Brief Life History of Barnett Ristine
When Barnett Ristine Johnson was born on 28 February 1812, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Johnson, was 47 and his mother, Mary Ristine, was 33. He married Roberta Greene North on 12 February 1839, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 29 August 1886, in Waveland, Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Waveland, Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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- Barney B Johnson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Barnett Johnson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Barnett Johnson in entry for Eugene Johnson, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Montgomery, Indiana, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.
History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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