Johnston County, North Carolina Part of the American History & Genealogy Project Welcome to Johnston County, North Carolina! Johnson, County, N. C. Situated near the centre of the state, and contains 660 sq. ms. Watered by Neuse r. and its branches. Moccasson r. runs on its n. e. boundary. Capital, Smithfield. There were in 1840, neat cattle 11,152, sheep 9,011, swine 32,502; wheat 9,242 bush, produced, rye 2,606, Ind. corn 337,797, oats 23,452, potatoes 63,581, cotton 401,169 pounds: 4 stores, cap. $15,000; 20 grist m., 15 saw m. Cap. in manufac. $7,775. 2 acad. 42 students, r sch. 77 scholars. Pop whites 6,996, slaves 3,476 free col'd 127; total, 10,599.* *Source: A Complete Descriptive And Statistical Gazetteer Of The United States Of America, By Daniel Haskel, A. M and J. Calvin Smith, Published By Sherman & Smith, 1843 Births Cemeteries Census Records Communities Deaths Deeds Marriages Obituaries Surnames & Researchers Wills If you have information to share about Johnston County or if you would be interested in building and maintaining a website about Johnston County please contact me at North Carolina AHGP. Thank you. The American History & Genealogy Project is a group of independent webmasters linking together to share historical and genealogical data with researchers online. Please join us -- there are many counties and topics to be explored! Our most pressing need in North Carolina right now is someone to adopt each county. If you would like to become a volunteer county coordinator, or have information or data you would like to donate, please contact the State Coordinator for North Carolina AHGP or click on the adopt me link for the county. North Carolina Indian Tribes North Carolina's National Register of Historic Places North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project  This site is a member of The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP), an unincorporated not-for-profit network of independent sites devoted to History & Genealogy, and covering North American Countries and Territories. For more information about our group, including how you can join us, please see our About page. Webspace for this site is generously provided by     and This page was last updated Sunday, 27-Apr-2014 20:22:42 EDT. Copyright © 2011~2024 by NorthCarolinaKin.