parthenon Press, 1965).

Mrs. Gussie W. and Edward C. Crider, editors, Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his Wife Elizabeth as Known January 10, 1935. An Old Virginia Family along the James River by Marriage Joined to Other Immigrant Families of the Colony. (Kokomo, Ind.: 1935).

Paul F. Gillespie, Foxfire 7, (Garden City NY: Anchor Press, 1982) pp. 162, 464.

William Lee Grissom, History of Methodism in North Carolina: from 1772 to the Present Time, (Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1905).

Brent Holcomb, compiler, Marriages of Surry County, North Carolina, 1779-1868, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001)

Lemuel Kallam, Kallam Cemetery Survey Book of Surry County and Surrounding Areas, Vol. 8, (Mt. Airy: author, 1984) pp 28-29.

Carol J. Leonard, complier, Surry County NC Tax List for the Year 1862 (Toast NC: C & L Historical Publications, 1984) pp. 14, 28.

Elaine McKinley, transcriber, Surry County NC Marriage Bonds and Abstracts 1780-1868, (Cimarron KS: Mrs. Robert Taylor, 1975) p. 88; microfilm C.091.60001, NC State Archives, Raleigh., p. 122.

Carol Leonard Snow, compiler, Taxables in Surry County, North Carolina for the Year 1835, (Toast, NC: C & L Historical Publications, 1990) p. 31.

Carol Snow, Surry Co, NC Will Abstracts, 1853-1901, (Toast, NC: author) pp. 25-26.

Agnes Mosley Wells, Abstracts of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Other Items of Interest from Mt. Airy NC Newspapers 1872-1895, (Mount Airy, N.C.: A.M. Wells, 1987) pp. 60, 179-180.

Census Records:

1820 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Capt. Lachrys District, Wright Johnson household, pp. 760-761.

1830 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Hough's District, Roll 125, Wright Johnson household, p. 134.

1840 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Division of Ephraim Hough, Wright Johnson household, Sheet No. 4, p. 65.

1850 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Westfield Township, Roll M432_646, Wright Johnson household, pp. 136, 282-283.

1860 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Hollow Springs District, Roll M653_914, Henderson Johnson, Wesley Johnson, Joel Snody, James Johnson, Joseph White, Isaac Norman, and Wright Johnson households, pp. 142-144; John McMillon household, p. 296.

1870 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Westfield Township, Roll M593_1161, Henderson Johnson, James Johnson, and Nancy Johnson households, p. 10; Isaac Norman household, p. 8.

1870 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of Virginia, Patrick County, Dan River District, Wesley Johnson household, p. 23; John McMellon household, pp. 35-36.

1880 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Westfield Township, Enumeration District 177, Isaac Norman household, p. 12; Joseph White household, p. 15.

1880 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of Virginia, Patrick County, Dan River District, Enumeration District 157, Wesley Johnson household, John McMillon household, p. 40.

1900 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of Virginia, Patrick County, Dan River District, Enumeration District 60, John McMillion household, p. 11A; Enumeration District 59, Jane Johnson household, p. 3A.

1910 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of North Carolina, Surry County, Westfield Township, Roll T624_1134, Enumeration District 144, p. 7A.

1910 Census of the United States, Population Schedule of Virginia, Patrick County, Dan River District, Enumeration District 76, John McMillian household, p. 14B.

Marriage Records:

Indexed Register of Marriages, Surry County N.C., Microfilmed record, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History) p. 193.

Marriage Bond of Henderson Johnson and Amilia Jones, Marriage Records of Surry County, Microfilm #C.091.60001, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History.)

Marriage Bond of Henderson Johnson and Malinda Hall, Marriage Records of Surry County, Microfilm #C.092.60004, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History.)

Marriage Bond of Isaac Norman and Nancy Johnson, Marriage Records of Surry County, Microfilm #C.092.60005, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History.)

Marriage Bond of Joel Snody and Jemima Johnson, Bond Date 28 Jan 1847, Bond # 000147486, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, ImageNum: 004194, County: Surry, Record # 01 214, accessed through Ancestry.com.

Marriage Bond of John McMillon and Elizabeth P Johnson, Bond Date 26 Jan 1860, Bond # 000146110, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, ImageNum: 004187, County: Surry, Record # 01 150, accessed through Ancestry.com.

Land and Court Records:

Wright Johnson, Deed of Trust, Surry County Register of Deeds, Dobson N.C., Book X, pp. 206-207.

Wright Johnson, Grantor, Wesley Johnson, Grantee, Deed to Land on Archie's Creek, Surry County Register of Deeds, Dobson N.C., Book 9, pp. 12-13.

Gravestones:

Joel and Jemima Snody, Columbus F. and Mary E. Scott Norman, at Mt. Hermon Methodist Church Cemetery, Mount Herman Ch Rd, Mt. Airy, N.C., transcribed and photographed by Glenda Alexander on March 5, 2008.

Obituaries

Obituary of Joel Snoddy, Vol. 12, #47, The Yadkin Valley News, Mount Airy, N.C., Thursday, May 26, 1892, p. 2.

Obituary of Rev. Isaac Norman, "Westfield News," Vol. 13, #43, The Yadkin Valley News, Mount Airy, N.C., Thursday, May 4, 1893, p. 3.

Obituary of Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Norman, "Westfield Notes," Vol. 14, #10, The Yadkin Valley News, Mount Airy, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 14, 1893, p. 3.

Periodicals:

Bill Whitehead, "Oldentime Memories," Vol. 14, #50, The Yadkin Valley News, Mount Airy, N.C., Thursday, July 5, 1894, p. 1.

Unknown correspondent, "Some Oldentime Memories," The Yadkin Valley News, Mount Airy, N.C., Thursday, July 24, 1894, p. 1.

Web Sites:

William E. Harrold, Transcriber, "Patrick County, VA - Abijah McMillian Cemetery," http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/patrick/cemeteries/mcmillian.txt, accessed June 14, 2009.

Kathy Deford Johnson, transcriber, "Early Johnson Marriages," (no date) http://www.geocities.com/~surryco/johnmar.html, accessed Jan. 28, 2006.

David Ludlum, "Historical Weather Facts," http://userpages.chorus.net/wxalan/wxfact/feb.html, accessed Feb. 18, 2006, Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

Wills:

Will of James W. Johnson, 1909, Johnson Wills, Surry County, original document in boxed records at the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C.

Will of Wright Johnson, 16 Feb 1866, Surry County, NC, Will Book 5: 1853-1868, pp. 25-26, Surry County Register of Deeds, Dobson N.C.; also Surry County Court Records, Microfilm, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History.)

Will of Isaac Norman, Surry Record of Wills, 1867-1916, Vols. 6-7, Microfilm # C.092.80003, (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Archives and History) p. 374.

From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills: The History of 4 NC Families / Sources for the History of the Family of Wright & Nancy Johnson
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