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HOBBS Thomas

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  HOBBS Thomas was born on 24 Dec 1741 in Sussex County, VA; died in 1801.

    Thomas married GLOVER Rebecca on 19 Oct 1779 in Sussex County, VA. Rebecca was born on 15 Feb 1760 in Sussex County, VA; died in 1809 in Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. HOBBS Sara "Sally"  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1800 and 1805 in Sussex County, VA; died between 1840 and 1850 in Sussex County, VA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  HOBBS Sara "Sally" Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born between 1800 and 1805 in Sussex County, VA; died between 1840 and 1850 in Sussex County, VA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Sally

    Sara married JOHNSON Edmund on 7 Mar 1837. Edmund (son of JOHNSON Levi and JOHNSON Elizabeth --LNU--) was born about 1788 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. JOHNSON David Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1840 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 12 Aug 1919 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Johnson Family Cemetary).
    2. 4. JOHNSON Davy  Descendancy chart to this point was born cal 1841; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  JOHNSON David PeytonJOHNSON David Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 5 Aug 1840 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 12 Aug 1919 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Johnson Family Cemetary).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alt. Burial: Surry County, VA (Rogers Family Cemetary, Off Rt.40)
    • Alt. Name: David Paten Jphnson
    • Name: David Paten
    • Reference Number: 672
    • Military: 2 May 1862; Confederate Army
    • Census: 1900, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
    • Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

    Notes:

    Patin is also possibly the spelling (Pattie Arwood 1-3-204)

    I am very much interested in seeing if the Beverly Booth connection would qualify me for the Jamestown Society. He is my DAR ancestor through his daughter Mary E. who married John C. Rogers. Her daughter married David Payton Johnson, my great-grandfather and Confederate ancestor. I'd be interested in any information you might have.

    Can you connect the Rogers line to the Revolution? My other Surry lines are Maddera, Sledge, Cotton and Hobbs. There are a couple of others but I'm not sure if they were widows or if the names were maiden names.

    Look forward to hearing from you soon! Pat Hall
    .......................................................
    There was a small Bible with "Edmon Johnson's book, July the 17th, 1832" in his hand writing inside the back cover and "Surry Bible Society" and "David P. Johnson" inside the front cover...Information from William Adler Fox and Bertha Johnson Bartlett:

    EIGHTH GENERATION
    37 1 DAVID PATEN JOHNSON, son of (28 1), was born on August 5, 1840. His early life must have been spent in a busy household with his half-brothers and sisters growing up around him. He and his father and these brothers undoubtedly worked the same plots of land along the county line and Blackwater River that had been worked by previous generations of Johnsons.

