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The Johnston Clan side:
In a letter from my Mother,
At least two grandfathers (how many greats I will have to calculate) served in the Revolutionary War, one on the Johnston side
and one on the Partee side. I will have to look up his name, but he was the father-in-law of Louis Partee, the Partee who moved to
Arkansas with his family in 1814. At least three of my great-grandfathers served in the Confederate army, Seth Burge, William Reed
Johnston, and I'll have to check on the name of the other. But the person I'm most proud of was a woman, Amanda Partee, a
cousin of great grandfather Richard Partee. She was a blockade runner in North Arkansas during the Civil War. Thanks to her
wagon train, she kept many people in North Arkansas and Southern Missouri from starving.
William Johnston
William Johnston and his brother, Daniel, were Regulators in North Carolina. They were "forced to flee the officers of the crown"
when the British learned that they were responsible for blowing up a warehouse where the British government was storing
ammunition. They fled all the way into Tennessee about 1774 or so. Anyway, before the U.S. declared its independence in 1776.
Grandpa Felix B. Johnston said that he was too young to serve in WWI and too old to serve in WW2. During WW2 Daddy served
in the army, Uncle Warner served in the Coast Guard and a cousin, J.D. Chinn was either Navy or Coast Guard. I'll have to ask
which one. Daddy tried to enlist in the Navy but they said he had only one working lung and rejected him. The army drafted him.
Because of his physical problem, he had a heat stroke on manuevers and was relegated to a desk job in Hawaii until the war was
over. I don't think that Uncle Warner or J.D. ever left this country. So you can see, this family isn't exactly ripe with war heroes.
On mom's side of the family, Uncle George Konen (Aunt Helen's husband) spent WW2 on a submarine. In fact, he was a
submariner for 17 years. He was a chief radioman when he was discharged. Aunt Helen's previous husband, Frank Sutley, was
killed in a plane crash in the military, but I don't know any details. I don't know if mother's oldest brother, Audley, was in the military,
but her two younger ones, Johnny and Sammy, were air force during the Korean conflict. Johnny met his wife, Elvi, in Iceland and
brought her over here. She now holds American citizenship. Both of Uncle Audley's sons, Audley Junior and Dale, were navy.
Aunt Lorene's son, Sam, served in the air force during the Vietnam war, but his foreign duty was in Thailand. Again, this side of the
family doesn't seem to have any war heroes.
If you see anyone interesting enough for me to check on and get more details, let me know before Saturday. I am going to
Batesville to talk to Uncle Warner and take him this genealogy that I got from the long lost side of the family.
Mom
My family has served this country even before it was a country. We have also had to take up arms to defend our Rightful Government, even when it was the Confederate States of America during the War of the Northern Aggression. My family has always fought against government interference in our lives as well as the Rights in the Constitutions of the United States and Confederate State of America.
Also in this Century:
George Sr. volunteered to carry an M14 in Le'Indochine, denied due to his eyes.
I voluteered to carry an M16, was failed out of ROTC due to my eyes.
(Military Order of the World Wars)
Sure it is not great, but you cannot say we did not try. Needless to say, I take my Rights very seriously and vote accordingly.
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