Ellen Cornelia Moore
James Jackson Johns
The first part of the Johns family that I am going to start looking at this fall is James Jackson Johns and his wife, Ellender Cornelia Moore. Ellen was born on October 13, 1839 in Coweta County, Georgia. Coweta County was formed in 1826 from lands originally belonging to the Creek Nation, relinquished to the US government as a part of the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.
William Jackson Johns, 2nd Great Grandfather
I’ve been focused on my father’s side of the family. There was a lot of great information about my father’s side in Brooklyn. However, they make their earliest appearance in the mid-1840s to mid-1850s. They immigrated to the United States during that period of time, and since they don’t exist in the records much prior to 1855, I figured it was time to turn to my mom’s side of the family.
My mother is from the South – her family has roots in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia… and way back when in Pennsylvania (who would have thought!).
My dining room table is covered with a trove of genealogical treasures. My dad was back east this week visiting my grandfather. While he was there, I got him to pick up a box family documents and photographs. It filled a suitcase and my dad dropped it off at my house this afternoon. I excited – like a child on Christmas morning excited. I’ve already spent several hours tonight going through all the photographs and documents, sorting them into like piles. I’ve located photographs of ancestors I know very little about – these photographs are the first inkling of any real information I have about them.
I can’t wait to start really digging into the information and finding out new information about all my ancestors contained in all these documents. I’m down right giddy – and intimidated by the sheer volume.