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Lucy Rosanna Johnson (Reese)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Southampton County, Virginia
Death: August 24, 1820 (58-59)
Warren County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: Gibson, Glascock County, GA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Reese and Mary Polly Reese
Wife of William Johnson, Sr.
Mother of Randolph Johnson; Martha Elizabeth Aldridge; Sally Johnson; Lewis Johnson; Aaron Johnson and 6 others
Sister of John Reese, Jr.; Randolph Reese; Roger Reese; Sallie Ledbetter; Rivers Reese and 7 others

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About Lucy Rosanna Johnson


Lucy Rosannah Reese

  • Born 1761 in Southampton, Virginia
  • Died about 1820 at about age 59 in Warren, Georgia. USA
  • Daughter of John Reese and Mary Polly (Thorpe) Reese
  • Sister of Randolph Reese, John Rees Jr [half], Rivers Reese, Sarah (Kincheon) Ivey, Celia (Reese) Adams and Reuben Reese
  • Wife of William Johnson - married 1778

Biography

Lucy Roseannah Reese (1761-1792), daughter of John and Mary Reese, in Southampton County, Virginia. Mentioned in her father's will.[1] [2]


William Johnson served in the American Revolutionary War in Virginia. He married, about 1778, Lucy (Rosannah) Reese, daughter of John Reese, in Southampton County, Virginia.

His brother was Willis Johnson.

They had 11 children, 6 sons, 5 daughters:

  1. Randolph (married Nancy Mathis),
  2. Martha (married William Aldridge)
  3. Sally
  4. Lewis (married Dilla Dilly Johnson)
  5. Aaron (married Susie Freeman),
  6. Elizabeth
  7. James (married Rebecca Neal Hardaway),
  8. Mary ( Polly) (married David Adams),
  9. Reece (married Fannie Goza)
  10. William, Jr. (married Caroline Burnley)
  11. Lucy

Gravesite Details
William is buried in the old Johnson Family cemetery with some of his children, grandchildren and other family members. This marker was placed by his great granddaughter, Texie Johnson, in the Johnson Methodist Church Cemetery.

References

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-43142
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218321803/lucy-rosannah-johnson
  3. Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8577409/william-johnson
  4. Johnson, Guill. William Johnson, Sr. 1750-1830: the Johnsons of Warren County, Georgia. (1997) Chiefly descendants of William Johnson and Lucy Rosannah Reese. He was born 16 Oct 1750 in Virginia. He married Lucy Rosannah Reese in 1778. He died 6 May 1830 in Georgia. They were the parents of eleven children. < FamilySearch > ; page 6. < FamilySearch >; (document attached) … Lucy Rosanna Reese was the daughter of John Reese and Mary Thorpe and was the maternal granddaughter of John Thorp.
  5. Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, pages 649-650
  6. http://usgenarchives.net SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Reese, 1 Dec 1792 (transcription) See also:
  7. Source: S57 jeffrey harden, harden Web Site
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Lucy Rosanna Johnson's Timeline

1761
1761
Southampton County, Virginia
1779
April 26, 1779
Southampton, Virginia, United States
1781
September 16, 1781
Virginia, United States
1782
1782
Southampton, Virginia, United States
1783
October 16, 1783
Southampton, Virginia, United States
1785
January 15, 1785
Southampton, Virginia, United States
1786
1786
1787
June 11, 1787
Southampton,Virginia,USA
1790
November 11, 1790
Southampton, Virginia, United States