    In 1862, war came to Virginia and Surry County and David enlisted in Martin's Battery, Company "B" 12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery, commanded by Captain S. T. Martin. His enlistment occurred 01 May 3, 1862, in Richmond. Also serving in his and other Surry County units were many of his present or future relatives, including his half-brother Randolph. He was almost immediately detailed as a teamster for his battalion which was with General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Early in the war, his unit had been stationed at Fort Clifton Franklin, and along the Blackwater River. At about the time that his unit was engaged in battle with Butler's forces in Chesterfield County, he was detached from his unit and detailed as a courier to Major F. J. Boggs, Battalion Commander. At some point during the final months of the war, Private Johnson was taken prisoner by Union forces and was held until he was paroled on April 16, 1865, and allowed to return home. It is said that under the terms of the surrender he was allowed to keep his horse but that it died on the way back to Surry and he had to walk the rest of the way.
    He returned home and soon began courting Mahala Elizabeth Rogers, who lived on a farm close to his father's. They were married at her home, Pleasant Hill Farm, on January 29, 1867, and went to live and work their farm of about 100 acres on Route 612 between Carsley and Route kQ. Some of this land was given to them by Mahaley's mother, Mary Booth Rogers. Roads in the county were more intensive then than they are now and maps of the era show several Johnson farms and have references to a "Johnson's Mill" and "Johnson's Bridge." These places are now overgrown with forest and no one remembers to whom they belonged. David and Mahaley built a modest farmhouse and had their first child, Sidney, on January 20, 1868. He was followed by seven brothers and sisters between then and 1885. The death of his sister, Mary Elizabeth, in 1893 brought great sorrow to the family as she was a lovely girl of but 23 who was shortly to be married. The Johnsons were a strong family, it appears, as eight healthy children were raised when infant mortality was high due to epidemics. Within a few years after the turn of the century, all of the children had married. Granddaughter Bertha Johnson remembers visits to her grandparents at their farm, these always lasted all day as a six mile drive in a "surrey with the fringe on top" was required to get there. Their house was a one-and-a-half story with a parlor that David had added. The kitchen was detached from the house and as this was before the era of the screen door, Mahaley always had trouble keeping the chickens out. For the same reason, someone would have to stand over the table at mealtime and wave a "shoo-fly" (paper streamers crimped onto a reed) to keep the flies away. Mahaley is remembered as a stern and statuesque woman who was as vigorous as she was durable. As Bertha recalls, "What she knew, she knew. She was set in her ways." Her husband, in contrast, was a quiet, gentle, and genteel man. He was a teetotaler except for a glass of.homemade blackberry wine that he would accept after the ride to see his son, Sidney, at Marl Spring. In later years, David was sometimes sickly and he blamed his illnesses on months of poor conditions in prison camps during the Civil War. He died at home on August 12, 1919, and was buried near his farm. His wife inherited the farm but sold it shortly afterward and went to live with her son, Sidney, and his family. On a visit to her son, Asa, in Petersburg she contracted pneumonia and died on May 8, 1923. She was buried beside her husband and daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
    ISSUE
    39 1 SIDNEY THOMAS      b. 1868 d. 1942:
                   m. 1892 Mary Etta Cotton
                   m. 1911 Ruth Ella Rogers
    2 MARY ELIZABETH      b. l870 d. 1893
    3 FLOYD IMAN           b. l872      m. 1993 Annie C. Rogers d. 1915
    4 WILDER LEE           b. 1874      m. 1912 Dora Self d.
    5 JOSEPH FRANKLIN      b. l876 m. Edmonia Collier d. 1943
    6 ASA BERNARD           b. l879 m. 1906 Cornelia A. Harrison d.
    7 PATTIE MAY           b. 1882 m. 1905 J. Thomas Holdsworth d. 1932
    46 8 JOHN ROGERS      b. 1885 m. 1911 Nannie C. Rogers d.

    Nat Sturdivant

    Some Recollections of Him and of His Capture in Front of Petersburg

    To the Editor of the Dispatch:

    I have seen something in your Confederate column about one of the brave captains of the old Twelfth Battalion of Virginia Light Artillery, Nat Sturdivant. I was personally acquainted with Sturdivant and was a member of the Battalion. I endorse what Mr. Shifflett has written. I was an eye-witness to a good part of what he has related. I don't think he or any other man can say too much for that brave man.
    At the time of the Seven Days' fighting in front of Richmond our battalion was at old Camp Lee and Sturdivant's battery and S. T. Martin's battery, of which the writer was a member, were not equipped for service, but we were ordered to the front all the same.
    I don't know just where Studivant's company was sent, but I was on picket duty between Richmond and the battlefields. That was in the summer of 1862.
    In May, 1864, when General Grant landed his troops at City Point, and our small force held Petersburg. I was acting as courier for the commanding officer of our battalion, F. J. Boggs and was sent on that memorable day to carry a dispatch to Sturdivant. I road down the City Point road to our lines, and knew not where to find the Captain until I met with R. A. Pryor. He told me where Sturdivant was and I crossed the road leading to Prince George Courthouse and upon the hill at ___(looks like 205) battery, I found Studivant.
    I went back to Petersburg and that night Captain Sturdivant and his men stood to their guns and fired at the enemy until they broke through our lines and took him prisoner. After he was exchanged, he was promoted to the rank of major of that battalion, and Captain Boggs was sent to some other command. The last time I remember to have seen Major Sturdivant was on Sunday morning , April 9, 1865, when he gave me a piece of Old Virginia bacon and bread to eat between Appomattox Courthouse and Lynchburg.
    D. P. JOHNSON
    Carsley, Va.

