Johnsonville SC History

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  • Thomas Franklin Hanna Family Tree.jpg

    Thomas Franklin Hanna married Nekoda Laharp Altman. Their children were:
    James Franklin "Bubba" Hanna 1900–1984
    Arles Timmons Hanna 1902–1986
    Webster Olee "Pete" Hanna 1904–1967
    Lucille Hanna 1908–1970
  • William James Johnson Will 1850.pdf

    Last will and testiment of Captain William James Johnson (1787-1851), founder of Johnsonville, SC.
    Specific reference to Johnson's Ferry:
    "I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Johnson my dwelling house house and other buildings, and all the tract of land on which I now live, lying on Lynches Creek. I mean all the Ferry tract on both sides of the Creek, including the Ferry, her lifetime only; and at her death to be equally divided between my son James H. Johnson and my daughter Sarah C. Johnson."
    Daughter Margaret Ann Johnson Grier is also mentioned.
  • Judith Crosby Grier and husband Zachary Taylor Eaddy.jpg
  • Franklin Evander Hanna and Julia Grier Hanna.jpg

    Franklin Evander "Vander" Hanna (1858-1918) and Julia Ann Grier Hanna (1850-1900) were farmers who owned most of the land along the Vox and Midway Highways and bound by Deerfield Road and Lynches River.

    Prior to 1870, Vander's family owned land in what is now Indiantown. Vander was the son of Joseph Franklin Hanna and Mary Ellen Timmons and the grandson of Hugh Hanna, who most Hannas in the Johnsonville/Vox area are descended from.

    Their children were:
    Thomas Franklin Hanna (Nekoda Laharp Altman) 1881–1938
    Margaret E Hanna (James Rothy Grier) 1883–1915
    Arthur Seabrook Hanna (Mary Ether Brown) 1886–1945
    Barney Mack Hanna (Annie Sue Haselden) 1887–1959
    Floyd McCoy Hanna 1892–1919
  • Thomas R Grier (1).jpg

    Thomas Rothmahler Grier (1817-1883) and his wife, Margaret Ann Johnson Grier (1823-1891). Thomas was a magistrate and was known as "The Squire." He owned a plantation near Lynches River given by Margaret Johnson's father William J. Johnson, who founded Johnsonville.

    The Johnson plantation was a part of the original grant to John James. William Johnson, Sr. had bought a part of the grant from the heirs of John James. He also purchased a portion of the land granted to the Witherspoons. It was part of the Witherspoon grant that was given to Margaret Johnson Grier.

    Margaret was the daughter of Captain William J. Johnson (1787-1851) and Sarah Crosby Johnson (1790-1867). Thomas Grier was the son of James Marion Grier (1780-1827) and Elizabeth W Covan (1800-1873).

    Elizabeth Covan Grier later married a second time to Thomas Duke. She is buried along side Thomas and Margaret Grier at the Grier Cemetery in Johnsonville.

    The children of Thomas and Margaret Johnson Grier are:
    Sarah Grier (1844–1900) m. William Melvin Haselden
    William James Grier (1848–1917) m. Celia Graves Johnson
    Julia Ann Grier (1850–1900) m. Franklin Evander Hanna
    Thomas Mitchell Grier (1854–1877)
    Judith Crosby Grier (1857–1938) m. Zachary Taylor Eaddy
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