Major Thomas Johnson, son 
 of Thomas Johnson and Ann Meriwether Johnson
By Bonnie Flythe, fly1776@rcn.com
March12, 2005

Thomas (Thomas 2, Richard 1)
This son of Thomas Johnson lived his entire life in Louisa County, Virginia. He must have been born before 1728 and he died in Louisa Co in 1798 leaving a will. 
He was generally known as Thomas Johnson Major and he certainly was a colorful character!  His birth date can only be estimated, but there is evidence of the identity of his first wife, Elizabeth Ashton.  They were married some time before 1749. 
      
Elizabeth Ashton was a daughter of Col. Henry Ashton, resident of Westmoreland County.  Col. Ashton died there before 1731 when his will was probated.  He was quite wealthy and Elizabeth seems to have been his only direct heir:
Westmoreland Co. 26 Feb. 1730,  The will of Col. Henry Ashton “Item.  I give unto my Loving Daughter, Elizabeth Ashton, a thousand accars of land in Stafford County lying on Difficult Run wch: I have a Pattent for two thousand accars which ye other thousand accars I gave to my Cosin, Burditt Ashton, which said thousand Accars I give to my said Daughter, Elizabeth Ashton and to the eirs of her body lawfully begotten for ever; Likewise I give unto my Daughter, Elizabeth Ashton and her heirs sevin good Negros none to be above forty yeares old nor to be under ten  years old; Likewise I give unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, twenty head of Cattle and twenty head of Hogs and a good fether bead and all furniture belonging to a bead; And likewise I give to my Daughter, Elizabeth, fifteen pounds Sterling or three thousand six hundred pounds of tobacco to by her some household stuff. . .” rec 30 Nov. 1731 
Thomas sold this land some time after his marriage to Elizabeth and a subsequent deed shows the county of residence for the couple: 
  17th/18th August 1764. between Samuel Oldham of Parish Washington in county Westmoreland Gent. And Martha his wife of one part and Amos Fox of county Loudoun Gent . . . Witnesseth for sum Three hundred pounds current money of Virginia … by deeds of lease & release …sold…land….on Branches of Difficult Run part of the same in parish of Cameron and county of Loudoun and other part in parish Truro in county Fairfax and formerly purchased by Samuel Oldham of THOMAS JOHNSTON (Johnson in lease) and ELIZABETH HIS WIFE of Parish Drysdale in county of Caroline the deed bearing date 28th June... containing 1000 acres . Wit:  Fielding Turner, Jas. Lane, William Carr Lane,Geo. Summers.  . /s/  Saml. Oldham, Martha Oldham (Loudoun Co., VA Deed Bk. D,Part III, 518-524)

Thomas also acquired land in Louisa county from his mother and brother Nicholas in 1752 & 1757.  At this time, he was still a resident of Caroline County. 
23 June 1752.  John Cosby and Ann Cosby, of Fredericksville Par., Louisa Co., and Nicholas Johnson of St. Martin’s Parish, Louisa Co., to Thomas Johnson of Drisdale (Drysdale) Par., Caroline Co., Gent.  For diver good causes more especially for the £60 sterling money of Great Britain.  311 acres in Fredericksville Par. On both sides of the South Anna River above the Roundabout (Creek) . . .adjoining Anne Johnson’s, formerly Col. Nicholas Meriwether’s line . . . to the River . . . on the Roundabout Neck ridge; granted unto sd. Ann Cosby (by name of Ann Johnson) by letter patent at With of Williamsburg 26 Mar. 1739; recorded in the Secretaries Office.  Signed:  John Cosby, Ann Cosby, Nicko. Johnson  23 June 1751 ackn. by John Cosby, Anne his wife, and Nicholas Johnson (Lo. Co. DB-A, 465-466)  
 
26-Apr-1757 Ann Cosby (lately Ann Johnson) of Louisa Co. to Thomas Johnson of Caroline Co. £ sterling and £100 money of Va. for 2 tracts of land, 1 tract of 400 acres and the other of 311 acres. 400 acre tract begins at Col. Nicholas Meriwether, adj. Southanna, the other tract of 311 acres adj. Nicholas Meriwether's now Thomas Johnsons, the river, Roundabout neck Ridge. Sig. Ann Cosby. Wit. Wm. Johnson, Wm. Cruther, Robert Estes, Orlander Jones. (Lo.DB- B, 161)
The witness, William Johnson may have been Thomas brother.  In addition, the Estes family was later very closely associated with the Major in later years. 