    Military:
    David Peyton Johnson served in the Civil War in Martin's Battery (CO. B, 12th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery) detailed as a battalion wagon driver then later detached as a courier for Major Boggs.

    Census:

    1900 United States Federal Census about David Johnson
    Name:      David Johnson
    Age:      59
    Birth Date:      Aug 1840
    Birthplace:      Virginia
    Home in 1900:      Guildford, Surry, Virginia
    Race:      White
    Gender:      Male
    Relation to Head of House:      Head
    Marital Status:      Married
    Spouse's Name:      Mahala Johnson
    Marriage Year:      1867
    Years Married:      33
    Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
    Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
    Occupation: Farmer

    Census:

    1910 United States Federal Census about David D Johnson
    Name:      David D Johnson
    Age in 1910:      70
    Birth Year:      abt 1840
    Birthplace:      Virginia
    Home in 1910:      Guilford, Surry, Virginia
    Race:      White
    Gender:      Male
    Relation to Head of House:      Head
    Marital Status:      Married
    Spouse's Name:      Mahala E Johnson
    Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
    Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
    Neighbors:      View others on page
    Household Members:     
    Name      Age
    David D Johnson      70
    Mahala E Johnson      65
    Jack R Johnson      25 (listed as Son)

    David married ROGERS Mahala Elizabeth on 29 Jan 1867 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mahala (daughter of ROGERS John Clark, Sr. and BOOTH Mary Ellis) was born on 20 Sep 1844 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 8 May 1923; was buried in Surry County, VA (Johnson Family Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. JOHNSON Sidney Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1868; died on 4 Sep 1942 in Claremont, Surry County, VA; was buried in Surry, Surry County, VA (Oakwood Cemetary).
    2. 6. JOHNSON Mary Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1870; died on 22 Nov 1893.
    3. 7. JOHNSON Floyd Ivan (Iman)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1872; died on 25 Dec 1915.
    4. 8. JOHNSON Wilder Lee  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1874; died on 4 Aug 1957; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
    5. 9. JOHNSON Joseph Franklin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1876; died on 23 Jan 1943; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
    6. 10. JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1879; died on 18 Feb 1954; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary).
    7. 11. JOHNSON Pattie Mae  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1882 in Virginia; died on 18 Jan 1932 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
    8. 12. JOHNSON Jack Rogers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1885; died in 1911.

  2. 4.  JOHNSON Davy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born cal 1841; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  JOHNSON Sidney ThomasJOHNSON Sidney Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Jan 1868; died on 4 Sep 1942 in Claremont, Surry County, VA; was buried in Surry, Surry County, VA (Oakwood Cemetary).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1861-1865, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Surry Cavalry
    • Residence: 1890, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Marl Spring Farm

    Notes:

    Hi Gene: You have Sidney Thomas Johnson and Ruth Ella Rogers on you web page. In the Sussex-Surry Dispatch March 7 edition was obit for Katherine J. Fox listing them as her parents... Jean Johnsom

