Birth | 7 Aug 1777 | Margaret Johnson was born on 7 Aug 1777 in Pennsylvania; She was born in a blockhouse within a stockade. |
Alternate Marriage date | 21 Mar 1796 | One source shows the marriage date to be 21 Mar 1796 in West Virginia. |
Alternate Marriage date | 28 Mar 1796 | One source shows the marriage date to be 28 Mar 1796 in Harrison County, Virginia. |
Marriage | 31 Mar 1796 | She and James Current Jr., son of James Current Sr. and Margaret Richardson, were married on 31 Mar 1796 in Harrison County, West Virginia. |
Note
| 1835 | 1835, James Current Jr. sold his possessions, including 300 acres of land in Virginia, and with the rest of the family except Nancy, moved to Henry County, Indiana. It was custom at that time for the neighbors and relatives to accompany the movers for the first day and camp with them the first night. The next morning when it was time to say good bye's and all were ready to start onward to Indiana, the others to return to Virginia, Nancy jumped from the wagon she was in, and ran to her lover, James Keener who mounted on his horse, pulled her up into the saddle, and together they returned home to be married. Later, they moved to Indiana and on to Kansas where they lived many years and raised ten children. |
1850 Census
| 16 Oct 1850 | Margaret appeared in the 1850 Federal Census of Stoney Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, as Margaret Current, in the household of Elizabeth and Abraham James Current, her son and daughter-in-law. She is a Female, age 79. She was born in Virginia. She is over 20 years of age and cannot read or write. |
1860 Census
| 11 Jun 1860 | Margaret appeared in the 1860 Federal Census of Stoney Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, as Margaret Currant, in the household of Elizabeth and Abraham James Current, her son and daughter-in-law. She is a female age 82. She was born in Virginia. |
1870 Census
| 1 Jul 1870 | Margaret appeared in the 1870 Federal Census of Stoney Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, as Margaret Currant, in the household of Elizabeth and Abraham James Current, her son and daughter-in-law. She is a white female, age 92. She was born in Virginia. She cannot read or write. |
Death | 23 Jan 1875 | Margaret Johnson died on 23 Jan 1875 in Henry County, Indiana, at age 97. |
Possible Deathdate | 28 Jan 1875 | According to at least one source, her death date was 28 Jan 1875. |
Burial | after 23 Jan 1875 | She was buried after 23 Jan 1875 in Current Cemetery, located in Stony Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana. |