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Source: "Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S Emmett Lucas Jr, published in 1896.

William Johnson, Jr., farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of William and Polly (Ayres) Johnson, was born in

Haralson county in 1853-His father was born and raised in what is now Haralson county, reached manhood poor and

penniless and uneducated. He made his first money splitting rails at fifty cents per hundred, and worked at that and saved
money until he had enough to buy a small tract of land on Tallapoosa river. He was a Baptist preacher and a very useful

citizen. His mother was a native of North Carolina. Mr. Johnson was raised a farmer, and as there were no schools then

 in his neighborhood, received no education, but after he was married received instruction from his wife by a pine-knot

fire light. He has always lived in Haralson county, and is so highly esteemed as to have been elected sheriff of the county

in 1891. When he married he did not have a dollar, but he has worked hard and saved money, and now has a nice farm

and is comfortably situated. He is rated among the best citizens of Haralson county and none command higher respect

or are more highlv esteemed. Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary Munroe-born in 1843 -daughter of Duncan Munroe, and

to them five children have been born: Oscar,Martha Jane, Willie, Mollie and Charlie. Mr. Johnson is a master Mason and

himself and wife are exemplary members of the Baptist church.         

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