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Caswell County Genealogy
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1856 - 1914 (58 years)
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Name |
Johnston, Julius [1] |
Birth |
23 Jan 1856 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
Lawyer |
Reference Number |
5799 |
Death |
27 Dec 1914 |
Burial |
Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
Person ID |
I5723 |
Caswell County |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Russell, Willie H., b. 20 Dec 1866, North Carolina d. 8 Dec 1941 (Age 74 years) |
Marriage |
1888 |
Reference Number |
42392 |
Children |
| 1. Johnston, Pinckney B., b. 3 Mar 1889, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 23 May 1915, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 2. Johnston, Julius Jr., b. 30 Dec 1890 d. 25 Sep 1931, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (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 d. 9 Feb 1974, Danville, Virginia (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 6. Johnston, John, b. 13 Feb 1898 d. 22 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 7. Johnston, Willie Russell, b. 1 Mar 1900, Caswell County, North Carolina d. Mar 1987, South Carolina (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 8. Johnston, Nancy Lea, b. Abt 1903, North Carolina [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] |
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Family ID |
F2939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2024 |
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Notes |
- Julius Johnston (1856-1914)
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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
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