    ...................................................
    NINTH GENERATION
    SIDNEY THOMAS JOHNSON, son of David Peyton Johnson (a veteran of the Civil War) and Mahala Elizabeth Rogers, was born on January 20, 1868. As most of Surry County was left bankrupt after the Civil War, his boyhood was a simple one characterized by hard work. Schools were of the one-room variety and pupils ranged in age from seven years to adults. Sidney was a bright boy and quickly mastered his three R'B. At age eighteen he went to work in Waverly at a small general store. He worked for his board and a few dollars a month. Being only six miles from home, he walked the distance when time permitted. On one occasion, he was taken ill and his father had to drive a horse and dump cart the six miles through a snowstorm to get him. The cart was bedded down with hay and a quilt on top to make a bed. More quilts were placed over him and a table oilcloth covered all. He was snug and warm but doubtlessly had a rough ride, all the same.
    It was at the small store in Waverly that he gained experience and acquired some knowledge of business management. After four years he had saved enough out of his meager earnings to make a down payment on a farm of his own.
    In 1890, at age 22, he bought Marl Spring Farm. The manor house had burned down some time before, leaving but a small cabin; it was here that he lived for two years while he farmed and kept a small neighborhood store. On an adjacent farm lived the Cotton family, with three young girls. Boy met girl and he courted Mary Etta Cotton, marrying her at Union Church on January 27, 1892. He was described in a contemporary account as being a "popular young bachelor" and she was a lovely bride, as evidenced in photographs. A "grand reception" was held at her home after the ceremony.
    After the wedding, Sidney and Mary set up housekeeping in the cabin which had been his home for two years. Now, as a team, they worked to make their lives better. He started building a proper house as time and money permitted. The house was built in two sections, the first of which was completed before 1895- The west end of their cabin housed a forge and tools while the house was being built. Their child, Ruth Olga, was born in the tiny cabin, while those which followed were born in the new house. The years went by while they worked and strived to make a good home for themselves and their growing family. Sidney was a very intelligent man and throughout his life showed greater ability than his simple schooling would indicate.
    Fortunately, there were no wars during Sidney's young manhood, but he was a volunteer member of the Surry Cavalry. He occasionally rode to Surry on his black horse for drills, sporting a blue uniform with brass trappings and a gleaming saber at his side. He was a man of great energy and knowhow, inventing and making things to simplify the work that had to be done. Mary, dear wife and the mother of his six children, died on May 9i 1909t after an illness of about two years. She was but 37 years of age. Mary is remembered by her children as a loving woman and she was greatly beloved by all who knew her. The family suffered a tragic loss at her death.
    Some difficult years followed with Sidney left alone with six children ranging in age from 3 to 16 years. Almost two years later he was married to Ruth ELla Rogers, but 18 years old. Her father was William Thomas Rogers and was related to Sidney's mother, who called him "Cousin Tommy." Sidney and Ruth had three children between 1912 and 1919, and by the time these were growing up the others had married and moved away. The first family car came in 1916 and it made visiting much easier. Sidney Johnson is remembered by Surry County farmers even today as having been able to plow an incredibly straight line with a mule. He, at one point, had a cantankerous steel-wheeled tractor and may have cussed it and ordered it around as did some of the older farmers, who plowed with mules all their lives.

    The Johnson farmhouse was the junction of the first telephone line across Surry County and the children remember its switchboard. Sidney had educated himself in legal matters and became a justice of the peace around 1920. For many years he tried cases, both misdemeanors and felonies, in his office in a cabin just west of the house. With some felony cases, the proceedings were briefly suspended in order that he could chase the children away from under the window and prevent them from hearing the gruesome details. He was especially busy with his duties during the prohibition years.
    During the 1930 's, the rest of the children finished school at Dendron and moved away. Ruth died in a Richmond hospital on March 31, 1941, only 48 years of age, leaving Sidney alone again at 73. She was greatly loved by all the children and was sadly missed. She was a robust woman and was so kind that it is said that she "would give the butter right off the table to someone in need." Sidney remained at home for a while then, enfeebled, went to Kibler Nursing Home in Claremont where he died on September 4, 1942. His funeral was held at his home and was attended by a large number of his friends and relatives. He was. a longtime member of Carsley Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday School for many years. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Surry between Mary and Ruth under a grove of young oak trees.
    ISSUE

    by Mary Etta Cotton
    RUTH OLGA b. 1893, d. 1969 m. 1926 Earl L. Madison
    BERTHA MAY b. 1895, d. 1987 m. 1920 Charles Lawrence Bartlett
    MYRA BELL b. 1897, m. 1917 Nelson Miles Huber
    ALBERT SIDNEY b. 1899, m. 1927 Marjorie Ruth Kincaid d. 1982
    MYRTIE LEE b. 1902, m. 1920 John Harris Lane, Jr., d. 1971
    HUGH THOMAS b. 1905, m. 1936 Edith Lorraine Duncan, d. 1965

    by Ruth Ella Rogers

    PAULINE ISABEL b. 1912, m. 1941 Thomas Linwood Gofer d. 1988
    EDNA MARION b. 1918, m. 1945 James W. Watt, Jr. d. 1996
    KATHERINE GLADYS b. 1919, m. 1941 Eiwin Adler Fox, Jr.
    Mary Etta Cotton Sidney Thomas Johnson Ruth Ella Rogers

