Isaac Johnson, Jr., named for his father, was a rolicking jolly fellow who was captain of a line of barges that made regular rips between Bayou Sara and New Orleans, and noted far and wide for his dare-devil bravery. He was the Isaac Johnson, who as major of the Bayou Sara cavalry, led the cheering patriots who captured the fort at Baton Rouge, September 1810, shot down the Spanish defenders, hauled the royal ensign of Castile and Leon from the pole, and hoisted in its stead a blue banner, with a single gleaming white star - the Lone Star Flag of the short-lived West Florida Republic. Isaac's wife was Melissa Jane Williams and the couple had three daughters who married three brothers named Chaney.
