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GARNER, James & DOGGETT, Mary (wid.);bef. 9 Sep 1751; bride was the wid. of Jn. DOGGETT (d. NC c1739); she was also James GARNER's wid. by Sep 1751; she d. in NC in late 1766 or early 1767.

John Johnson came to Collin County from Missouri in August 1861. He had 13 children and served in the Texas Legislature and later in the Constitutional Convention in 1875. He also served in the State Senate. He is buried under the largest monument in the county.

John H. Johnson, his mother and his sisters trekked and carried their belongings on some of their earlier moves. Barbara Johnson, mother of John Johnson, died and was buried in Missouri. Rachael Johnson and Polly Johnson, sister of John, came to Texas with him. Rachael Johnson Willis was buried in the old Denton Cemetery, Denton, Texas. Polly Johnson Younger left many descendants living in this area amoung them being Ada Younger Boone, Pete Younger and Rachael Straughan.
Mr. Johnson became a slave holder and when the Missouri Legislature voted against secession, Johnson found his sympathies lying with the South. John had leave from the Confederate Army when he returned to Missouri to bring his family to Texas. Since neighbors and brothers were fighting on opporsite sids, Johnson found it expedient to ride on his horse while accompanying his family to their new home in Texas for he could disappear into the hedges or trees along the way and yet be near the wagon train until it could be ascertained as to whether strangers were friend or foe. John's home that the Johnson Family had left behind in St. Joseph, Missouri, was razed by fire.

At a more propitious time Mr. Johnson dispatched his eldest daughter, Dade Johnson Mallow and her husband A.C. Mallow to return to De Kalb County, Missouri, for the sole purpose of selling what remained of the property there. The young people travelled by wagon and carried the money from the sale in an old coffee pot.
John Johnson became known as "Rutabaga" Johnson, a fiery political figure, whose writings were often published in the newspapers of the state. Although Mr. Johnson had to take his education where he could find it, he was a firm believer in education, and sent some of his sons to Virginia for training in law. Even though Mr. Johnson was a firm advocate for higher learning for boys, he hardly appreciated the necessity for educating the girls of the family.
John Johnson and his wife Polly Kimsey Johnson, as are many of their descendants, are buried in the Old Johnson Cemetery, four miles east of McKinney. The cemetery plat was carved out of some of the original land purchased from the government for one dollar per acre.

COLLIN COUNTY.
John Johnson is a son of Benjamin and Barbara Johnson, and his father was cousin to Andrew Johnson. He was born in Ashe county, North Carolina, February 23, 1820. He came to Texas from De Kalb county, Missouri, near St. Joseph, in 1861, and settled in Collin county, where he now resides. His wife was Miss Pollie Kimsey, of Missouri. They have had twelve children, of whom only five are living. Their names are Marian, Jane Bower, Elizabeth Holder and M. W. Johnson, and John. M. W. Johnson is an attorney at law at Paris, Texas, doing a large practice.

Mr. Johnson is one of the characters of the State, and is perhaps as well known as any man in the State. He was a member of the State Legislature of Missouri in 1856, representing De Kalb county. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 in this State, and was Senator in the 18th and 19th Legislatures of Texas. Here he became distinguished alike for his zeal in all matters pertaining to land and the farming interests, he being a practical farmer, and for his individual characteristics, blunt, honest speech, straightforward ways and primitive simplicity of dress and manner. It is unnecessary to say that he is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. He is a member of the primitive Baptist church and prominent in the Masonic fraternity. He has the credit of having erected the finest block of brick buildings in the town of McKinney, and is considered one of the wealthiest men in Collin county.