    Military:
    Bertha (Johnson) Bartlett, wrote that her father, Sidney T. Johnson, was a member of the Surry Cavalry when she was a girl, in the first decade of the 20th century. She says he occasionally rode to Surry Courthouse on his black horse for drills, sporting a blue uniform with brass trappings and a gleaming saber at his side. Fortunately, there were no wars during bis young manhood.

    Residence:
    In 1890, at age 22, he bought Marl Spring Farm. The manor house had burned down some time before, leaving but a small cabin; it was here that he lived for two years while he farmed and kept a small neighborhood store. On an adjacent farm lived the Cotton family, with three young girls. Boy met girl and he courted Mary Etta Cotton, marrying her at Union Church on January 27, 1892. He was described in a contemporary account as being a "popular young bachelor" and she was a lovely bride, as evidenced in photographs. A "grand reception" was held at her home after the ceremony.
    After the wedding, Sidney and Mary set up housekeeping in the cabin which had been his home for two years. Now, as a team, they worked to make their lives better. He started building a proper house as time and money permitted. built in two sections, the first of which was completed before 1895- The west end of their cabin housed a forge and tools while the house was being built. Their child, Ruth Olga, was born in the tiny cabin, while those which followed were born in the new house. The years went by while they worked and strived to make a good home for themselves and their growing family. Sidney was a very intelligent man and throughout his life showed greater ability than his simple schooling would indicate.

    Died:
    Ruth died in a Richmond hospital on March 31, 1941, only 48 years of age, leaving Sidney alone again at 73. Sidney remained at home for awhile, then, greatly enfeebled, went into Kibler Nursing Home in Claremont where he died on September 4,1942. His funeral was held at his home and was attended by a large number of friends and relatives. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery between Etta and Ruth under a grove of young oak trees.

    Buried:
    he died on September 4, 1942. His funeral was held at his home and was attended by a large number of his friends and relatives. He was. a longtime member of Carsley Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday School for many years. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Surry between Mary and Ruth under a grove of young oak trees.

    Sidney married ROGERS Ruth Ella about 1911. Ruth (daughter of ROGERS William Thomas and ANDREWS Elizabeth Rebecca) was born on 11 Nov 1893; died on 31 Mar 1941; was buried in Surry, Surry County, VA (Oakwood Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. JOHNSON Pauline Isabel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1912; died in 1988.
    2. 14. JOHNSON Edna Marion  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Sep 1918; died in 1996.
    3. 15. JOHNSON Katherine J.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1919 in Dendron, Surry County VA; died on 25 Feb 2012; was buried on 28 Feb 2012 in Newport News, VA.

    Sidney married COTTON Mary Etta on 28 Jan 1892 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of COTTON William Madison and MADDERA Valeria Ann) was born on 30 May 1871; died on 11 May 1909; was buried in Surry, Surry County, VA (Oakwood Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. JOHNSON Ruth Olga  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1893; died on 4 Nov 1969 in Newport News, VA.
    2. 17. JOHNSON Bertha May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1895; died on 27 Feb 1987.
    3. 18. JOHNSON Myra Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Nov 1897; and died.
    4. 19. JOHNSON Albert Sidney  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Dec 1899 in Dendron, Surry County VA; died on 28 May 1982 in Newport News, VA; was buried in Surry, Surry County, VA.
    5. 20. JOHNSON Myrtle Lee  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1902; died in 1971.
    6. 21. JOHNSON Hugh Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1905; died on 2 Nov 1965 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.

  2. 6.  JOHNSON Mary Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 8 May 1870; died on 22 Nov 1893.

