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	Johnston County Visitors Bureau - Johnston County
		Johnston County was formed in 1746 from the northwestern part of Craven County, which at that time embraced a large part of the Coastal Plains area of North Carolina.
		The county was named for Gabriel Johnston, Royal Governor of North Carolina from 1734 to 1752.
		In 1920 Johnston had 99 schools for whites and 35 for fls, most of which were housed in ill-equipped wooden buildings with one or two teachers.
	www.johnstoncountync.org /content/?linkcode=23.2.D (2787 words)

	The One Book Phone Book
		Johnston County was created in 1746 from Craven County and named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, North Carolina's governor from 1734-1752.
		A phenomenal number of new residents have moved to Johnston County in the past decade; and with a 50-percent increase in population, Johnston has become one of the fastest-growing counties in North Carolina.
		Johnston County, with an approximate population of 122,000, is located midway between New York and Florida on I-95, just a two-hour drive from Atlantic Coast beaches and a four-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
	www.tarheelyp.com /Johnston_Body_Frame.htm (148 words)

	AllRefer.com - Samuel Johnston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He emigrated as a child to North Carolina, where his uncle, Gabriel Johnston, was royal governor.
		He was elected to the four provincial congresses (1774–76), presiding at the third and at the fourth, which passed the Halifax Resolves declaring for independence of the colonies; served in the new state senate; and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress (1780–82).
		Johnston was governor of North Carolina (1787–89) and presided over the convention that rejected the U.S. Constitution (1788) and over the one (1789) at which North Carolina finally ratified it.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JohnstonS.html (264 words)

	Johnston County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
		It was named for Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina from 1734 to 1752.
		Johnston County is a member of the regional Triangle J Council of Governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina (505 words)

	DR - Fort Johnston
		He called Fort Johnston "a contemptible thing." In July 1775 Martin was forced to flee to a British ship patrolling the coast when the North Carolina militia stormed the fort and burned it down.
		"A History of Fort Johnston on the Lower Cape Fear:" follows the fort from the days of royal governor Gabriel Johnston, for whom it was named, to recent archaeological digs conducted there.
		Gabriel Johnston, the royal governor for whom the fort was named, is the subject of Paul Forney's "Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina." An article about Johnston's long term in office, 1734-1752, is also available in the newspaper clipping file.
	www.ecu.edu /cs-lib/ncc/fortjohnston.cfm (583 words)

	Ivan Johnston, San Gabriel Mountains Flora: Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains by Ivan Johnston
		Therefore, Ivan Johnston's scientific field botany investigations in 1917 and 1918 are timely to have occurred at the end of the ranching/mining era.
		Ivan Johnston, an acute and enthusiastic botanical student at Pomona College..." is the opening line of an article by Samuel Parish that he published in 1917 in the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.
		As the elder botanist of California, Samuel Parish knew that Ivan Johnston was an emerging young botanist of talent and encouraged the young Ivan in his botanical passion.
	www.geocities.com /royvandehoek/sangabrielflora1919ivan.htm (8791 words)

	Land, Agriculture-Mitchell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With the decision to place Carteret’s portion of Carolina adjacent to the Virginia-North Carolina border, Governor Gabriel Johnston was instructed to appoint five commissioners to allot a separate district in North Carolina.
		Of 201 Johnston County entries, 81 are missing, although warrants for 38 of the latter remain.
		Gabriel Johnston to Granville, November 18, 1750, Granville Proprietary Records; Gabriel Johnston to Granville, March 5, 1750/1, Granville Proprietary Records; Gabriel Johnston to Granville, May 1, 1751, Granville Proprietary Records; Granville to Francis Corbin and James Innes (draft), November 15, 1751, Granville Proprietary Records.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/Subjects/mitchell.htm (10475 words)

	North Carolina History Project : Quitrents (Colonial Period)
		Although some historians consider Johnston a “compromising” governor, less abrasive and more honest than Burrington, others describe him as a master of political machinations.
		Johnston therefore threatened to increase taxes and expedite their recovery.
		In the end, the lack of quitrent payments weakened the provincial government’s power and many officials supposedly went without pay; Governor Johnston remarked a few days before his death in 1752 that his salary was 13,000 pounds in arrears.
	www.northcarolinahistory.org /encyclopedia/121/entry (1140 words)

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		Johnston County was created in 1746, was named for Governor Gabriel Johnston and at first embraced much of Lenoir, Greene, Wayne and Wake counties.
		The generations run thus: John de Johnstone Sr., John de Johnstone Jr.; and seven generations later, there was Sir Adam de Johnstone (1413-1455), and the 17th generation, James Johnstone (1625-1672) became the first Earl of Annandale, Scotland.
		Colonel Thomas Johnston married Rebecca Woodhouse and lived on a plantation in Onslow County and was a member of the Provincial Congress.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/nc/wayne/heritage/johnston2.txt (579 words)

