Also married a Myrtle unknown
He served under Capt. D.N. Cone's Camden Co., GA Militia in 1838 Indian Wars.
He served under Capt. D.N. Cone's Camden Co., GA Militia in 1838 Indian Wars.
Sources: Abbrev: Ga Marriages - 1700 - 1850 CD
He is shown in the 1830 Camden County, GA census as having a wife and 6 children, 4 boys and 2 girls. The boys ages are shown as 1-u5,1-5/10, and 1-15/20. The girls ages are shown as 1-u5, and 1-15-20.
1830 census: GA, Camden,
Johns, William m:11011001 f:10011001 => William b. 1770-1780 & wife b. 1770-1780
Johns, Silas m:121001 f:1001001 => Silas b. 1790-1800 & wife b. 1780-1790
Johns, Jeremiah m:100011 f:20001 => Jeremiah b. 1790-1800 & wife b. 1800-1810
Johns, James J. m:20001 f:00001 => James J. b. 1800-1910 & wife b. 1800-1810
m: <5, <10, <15, <20, <30, <40, <50
f: <5, <10, <15, <30, <30, <40, <50
1840 census: GA, Camden
Johns, James m:231001 f:120001 => James b. 1800-1810
Johns, Jeremiah m:3220001 f:002001 => Jeremiah b. 1790-1800
Johns, Lucinda m:021 f:011001 => Lucinda b. 1800-1810
Johns, Sillis m:0012001 f:11101 => Sillis b. 1790-1800
Johns, John m:00001 f:00020010001 => John b. 1810-1820 oldest female b. 1750-17601850 census: GA, Camden
Johns, Silas, 54, SC (next door to Jeremiah & mary Ann Johns)
, Martha, 39, GA
, Lucinda 18, GA
, Jane, 12, GA
, Martha 11, GA
, Mary 8, GA
He was the third sheriff of Charleton County, GA from 1858 to 1860. A story is told of how he returned home one night, exhausted after tracking down escaped convicts. His wife, Sarah, stayed up all night and held a gun on the captured men while her husband got some sleep.
1850 census: GA, Camden
Johns, John 42, SC (within 2 houses of George & Anna Johns
, Sarah 26, SC
, Martha 9, GA
, William 6, GA
, Eliza 2, GA
She was baptized into High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church near Hoboken,in Brantley Co., on 11 June 1843
Sources:
1) Abbrev: Judge Huxford's notes 1850 Camden Co., Census18
Title: Judge Huxford's notes
1850 Camden Co., Census
1860 Charleton Co., Census2) Abbrev: Huxford Quarterly Magazine
Title: Huxford Quarterly Magazine
Page: Vol. XXV, Nbr. 3, p.226