    Notes:

    (Medical):She was engaged to be married when she became very ill with a fever. They went on horse back to get a doctor, but she died before they got back.


  3. 7.  JOHNSON Floyd Ivan (Iman) Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 5 Mar 1872; died on 25 Dec 1915.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in a buggy during a snow storm

    Floyd married ROGERS Annie Glazebrook on 9 May 1903. Annie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. JOHNSON Robert  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 8.  JOHNSON Wilder Lee Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 3 May 1874; died on 4 Aug 1957; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

    Wilder married SELF Dora in 1912. Dora and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. JOHNSON Evelyn  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  JOHNSON Joseph Franklin Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 28 Jul 1876; died on 23 Jan 1943; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.

    Joseph married COLLIER Edmonia Salome on 17 Oct 1901. Edmonia (daughter of COLLIER Joseph Turner and HARRISON Cornelia Adelaide) was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. JOHNSON Turner Collier  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 10.  JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Sr.JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Sep 1879; died on 18 Feb 1954; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Employment: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Rogers Family Store
    • Military: Colonial Heights, , Virginia; WW-II Draft Registration
    • Census: 1930, Colonial Heights, , Virginia; 1930 Census
    • Employment: Abt 1930, Petersburg, VA; Store at 627 Grove Avenue
    • Residence: 1937, Petersburg, VA; 303 Lafayette Av

    Notes:

    Deceased: ASA JOHNSON
    Deceased Information Last Name: JOHNSON
    First Name: ASA
    Middle Name: BERNARD
    Identifiers Birthdate:
    Date of Death: 2/18/1954
    Interment Date: 2/20/1954
    Race: WHITE
    Sex: MALE
    Age: 74
    Other Information Parentage: DAVID & MAHALIA JOHNSON
    Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
    Place of Death:
    Residence At Time of Grave Purchase Address:
    Apartment:
    City:
    State:
    Zip:
    Attending Doctor: J. P. THWEATT
    Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
    Grave Id: 18427
    Ward: RR
    Section #: 10
    Square: 7 (W 1/2)
    Location: W 1/2 2ND SW CORNER
    Location Grave #: 1
    New/Old Grounds: NEW
    Type of Vault: B

    Employment:
    Asa, as a young boy, worked in the Rogers' family stores. One the old store in Spring Grove is no longer standing. The Rogers family owned several stores. One at Carsley and one at Spring Grove were two of them. Ramey, who was related to the Rogers family also owned a store.

    Asa Bernard Johnson worked in the Rogers Store on Carsley road (corner of Carsley and Otterdam Roads) across the road from Carsley United Methodist Church when he was young. This store was owned by Asa's mother (Mahala Elizabeth Rogers') family. While working at the store, Asa wrote arithmetic equations and signed his name in several places on the plaster wall of the building behind the store. Rogers Store at the corner of Carsley and Otterdam Roads has been restored and is open as a museum. The signatures of Asa Bernard Johnson can be seen on the wall. At the present, there are numerous store ledgers still existing with many family names and what they purchased. Call the Surry County Historical Society to view the store and its many interesting contents.

    A portrait painted by Asa's grand daughter, Brenda Johnson Duckwall, of Asa's father, David Peyton Johnson (husband of Mahala Elizabeth Rogers), hangs in the store.


    He later owned a grocery store on Grove Avenue in Petersburg, Virginia.

    note: per Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson this store was owned by Nora Rogers when Doris Jean was a child) and was on Rt.10 Rt.40 NW side at Spring Grove in the triangle. 2 story with an attached wharehouse type building.

    Asa Bernard Johnson and his wife Nelie were very generous and kind people especially evident during the Depression Years. Asa was not much concerned with making a profit from his store. He frequently let people have food "on credit" whether or not they could pay him back. They also took people into their modest home at 303 Lafayette Avenue in Colonial Heights.