	Governor of the State of North Carolina - Samuel Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born in Scotland as the nephew of NC Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston, Samuel Johnston came to Onslow County at the age of three.
		As a supporter of the colonial revolt, he served as president of one of the provincial congresses and actually was governor during the flight of Governor Martin and before the election of Governor Caswell.
		Johnston was elected NC governor in 1787, during the decade following the American Revolution.
	www.carolana.com /sjohnston.html (192 words)

	Smithfield, North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Johnston County was created in 1746 from Craven County and named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, North Carolina's royal governor at the time.
		The council’s second session was also held at Johnston County Courthouse, December 18-24, and its third session was originally scheduled to be held there in late February and early March of 1776, but a late change of plans shifted that session to New Bern.
		State historians have noted that the council’s primary achievement during its Johnston County sessions was organizing and equipping the military forces that defeated British loyalists at Moore’s Creek Bridge north of Wilmington on February 27, 1776.
	www.carolana.com /Smithfield_NC.html (2944 words)

	Images of Johnston County - Relocation information for the Johnston County Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Johnston County is in east-central North Carolina, about 20 miles south of Raleigh.
		The Atlantic Coast is a two-hour drive from Johnston County, while the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains are four hours to the west.
		Johnston County was formed in 1746 and named after Gabriel Johnston, a royal governor of the state.
	www.imagesjohnstoncounty.com /current/dep6_article1.php (217 words)

	Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - Johnston, Gabriel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - Johnston, Gabriel
		Johnston County was formed in 1746 from Craven.
		It was named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/minibios/j/johnston_gabriel.htm (107 words)

	Johnston County - Johnston County Heritage Center Museum and Research Library
		Construction of the 223-mile North Carolina Railroad in 1854 placed Johnston County within the prosperous Piedmont Crescent between Goldsboro and Charlotte and meant an eventual shift from subsistence farming to market-driven agriculture.
		An impending crisis in school-building needs brought by population growth in western Johnston County led voters to approve bond issues of unprecedented magnitude in 1995, 1999, and 2001.
		Those bond issues, coupled with state bonds and federal funds, have enabled Johnston County to spend $340 million to upgrade school facilities over the past decade --- a process that has replaced all the majestic brick schools built in the 1920s.
	www.co.johnston.nc.us /mainpage.cfm?category_level_id=649 (2706 words)

	Scots and Scots Descendants - J
		Johnston’s grandfather was born in Scotland and his mother was a niece of Patrick Henry.
		Johnston and Fils is operated today by his descendants, also Nathaniel Johnston and his sons Denis and Archibald, who are the ninth generation.14
		Johnston, Robert B. - Edinburgh-born U.S. Marine was central command chief of staff in the Persian Gulf War.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Names-J.htm (3938 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Johnston County was formed in 1746 from Craven County.
		The Johnston County Heritage Center preserves the history and material culture of Johnston County with an exceptional collection of materials that includes 2,000 books, 800 reels of microfilm, 300 maps and atlases, 50,000 photographic images, 400 private collections of books and papers, and vertical files on genealogy, biography, and local history.
		Since 1969 Johnston Community College has been providing an affordable higher education alternative that has helped thousands of the region's adult population become better equipped for the job market, while also providing a means for local citizens to earn high school diplomas and learn special skills to improve their quality of life.
	www.co.johnston.nc.us.cob-web.org:8888 /mainpage.cfm?category_level_id=295&content_id=320 (521 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Johnson on Biennial Act: Context (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Governor Gabriel Johnston's request to repeal the North Carolina Biennal act,
		Gabriel Johnston served as governor of North Carolina from 1733 to 1752.
		Soon alter assuming office, Johnston found the Biennial Act of 1715 a particular annoyance, in part because it obviously reduced the power of the governor and in part because of practical considerations.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1726-1750/northcarolina/ba_req_i.htm (98 words)

	School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time eBook
		Nathaniel Rice was Governor until the arrival and qualification of Gabriel Johnston, who took the oaths of office at Brunswick, on the Cape Fear River.
		Governor Johnston was a Scotchman, who had lived for several years in London, and was to prove the wisest and best of all the men sent over to rule the people in Carolina.
		Sometimes Edward Moseley, always a stickler for the rights of the colonists, would carry some dispute into the General Assembly, but the measures of Governor Johnston, as a general thing, were pleasing to all classes of the people and received their support.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/6080/40.html (587 words)

	AllRefer.com - Gabriel Johnston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Gabriel Johnston 1699–1752, colonial governor of North Carolina (1734–52).
		An efficient and popular Scot, he nevertheless had constant difficulties with the assembly over quitrents and other financial matters and several times dissolved that body.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Gabriel Johnston
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/E-JohnstonG.html (164 words)

