Samuel Benjamin Johnson, July 14, 1841, Drapersville, died Nov 11, 1912, North View. Father was Samuel Grigg Johnson; mother was Elizabeth Colley Johnson. Wife's parents were Charlotte Merrit Lester Smithson and Bartley Cox Smithson. See will of Bryan Lester.

Russell Corner, Mecklenburg Co., VA:

Rt. 660 is Old Cox Road. It enters Rt. 47 nearly directly across from Shiloh Methodist Church. The Johnson-Smithson Cemetary, where these folks are buried, is directly across Rt. 47. Numerous others from this family are also there, including Ida Johnson Toone and Richard Toone, and their infant son, Samuel. Ida was daughter of above couple. Also Bartley Cox Smithson and Elizabeth and Samuel Grigg Johnson. Cemetary is obscured from 47 by a house trailer. Harry