    Military:
    WW II Draft Registration From Ancestry.com

    Asa Bernard Johnson
    303 Lafayette Ave.
    Colonial Heights, VA
    62 years old. Birthdate Sept. 25,1879
    Birth: Surry County, Virginia
    Wife: Mrs. Cornelia Harrison Johnson

    Self-employed
    A. B. JOHNSON'S GROCERY
    627 Grove Avenue
    Petersburg, VA

    SIGNED A. B. Johnson

    The painted name of this grocery was and may still be visible on the side of the actual grocery or a nearby brick building. The actual grocery store was at 627 Grove Avenue.

    Census:
    The 1930 Census shows the following people living at 303 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Heights:

    Asa B. Johnson 50 years old
    Nelie A. Johnson 43
    Harrison Johnson 10 (David Harrison Johnson, son)
    Rosa Bland 23
    Ruth Goodrich 21
    Sarah Lane 19

    1930 United States Census, Asa and Nellie are listed as living at 303 Lafayette Ave. Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia,
    The Census was done on April 15, 1930 and Nellie A. Johnson is listed as 43 making her birth year 1886. It gives the value of his home (Asa) as $3,500 and that he is a Merchant, Grocer, working on his own account. Listed in the household are: Asa, Nellie, their son Harrison Johnson (David Harrison Johnson), Rosa Bland, Ruth Goodrich, and Sarah Lane.

    Employment:
    Owned a store on Grove Ave in Petersburg

    Residence:
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    about Asa B Johnson
    Name:
    Asa B Johnson          
    Gender: Male          
    Residence Year: 1937          
    Street address: 303 Lafayette av Colonial Hts          
    Residence Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA          
    Occupation: Salesman          
    Spouse: Nelia A Johnson          
    Publication Title: Petersburg, Virginia, City Directory, 1937          

    Buried:
    Asa Bernard Johnson, Sr.

    Asa Bernard Johnson, Sr. 74, Merchant, residing at 303 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Heights, died yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock in Petersburg General Hospital after an illness of six months.

    Mr. Johnson was a native of Surry County but had lived in Colonial Heights for the past 28 years.

    Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nelie Harrison Johnson of Colonial Heights, two sons: Asa Bernard Johnson, Jr. Of Macon, GA and David Harrison Johnson, of Petersburg; brother, Wilder Johnson, of Richmond, and three grandchildren.

    Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Chapel of J. T. Morris and Sons. The Rev. James B. Douglass, Pastor of Highland Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Blandford Cemetery.


    Deceased: ASA JOHNSON
    Deceased InformationLast Name: JOHNSON
    First Name: ASA
    Middle Name: BERNARD

    IdentifiersBirthdate:
    Date of Death: 2/18/1954
    Interment Date: 2/20/1954
    Race: WHITE
    Sex: MALE
    Age: 74
    Other InformationParentage: DAVID & MAHALIA JOHNSON
    Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
    Place of Death:
    Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
    Apartment:
    City:
    State:
    Zip:
    AttendingDoctor: J. P. THWEATT
    Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
    GraveId: 18427
    Ward: RR
    Section #: 10
    Square: 7 (W 1/2)
    Location: W 1/2 2ND SW CORNER
    LocationGrave #: 1
    New/Old Grounds: NEW
    Type of Vault: B

    Asa married HARRISON "Nellie" Cornelia Adelaide on 19 Dec 1906 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. "Nellie" (daughter of HARRISON William Franklin and BAIRD Sarah Ellis) was born on 7 Sep 1887; died on 19 Jul 1959; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Nov 1907 in Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA.; died on 27 Aug 1976 in Macon, GA; was buried in Macon, GA.
    2. 26. JOHNSON David Harrison  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1918 in Petersburg, VA; died on 16 May 1989; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary).

  7. 11.  JOHNSON Pattie Mae Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 21 Oct 1882 in Virginia; died on 18 Jan 1932 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1248

    Pattie married HOLDSWORTH John Thomas on 26 Dec 1905 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. John (son of HOLDSWORTH John Henry and SCAMMELL Rosabelle Augusta) was born on 10 May 1879 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1917 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 12.  JOHNSON Jack Rogers Descendancy chart to this point (3.David3, 2.Sara2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1885; died in 1911.

    Family/Spouse: ROGERS Nannie C.. Nannie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]