In 1856, the family of John Johnson were divided for distribution after the death of their slave owner John C. Johnson. Savannah with her sister and mother were considered one lot and were drawn by Robert W. Johnson, son of the previous slave owner.
Savannah Johnson married Charley Reed born in the 1850's. They had no children.
In 1880 as a young married couple, Savannah and Charley lived next door to her sister, Sallie and her husband Albert Reed. Oral history states that two brothers married two sisters.
Savannah appears in the 1910 census. In 1920, Charley is widowed and his 92 year old stepmother is residing with him. Family members say Sallie Johnson Reed's child, Rosa, lived with them and later inherited the property.
She was the Wife of Charley Reed; the Daughter of John "Jack" Johnson and Joanna Johnson; and the Sister of Henry Johnson, Caroline Johnson Gully, Rufus Johnson, Francis Marion "Frank" Johnson, William "Will" Johnson, Sallie Johnson Reed, Jane Johnson Turner, Mary Johnson Blackwell, Priscilla "Silla" Johnson Nicholson Lampley, Johnnie Edward Johnson, Georgia "Carline" Johnson Perryman, Emma "Viola" Johnson Cole, James Washington Johnson, Matthew Theophilus Johnson, Louvenia "Lizzie" Johnson Shields, Everette C. Johnson, Bessie Johnson Hathorn, George Haynes Johnson, and Ruth Johnson Riddle Taylor Moore.
In 1856, the family of John Johnson were divided for distribution after the death of their slave owner John C. Johnson. Savannah with her sister and mother were considered one lot and were drawn by Robert W. Johnson, son of the previous slave owner.
Savannah Johnson married Charley Reed born in the 1850's. They had no children.
In 1880 as a young married couple, Savannah and Charley lived next door to her sister, Sallie and her husband Albert Reed. Oral history states that two brothers married two sisters.
Savannah appears in the 1910 census. In 1920, Charley is widowed and his 92 year old stepmother is residing with him. Family members say Sallie Johnson Reed's child, Rosa, lived with them and later inherited the property.
She was the Wife of Charley Reed; the Daughter of John "Jack" Johnson and Joanna Johnson; and the Sister of Henry Johnson, Caroline Johnson Gully, Rufus Johnson, Francis Marion "Frank" Johnson, William "Will" Johnson, Sallie Johnson Reed, Jane Johnson Turner, Mary Johnson Blackwell, Priscilla "Silla" Johnson Nicholson Lampley, Johnnie Edward Johnson, Georgia "Carline" Johnson Perryman, Emma "Viola" Johnson Cole, James Washington Johnson, Matthew Theophilus Johnson, Louvenia "Lizzie" Johnson Shields, Everette C. Johnson, Bessie Johnson Hathorn, George Haynes Johnson, and Ruth Johnson Riddle Taylor Moore.
Family Members
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Henry Johnson
1844–1925
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Rufus Johnson
1846 – unknown
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Francis Marion "Frank" Johnson
1849–1925
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Caroline Johnson Gully
1851–1923
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Jane Johnson Turner
1857–1946
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Mary Johnson Blackwell
1861–1926
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Precilla Johnson Lampley
1864–1952
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Johnie E. Johnson
1872–1942
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Caroline Georgia Johnson Perryman
1874–1963
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Emma Viola Johnson Cole
1877–1932
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James W. "Jim" Johnson
1879–1957
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Mathew Theopolis "Matt" Johnson
1882–1970
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Louvenia "Lizzie" Johnson Shields
1883 – unknown
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Everett Johnson
1885–1983
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Bessie Johnson Hathorn
1889–1980
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George Haynes Johnson
1890–1975
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Ruth Ann Johnson Moore
1893–1988
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