John Jay Janney's Virginia

Autobiography of John Jay Janney who was born in Loudon County, Virginia, son of Thomas Jefferson Janney and Mary Taylor. His grandparents were Blackstone and Mary Nichols Janney and Mahlon K. and Mary Stokes Taylor. His great-grandparents, Jacob and Hannah Janney came from Pennsylvania to Loudon County, Virginia. John married Rebecca Smith, his stepsister, daughter of Seth Smith, in 1835. He had moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1831 and later died there.