Thursday, March 25, 2021

Who do the Grandchildren with the Last name Johnson belong to?


This was in the very beginning stages of my Family research 
 while I'm researching the Biles Family in 1870. I see the Family of Park Biles my 4th Great Grandfather with 7 children 3 girls and 4 boys and the Mother-In-Law living in the home! Cannon Co Tennessee


The Biles Family 1880 Cannon Co 
Park Biles Born            Sep 1829
 Patsy Biles wife           Est  1832
Children
Violet Biles 1852         3rd Great Aunt
Willis Biles 1854         3rd Great Uncle
Mary Biles  1857         3rd Great Grandmother
Sandy Biles 1862         3rd Great Uncle wife Mollie
Robert Biles 1870        3rd Great Uncle  wife Mary Smith
James Biles 1873         3rd Great Uncle  wife Della Mae Biles
Sarah B Biles 1879      3rd Great Aunt Husband George Gross
Joe Biles 1875             5-year-old son of Violet Biles
Johnson Carson age     22 Son in law married to Mary 
Elizabeth Carson age   4 months Grandchild Mary & Johnson Carson's daughter
Dinah Hammons 1790 Mother of Patsy 5th Great Grandmother



1900 Census
Here in the 1900 Census, we have Park Biles Head of Household Widowed with 2 grandchildren living in the home name Mattie B Johnson and William B Johnson!  
So I'm trying to figure out who these two children belong to! Last name Johnson. Mary was Married to Johnson Carson and had 1 daughter Elizabeth born in March of 1879. Sister Violet Biles had 1 son Joe Biles born in 1875 she was not married and working as a housekeeper at the time! it took me years to find any information on Violet! But one day something told me to look for a birth certificate for William or Mattie B. and I found this Birth certificate for William B with the mother listed as Violet Biles and Father Tilmon Johnson. WHATTTTT so the B is for Biles Smh it took me years to finally figure that out! But Boy was I happy to finally be able to close this chapter



William B Johnson Birth Certificate 
I found a Marriage record for Violet and Tillmon he was quite a bit older than she was

Tillman Johnson and Violet Biles Marriage Record
I Have found living relatives still living in the area. I'm planning on visiting the area and also going to The Black History Museum  
203 W. Main St, Suite 13 McMinnville TN Wayne Wolford Director/Curator 931-212-6609  for a visit soon and will have to get pictures. 


Who do the Grandchildren with the Last name Johnson belong to? This was in the very beginning stages of my Family research   while I...