Truman Johnson

M, #12687, b. 9 October 1775, d. 14 March 1831
Father*Artemus Johnson1 b. 5 Apr 1740, d. 14 Aug 1784
Mother*Mary Barns1 b. 25 Jun 1747, d. 23 Oct 1820
Birth*9 October 1775 Truman Johnson was born on 9 October 1775 at Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; Trueman, s. Artemas & Mary, b. Oct 9, 1775.1 
Event-Misc* He had the following event: Zenas Cook located a farm... Joel Cook, a brother, came to Orwell after 1800. His father, Joel Cook, was a soldier... He and his son, Uri, came to Orwell in 1814, and settled on the farm adjoining his son Joel's. A daughter married Truman Johnson.
     http://www.joycetice.com/craft/orweldc.htm took liberties with this, saying: "Truman Johnson married a sister of Joel Cook, and went west for eight or ten years, and returned and settled in Pike." However, nowhere in the book is that statement made.2 
(Witness) Event-Misc1797 Asahel Johnson and Zenas Cook came first to Sheshequin in the winter of 1795-96, and made that settlement their headquarters while they explored the country for a location. They made their selection in Orwell, Mr. Johnson purchasing of Towner Hill. Their report was so flattering, several of their neighbors determined to come also; a company was formed, and Marks and Cook were sent to view the land more thoroughly. Their report being favorable, the company purchased the township, which was to be divided among its members. Mr. Johnson remained a year at Sheshequin, and came into Orwell permanently in 1797. The town was six miles square, and was called Menden; Mr. Johnson owned 3,000 acres. He lived where Albert Conklin now lives, and his brother Truman, who came in 1796, lived on the farm now owned by Albert Allen and Lewis Darling. His brother William lived where Zebulon Frisbie lives, The family came from Burlington, Litchfield Co., Conn.
     Capt. Josiah Grant settled in the town in 1798, from Vermont. He was a captain in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, serving under Col. Ethan Allen, whose cousin he was, in his brigade of "Green Mountain Boys." Capt. Grant lived about one hundred rods west of the present site of the Presbyterian church in Orwell. Samuel Wells, _who married a sister_ of Asahel Johnson, came from Burlington, Vt (sic, s/b Ct)., and settled on the farm just south of Johnson, in 1799. His eldest son, Theron, now owns the property.
     ... (different paragraph) Levi Frisbie, Richard Marks, Asahel Johnson, William Johnson, Truman Johnson, Zerias Cook, Asa Upson, and perhaps one or two others, formed the company, which, at the solicitation of Col. Ezekiel Hyde and Blisha Tracy, agents for the first Delaware company, purchased of these agents a township of land six miles square, as before stated, extending north and east from the present Orwell. Zenas Cook was the surveyor. Although they discovered the Connecticut title was worthless, yet so pleased were the company with the country, that they determined to settle herein. (Levi Frisbie came to Orwell from Bristol, Connecticut, in February, 1800.)3 
Death*14 March 1831 He died on 14 March 1831 at age 55.4 
Last Edited1 Jan 2012

Citations

  1. [S153] CT Vital Records - Barbour Collection on Ancestry, Branford Vital Records pg 132.
  2. [S175] History of Bradford County PA 1770-1878, Rev David Craft, , SLC 1036550 , http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbradfor01brad, pg 477.
  3. [S175] History of Bradford County PA 1770-1878, Rev David Craft, , SLC 1036550 , http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbradfor01brad, 473.
  4. [S175] History of Bradford County PA 1770-1878, Rev David Craft, , SLC 1036550 , http://www.archive.org/details/historyofbradfor01brad, pg 327.