Person:Elza Johnson (1)

1850 Census Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia Jonathan Johnston 58 M Farmer 3200. PA Nancy Johnston 58 F PA Elsa Johnston 22 M Farmer PA Amanda Johnson 18 F PA Clemeza Johnston 13 F PA Spencer Johnston 4 M VA

Spencer's death certificate lists his father as Elza Johnson and mother as Adaline Jackson.

1860 Census Dist n/s, Wood Co., Virginia Post Office: Bull Creek Jonathan Johnson 70 M Farmer 2500 400. PA Nancy Johnson 60 F KY Ann Lewis 14 F VA William Montgomery 25 F Hs Servant PA Clamenza Headly 2 M VA Spencer Hoff 15 M Mu VA [Spencer is the only 'colored male' on the page.]

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=14760431 1870 Census Union, Wood, West Virginia Post Office: Parkersburg Ebenezer Corbin 28 M W Farmer blank 120 VA M E Corbin 23 F W Keeping house PA Emma Corbin 6 F W WV Ruhama Corbin 3 F W WV Ruel Corbin 1 M W WV Jonathan Stoneking 35 M W PA Spencer Jackson 23 M W VA Catherine Ober 35 F W Keeping house OH Orange Ober 18 M W Farm labor OH Allison Ober 13 M W Farm labor OH Alineda Ober 11 F W OH

1. ↑ West Virginia, United States. Vital Research Records Search Selection. (West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Archives and History)
   Wood County Death Cert of Spencer Jackson.

   http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1269827&Type=Death
   Certificate gives parents' names and birth states.
   Parents apparently unmarried as Spencer was raised with his mother's last name.

2. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia.

   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=15636007