Mr. Johnson has been the architect of his own fortunes, and is certainly a self-made man. He had few or no advantages in early life, but on the contrary begun life under heavy disadvantages, such as would have discouraged one of less sterling qualities. His father died when John was only 13 years old, leaving a wife and two daughters and an orphan boy 6 years old, leaving no means whatever. The care of this family devolved upon John. The father died in Saline county, Missouri, in 1834. The family then removed to Johnson county, where they remained five years, John hiring out to make rails at 30 cents per hundred. All of his scant earnings he contributed to the support of his mother and sisters; removing thence to Platte county, Northwestern Missouri, young Johnson took a pre-emption claim, cleared a small farm and went to work. He remained here only two years. He sold the farm, receiving only $400 in money for it and moved again, this time to Buchanan county, where he pre-empted eighty acres of land, cleared part of it and again went to farming. He followed this pursuit eight years and again sold out his pre-emption and other lands which he had bought, realizing this time $3000. He again moved, seven miles east in De Kalb county. Here he purchased another farm, on which he resided and worked until 1861, when he determined to emigrate to Texas. On his last sale in Missouri he realized $42,000. Arriving in Texas he rented a farm near McKinney for two years; meanwhile looking around for suitable investments, he then purchased a tract of 200 acres four miles east of McKinney, where he resided fifteen years. He engaged in stock raising in connection with his farming, and for five years drove cattle to Missouri. As the country was rapidly settling up and lands rapidly increasing in value, opportunity presented for handsome speculation for those who like Mr. Johnson had ready money to invest; an opportunity of which he availed himself with the result, as we have seen, of becoming one of the wealthiest men in the county.

Mr. Johnson prides himself very much upon his record in the Constitutional Convention of 1875; it is a matter of record, that to him is due the honor of bringing into the treasury revenue from 35,000,000 acres of land on which no taxes had been paid for thirty years; and on his record with regard to regulating railroad charges; and in debating leading questions, he had to encounter Hon. John H. Reagan, one of the leaders of the body, especially on Johnson's homestead bill, which prevents one from mortgaging his homestead or in any way encumbering it. The bill passed as introduced by Mr. Johnson.

When he announced himself for the Constitution Convention, he issued to the voters of his Senatorial District, a platform from which we cull the following extracts which are embodied in our Constitution; this is due to Mr. Johnson:

"The interests of the country demand the insertion of a clause in the Constitution forbidding the taking of a higher rate of interest than the rate allowed by law prior to 1861, viz: 8 to 12 per cent."

"That the members of the Legislature shall receive, as compensation, $5 for each day they shall be in attendance on, and 10 cents for each mile actually traveled to and from the place of convening the Legislature, by the most direct route. That no member of the Legislature shall be entitled to pay for more than 60 days at any one session."

"The Legislature should exercise a control over the tariff of freight charges on all railroads chartered by the State, and require that all freights be in proportion to distance and that any discrimination for or against any place be forbidden."

That all lands belonging to non-residents be assessed in the county in which they lie, and in default of payment of taxes, should be subject to sale the same year when due. giving the owners the right of redemption. Also, that all parties holding any adverse claims against any real estate in this State be required to present their claims within two years or be barred."

Mr. Johnson was returned to the upper house of the 18th and 19th Legislatures and served with distinction. Source: Texas Genealogy Trails website.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546.)

Was the daughter of Major John Rogers, a long serving early justice in Northumberland County, Virginia, and his wife Ellin (Ellen). She was born circa 1643 at Lewisetta Plantation, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. Northumberland County was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early 17th century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers, inhabited by Chickacoan Indians, known as the Northern Neck Penisula. Major Rogers was one of the early settlers in Northumberland County. In addition to daughter Elizabeth, there was a son William.

Elizabeth married first, William Keene, son of Thomas Keene, Jr. and Mary Thorley Keene. They were married circa 1665 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County. They had six children. (Note: Five children are recorded in the register of St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, giving their date of birth. There was a sixth child, an unknown daughter,
taken from father William's epitaph.):

Children with William Keene:

1.... William Keene II (b. 11 Sep. 1665, d. 4 Oct. 1700, age 35). He married Ann Therriatt circa 1694. She was the daughter of William Therriatt of St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster County. William and Ann had four children: Anne Keene, William Keene III married 1st Elizabeth Ball, Hannah Keene, and Elizabeth Keene.

2....Elizabeth Keene (b. 16 May 1669, died 1706,) Elizabeth married Samuel Samford (1662-1736) and had five children before her death in 1706. Samuel Samford then married a second wife, Langtry. Some sources have her married to Charles Lee, son of immigrant Richard Lee. A Charles Lee married a woman named Elizabeth, but her surname was Medstand, not Keene. Several sources show this fact. The quote from an old Virginia Quarterly which has her "probable marriage to a Charles Lee" is not fact, just someone's theory without sources.


