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Johnston, Julius

Male 1856 - 1914  (58 years)


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  • Name Johnston, Julius  [1
    Birth 23 Jan 1856  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lawyer 
    Reference Number 5799 
    Death 27 Dec 1914 
    Burial Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5723  Caswell County
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Father Johnston, Richard Bethell,   b. 13 Nov 1801, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1858 (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Simpson, Susan Hickerson,   b. 8 Mar 1815, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1884 (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1833 
    Reference Number 69968 
    Family ID F2940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Russell, Willie H.,   b. 20 Dec 1866, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1941 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1888 
    Reference Number 42392 
    Children 
     1. Johnston, Pinckney B.,   b. 3 Mar 1889, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1915, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Johnston, Julius Jr.,   b. 30 Dec 1890   d. 25 Sep 1931, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Johnston, Martha Janie,   b. Abt 1893   d. 24 Jul 1982 (Age ~ 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Johnston, Susie,   b. 28 Dec 1894   d. 28 May 1896 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Johnston, Annie Elizabeth,   b. 1 Oct 1896, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1974, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Johnston, John,   b. 13 Feb 1898   d. 22 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Johnston, Willie Russell,   b. 1 Mar 1900, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1987, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Johnston, Nancy Lea,   b. Abt 1903, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Johnston, Mary,   b. 16 Mar 1904   d. 7 Jan 1940 (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Johnston, Sarah,   b. Abt 1908  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Johnston, Robert,   b. 13 Jun 1909   d. 30 Sep 1909 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +12. Johnston, Richard Malcolm,   b. 14 Apr 1911   d. 28 Dec 1986 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jan 1856 - Rockingham County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
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    Law Firm
    Yanceyville Lawyers 1887 (The Caswell News, 9 Dec 1887)

  • Notes 
    • Julius Johnston (1856-1914)

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      Yanceyville Lawyers 1887 (The Caswell News, 9 Dec 1887)

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      Julius Johnston, born January 23, 1856, attended the public and private schools at Ruffin and Lawsonville, later preparing for college at Emory and Henry in Virginia, according to the obituary dated January, 1915 and published in the Caswell County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper edited by the late Thomas Johnston Henderson. To continue:

      Two years were spent at the University of North Carolina. he studied law at Greensboro, N.C. under Messrs. Dick and Dillard, a law firm that stood second to none in North Carolina as a law school. He was admitted to the N.C. bar in 1882, locating in Yanceyville in the winter of that year for the practice of his profession. In 1888 he was happily married to Willie Russell, a daughter of William and Martha Russell of Caswell County. It is a remarkable coincidence that his two brothers, Pinckney and John, each married a sister of Miss Russell. For eighteen years Julius Johnston was secretary of the Caswell County Democratic Executive Committee. he never held but one public office, representing Caswell County in the General Assembly of 1907. For nine years Julius Johnston was counsel to the Board of Education and later became County Attorney. At the time of his death December 27, 1914, Julius Johnston was the senior member of the firm Johnston, Ivie and Dalton. Julius Johnston's funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church Monday at noon. The body was gently laid to rest, by the side of his two children who died in infancy, in the family plot at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Yanceyville.

      Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 313-314 (article by Harriet S. Johnston).
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      The Johnston house apparently was on West Main Street in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina.
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      Julius Johnston Dead. Julius Johnston, the leading lawyer of Caswell County, and one of the State's foremost citizens, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home at Yanceyville, Sunday night, Dec. 27th, at 10:30 o'clock. He was born in Rockingham County, January 23, 1858. He was educated at the University, of which he had been a trustee. He studied law in the law school of Judges Dick & Dillard in Greensboro and was licensed by the Supreme Court in January, 1880. Since that time he has been an active and successful lawyer. He represented his county in the General Assembly in 1897 as a Democrat. Sterling citizen that he was, he stood for the best interests of the community in which he lived. A widow and ten children survive him. The interment was at Yanceyville Tuesday.

