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     Mary Sapp was the daughter of Andrew Sapp and Levinna Ann Brannen.

     May was born circa 1908 at Madison Co., Florida.¹ She was the daughter of Pasco Sapp and Hattie (--?--).

     Meakin Jonathan Jay Sapp was born on 31 July 1908 at Nocatee, DeSoto Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Meekim Virgil Sapp and Marie Viola Douglass. Meakin Jonathan Jay Sapp died on 9 January 1922 at Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 13.¹

     Meekim was born circa 1854 at Madison Co., Florida.² He was the son of John Sapp and Hester Ann Dukes. Meekim Virgil Sapp married Marie Viola Douglass on 14 December 1905 at DeSota Co., Florida.³

     Minnie Sapp was the daughter of Andrew Sapp and Levinna Ann Brannen.

     Ola was born circa 1900 at Madison Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Bennett Dempsey Sapp and Annie (--?--).

     Ollie was born in July 1874 at Lafayette Co., Florida.¹ She was the daughter of Jasper Sapp and Sarah Sullivan. She married Edgar Oswell Chastain, son of James Chastain and Nancy Miller, on 3 July 1901 at Lafayette Co., Florida.² Ollie died in February 1966 at Hillsborough Co., Florida, at age 91.³

     Pasco Sapp was the son of Andrew Sapp and Levinna Ann Brannen. He married Hattie (--?--), , circa 1905 at Madison Co., Florida.

     Pheba was born on 22 November 1834 at Lowndes Co., Georgia.¹ She was the daughter of William Sapp and Savila Roden. She married John W. Johnson, , on 20 January 1857 at Madison Co., Florida.² Pheba died on 19 July 1908 at Madison Co., Florida, at age 73. Her body was buried in July 1908 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Madison Co., Florida.³
     
Biography of Pheba Sapp:

The below information was provided Richard Radzic by his mother - Lillian Nativa Johnson:

There are two versions of the Phoebe (Sapp) Johnson story. The 1st was told to me by my Uncle Wes (John Wesley Johnson):

"J.W. Johnson and Phoebe Sapp Johnson came from some place 'up north'. On the way 'down south', Nathan* Johnson, their oldest son was killed while working for some railroad. Then J.W. Johnson and Phoebe Sapp came on into Florida and settled in the Hamburg Precinct, about ten miles northwest of Madison in Madison County, Florida. There they had three more sons, Robert, William Benjamin and George W. Johnson, my Grandfather."

The second version is as follows: Aunt Mandy (Amanda (Jerkins) Johnson, wife of William Benjamin Johnson) told this account to my brother, Charles, after he was a grown man, but Charles had never told it to me. Some years ago, I went to the community where my grandfather, father and I lived and talked to a Mrs Sue Huey, who had grown up in the same community and who was about the same age as my grandfather. She said that her account had come from her mother who had lived there when Phoebe (Sapp) Johnson came into the community. This version was approximately the same as Aunt Mandy had given Charles.

"Phoebe Sapp came alone sometime during the Civil War in a covered wagon and settled (homesteaded) on a very rough piece of land in the "Hamburg Community", which is about ten miles north of the City of Madison, Florida. She was able to subsist there alone by growing her own food. As time passed and men were returning home from the war, three of them stopped at her place, each staying for approximately one to three years. They lived with her and helped plant her crops and build her a cabin, would get her pregnant and go on their way. (Mrs. Huey gave me their names, but I was so surprised by the story that I forgot all of them except for the name Beauregard Henderson, which was the name of the man who sired my grandfather, George W. Johnson.) Mrs Huey went on to say that there had been no disgraceful stigma attached to either Pheobe Sapp Johnson or her three sons, and as proof spoke of the fine families each of the wives of the three sons had come from. Her expression was "Phoebe Sapp Johnson did the bestshe could during the Civil War and what followed in the aftermath of that war."

I honestly think there is more truth in the second version. Mrs. Huey told me that right after my grandfather died that my Uncle, John Wesley Johnson, had gone to her and asked her about his father and family and she told him the same thing she told me. She said Uncle Wes and Aunt Bessie had gotten very upset about it and left very angry with her. Right after I got back from that trip, Uncle Wes and Aunt Bessie were over here in Atlanta and we invited them and their son, John A. Johnson, and his wife over for supper. Gloria, John's wife, had heard the story from Charles and also probably from Uncle Wes and being the mischievous person she is, she mentioned my trip that night and said she wanted to know what I found out. Uncle Wes and Aunt Bessie got very upset with her so I did not go into any details in their presence. Later when Gloria and I were alone in the kitchen, she told me that if the community where Phoebe (Sapp) Johnson lived had not condemned her, why should Uncle Wes and Aunt Bessie. Thereis no record of the death or burial of J.W. Johnson or Nathan Johnson in the Madison County Records. Signed by: Nativa (Johnson) Steele

* We have not been able to prove or disprove the existence of Nathan Johnson. Uncle Wes was the only person ever to mention him.



Phoebe applied twice for her husbands pension from the CSA, once in 1897 and again in 1903. According to the pension application, one can assume that Phoebe could not write since her signature on both applications was by her "X". A further indication that she could not read or write was the fact that there are two spellings for her name.

     Rebecca was born circa 1801 at Georgia.² She was the daughter of Henry Sapp and Mary (--?--). She married Ashford Parker, son of Joseph Parker and Elander Genkins, circa 1828 at Lowndes Co., Georgia.³