Nickname "Buggy" because he was the first person in the area to own a new shiny black buggy.
William Meeks (or Meek) Johnson was the son of Joseph E Johnson from Blount County Tennessee and Mary "Polly" Cummins from Knox County Kentucky.
His parents and family went to Mercer County, Missouri before the Civil War but William returned to Kentucky.
His brother Joseph Joshua Johnson was hunted down and killed in 1865 while riding with Quadrilles Raiders. It is unknown if he took part in the raid on Aug 21, 1863 raid on Lawrence, Kansas, but most likely, he did.
William Meeks Johnson and Susan Ann McKeehan were married September 09, 1847 in Whitley County Kentucky.
Occupation: Was a Whitley Co., school teacher and magistrate judge for the county.

Wm. Meek(Buggy Johnson) was born on Spruce Creek(near Corbin) in Whitley Co.,Ky. He went to Missouri in 1844, at age 19 with his family, but returned in 1846 and married Susan McKeehan, daughter of James McKeehan and Eliza Black on Sept. 9, 1847. They lived on Meadow Creek, where he served as Magistrate of the community. They were members of the Meadow Creek Baptist Church, where he was deacon for many years. William Meek Johnson was a Whitley Co. school teacher. He taught at Berry School,a log cabin that was constructed before the Civil War. It was used both as a
school and a church. He owned several hundred acres of land, in two tracks, in the Meadow Creek community. the tract of land on which he lived was on a south fork of Meadow creek. Meadow Creek empties into the Cumberland
River at Tye's Ferry.
Information from the book "Our family tree grew in southeastern Kentucky" written by Lois McKeehan Jones of Lexington, Ky.
Missing from the list of children below are.
John C Johnson, (December 15, 1851- December 31, 1855)
Perry Johnson, (March 02, 1856-April 03, 1919)
Granville B Johnson, (July 08, 1858-1919)