Arkansas Presbytery - October 12-14, 1840 - Van Buren, Arkansas
Piney Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Pope County, Arkansas was represented by Lewis Johnson
Lewis Johnson received as a candidate for the ministry - October 12, 1840.
[Source: Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 1840, page 60; Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, pages 41 & 101]

Arkansas Presbytery, Spring 1841 - Clarksville, Arkansas
Lewis Johnson was licensed to preach.
[Source: Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Spring 1841; Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 101]

Arkansas Presbytery - September 1843 - Shiloh
A petition was received from Clarksville and Piney congregations asking for the ordination of Lewis Johnson, but it was laid on the table.
[Source: Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 1843, page 73; Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, pages 41 & 101]

Arkansas Presbytery - Fall 1845
Lewis Johnson was ordered to prepare for ordination at the next regular meeting of presbytery
[Source: Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Fall 1845; Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 101]

Arkansas Presbytery -Spring 1845 - Clarksville
Lewis Johnson requested that no action be taken on his ordination, and his request was granted.
[Source: Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Spring 1845; Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 101]

Lewis Johnson
Ordained by Arkansas Presbytery - 1848
died 1866
[Source: Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 309]

Ewing Presbytery - March 11, 1852
Lewis Johnson - minister present
[Source: Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 104]

"The next minister listed in the notes of Ewing Presbytery is Lewis Johnson. These notes refer to him as 'Bishop from Big Piney.' Unfortunately, the early minutes for this church do not exist, making it impossible to follow his activities there. Also, the minutes for Arkansas Presbytery for the period 1847 to 1865 are lost, and these years should include his ordination. [Thomas] Hickman states that Johnson was received by presbytery as a candidate October 10, 1840, licensed April 3, 1841, and ordained about 1848. He states further that Johnson worked in Ewing Presbytery and was on its roll, and that he died in 1866."
[Source: Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 105; Minutes of Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, page n]

Arkansas Synod -
"The first meeting of Arkansas Synod after the War... Four ministers--Lewis Johnson, ... --had died since synod had last met."
[Source: [Source: Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, page 125; Minutes of Arkansas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, page 5, orig. page 1]

Johnson, Lewis, Rev. -- mentioned on page 350 of Pope County History, Volume 1 (copy needed for archives)

John William Johnson
wife: Levinia ?

Children of John William Johnson and Levinia ?:

1. Lewis Johnson
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 1803 - Virginia
died: 1865
wife: Penninah Hunter
born: 17 February 1805 - Tennessee
died: 2 August 1888
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

Children of Lewis Johnson and Penninah Hunter:

1.1. John T. Johnson
born: 20 July 1825 - Tennessee
died: 1875
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

1.2. William G. Johnson
born: 11 February 1827 - Tennessee
died: 7 January 1864

1.3. George Washington Shelby Johnson
born: 21 October 1832 - Tennessee
died: 1856

1.4. Lavinia Jane Johnson
born: 7 January 1835 - Mississippi

1.5. Hannah Suzanna Johnson
born: 7 May 1837 - Arkansas
died: 26 September 1910

1.6. Albert B. Johnson
born: 18 December 1839

1.7. Sarah M. Johnson
born: 27 December 1839 - Arkansas
died: 22 December 1879
buried: Lewis Johnson Family Cemetery - Johnson County, Arkansas

1.8. Samuel H. Johnson
born: 1842 - Arkansas

1.9. Mary P. Johnson
born: 12 November 1844 - Arkansas