Amherst Co., VA, Register of Marriages, p. 59
22 Nov 1792, Amherst Co., VA, Deed Book H, pp. 393-94
Estate record in Amherst Co., VA, Will Book 4, p. 342
7. JOHN ALEXANDER5 JOHNS (ROBERT4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, ROGER1) (Source: Robert Johns.) was born Abt. 1770 in Amherst Co., VA, and died Bef. December 21, 1801 in Amherst Co., VA. He married OLNEY 'NAOMAH' 'ONEY' 'ONEZ' DILLARD (Source: (1) Vol 7, Tree 1703., (2) Will, Oney Dillard Johns Garner, will dated 30 August 1837, recorded after her death 20 April 1840, w/b #10, pg. 218, Amherst Co., VA.   Marriage record Amherst 19 Jun 1790 to John A. Johns, parents William and Mildred Dillard, After the death of John A. Johns, her first husband, Oney m. Joseph Garner and had four children by him.   Her will gives the children of John A. Johns as: William C., Lewis H., James D., John S., and Nancy Johns Tyler., (3) Sherrie S. McLeRoy, William R. McLeRoy, Strangers in Their Midst, (Heritage Books, Inc.), 160,162,    COURT ORDER BOOK: December 1801: Oney Johns, the widow of John A. Johns, qualified as the administrator of his estate.) June 19, 1790 in Amherst Co., VA (Source: Amherst Co., VA Marriage Record, Johns, John bachelor and Oney Dillard, spinster, June 18, 1790. Nathaniel Guttry, surety. Consent of her father, William Dillard.), daughter of   WILLIAM DILLARD and MILDRED ?.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER JOHNS: Fact 1: December 21, 1801, Probate bond posted by wife Oney Dillard Johns w/b #4, Amherst Co., VA
Children of JOHN JOHNS and OLNEY DILLARD are:
i.WILLIAM C.6 JOHNS, b. Abt. 1791, Amherst Co., VA.
ii.LEWIS H. JOHNS, b. Abt. 1793, Amherst Co., VA; m. SUSAN SIMPSON, January 21, 1822, Amherst Co., VA (Source: Amherst Co., VA Marriage Record, 22 Jan 1822 Susan Simpson m. Lewis Johns, security and witness, John Simpson and Lewis Johns, signed and sealed.).
iii.JAMES D. JOHNS, b. Abt. 1798, Amherst Co., VA; m. FRANKEY TINSLEY, 1824, Amherst Co., VA (Source: Amherst Co., VA Marriage Record.).
iv.JOHN SHEPHERD JOHNS, b. Abt. 1798, Amherst Co., VA; m. CAROLINE TINSLEY, 1825,Amherst Co., VA (Source: Amherst Co., VA Marriage Record, John S. Johns married Caroline Tinsley, daugher of Anson Tinsley.).
v.NANCY D. JOHNS, b. Abt. 1800, Amherst Co., VA; m. CHARLES TYLER, 1813, Amherst Co., VA (Source: Sherrie S. McLeRoy, William R. McLeRoy, Strangers in Their Midst, (Heritage Books, Inc.), 162, MARRIAGE REGISTER: 1813: Nancy D. Johns, daughter of Onez (Oney) Johns Garner, married Charles Tyler.).
Notes for Naomah (Oney) DILLARD: Amherst Co., VA, Register of Marriages (1761-1853), p. 161

Amherst Co., VA, Will Book 10, pp. 218, 219, 282
Info from Robert R. JOHNS, Covina, CA.

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