Thomas and Elizabeth Ashton Johnson had several sons although we do not know their birthdates.  They were Thomas, Richard, Henry Ashton and George.  They are identifiable from the tithables lists, later deeds and a will. 

The 1768 tithable list for Louisa County shows that Thomas lived in Trinity Parish by then and at that time owned 5906 acres in the county.  A letter from Thomas Johnson to William Garrett, recorded by the court in 1770, mentions the nine slaves that he had already given to his son Richard as well as the Major’s ownership of the old and new courthouse.  Richard married Susanna Garrett, daughter of William Garrett, on March 2, 1770: 
14 Aug. 1770  This letter was ack. By Thos. Johnson Gent.
To Mr. William Garrett in Louisa
Dr. Sir:  I rec’d yours of Yesterday and have wrote to the Clerk to Issue a licence.  I still proposed to give my Son Richd. Or his Lawfull Issue at or before my death a Thousand Acres of Land including the Old and New Court house and all the Improvements thereon with all the stocks of Horses Cattles, Sheep and Hogs that may be thereon also the Household Furnature. 
I have already given him a mulatto Boy named Charles (I also intend to give him or his Heirs by your Daughter on the same terms I gave the Land) nine Slaves Vizt. Harry , Lumbum, his wife Sacco and Will his Sons, Morear a Girl bout nine years old, Luch a Wench about Thirty Seven  years Old, Stephen her Son about Eight years old, Grave her Daughter about six years Old and Jane a Girl about Eighteen Months old, Lucus child with all their future increase.  
I also propose to keep him in the Business he now is in as long as he continues to deserve it and to fix out a Plantation at the old Court house at the fall with an Equal Quantity of the above Slaves with what you propose to give your Daughter, also an Equal Quantity of Stock etc. for there present Emolument what I forgot to let you know before and is all the alteration I want, what whereas my son Richd. Will be my Heir at Law in case my Son Thos. Should die without Lawful Issue and Consequently will Heir the Intailed Lands, that in that case he shall comply with my Will which is that my son Harry Ashton shall have Either the Thousand Acres of Land above promised or the intailed Lands.
    I am Sir Your Very Able servant
    Thomas Johnson  (Louisa DB D-1/2, p. 224
This letter indicates that Thomas Johnson was the oldest son of the Major and that Richard, the subject of the letter, was the Major’s next born son. 

In 1771, the tithables list of Louisa included a Thomas Johnson, Jr. in the household of Thomas Johnson of Trinity Parish.  Others included were John Estes and Lewis Walker and by this time Thomas Johnson owned at least 6025 acres of land.  

In 1772, he purchased yet more land, 46 acres from a Thomas Johnson, Jr. near Harris Creek and 319 acres near Roundabout Creek from Love Statham and his wife Martha. 
The next year, he sold land to the Smiths.  In selling this land, Thomas wife Elizabeth did not relinquish her dower right and had probably died by then. 

Major Thomas Johnson did not remarry, but took a mistress, the widow Ursula Estes.  With her, he had several more children.  Thomas never attained the rank of Colonel and this may have been one of the reasons.  The Rev. Douglas recorded the birth of a daughter Sally to Tho: Johnson and Ursley Green (sic) on Jan. 21, 1774.  The entry appears to be for a married couple, but that was not the case.  Maj. Thomas Johnson and Urcila Row (sic) had the births of other children recorded as follows: Lucy, born July 14, 1781; James, born Sept. 29, 1783; and Alicia, born January 25, 1785.  The parents of Ursley Green or Row have not been identified at this time. The will of Ursula Estes indicates that she was a widow of an Estes when she began her relationship with the Major.  The marriage record of one of her Estes daughters indicates that Ursula was married to John Estes.  Was she also married to a man with the surname Row?

