John St. John, Sr. b. 1788 Campbell, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1872 Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA: The St. John Genealogy Project

John St. John, Sr.

Name	John St. John
Suffix	Sr.
Birth	1788	Campbell, Virginia, USA
Gender	Male
Military Service	1812	Georgia, USA
	War of 1812 Service Capt. S. Mann's Co. Ga. Mil. Capt. Owen's Co. Ga. Mil. Numbers: Surv. Orig. 27252 Soldier: John St John Military Service Location: Georgia Pension Number - #1: Surv Orig 27252 Roll Number: 82 Archive Publication Number: M313 http://search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1133&h=42896&tid=40008928&pid=160022375171&hid=47088591163&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vwj3039&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true Source Information Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15. Application for Pension: http://www.stjohngenealogy.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=4936&medialinkID=1974 and http://www.stjohngenealogy.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=4937&medialinkID=1975&tngpage=2
Census	1830	Warren, Tennessee, USA
	Name: John St John [John St. John] [John John] Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Warren, Tennessee Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 5 1825-1830 1) Ephriam M. St. John, 2) John Ford St. John 3) unknown 4) unknown 5) unknown Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 4 1821-1825 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815 Frederick Green St. John Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810 unknown Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800 unknown Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790 John St. John Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 1771-1780 Unknown Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 4 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3 1821-1825 unknown, unknown, unknown Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820 unknown Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 3 1801-1810 Margaret Ford Slaves - Males - Under 10: 2 Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1 Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1 Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2 Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 18 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 6 Total Free White Persons: 25 Total Slaves: 7 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 32
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Census	1840	Warren, Tennessee, USA
	Name: John St John [John Stjohn] Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Cannon, Tennessee Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (1835-1840) Markely E. St. John Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 (1831-1835) George Richard St. John and Henry Jefferson St. John Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 (1830-1834) Ephriam M. St. John and John St. John) Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (1821-1825) Unknown son or Frederick Green? Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 John St. John Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (1835-1840) Mary, Jane or Margaret? Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (1821-1825) Unknown daughter? Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Margaret Ford Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5 Free White Persons - Under 20: 8 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 10 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10
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Census	1850	Cannon, Tennessee, USA
	Name: John Stjohn [John St John] Age: 62 Birth Year: abt 1788 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: District 6, Cannon, Tennessee, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 53 Household Members: Name Age John Stjohn 62 1788 Margaret Stjohn 49 1801 E M Stjohn 22 1828 Jefferson Stjohn18 1832 George Stjohn 16 1834 Mary Stjohn 14 1836 John Jr. Stjohn 20 1830 Markley Stjohn 12 1838 Jane Stjohn 11 1839
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Census	1860	Cannon, Tennessee, USA
	Name: John Stjohn Age: 74 Birth Year: abt 1786 Gender: Male Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1860: Cannon, Tennessee Post Office: Woodbury Family Number: 1457 Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age John Stjohn 74 VA (b. 1786) Farmer Margaret Stjohn 50 NC (b. 1810) John Stjohn 30 TN (b. 1830) Merchant Henry J Stjohn 28 TN (b. 1832) Attorney at Law Maekley Stjohn 22 TN (b. 1838) Clerking Margaret Stjohn 20 TN (b. 1840) J H Smith 40 TN (b. 1820) Mary Oliver 38 TN (b. 1822)
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Census	1870	Cannon, Tennessee, USA
	Name: John St John Age in 1870: 83 Birth Year: abt 1787 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: District 6, Cannon, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Woodbury Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age John St John 83 Margarett St John 70
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Death	Sep 1872	Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA
Person ID	I12029	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database \| St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
Last Modified	9 Oct 2024

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	5 DNA tests are associated with John St. John, Sr.
	atDNA	Private
	atDNA	Private
	atDNA	Private
	atDNA	Private
	Y-DNA-12	Private	R-M173 (R-DF27)	Most distant ancestor: Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of More and the Orcades Most recent common ancestor: Ralph St. John-Paynel, son of Wimund II, de la Haye-Paynel, b. abt. 1036, Moulins Castle, Moulins-le-marche, Orne, Normandy, France d. 1115-1122, Yorkshire, England, UK 12 Marker values: 13,24,14,10,11-14,12,12,12,13,13,29,17,9-10,11,11,25,15,19,29,15-15-16-17,11,12,19-23,16,15,17,18,36-40,12,12

Father	George St. John, (Raised Elizabeth Bryan and John Page's children as St. Johns), b. 1761-1770, Essex, Virginia, USA d. 1846, Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Evaline Jolly, St. John, b. 1767, Campbell, Virginia, USA d. 1790, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 23 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	1788	Campbell, Virginia, USA
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Family ID	F4966	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 John St. John, Sr. , b. 1788, Campbell, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1872, Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)

Marriage 13 Apr 1809 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

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Children

+	1. Frederick Green St. John, b. 2 May 1815, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA d. 12 Apr 1902, Buffalo Valley, Putnam, Tennesse, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	2. Caroline St. John, Goodall, b. 1816-1820, Tennessee, USA d. 1857, Missouri, USA (Age 37 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]

Family ID F5231 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2022

Family 2 John St. John, Sr. , b. 1788, Campbell, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1872, Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)

Marriage 19 Jul 1824 Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA

Children

+	1. Ephriam M St. John, b. 28 Feb 1826, Cannon, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Dec 1889, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	2. John F St. John, Jr.; Merchant, b. 20 Sep 1829, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Nov 1923, Morrison, Warren, Tennessee, USA (Age 94 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	3. Captain Henry Jefferson St. John, Attorney at Law, b. 1832, Cannon, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Dec 1915, Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	4. George Richard St. John, b. 1835, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Sep 1886, Anna, Illinois (Age 51 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	5. Mary St. John, b. 1836, Cannon, Tennessee, USA [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	6. Markley E St. John, b. 1838, Cannon, Tennessee, USA [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	7. Margaret Jane St. John, Bailey, b. 31 Mar 1841, Cannon, Tennessee, USA d. 1921, Warren, Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]

Family ID F4967 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 May 2018

St. John Probate » Slide Show	2 St. John Probate
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	Probate 1 of 2 for OSA5004 George St. John PROBATE OSA5004 George St. John of Cannon, Tennessee 126 Page 124 Book A 1840-1852 Clerk & Master of File Cannon Co [TN] David M. Jarratt [Garrat or Farrat] Administrator of George St. John deceased William St. John, Thomas St. John, Berry St. John, Arthur St. John Martin St. John, _____ Goodall and wife Nancy and Berry St John, children…

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Reference Suzanne St. John. "John St. John, Sr. ". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I12029+&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).

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