Charlie "Chase" Johnson and Elizabeth Joyce Married on May 21, 1893 in Montgomery County.
He was the oldest child of Henry and Charity LaCont Williams Horne.
1904. The early migration of the Charlie Johnson family, along with 6 other families, began shortly after the turn of the century.
The unusual journey began in 1904 by steamboat from Silver Bluff, a town on the Oconee River near Soperton, Georgia, in what was known as Montgomery County (now Truetlen County).
They traveled down the Oconee until they reached the junction of the Altamaha and the Ocmulgee Rivers. They then turned upstream on the Ocmulgee until they reached Cooper's Ferry; which at that time was owned by the late Marshall Ashley. Their landing point was near Snipesville, now Excelsior.
The families making this trip were the Charlie Johnson family, the J.D. Andrews family, the Bill Stroud family, the J.R. Underwood family, the J.I. Underwood family, the Obie Weir family, and the John Dickens family.
Before the formal trip was made, the men visited a few months before to prospect for land purchases.
Charlie Johnson bought 600 acres from Mr. Zene Kirkland, Sr. at $2.73 per acre. The other families bought from different nearby land owners and all were lucky in obtaining large tracts of adjoining land at low prices. Land was plentiful and cheap compared to later years.
The seven families arrived at their new homes on the same steamboat with all their furniture, farm equipment, hay, feed, and stock, including chickens and hogs.
Hobson and Dewey Johnson were about 5 years old at the time the boat trip was made, but they remembered one incident. The boat deck was crowded with furniture, crates, and equipment. Hogs in crates were on deck and everybody was crowded together. While propping their bare feet against a hog crate, the hogs began to nibble on their toes. No injury, just a memory.
Five of the Johnson children were born from 1895 until 1902 and made the steamboat trip. The other four children were born in that home. Unfortunately, one month old Callie Johnson passed away in December of 1904 and was the first immediate family member to be buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Charlie and Elizabeth Joyce Johnson built a smaller home just down the road. The youngest child of the family, Ruby Johnson Smith and her husband Clarence A. Smith were given possession of the home in the late 1930s. They were the parents of 6 children that were born and reared in that beautiful old home.
In 2020, the old Johnson/Smith home place still stands; but is in a state of disrepair. Family members have used parts of the old home as a special way to hold on to the past.
He was the oldest child of Henry and Charity LaCont Williams Horne.
1904. The early migration of the Charlie Johnson family, along with 6 other families, began shortly after the turn of the century.
The unusual journey began in 1904 by steamboat from Silver Bluff, a town on the Oconee River near Soperton, Georgia, in what was known as Montgomery County (now Truetlen County).
They traveled down the Oconee until they reached the junction of the Altamaha and the Ocmulgee Rivers. They then turned upstream on the Ocmulgee until they reached Cooper's Ferry; which at that time was owned by the late Marshall Ashley. Their landing point was near Snipesville, now Excelsior.
The families making this trip were the Charlie Johnson family, the J.D. Andrews family, the Bill Stroud family, the J.R. Underwood family, the J.I. Underwood family, the Obie Weir family, and the John Dickens family.
Before the formal trip was made, the men visited a few months before to prospect for land purchases.
Charlie Johnson bought 600 acres from Mr. Zene Kirkland, Sr. at $2.73 per acre. The other families bought from different nearby land owners and all were lucky in obtaining large tracts of adjoining land at low prices. Land was plentiful and cheap compared to later years.
The seven families arrived at their new homes on the same steamboat with all their furniture, farm equipment, hay, feed, and stock, including chickens and hogs.
Hobson and Dewey Johnson were about 5 years old at the time the boat trip was made, but they remembered one incident. The boat deck was crowded with furniture, crates, and equipment. Hogs in crates were on deck and everybody was crowded together. While propping their bare feet against a hog crate, the hogs began to nibble on their toes. No injury, just a memory.
Five of the Johnson children were born from 1895 until 1902 and made the steamboat trip. The other four children were born in that home. Unfortunately, one month old Callie Johnson passed away in December of 1904 and was the first immediate family member to be buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Charlie and Elizabeth Joyce Johnson built a smaller home just down the road. The youngest child of the family, Ruby Johnson Smith and her husband Clarence A. Smith were given possession of the home in the late 1930s. They were the parents of 6 children that were born and reared in that beautiful old home.
In 2020, the old Johnson/Smith home place still stands; but is in a state of disrepair. Family members have used parts of the old home as a special way to hold on to the past.
