Born ‎15 Mar 1779 Monmouth New Jersey, died ‎1 Aug 1868 Logan County Ohio‎, 89 years, buried ‎ Old Equality Cemetery East of Rushylvania, Ohio. Occupation: Physician
Jacon was 7 yrs old when his parents moved to Ky., where he was raised. He was of Holland ancestory.Jacob was an old hunter, and followed that occupation in Kentucky, where bears were so numerous that people could hardly keep their hogs, and had to pen them up. Mr. Johnson, early one morning, was aroused by the squealing of some hogs, and suddenly started out in pursuit of the bear. He followed the noise, and soon found the object of his search. Copied from The History of Hardin County, Ohio 1883The bear was biting and cuffing the hog, which he held up, but on seeing the hunter he fled. Mr. Johnson, knowing the bear would soon return, secreted himself behind a log, and shortly after bruin came back and perched himself with his fore feet on the log, snuffing around, upon which the hunter shot him in the region of the heart. The animal was found to weigh 500 pounds. When Jacob Johnson came to Logan County, he "squatted" on 1,000 acres of land, which he occupied seventeen years. He then bought eighty-seven acres of land at $2 an acre in Rush Creek Township, which land he cleared of the timber covering it. His father's home was used as a church for twenty-five years and his house was the home of the itinerant. He was first identified with the old Calvin Baptists, and afterwards with the Methodist Church, in which he labored until his death. He died in August, 1868, and his wife preceded him, September 18, 1856. They had twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, five living
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Mary Polly Johnson Johnson, d. date unknown.See Mary Polly Blair b 1805Andrew Johnson Johnson, d. date unknown.Jacob W. Johnson, d. date unknown.Paris Fleming Johnson, d. date unknown.Nelson M. Johnson, d. date unknown.+Philip G. Johnson, b. August 19, 1848, Rushylvania Logan County Ohio, d. date unknown.+George Ellis Johnson, b. November 14, 1808, Licking County, Kentucky, d. date unknown.John B. Johnson, b. 1809, d. 1899.+Peter Johnson, b. July 29, 1811, Fleming County Kentucky, d. 1886, Hardin County Ohio.+Henry Green Johnson, b. April 17, 1813, Fleming County Kentucky, d. January 08, 1898, Hardin County Ohio.Jane Johnson, b. 1827, d. 1906
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History: Jacob Johnson was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, April 15, 1779 and died August 22, 1868, and is buried in the Old Equality Cemetery, east of Rushylvania, Ohio. His grave, together with his wife, Rachel Green Johnson, a son Philip G. and a son Rev. Morton Nelson Johnson and his wife, are on the same lot. The lot is toward the rear of the cemetery and on the west side. Jacob's father was John Johnson and his ancestors were Hollanders who came to New Amsterdam (now New York) about 1643. The mother's name was Reed. They were living in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War and the battle of Monmouth was fought near their home on June 28th, 1778. Grandfather Jacob often mentioned about his mother hearing the noise of the cannons in the battle. Jacob was, of course, born the following year. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the family moved to Pennsylvania, where Jacob received the rudiments of an education such as they had in those days. It is interesting to note that on the marriage bond, Jacob Johnson could sign his name, while George Green Johnson only made his mark. About 1800, the family emigrated again, this time to Kentucky. They came down the Ohio River in a flat boat and landed at what is now Boone County, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio, which contained a few log cabins and a boat landing, now Covington. Jacob served his brother Andrew as an overseer of slaves. Andrew had come to Kentucky earlier and had accumulated quite an estate. This branch of the Johnson family remained in Kentucky. Lafayette Johnson, a Baptist minister from Walton, KY, came with his brother John T. Johnson for a visit among the Logan and Hardin County, Ohio relatives about 1889. Later Lafayette came to the Johnsn reunion (he was Andrew's son). Jacob had five brothers: Andrew, Peter, John T., James and William. Peter moved to Ohio. He had a son and five daughters. Two of them married Ansleys, one a Sutton, one a White and one a Mayhill. Peter bought quite a body of land in Ruskcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio and gave this to his sons and daughters. Some of it is still owned by some of the younger generations. William married and had a family of five children. He disappeared from home and was never heard from. After a year, the mother went to North Carolina, where her people lived; so there is a branch of the Johnson family in North Carolina. The three sisters married and all knowledge has been lost. A record in the Kentucky Archives says that Rebecca married John Tindall in 1799. Rachel Green, the wife of Jacob, was born June 10, 1781. She was the daughter of George R. Green, a native Englishman. He was an orphan boy and had live with an older sister. He had quite a dispute with one of the children and when she took her child's part, he turned to her and said, "You shall never see my face again". He made his way to some seaport and came to America, working to pay his passage over. He fought on the American side during the Revolutionary War. After the war, he married a Welch lady and emigrated to Fleming County, KY, of which Paris is the County seat. That is where Rachel Green was born and that is where we have the name, Paris Fleming. Information regarding Jacob's children was provided by Lee Raney as written by A. J. Johnson - February 14, 1887.