On 14 June 1836, an inquisition held before Larkin Hundley, justice of the peace, was taken at William Steward’s in Essex County upon the view of the body of William Goode of the county aforesaid, and upon the oath of Nancy Stewart she states that William Goode, not having God before his eyes, but being seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil, at William Stewart’s spring in the county, did shoot himself voluntarily and feloniously, as a felon of himself, killed and murdered against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth. Jury: Geo W Shelton, James Dyke, Banks Garrett[?], Thomas Hundley, Henry Johnson, M L L [?] Dyke, F S Mitchell, John Johnson, Leroy Cauthorn, Absalom Cloudas, John Dunn, and Edmond Goode. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 48–49.]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 70B, Dwelling 79, Family 79
Johnson, John, 47, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Johnson, Martha, 30, female, born in Virginia
Johnson, Elizabeth, 18, female, born in Virginia
Johnson, John, 7, male, born in Virginia
Johnson, William, 7, male, born in Virginia
Johnson, Lillia, 3, female, born in Virginia
Johnson, Lavinia, 2, female, born in Virginia