Reuben JOHNSON b. Abt 1744 North Carolina d. Between 18 Jan 1823 and 5 May 1824 Oglethorpe County, Georgia: Our Family History

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Name	Reuben JOHNSON
Born	Abt 1744	North Carolina
Gender	Male
_UID	2454582050E04863A0A5BB4E0EE75C67D1BE
Died	Between 18 Jan 1823 and 5 May 1824	Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Buried	Clouds Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Person ID	I5775	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

Family 1 Lydia "Liddie", b. North Carolina , d. Abt 1811, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Married North Carolina

Children

	1. ? JOHNSON, d. Bef 1823
	2. Reuben JOHNSON, b. North Carolina , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Vicey JOHNSON, b. North Carolina , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. William JOHNSON, b. North Carolina , d. Aft 1824
	5. Elizabeth JOHNSON, b. 1757, North Carolina , d. Aft 1843, Gwinnett County, Georgia (Age 87 years)
	6. Sarah JOHNSON, b. Abt 1766, Johnston County, North Carolina , d. 16 Dec 1850, Fulton County, Georgia (Age ~ 84 years)
	7. Cary JOHNSON, b. 1767, North Carolina , d. Between 23 May 1854 and 13 Dec 1855, Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Age 87 years)

Last Modified 29 Aug 2016

Family ID F2925 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Sarah MURRAY, b. Abt 1750, North Carolina , d. Aft 4 May 1824, Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Age ~ 74 years)
Married	23 Feb 1812	Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
Family ID	F2919	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Reuben and his son-in-law Jeremiah had warrants issued aganist them in 1782 in Cumberland County, NC for pilfering from the loyalists. They were to have appeared in court in April of 1782. However they fled to Georgia, which had no extradition, to escape being tried on these charges. Ref: Cumberland County, NC Court abstracts. Copy of will from Oglethorpe County, Georgia signed 1-18-1823 and probated 5-5-1824

Reuben Johnson was a charter member of Cloud's Creek Baptist Church (chartered 1788) in the part of Wilkes that became Oglethorpe. Below is the inscription of a marker that was erected in 1999 at the church.

CLOUD'S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, pioneers from North Carolina -- including the Hendons, Hartsfields, Standifers, Johnsons, Lawrences, and Olives -- settled near Big Cloud's Creek on the Georgia frontier near the Creek and Cherokee nations. Olive's Fort was soon constructed and Cloud's Creek Baptist Church was constituted within its walls in 1788. The church was later moved 2 1/2 miles south to its present location on land deeded by Thomas Hendon in 1798. The second and current sanctuary on the new site was constructed in 1909 and continues in use today.

Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, Cloud's Creek Baptist Church, Descendants of Robinson and Elizabeth Hartsfield Hendon, and Historic Oglethorpe County.

Cloud's Creek Baptist Church constituted September 20, 1788

Charter Members

Robinson Hendon * Elizabeth Hartsfield Hendon * William Hendon * Elizabeth Standifer Hendon * Thomas Hendon * Cassander Standifer Hendon * Kerenhappuch "Happy" Hendon Olive * Benjamin Standiford/Standifer * Rachel Forrest Standiford/Standifer * Thomas Johnson * Penelope Sanders Johnson * Reuben Johnson * Lydia Johnson * William Lawrence * Rhoda Lawrence * Joseph Embry * Rachel Embry * Timothy Carrington * Abel Gower * Isaiah Haile * Adam Simmons * Jimmy Sims * Benjamin Tribble * Mary Bradford Bridges * Tabitha Simillion

Erected by Descendants. Dedicated September 19, 1999.

A Brief History of Cloud's Creek Baptist Church

compiled and written by Alice Hughes

After the Revolutionary War, land grants for military service were given in Georgia. Certain pioneers arriving in the northern portion of Wilkes County (later to become Oglethorpe County) were a close-knit group of families from Wake County, North Carolina. Interconnected by blood and marriage, they included Hendons, Olives, Johnsons and Hartsfields. Beginning in 1785, they formed a community near Big Cloud's Creek.

The Cherokee and Creek Nations overlapped in this area, and tensions between the two tribes erupted -- fully directed against the settlers. For protection, Anthony Olive built a two-storied blockhouse and stockade known as Olive's Fort. His wife, Kerenhappuch, was a younger sister to three Hendon brothers: Robinson, William, and Thomas, who along with their families used the fort for refuge.

Olive's Fort became the community's spiritual center on Saturday, September 20, 1788 when Cloud's Creek Baptist Church was constituted within its walls. The congregation joined the Georgia Association (Baptist) the following month.

In less than a decade, the church site was moved two and a half miles south to its present location. Legend states timbers from the old fort were used in the construction of the first church building. Thomas Hendon deeded the land and the existing structure to the church on May 12, 1798. Cloud's Creek united with the Sarepta Association of Baptists in 1800. William Hendon was ordained on July 11, 1807, and served as minister for more than four years thereafter. During these early years, Robinson Hendon acted as mediator for the congregation.

In a thicket beside Cloud's Creek Church are burial plots of early church members. Marked only with field stones, time has obscured the identities of specific graves.

The second sanctuary on this site was completed and dedicated on October 31, 1909, though the congregation had been meeting in the unfinished building as early as 1907. This structure continues to function as the place of worship.