Charlie "Chase" Johnson and Elizabeth Joyce Married on May 21, 1893 in Montgomery County.
He was the oldest child of Henry and Charity LaCont Williams Horne.
1904. The early migration of the Charlie Johnson family, along with 6 other families, began shortly after the turn of the century.
The unusual journey began in 1904 by steamboat from Silver Bluff, a town on the Oconee River near Soperton, Georgia, in what was known as Montgomery County (now Truetlen County).
They traveled down the Oconee until they reached the junction of the Altamaha and the Ocmulgee Rivers. They then turned upstream on the Ocmulgee until they reached Cooper's Ferry; which at that time was owned by the late Marshall Ashley. Their landing point was near Snipesville, now Excelsior.
The families making this trip were the Charlie Johnson family, the J.D. Andrews family, the Bill Stroud family, the J.R. Underwood family, the J.I. Underwood family, the Obie Weir family, and the John Dickens family.
Before the formal trip was made, the men visited a few months before to prospect for land purchases.
Charlie Johnson bought 600 acres from Mr. Zene Kirkland, Sr. at $2.73 per acre. The other families bought from different nearby land owners and all were lucky in obtaining large tracts of adjoining land at low prices. Land was plentiful and cheap compared to later years.
The seven families arrived at their new homes on the same steamboat with all their furniture, farm equipment, hay, feed, and stock, including chickens and hogs.
Hobson and Dewey Johnson were about 5 years old at the time the boat trip was made, but they remembered one incident. The boat deck was crowded with furniture, crates, and equipment. Hogs in crates were on deck and everybody was crowded together. While propping their bare feet against a hog crate, the hogs began to nibble on their toes. No injury, just a memory.
Five of the Johnson children were born from 1895 until 1902 and made the steamboat trip. The other four children were born in that home. Unfortunately, one month old Callie Johnson passed away in December of 1904 and was the first immediate family member to be buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Charlie and Elizabeth Joyce Johnson built a smaller home just down the road. The youngest child of the family, Ruby Johnson Smith and her husband Clarence A. Smith were given possession of the home in the late 1930s. They were the parents of 6 children that were born and reared in that beautiful old home.
In 2020, the old Johnson/Smith home place still stands; but is in a state of disrepair. Family members have used parts of the old home as a special way to hold on to the past.
He was the oldest child of Henry and Charity LaCont Williams Horne.
1904. The early migration of the Charlie Johnson family, along with 6 other families, began shortly after the turn of the century.
The unusual journey began in 1904 by steamboat from Silver Bluff, a town on the Oconee River near Soperton, Georgia, in what was known as Montgomery County (now Truetlen County).
They traveled down the Oconee until they reached the junction of the Altamaha and the Ocmulgee Rivers. They then turned upstream on the Ocmulgee until they reached Cooper's Ferry; which at that time was owned by the late Marshall Ashley. Their landing point was near Snipesville, now Excelsior.
The families making this trip were the Charlie Johnson family, the J.D. Andrews family, the Bill Stroud family, the J.R. Underwood family, the J.I. Underwood family, the Obie Weir family, and the John Dickens family.
Before the formal trip was made, the men visited a few months before to prospect for land purchases.
Charlie Johnson bought 600 acres from Mr. Zene Kirkland, Sr. at $2.73 per acre. The other families bought from different nearby land owners and all were lucky in obtaining large tracts of adjoining land at low prices. Land was plentiful and cheap compared to later years.
The seven families arrived at their new homes on the same steamboat with all their furniture, farm equipment, hay, feed, and stock, including chickens and hogs.
Hobson and Dewey Johnson were about 5 years old at the time the boat trip was made, but they remembered one incident. The boat deck was crowded with furniture, crates, and equipment. Hogs in crates were on deck and everybody was crowded together. While propping their bare feet against a hog crate, the hogs began to nibble on their toes. No injury, just a memory.
Five of the Johnson children were born from 1895 until 1902 and made the steamboat trip. The other four children were born in that home. Unfortunately, one month old Callie Johnson passed away in December of 1904 and was the first immediate family member to be buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Charlie and Elizabeth Joyce Johnson built a smaller home just down the road. The youngest child of the family, Ruby Johnson Smith and her husband Clarence A. Smith were given possession of the home in the late 1930s. They were the parents of 6 children that were born and reared in that beautiful old home.
In 2020, the old Johnson/Smith home place still stands; but is in a state of disrepair. Family members have used parts of the old home as a special way to hold on to the past.
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