	Innes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the year 1751 there sat at the council board of North Carolina Governor Gabriel Johnston and seven councillors, among whom were James Innes, Francis Corbin, James Murray, and John Rutherfurd, friends and associates, standing to each other on varying terms of [286] intimacy.
		Governor Johnston recommended him for the council and he sat at the board under Johnston and his successor, Dobbs, for nearly ten years.
		When, however, in 1758 he espoused the cause of the assembly against Dobbs, that excitable upholder of the prerogative suspended him from the council for prevarication and non-attendance, and removed him from his positions as assistant judge and colonel of militia.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Bookshelf/Schaw/innes.htm (1156 words)

	MO Jefferson Co. Marriages 1826-1838 pp 1-25
		Johnston as principal, with David Bryant and Jabey Warner as securities, bound $1600; Gabriel Johnston appointed Collector of Revenue for Jefferson Co., Mo. on 24 August 1826
		Commission: Gabriel J. Johnston as principal, with David Bryant and Jabey Warner as securities, bound $800; Gabriel Johnston appointed Collector of Revenue for Jefferson Co., Mo. on 11 September 1826
		Johnston as principal, with General W. Johnston, Merideth Wideman, Alexander Hilderbrand and Benjn.
	www.vienici.com /moabs/jeff/cnm26/p001025.html (727 words)

	Descendants of James Johnstone
		Gabriel Johnston, Gov NC 1733-1752 b Dundee, Angus.
		Gilbert Johnston, b in Scotland (3rd son of John of Johnstone and Elizabeth Belcher) He was father of Gilbert, Henry and Robert.
		This is the Liberty House site: http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/nchistorical/liberty.html.The house may have been built by a later branch of the family, however, as the house was built in the early 1800s and our Thomas Kenan died in 1765.
	www.angelfire.com /ms2/cinmiss/johnstoneline.html (1240 words)

	North Carolina History Project : Highland Scots
		In 1739, Gabriel Johnston, royal governor of North Carolina and native Scotsman, encouraged 360 Highland Scots to settle in North Carolina and later provided them a ten-year tax exemption for doing so.
		Subsequent offers by Johnston attracted Highland Scots to North Carolina primarily for economic and political reasons, for in Scotland, they had difficulties paying the increasing land rents and had experienced defeat against the English at the Battle of Culloden in 1745.
		Also, the Highland evictions, beginning in the 1700s and continuing to the 1800s, forced many Scots to give up their land so that sheep could be raised.
	www.northcarolinahistory.org /encyclopedia/110/entry (916 words)

	McCarver Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But, by 1751 Governor Gabriel Johnston reported that settlers were flocking in, mostly from PA. At the time it was formed Orange County had an estimated population of 4,000.
		William Pitt (now Lord Chatham) wished to repeal the "intolerable acts" and to promise that taxes would not be levied by Parliament except with the consent of the American assemblies.
		Governor, Gabriel Johnston, himself a Scot, who felt that the colony would be prospered by the addition of Highlanders.
	www.mccarvernews.com /US_Counties/OrangeCoNC.htm (3077 words)

	Relocation to Johnston county \| Homes for sale \| Exclusive buyers agent \| Raleigh, Durham, Cary NC
		The Johnston County Heritage Center has become known as one of the best-equipped facilities for the study of local history and genealogy.
		Because of the soil and climate conditions in Clayton, agriculture is a mainstay of the community.
		The Smithfield Tobacco Market has operated for over 100 years and Johnston County as a whole continues to be a strong agricultural county in North Carolina.
	www.buyersadvantagegroup.net /johnston_county.php (836 words)

	Samuel Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		[Samuel] Johnston having declined to accept the office of President, and offered such reasons as were satisfactory, the House proceeded to another election; and, the ballots being taken, the hon.
		Notwithstanding my anxious impatience to return to my family, I have determined to stay till I am relieved, or at least till the States are more fully represented in Congress.
		Johnston as will reconcile her to this measure.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Samuel_Johnston (1440 words)

	Granville County Wills
		Then came Gabriel Jones and Stephen Jones and two of the Executors therein named and qualified agreeable to Law.
		Gabriel Jones came forth as a witness, and Seth P. Pool, named as an executor, was duly qualified as such.
		Item: I give to my son Gabriel Sandford one hundred acres of land adjoining of Semon (Lemon?) Puryears land also one negroe boy named Kit also one Feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs for ever.
	users.ap.net /~chenae/granwill.html (4990 words)

	Amazon.com: "Governor Johnston": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		the arrival and qualification of Gabriel Johnston, who took the oaths of office at Brunswick, on the Cape Fear River.
		Governor Johnston was a Scotchman, who had lived for several years in London,...
		Because he was about to be impeached and removed from office, Governor Johnston's enemies wanted the project halted "until the status of the administration is more clearly defined.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Governor-Johnston (522 words)

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