The following 1778 deed illustrates the source of confusion about the various Thomases in Louisa for family researchers: 
(8 Dec. 1788-error?). Dec. 8, 1778.  I THOMAS JOHNSON the Elder of Louisa Co., Trinity Par. for Love & Affection to my Son THOMAS JOHNSON Shf. & for £5; 655 a. on both sides of Roundabout Cr. Beginning on the south side the South Anna River south to a black walnut on the hill . . . near a spring, up a valley on a straight course till it strike the Old Mountain Tract, up sd. Road to Meriwethers corner; including all the land I own on the Southeast side of the Mountain Tract except the lands I sold Col. Richard Anderson not yet conveyed, which land I promised. Wit:  Richard Johnson, Henry Bibb /s/ Thomas Johnson
11 Jan. 1779 ack. by Thomas Johnson. (Lo. DB. E, 352-3).  
Apparently a son of Major Thomas Johnson also held the position of Sheriff in the county.   He was not routinely referred to by that term in the records, but a Thomas, son of Nicholas Johnson was known as the Sheriff. Major Thomas Johnson’s land holdings were shrinking.  The Trinity Parish tithables for 1777 showed Thomas Johnson with 2511 acres of land.  The next year Thomas’ son Henry Ashton Johnson appears in the list so must have been at least 16 years old by that time. 

Thomas’ mother Ann wrote her will in 1780, but left Thomas only her Great Bible.  Thomas’ brother William received most of Ann Cosby’s property and also acted as executor to her will when it was probated in 1785.

On the 1782 tithables lists, a George Johnson appears in the Major’s household along with Henry Ashton Johnson.  This seems to complete the list of the sons of Elizabeth Ashton Johnson.  If there were daughters, their identity is not known. 

In 1783, Major Thomas was a tax collector for the county.  He signed a very high deed of mortgage or deed of trust in order to hold the post:
28-Oct-1783 Thomas Johnson Senr. of Louisa Co. to John Boswell and William Duvall of Henrico Co. and the other of Louisa Co. for ?3,000 all lands with ordinary and courthouse for the life of said Thomas Johnson, that is to say one tract of 2,000 acres on both sides of the South Anna River in Louisa Co. which said Thos. Johnson bought of William Johnson, Mrs. Ann Cosby, and Mr. William White. One other tract where the Courthouse and ordinary now stands containing about 1400 acres for the lifetime of the sd. Thomas Johnson senr. ; another tract of 900 acres which sd. Johnson bought of Robt. Jennings and James Littlepage and Jno. Edwards on both sides of Harrises Creek including a water Grist mill and the following slaves Harry, Limburn, Will, Nan, Stephen and Janey which slaves sd. Johnson holds for life and two more slaves named Edom and David held on same terms by sd. Johnson and the follow slaves tom, Roger, Isaac, Joe, Barbary, will, Little Tom, Bob, Fellows, Great Nan, Little Nan, Grace, Little Grace, Barbary, Winney, mulatto Sam, Sampson, Great Grace's dau named Phillis, Betty, Nan and Jugg also horses, colts, oxen, cattle feather beds etc. Nevertheless if sd. Johnson Sr. doth indemnify and save harmless sd. Jno. Boswell from any debt of default in collecting taxes and sd. Duvall the same, which they may become liable for as his security, then these presents void. Sig. Thos. Johnson. wit. Wm. Johnson, Thos. Johnson, Jr., Richard Chapman. [Security bond for Thomas Johnson with John Boswell and William Duvall as his securities for him collecting taxes as sheriff]. (Lo. DB-E, Page: 364) 

According to Porter Wright in Louisa Virginia Town Historical Notes, A History of the Town , Johnson owned an inn at Louisa Courthouse.  An exceptionally revealing description of Major Johnson was penned by the Marquis de Chastellux on his way to Monticello to visit Thomas Jefferson in 1782:
In his account of his trip, he records that on 17 April, 1782, while traveling from Willis' Ordinary, which was located in the vicinity of where Bumpass or Buckner are today, he still had about twenty seven or eight miles to ride to the only tavern where it was possible to stay before reaching Mr. Jefferson's - this being Boswell's Tavern. He had been strongly advised by M. de Rochambeau, who had traveled the same road two months before, not to sleep at the tavern at Louisa Courthouse, it being the worst lodging he had found in America. However, in his curiosity to see the place and using the pretense of inquiring for the road, Chastellux went in and saw that there was no other lodging for travelers than the landlord's own room.
The landlord, Major Thomas Johnson, was a man of enormous girth - to the extent that he was confined to an armchair in which he lived, slept, and ate, unable to arise. Rochambeau described the place as the dirtiest, most shocking, most stinking barracks he had ever seen and that the Major lived with a wretched woman who wasted his property and left him to die of uncleanness and misery. This was the same Major Johnson who opposed the removal of the courthouse to another site in 1787, no doubt due to the fact that he, as a Justice would be unable to attend court on account of his highly inflated condition.