      The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, North Carolina), 31 December 1914, Thursday, Page 2.
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      1860 United States Federal Census
      Name: Julius Johnson [Julius Johnston]
      Age in 1860: 4
      Birth Year: abt 1856
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Home in 1860: Southern Division, Rockingham, North Carolina
      Gender: Male
      Post Office: Lawsonville
      Household Members: Name Age
      Susan H Johnson 45
      Richard Johnson 20
      John S Johnson 18
      Jane Johnson 16
      Pinckney B Johnson 12
      Robert H Johnson 9
      Julius Johnson 4

      1870 US Census
      Name: Julius Johnston
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
      Age in 1870: 14
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Home in 1870: Oregonville, Rockingham, North Carolina
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Post Office: Ruffin

      1880 US Census
      Name: Julius Johnston
      Age: 24
      Estimated birth year: abt 1856
      Birthplace: Rockingham County, North Carolina
      Occupation: Lawyer
      Relationship to head-of-household: Self
      Home in 1880: Wentworth, Rockingham, North Carolina
      Marital status: Single
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Father's birthplace: NC
      Mother's birthplace: NC

      1910 US Census
      Name: Julius Johnston
      Age in 1910: 54
      Estimated birth year: abt 1856
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Home in 1910: Yanceyville Twp, Caswell, North Carolina
      Race: White
      Gender: Male

      The 1930 US Census (Yanceyville, North Carolina) shows 63-year-old W. R. Johnston living with her son, Julius Johnston (39). The others in the household are: Mary (23), Sarah (22), and Richard (19).

      Death Record
      Name: Julius Johnston
      Death Date: 27 Dec 1914
      Death County: Caswell
      Death State: North Carolina
      Death Age: 58
      Birth Date: abt. 1856
      Race: W
      Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
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      Caswell County, North Carolina
      Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
      January Court 1867
      Will Book T, Page 218
      Source: Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1986) at 149.

      218: Bonds on William Russell decd all desperate on A. Slade, J. A. Graves and A. Slade, John Canady, J. J. Ryals, Augustine Gwyn, T. B. Long, et al. Good bonds on Berry Evans, J. B. Kennon, J. A. Burk, Daniel Evertee, Samuel Cornwell, Franklin Graves, J. C. Pinnix, Rice Gwyn, R. Stamps, J. E. Williamson, Ibzan Rice, Jesse Orr. Accounts against Thornton Walters, Mrs. Pinson, Mrs. George Swift, Elisha Paschall, Mrs. James Hubbard, Pleasant Scott, Joseph Watlington, W. A. Adams, Milton H. Saunders, Ben Willis, P. Watlington, Mr. Weeding of Alamance County, et al. Seven shares in Richmond & Danville Railroad; an interest in Danville Female College. (Note from KKK - The estate records at NC Archives give as legatees of William Russell the widow Martha; heirs Sarah B. Russell, Anne Russell, and Willie H. Russell, all infants under 21 years.)
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      Baseball, BBQ, and Politics in Caswell County: 1904

      Saturday will be a notable day at Bayne's Store, Caswell County. There will be a free dinner and barbecue; a reunion of Confederate Veterans to be addressed by General Julian S. Carr; a baseball game between Corbett and Stony Creek teams. Prof. W. T. Whitsett will deliver an address on education; and political addresses will be made by Hon. Robert. B. Glenn, North Carolina's greatest orator and our next Governor, and by Hon. H. A. Foushee, "the silver-tongue speaker of Durham," and by the county candidates.

      The day will begin with the baseball match game at 8:30 a.m. The great meetings of the day are under the management of a committee composed of Dr. J. Alex. Pinnix, chairman; George Anderson, secretary; and Julius Johnson [Johnston].

      The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), 27 September 1904.
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      Dr. John Alexander Pinnix, M.D. (1846-1931)
      George Andrew Anderson (1869-1945)
      Julius Johnston (1856-1914)
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      Julian Shakespeare Carr (October 12, 1845 - April 29, 1924) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and white supremacist. He is the namesake of the town of Carrboro, North Carolina.

      Julian Carr played an essential role in bolstering white supremacy in North Carolina during the era of Jim Crow. He publicly endorsed the Ku Klux Klan, opposed the 15th Amendment (1870) giving the vote to African-American men, and promoted racial unrest and turmoil in the late 19th century to defeat an interracial "Fusion" political party.

      Carr promoted his racial views through the News & Observer newspaper, which he bought, setting up white supremacist Josephus Daniels as its editor. He celebrated the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, in which an elected government was overthrown by force (the only such incident in American history), and where at least 60 black North Carolinians were murdered. In numerous speeches, he suggested that African Americans were better off enslaved and celebrated violence, even lynching, against black citizens.

      Source: Wikipedia

  • Sources 
    1. Details: Anderson, George A., Compiler. Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men. Raleigh (North Carolina): Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1921.