Johnston family of Twiggs Co., GA
For years, I have been trying for years to do the genealogy of a Johnston family of Twiggs Co., GA.James Johnston, Jr., Esq, was the first State Senator from Twiggs.He became sick or was injured about 1816 and died in the fall of that year. he left a will:
First wife was Mrs. Mary (?) Garner with son named Richard Garner.Does anyone have Richard's mother's maiden name?
Sons by Mary: John, Alexander and Young.Daus. Sarah and Mary.Second wife, Amey Lanier: their children: Evelina Caroline, m. Larkin Griffin, Hetty m. J.A.M. Moore, James Butler Johnston who married Elizabeth Jeffries, and Thomas Jef. Johnston who m. Ann Eliza Slappey.Both Evelina and Hetty also died fairly young.What killed these women - childbirth or TB?
James, the father died in abt. Nov. 1816.He was b. 1761 or 2. Mary and Sarah died before his will.
I have seen on this forum another family of Johnstons in Twiggs whose mother was Sarah Vaughn, daughter of Daniel Vaughn.This was back a few years ago.Are you still on the forum? Perhaps they were kin after all. Could they have been from a brother of Sen. James named John? If he had a brother?
Beverly Shuler