In 1785, Thomas Johnson filed suit in Louisa against the executors of his brother Col. Richard Johnson who had died in 1771.  These executors were two sons of Richard Johnson: 
            28 1785 Johnson's Exrs v. Johnson
THOMAS JOHNSON brought suit against Thomas and William Johnson, executors of Richard Johnson, dec'd., founded on the following letter between Thomas Johnson, plaintiff, and William Johnson, defendant:
 	"24 August, 1773
Dear Uncle:  I am extremely sorry to hear of your estate being under execution for want of the money due you from my father: and must beg leave to inform that as soon as it lays in my power to collect the discounts that ought to appear against your claim, that I shall immediately call on you for a settlement, and contrive ways and means to replace your principal, as well as interest. You cannot be insensible of the perplexity and confusion attending the affairs of a deceased gentleman, who was much engaged in the world; and, of course, of the uncertainty and danger of loss that would attend a precipitate settlement of his affairs, or part of them. Therefore hope you'l be kind enough to give me such length of time as will enable me to do that justice to the estate which is its right. I have not, as yet, had an opportunity to know of Mr. R. Chamberlayne, whether he paid your order to my father, nor of enquiring of Baine or Ross. Col. Burwell says that the balance on his books against you is justly due, the amount I told you when up. Mr. Richard Chapman told my brother Richard, that he paid you, on account of my father, during his sherifalty, forty pounds. I shall esteem it as a particular favour if you will know of Mr. Criswood, your neighbour, whether I am to look to him, or to you, for the £20. my father let him have, and write me by the first opportunity what he says.  I am, dear uncle, your most obedient nephew,
W. Johnson
New Castle, December 9th, 1772
P.S.  Dukens, the man you sent with the beaves, borrowed 20s. of me on the strength of your order on my uncle William Johnson, of that sum.  If he does not produce to you a discharge from me for it, you must charge him with it, his conduct, in returning, I don’t like.  W.J.  To Maj. Thomas Johnson."
Johnson was a member of the Assembly at the time the suit was tried; but he waived his privilege, and therefore the court proceeded.  (Family Tree Maker CD174 Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s Virginia Wills Records, Genealogical Notes Gleaned From Virginia Court Reports)

The Major himself died about 1798 after writing his will:
Nov. 4, 1795.  Will of Thomas Johnson Senr., Trinity Parish.  To “my natural sons” John, William, Robert & James all lands I possess.  To my daus. Jane, Lucy & Alice all money from judgment obtained on the General Court against Thos. Johnson (Shff) & John Poindexter.  Exors: sons John & Wm.  & Ursula Estes.  Wit: Richard Paulett, Barbara Doble, Ursula (X) Estes, Abraham Estes.  Signed: Thomas Johnson.  Prob. Jan. 8, 1798 (Louisa W B#4, 40). 
This will clearly ignores the surviving sons of Thomas and Elizabeth Ashton and the story of Major Thomas Johnson’s life does not end with his death.  The legality of this will was in question & it was apparently set aside. 

Chalkley in Chronicles Of The Scotch-Irish Settlement Of Virginia; Vol 2, provides this record:
SEPTEMBER, 1798 (H to Z). John Johnson vs. Samuel Wilson--Deposition of Ursula Estes before William Thomson and Jno. Downing, Justices of Louisa, 6th March, 1798, says about 1774-'75 she lived with Major Thos. Johnson, deceased, who gave her for her interest for her son John (the plaintiff), a slave, &c.; this slave was exchanged for another who had been the property of Thos. Johnson, deceased, son of the said Major. The plaintiff was aged 24 or 25. Ursula was mistress of Major Johnson and had many children by him. Major Johnson had a son Henry A. Johnson. The Johnson's were from Louisa. Deposition of Sarah Rice, widow of Tandy Rice in Fluvanna County, 1798, 5th March. 

