Benjamin F JOHNSON\Nancy Amanda "Mandy" SHACKELFORD (MRIN:492)

Benjamin F. JOHNSON (RIN: 768) , son of Isaac Johnson and Frances Massey, was born 17 Jun 1817 in Shelby County, Alabama. He married Nancy Amanda "Mandy" SHACKELFORD about 1850.

Nancy Amanda "Mandy" SHACKELFORD (RIN: 1202), daughter of Paschal James SHACKELFORD and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy Ann" HICKMAN, was born abt. 1828 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She died before 1880.

1. C Susan Berry JOHNSON, b. June 1850	See Felix Shackelford & C. Susan Berry Johnson
2. M. C. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1851
3. Shelby J. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1852
4. Jephter J JOHNSON, b. abt. 1854	See Jephter J JOHNSON & unknown
5. T. Franklin JOHNSON, b. abt. 1856
6. Joseph W. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1860
7. Seaborn "Seab" JOHNSON, b. abt. 1862	See Seaborn P. JOHNSON & unknown

Notes for Benjamin F JOHNSON:

Birth: 17 June 1817 in Shelby County, Alabama.
Census: 01 November 1850 #12 Dist 32, Cahawba Valley, Jefferson Co, AL; age 33 b. AL - Benjamin F Johnson.
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA; age 42, b. AL - B F Johnson.
Census: 04 August 1870 #54, Ward 4, Marion, Union Par, LA; age 50, b. AL - B F Johnson.
Census: 07 June 1880 #99, Dist 172, Lafayette, Scott Co, AR; age 63, b. AL VA KY - Benjamin F Johnson
with spouse Sarah and sons Joseph W. and Seborn P. Johnson.

Notes for Nancy Amanda "Mandy" SHACKELFORD:

Birth: abt. 1828 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Residence: Union Parish, Louisiana with 2nd husband B F Johnson
Census: 01 November 1850 #12 Dist 32, Cahawba Valley, Jefferson Co, AL; age 22 b. AL - Nancy A Johnson
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA, age 32, b. Ala - Amanda Johnson
Census: 04 August 1870 #54, Ward 4, Marion, Union Par, LA; age 45, b. Ala - Amanda Johnson
Died: before 1880

Aug 30, 2003
To all Shackelford descendants: Although I have told a number of people about an important mistake in my book "Our Colonial Ancestors", p. 99, it should be more broadly circulated. On that page, I said that Nancy A. (Amanda) Shackelford, sister of Joseph Henry, and wife of Thomas Allen Massey, had died in AL as did her husband, leaving only Robert Allen Massey. When Bessie Youngblood Locke got my book, she told me that this was incorrect; that Nancy Amanda had remarried (to a Johnson) and had a number of children.

She recalled that two of them had lived with her parents for a while after coming to Natchitoches Parish, named Seab (Seaburn) and Jeb Johnson. I checked the census records of Union Parish (1880) and found "Mandy" living with her husband, B. F. Johnson and other children. Jeb or Jep was living with Joseph Henry Shackelford and the census shows him as "nephew" to the head of household. So Cousin Bessie was right as I always found her to be. Although I had heard that we had Johnson relatives I never connected them with the Shackelfords and thought Uncle Bob Massey was an only child.

Also, Massey relatives in AL tell me that Martha Caroline another sister of Joe Henry Shackelford who married Joshua Massey in AL remarried after the death of Joshua and is believed to have had children.

Sorry about these mistakes. James Dewey O'Brien

Notes for Robert M. JOHNSON:

Birth: abt. 1838 in Alabama
Census: 01 November 1850 #12 Dist 32, Cahawba Valley, Jefferson Co, AL; age 12 b. AL - Robert Johnson
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA; age 22, b. Ala - R M Johnson

Notes for Isaac S. JOHNSON:

Birth: abt. 1839 in Alabama
Census: 01 November 1850 #12 Dist 32, Cahawba Valley, Jefferson Co, AL; age 11 b. AL - Isaac S Johnson
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA; age 19, b. Ala - I M Johnson

Notes for William S. JOHNSON:

Birth: abt. 1843 in Alabama
Census: 01 November 1850 #12 Dist 32, Cahawba Valley, Jefferson Co, AL; age 27 b. AL - William S Johnson
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA; age 15, b. Ala - W L Johnson

Notes for T. Franklin JOHNSON:

Birth: abt. 1856 in Louisiana.
Census: 19 June 1860 #17 Shiloh, Union Par, LA; age 4, b. Ala - T. F. Johnson
Census: 04 August 1870 #54, Ward 4, Marion, Union Par, LA; age 14, b. LA - Franklin Johnson

Notes for Joseph W. JOHNSON:

Birth: abt. 1860 in Louisiana.
Census: 04 August 1870 #54, Ward 4, Marion, Union Par, La, - age 10, b. LA - Joseph Johnson
Census: 07 June 1880 #99, Dist 172, Lafayette, Scott Co, AR; age 19, b. LA AL SC - Joseph W Johnson

1. Robert M. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1838 in Alabama
2. Isaac S. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1839 in Alabama
3. Jacob JOHNSON, b. abt. 1841 in Alabama
4. William S. JOHNSON, b. abt. 1843 in Alabama