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Lucy Webb Johnson (Barnett)

Also Known As: "Lucy Webb Barnett"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Greene County, Georgia, USA
Death: March 18, 1857 (59)
Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX, United States
Place of Burial: Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nathan Barnett, Jr. and Ave Garnett Barnett
Wife of Jesse Johnson
Mother of Dr John Leonard Johnson; Ava Ann Johnson; Andrew Jackson Johnson; Cisley Ann Miller; Amanda Melvina Johnson and 7 others
Sister of William Johnson Barnett and Susan Griffin Elder

Managed by: David William Stein
Last Updated:

About Lucy Webb Johnson

Lucy Webb BARNETT was born on 14 Jan 1798 in prob. Elbert County, Georgia. She died on 13 Mar 1857 in Lockhart, Texas.


  • Great Grandmother of Lyndon Baines Johnson 37th President of the United States.
  • Lucy W. Barnett daughter of Nathan & Ave was born January 14 1798
  • Married Jesse Johnson on 14 Nov 1817 in Greene County, Georgia
  • She is named as Lucy Johnson in the probate records of her father

Family

Jesse JOHNSON III and Lucy Webb BARNETT had 10 children, including:

  1. John Leonard Johnson 1818–1890
  2. Andrew Jackson Johnson 1825–1891
  3. Cisley Ann Johnson Miller 1825–1899
  4. Francis W Johnson Barnett 1829–1885
  5. Samuel Ealy Johnson 1838–1915 married Eliza Bunton. (President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s grandparents)
  6. Ava Johnson married James Adams
  7. Nathan Johnson married Malissa Williams

Notes

From The Herald-Journal, Volume 96, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, Friday, December 27, 1963

Johnson's Great-Grandmother Born In Greene County: The great-grandmother of President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a native of Greene County.

Jesse Johnson, born April 29, 1795 in Oglethorpe County, GA. He married Lucy Webb Barnett, who was born in Greene County, GA, on January 14, 1798. They were married in Greene County, Ga on November 14, 1817, by Jno Wilson, Justice of Peace. (Marriage Records A, page 1 Ordinary's Office, Greene County, Georgia.

Both died in Lockhart, Texas. Mr. Johnson died on May 15, 1856, and Mrs. Johnson died on March 3, 1857.

This couple had a son, who Sam Early Johnson, Sr., born November 12, 1838 in Alabama, and he married Eliza Bunton on December 11, 1867. Mr. Johnson died on February 25, 1915.

Their son, Sam Early Johnson, Jr. married Rebekah Baines and their son Lyndon Baines Johnson is President of the United States.

Lucy Webb Barnett was the daughter of Nathaniel Barnett and wife Lucy Webb. They lived at one time according to the Elbert county records on Broad River.

Greene County deed records show conveyance to and from Nathaniel Barnett.

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Lucy Webb Johnson's Timeline

1798
January 14, 1798
Greene County, Georgia, USA
1818
October 28, 1818
Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, USA
1820
August 10, 1820
1823
May 18, 1823
1825
January 27, 1825
Georgia, USA
November 10, 1825
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
1827
March 7, 1827
1829
May 5, 1829
Georgia, USA
1829
GA, United States