A few years later, the following report was made about the Major:
Reports of Wm. W. Hening, August 1801
MAJOR Thomas Johnson of Louisa.  [No debt listed]  He died intestate in Louisa about two years ago, totally insolvent.  His administrator is Capt. Henry Garrett of the same county.  Maj. Thomas Johnson at the peace and until 1785 possessed a very considerable estate, but having been high sheriff of Louisa County in 1783 and 1784, his mismanagement in office occasioned such embarrassment in his affairs that the whole of his estate was sold by execution and his securities had to pay considerable sums of money to satisfy the demand of the Commonwealth.  The estate of Maj. Johnson after his death was appraised to less that $20. British Mercantile Claims 1775-1803 (The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 3, July-Sept. 1971, 59-60)
Mr. Hening’s report is puzzling! He does seem to be referring to the Thomas Johnson under discussion here because the 1783 deed of mortgage supports the claim that Johnson was a sheriff and tax collector of Louisa.  The date of Johnson’s death is also reasonably accurate—at least not inconsistent and his property does seem to have slowly diminished.  However, Major Thomas Johnson did not die intestate. His mistress Ursula and natural sons John and William were appointed executors to his recorded will.  If the law prohibited the natural sons from inheriting, that would explain why the will was never carried out. 

Ursula Estes died some time before 1804 when her will was recorded: 
Will of Ursula Estes.  Children: Abram Estes, Mary Woodger, Barbara Doble, Sarah Lane, Lucy Harper, John Johnson & children of deceased son William Johnson. To Robert Johnson.  To James Johnson & Alice Johnson.  Execs.: James & Allie Johnson.  Wit: Wm. G. Poindexter, B. Dudley Harris, H Lawrence.  Rec. Feb. 13, 1804.  Objected to be Thomas Harper Ratliff & Lucy his wife.  Ordered to be recorded and Ratliffs appealed. .  (Lo.WB 5, 145). 
According to the marriage records of Louisa County, Abraham Estes married Sarah Timberlake on Feb. 13, 1787.  Mary Estes married Thomas Woodger on August 20, 1789.  Thomas Johnson made an affadavit stating that Mary had lived with him for 21 years.  The marriage record also states that Mary was born Feb. 20, 1767, daughter of John and Ursulah Estes.  Barbara Estes married Joseph Doble on June 17, 1795.  Sharod Lane married Sarah Estis with Joseph Doble as surety on March 14, 1796.  
 Thomas H. Ratliff married Lucey Johnson, dau. of Lucey Johnson with Ursula Estis as a witness on Dec. 3, 1800.  This last marriage is a bit puzzling and may be the result of a transcription error.  Lucy is clearly called “child” in Ursula’s will.  Ursula’s daughter Lucy was born in 1781 and would not have had a grown daughter by 1800. 

Children of Major Thomas Johnson and Elizabeth Ashton Johnson

•	Thomas (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
The Major’s son Thomas was probably born about 1750 and died in 1791.  He remembered his legitimate brothers in the will, but no wife or children.  It is assumed that he never married or had children:
 March 23, 1791.  Will of Thomas Johnson, son of Major Johnson.  To my bros. Richard & Henry Ashton Johnson.  Exors: bros. Richard & Henry Ashton Johnson. Signed: Thos. Johnson.  Wit: Thos. Johnson, Jr., John Michie, Peter R. Johnson.  Prob. Nov. 15, 1791. (Lo.WB#3, 460)

•	2. Richard (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1) 
Richard Johnson was probably born before 1754.  He died in Louisa County  before 1807 when his heirs sold some of his land.
He had married Susanna Garrett on March 2, 1770 and they had several children.  The births of some of these children were recorded by the Rev. Douglas. Richard himself was deceased by 1807:
28-Jan-1807  Susanna Johnson widow and relict of Richard Johnson, dec'd., Richard Johnson, Peter R. Johnson, James Young who married Elizabeth Johnson who is now dec'd., Alexander Walker and Susanna his wife formerly Susanna Johnson, Henry Johnson, Richard Johnson guardian for Kitty Johnson, John Johnson and Ashton Johnson infants who are all heirs of Richard Johnson, dec'd. to Henry Lawrence. Before his death Richard Johnson had covenanted to sell to Henry Lawrence for £2,020 tract in Louisa Co. cont. 3971/2 acres adj. Job Harris, Woodgers, Beadles, Timberlake, Poindexter, Beaver Creek, Blacksmiths shop. (Lo.DB-L, 44)
•	1. George
George must have died young.  He is not mentioned in the 1807 deed. 
•	2. Richard
•	3. Peter R.
•	4. Elizabeth
•	5. Susanna (Nov. 28, 1782-   )
Susanna married Alexander Walker in Louisa on Nov. 4, 1802.  Richard Johnson gave his permission. 
•	6. Henry (Dec. 23, 1784-    )
•	7. Kitty (Dec. 18, 1786-    )
•	8. John (Oct. 20, 1788-     )
•	9. Ashton (b. aft 1788-      )
•	3. Henry Ashton (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1) 
Henry A. Johnson married Anne Meekie on Jan. 20, 1785 according to the Rev. Douglas.  The Rev. also recorded the births of two of their children:
•	1. Elizabeth (May 7, 1786-   )
•	2. Thomas (Jan. 7, 1788-   )

