Jimmy and Margaret Lail Johnson Collection

Title

Jimmy and Margaret Lail Johnson Collection

Description

This collection consists of materials associated with the Bentley family (located in Foscoe, Vilas, and Valle Crucis), as well as the Teams, Johnson, and Greene families (located in Shulls Mill, Boone, and Zionville). Materials include photographs, genealogical documents such as family trees, and other memorabilia associated with the families through the years.

These items were donated to the Digital Watauga Project by Dr. Donna Johnson Heavner, whose family currently owns The Farm on Tater Hill in Zionville

Series 01 consists of one large scrapbook detailing the genealogy of the Teams (sometimes spelled Teems) family as well as the Johnson family. It includes early 1900s photographs of the Teams family at their homeplace in Shulls Mill, 1950s images of Dotsy Teams working in the cafeteria at Appalachian State Teachers College, and more recent photographs of the Johnson/Heavner families.

Per our donor agreement, birthday information for individuals born after 1980 has been redacted for privacy.

Contributor

Dr. Donna Johnson Heavner

Rights

Donna Heavner has extended use rights to the Digital Watauga Project through a use rights Deed of Gift and retains all other rights to these images. Any reprinting, redistribution, or other use of these images requires written permission from Digital Watauga. Contact Digital Watauga for additional details.

Collection Items

Malissa, Fred, and Dotsy Teams Posing with others #2
This image shows Malissa and Fred Teams with children posing in the grass. A man and woman are both holding children on their laps. The man and boys are wearing different variations of suits. The woman is wearing a necktie and a dress. The girls are…

Dotsy and Wilma Teams Posing Together #2
This image shows two girls standing together in front of a fence. Both girls are wearing hair bows and dresses. One of the girls' dresses appear to be a solid color while the other's is plaid. They are both wearing lace-up boots. There is a large…

Ruth and Jimmy Johnson Posing with Malissa Teams
This image shows Malissa Teams posing with Ruth and Jimmy Johnson. Malissa is wearing a dress while Ruth is wearing a dress and hair bow. Jimmy is wearing a shirt and shorts. Both Ruth and Jimmy are wearing long, scrunched socks with their shoes.…

Bound Sleeve #32
This image shows the thirty second bound sleeve in a binder. On one side, there are two images. On the other side, there is one image. The images look to be the same size. There is a written notation visible on the back side that is from one of the…

Wilburn S. Johnson Sitting on Porch
This image shows a man sitting on a porch. The man is wearing a hat, long sleeve shirt, pants, and shoes. Behind the man, a wicker chair can be seen near a patterned bag of some sort. There is what looks like a pile of wooden planks near the porch…

Fred and Malissa Teams with Wilma T. Harmon #2
This image shows two women and a man posing together outside. The women are wearing patterned dresses. One is long sleeve and one is short sleeve. The man is wearing a long sleeve shirt and overalls. One woman and the man are sitting in chairs in the…

Coy Arvil Johnson Posing Near Shed #2
This image shows Coy Johnson posing in front of a shed. The man is wearing a short sleeve polo shirt, pants, a belt, and shoes. There is a blanket laying on the floor near the man's feet. Behind him, there is a shed surrounded by naked branches,…

Tom Calvin Johnson
This image shows a man squatting in foliage. The man is wearing a short sleeve shirt and pants. There are others standing behind him. The notation on the back of the image identifies the man as Tom Calvin Johnson, who died in February of 1970. This…

Coy and Dotsy Johnson Posing with Children #2
This image shows a man and woman posing with children. The woman and girls are wearing dresses. Some of them are wearing necklaces and belts. One girl is looking away from the camera. The man and boy are wearing shirts that are tucked into pants.…

Bound Sleeve #31
This image shows the thirty first bound sleeve in a binder. On one side, there are two images. On the other side, there are two images as well. The images look to be the same size.
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