3....John Keene (b. 12 Aug 1671, d. Sep/Oct 1740 age 69. A Justice of the Peace. John married first: Elizabeth Oliver..
John and Elizabeth had 2 daughters Elizabeth and Elenor.
John married second: Ruth___?____. In his will dated Sep 18, 1740 and probated Oct 13, 1740, he bequests:
Item......I give and bequeath to my loving wife Ruth Keene these negroes vizt.....etc. etc.
Ruth Keene "relict of Mr. John Keene of Cherry Point" died in 1760, this was 20 years after John's death in 1740.

4.....Hannah Keene (b. 4 Feb 1676, d. May 1739, age 63) Hannah married first: on 30 Jan 1693, Colonel John Bushrod (1663-1719 he died age 56, She married second: in 1720, Willoughby Allerton (1663-1724) he died age 61, and third: in 1725, Dr. John Cooper (1667-1734) he died age 67. Hannah survived another 5 years after the death of her 3rd husband.
Hannah lived in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, VA, where she wrote her will Dec 26, 1738. It was probated May 29, 1739.

5....Sarah Keene (b. 7 Oct 1678, d. unknown). In 1705 she married Captain John Woodbridge (1668-1726) of Richmond County. Their issue: John Woodbridge and Elizabeth Woodbridge.




After William's death in 1684, Elizabeth remarried. Her second husband was Thomas Banks, Gent of Wiltshire, England, They were married December 8, 1687, three years after William Keene's death. Ten years later on September 20, 1697, Thomas Banks died at age 56. Thomas was buried beside Elizabeth's first husband William, near the family home at "Cypress Farm", near present day Lewisetta, Northumberland County, Virginia.

Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720, approximately 77 years old. Her will was dated May 23, 1720, and probated July 20, 1720.


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Elizabeth is remembered in her first husband William's Epitaph on his tombstone at Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland Co., Va. (About two miles from Lewisetta):

WILLIAM KEENE'S EPITAPH (at Cypress Farm, his plantation):

Here lyeth the body of
William Keene, the Eldest son
of Thomas and Mary Keene
Born in Kent, Maryland the
10th day of March anno
Dom. 1642, Who marryed
Eliza the 2. Daughter of John
Rogers Gent. and Ellin, his
Wife of Northumberland Co.
in Virginia by Whome he had
two sons and Four daughters
and dyed ye 8 day of Feb.
1684 in ye two and Fortieth
year of his age.

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....Elizabeth is remembered in the following inscription on the tombstone of her second husband Thomas Banks: (Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland County, Va., beside the grave of her first husband William Keene)

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HERE LYETH THE BODY OF THOMAS BANKS, GENT. THE ONLY SON OF THOMAS BANKS...WAS BORN AT WOODSTOCKE IN WILTSHIRE ON ST. GILES.
........DAY, ANNO DOM. 1642
AND SERVED Seven Years an
Apprentice to Mr. Wallistone Mercht
in Southampton. And after came into
Virginia, where he married three Wives
the last of which he tooke
to Wife Eliza the Relict of William
Keene, dec'd, daughter of
John Rpgers Gent. and Ellin his
Wife of Northumberland County in
Verginia. Was marryed the 8 day
of December 1687 and dyed the
20 of September Anno Dom.
1697 In the 56 Year of his age.
As also these two Versers. As I in
Sorrow for thee have been distrest,
If God Permit Me LYE by thee to rest.



There is a blank space at the bottom, probably left for an
epitaph for Elizabeth. Elizabeth lived another 23 years after her husband Thomas's death in 1697. Elizabeth and Thomas were married 10 years, and had no children.

The gravesites are believed to be near the sight of the early Keene plantation home.


(Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720.....her will was dated May 23, 1720 and probated July 20, 1720, so she died between May and July of 1720, cause of death unknown. She was approximately 77 years old. Source: Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Wood, copyright 1952.)

Alternate death date:
(At the age of seventy-three, Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in March 1722, thirty eight years after William's (Keene) death. Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine".
Also:
(Mrs. Elizabeth [Rogers Keene] Banks, after enduring two widowhoods, died 1722 (will probated March 15, 1722). Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine", 1 st Series, Vol III, 1899 p. 42-47)
Also:
(In 1722, occurred the death of Elizabeth, widow of William Keene, widow of Thomas Banks, her will being proved March 15, 1722. Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" The Colonial Dames of America Vol II, 1910"

By: Rebecca Prillaman

notes from Findagrave for Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks
Posted 11 Jun 2019 by jridley47.