•	4. George (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1) (bef. 1763-   )
George Johnson’s Oct. 22, 1784 marriage to Jean Row was recorded by the Rev. Douglas.  The Rev. also recorded the births of two of their children, but there may have been more born to them. 
09-Oct-1804  George Johnson and Jane, his wife, of Louisa to Thomas Knighton, Jr. for 100 LBS. ; tract on both sides of north branch of North East Creek containing 100 acres being same land purchased by said Jane before her coverture with George ( then Jane Rowe) from the executors of Richard Henson, Dec'd. adjoining Cosby's. Sig. George Johnson (x) and Jane R. Johnson (x) Rec. 9 Oct 1804 (Lo.DB-J, 765)

•	1. Sally (Mar. 16, 1786-  )
•	2. James (Aug. 4, 1789-    )

Children of Major Thomas Johnson and Ursula Green/Row/Estes

•	5. John (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
John Johnson seems to have been the oldest son of the Major with Ursula Estes and was probably born about 1774. Soon after his father’s death, he was selling part of his land.  
01-Aug-1799. John Johnson and Robert Johnson to William Johnson of Carterville, Cumberland County tract in Louisa cont. 95 acres being our part of tract deeded to us and others by Thos. Johnson in Louisa adj. Charles Yancey John Woodger, James Watson for ?100. sig. John Johnson, Robert Johnson (Lo. DB-I,  666)
He married a Mary, but her surname is uncertain.  She may be the Mary Daniel who married a John Johnson in Louisa on Sept. 5, 1796. 
21-May-1800  John Johnson and Mary his wife of Louisa to John Poindexter ?50 tract near the court house beg at maple on Beaver Creek being all the land sd. John Johnson holds on the south side of Beaver Creek under a deed executed to him by his father Thomas Johnson 3 Jan. 1793. Sig. John Johnson and Mary Johnson wit. Wm. G. Poindexter Ralph S. Sandidge, John (x) Thomas (Lo.DB- J, 70)
He is untraced after this. 
 
•	6. William (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1) (   -bef. 1804 Lo.)
William was deceased by the time Ursula wrote her will in 1804.  He had moved to Cumberland County, but is not traced there.
 
•	7. Robert (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)

•	8. James (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
James was born on Sept. 29, 1783 and eventually moved to Buckingham County.  James Johnson’s land sale is identifiable because, in this case, his sister Lucy Ratcliff was also involved in the transaction:
01-Jul-1806  James Johnson, Thomas H. Ratcliff and Lucy his wife of Louisa to William Hainby of Cumberland all their interest in tract adj. John Woodger, dec'd. James Watson, Charles Yancey formerly known as Jones tract. (Lo. DB-K, 300)
James moved to Buckingham County in the late summer of 1806, but is untraced there: 
20-Aug-1806  James Johnson now of Buckingham to Wm. G. Poindexter of Louisa ?67 all his proportion being one moiety of a certain undivided tract of land willed by Ursula Estes, dec'd. to said James Johnson and his sister Alice Johnson by will of said Ursula Estes. Sig. James Johnson. wit. John G Woodson Jr., John Franklin Lawrence N. Poindexter, M. Clark, Jr. (Lo.DB-L., 8)

•	9. Jane (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
•	10. Lucy (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
Lucy Johnson was born July 14, 1781 according to the Douglas Register.  She probably married Thomas Harper Ratcliff, but the record of this marriage has not surfaced.   She is untraced. 
•	11. Alice (Thomas 3, Thomas 2, Richard 1)
Alice was born on Jan. 25, 1785 and married Uriah Harris in Louisa on Dec. 20, 1807. This family is untraced. 

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