Much of the following information is from research done by the granddaughter of Andrew Jackson Johnson, Mrs Juanita Johnson Britton. The article was written by unknown author "in loving memory to her and all descendants of Lemuel Johnson, whom she loved so very much. Mrs. Britton spent many years researching her family history."

The author goes on to say, "I find, in studying the ancestry, that the majority of our ancestors were innocent, God fearing, people, doing their dead level best at living life. Such a man was Andrew Jackson Johnson, son of Lemuel Johnson and Mary Ann Norris. Lemuel was born near Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1822, father was Lemuel Johnson, Sr. and believed to be the cousin of Starling Johnson, born 1819 in South Carolina. Lemuel and Starling Johnson's land was very close to each other and several other Johnson families in Pilgrim Rest, Hico, Fayette Co., AL."

Lemuel married Mary (Marie) Ann Norris, daughter of J. A. & Polly Ann Smith Norris 16 Jan 1840 in Fayette Co., AL. To them the following children were born; Nancy E, Moses Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Sarah Lavina, Mary A, Roxey, Amanda Jane, John Clark, Missouri Alabama "Allie", Josephine, and Charles Johnson.

From the autobiography of Andrew Jackson Johnson:
"Father & Mother were Christians, as the tree is known by its fruit. Yes, they both taught by example, as well by precept. My relations on my father's side of the house are almost innumerable to behold. I will give you an idea of the great multiplicity of my kinfolks. Now my father's grandmother had fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls. They were my father's uncles and aunts and they had very large families, each having from eleven to fifteen children. Now there were 6 boys and 8 girls in my father's family. Most of them had large families, many of whom lived in MS, in the several counties, especially in Neshoba, Attala, Monroe, Chickawaw, Calhoun, LaFayette & Tipah."

1850 Fayette Co. Census Lemuel was 28 born in SC, Mary A 27 SC, Nancy B 19 AL, Moses 7 AL, Andrew J 6 AL,Sarah L 5 AL, Mary C 2 AL

1860 Fayette Co. Census Fayette Co., AL Lemuel Johnson 39 farmer SC, Mary A Johnson 38 TN, Nancy 19 AL, Moses 18 AL, Andrew 15 AL, Sarah 14 AL, Roxey 10 AL, Amanda 6 AL, John 4 AL, Alabama 3 AL, Josephine 1 AL

Lemuel Johnson (First_Last) Regiment Name 41 Alabama Infantry Side Confederate Company F Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M374 roll 23

Federal Land Patent Owners
Fayette Co., AL
JOHNSON, Lemuel - 11/10/1840
JOHNSON, Lemuel - 6/1/1858
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At least three children of Lemuel and Mary Ann Johnson married into the Jennings' family:
Moses Calhoun Johnson married Sarah A. Jennings
Sarah Lavina Johnson married Lewis Jackson Jennings
Roxy Ann Johnson (her sister) married William A. Jennings (his brother)

One child, Nancy E. Johnson married William Fowler

Three children of Lewis Jackson Jennings and Sarah Lavina Johnson married into the Fowler family:
D.L. Jennings married Emma Fowler
Elmer Jennings married Barbara Fowler
Henry Johnson Jennings married Mindora Fowler

The child of John Lemuel Jennings married Mary Ella Fowler
The child of Lewis Caswell Jennings married Burton P. Fowler
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Detail Source
Name Lemuel Johnson
Side Confederate
Regiment State/Origin Alabama
Regiment 41st Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Company F
Rank In Private
Rank Out Private
Film Number M374 roll 23