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Snellen Johnson
1772 - 1842 (~ 70 years)-
Name Snellen Johnson Nickname Snelling Born Oct 1772 Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA 
Gender Male Died 3 Dec 1842 Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Person ID I53 My Family Tree | Collett-Williams, Raynor-Armstrong Last Modified 12 Sep 2018
Father Curtis Johnson, b. 1730, Virginia, United States , d. 15 Oct 1799, Washington, Virginia, United States (Age 69 years) Mother Elizabeth Snelling, b. 1747, Botetourt, Virginia, United States , d. 1824, Washington, Virginia, United States (Age 77 years) Married Abt. 1763 Washington, Virginia, United States Family ID F1963 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Foreman, b. 5 Nov 1778, South Carolina, Britsh Colonial, USA , d. 9 Apr 1856, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA (Age 77 years) Children + 1. Willis F. Johnson, b. 1 May 1806, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Dec 1853, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA (Age 47 years)+ 2. Alfred Johnson, b. 1807, South Carolina, USA , d. 8 Jan 1874, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA (Age 67 years)Last Modified 29 Nov 2012 Family ID F14 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - Oct 1772 - Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA 
Died - 3 Dec 1842 - Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
1790 Amherst County, Virginia Tax List Census for Snelling Johnson
Name: Snelling Johnson
White Tithes:1 Slave Tithes:3 Slaves between 12 & 16:0 Horses:3
See also Thomas, Anne and John Johnson
Source: http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/Amherst/1790PersonalB/07.jpg
Land transaction 5 April 1789 lists Snelling Johnston
Spotsylvania Deed book O, page 483
Also, on 5 March 1764 Henry Lewis gifts land to his son-in-law, Alexander Johnson, and Henry's daughter, Alexander's wife, Mary Johnson in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
1810 US Census possibly for Snelling Johnson (husband and wife with 2 children under 10 years old)
Name: Snellen Johnstone Home in 1810: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Numbers of Slaves: 5
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9
Land records for Snelling Johnson 1818-1827
From Jasper County, Georgia, Deed Book Index pg 355, Book 8 pgs 230-231, and Book A pg 87
Snelling purchased 202 1/2 acres from Benjamin Irwin 10 July 1818 for $765 adjacent to Thomas Merrit property
Snelling purchased adjoining 101 1/4 acres from Thomas Merrit 5 May 1827 for $280
Snelling Johnson and Thomas Greer & Estate of George Stephens 18 December 1822
The petition of Stephen and widow Stephens, administrators of George Stephens estate that Snelling Johnson and Thomas Greer Jasper County - $138.50 - 18 December 1822
Court Case - Benjamin Marshall vs Snelling alias Snellen Johnson 20 January 1827
Benjamin alleged Snelling owed $124.25. The jury ruled in Benjamin's favor on 14 November 1827.
Court Case between Benjamin Marshall and Snellen alias Snelling Johnson, 20 January 1827 (Index)
Shows that Snellen also went by Snelling
Court Case Snelling Johnson vs Thomas Merritt 29 March 1828
Snelling alleged he lost a $50 bank note on 1 October 1826 of the Bank of North Carolina and on 25 December 1826 Thomas converted the note into his own property. The jury ruled in Snelling's favor for principle and interest on 4 May 1830.
1830 US Census - Snelling Johnson
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jasper, Georgia
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total Slaves: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10
Court Case James Whitfield verses Snellen Johnson, George Alexander, and Alfred Johnson 20 March 1830
James alleged that on 1 April 1828 Snellen and George contracted in writing for $130. Paid $130 plus $8.66 23 in interest plus Plantiff attorney fees of $14.62 23rd October 1830.
