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The Peyton Johnson Family History
Following
the American Revolution a very young enslaved child cherishes a secret
she whispered only to her son and then to only each of his children.
After the Civil War, as free people. they told the world their secret -
they were Johnsons. Winnie, her son Peyton, and all his 33 children
proudly left their descendants a great name as well as a legacy of
faith, unity, and strength.
The
remarkable saga includes these families who live all over the world: Virginia,
- Washington, DC - Maryland - Delaware - Pennsylvania - New Jersey - New York -
Ohio - Illinois - North Carolina
- Georgia - Florida -
Alabama - Texas - Oklahoma - Nevada - New Mexico - Arizona - California - Nigeria.
Elizabeth
Clark-Lewis, Professor of History at Howard University and Director of
the Public History Program, is one of the founders of The Afro-American
Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., the largest Black
Genealogical Society in the world. |