1840 US Census - Snelling Johnson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 293, Jasper, Georgia
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 6
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 14
Jasper Postponed Sheriff Sale 21 December 1841
Sheriff Sale in 1841 of Lands adjoining Snelling Johnson lands in Jasper County, Georgia
Source: Federal Union, Dec. 21, 1841 -- page 4
Snelling Johnson - Bond - 6 Dec 1842 and 4 July 1842
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 462
Date: 6 Dec 1842 and 4 July 1842
Snelling Johnson - Bond - 7 March 1843 and 8 May 1843
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 478
Date: 7 March 1843 and 8 May 1843
Application Notice of Estate Sale of Snelling Johnson 27 April 1843
Federal Union, Jul. 18, 1843 -- page 4
Snelling Johnson - Property - 18 July 1843
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 386-387
Date: 18 July 1843
Administrator's Sale Notice of Snellon & Snelling Johnson Estate
Federal Union, Oct. 10, 1843 -- page 4
Snelling Johnson Inventory and Appointment - 17 July 1844
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 555-557
Date: 17 July 1844
Alfred Johnson administrator of Snelling Estate - Federal Union - 2 Sept 1845
Federal Union, September 2, 1845 -- page 4
Source: dig.galileo.usg.edu
Snelling Johnson - Sale Bill - 12 March 1844
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 388-392
Date: 12 March 1844
Snelling Johnson - Division of Estate - 1 January 1846
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 558-559
Date: 6 Dec 1842 and 4 July 1842
Snelling Johnson - Minute Book - January 1846
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Page: 8
Date: January 1846
Snelling Johnson Annual Return - 8 May 1859
Source: Film #158452 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Pages: 653-654
Date: 8 May 1859
Jasper County, Georgia Probate File for the Estate of Snelling Johnson in 1859
Jasper County, Probate Court, Estate Case Files 1809-1941
Jasper County Probate Records Index pages 11-20 for Johnsons
Source: Film #158445 - Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941 Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Jasper County)
Sale of Thomas Meritt's 100 acres in Henry County to satisfy a Fi Fa
Fi Fa = A writ of Fieri Facias issued by the Clerk of Magistrate Court for the purpose of recording a lien on the judgment debtor's property
Source: Macon Weekly Telegraph (Macon, GA), 4 September 1830, Volume 4, Issue 36, Page 143
Letter to Mrs. Warren L. Johnson from Mrs. G. B. Turner of Hillsboro, Georgia dated July 25, 1940
By Wallace L. Taylor
Headstones 
Snelling Johnson Headstone
Find A Grave Memorial# 52378494
Histories 
Sons of Snellen and Mary Forman Johnson
By June Belcher Roberts
Some of the claims in this article have been proven incorrect.
Snelling Johnson - Comments by Wallace L Taylor regarding June Belcher Robert's biography
By Wallace L. Taylor, 4 January 1994
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Notes - The following are references to Snelling Johnson in the Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800:
Page 483 - Jany. 28, 1796. James Nelson of Louisa Co. to Joseph Nelson of Spots. Co. £50 curr. 50 a. in Spots. Co., etc., etc. John Carter, Zachariah x Wharton, Snelling x Johnston. April 5, 1796.
- The 1790 and 1800 census records for Virginia were destroyed by fire during the War of 1812 with the British.
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Hannah Greer (daughter of John D. Greer and older sister to Nancy Reddick Greer) and her husband Thomas Flew Nolan are living in Montecello, Jasper, Georgia (1820 census) in 1820 which is 9 miles from Hillsboro.
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GRANTOR GRANTEE DATE RECORDED
Irwin, Benjamin Snelling Johnson 2/10/1818
Merritt, Thomas Snellen Johnson 5/5/1823
Source: http://georgiaarchives.org/what_do_we_have/online_indexes/pdi/RG179/179-01-006.htm - New court case for Snellen
Ferrell, Cuthbert and Amos Jones vs. Snellen Johnson
Johnson, Snellen and Alfred Johnson vs. Benjamin Barron
Johnson, Snellen vs. Benjamin Marshall
Johnson, Snellen and Alfred Johnson vs. Isaac C.W.T. McKissack
Johnson, Snellen vs. Hezekiah W. Scovill
Johnson, Snellen, Alfred Johnson and Reuben Dawkins
Johnson, Willis, Alfred Johnson, Snellen Johnson, Jeptha Clements and John Grier vs. James Whitfield
Moore, Aaron vs. Snellen Johnson
Johnson, Alfred, Snelling Johnson, Administrator and LaFayette Johnson vs. W.C. Clement
Johnson, Snelling vs. John H. Brantley for use of John Greer Johnson, Snelling vs. Hamilton Brown, Peyton Gwyn and James Gwyn
Johnson, Snelling vs. Charles Kelsey, Alfred M. Hobby and Charles McIntire
Johnson, Snelling and Jarrel Beasley vs. George Stephens,
Steven Stephens, Administrator and William Stephens, Administrator
Johnson, Snelling vs. John T.C. Towns
Johnston, Snelling vs. James Cowen and Thomas B. Erwin
Merrit, Thomas vs. Snelling Johnston.
From this website: http://georgiaarchives.org/what_do_we_have/online_indexes/pdi/RG179/179-01-001.htm
- The following are references to Snelling Johnson in the Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800: