In his father's will, Benjamin Johnston's will, WB 2, page 187, Southampton Co, VA, he received the tract of land which his father patented in 1745 at the place called the Round Meadow containing 150 acres
Will written January 13, 1773, recorded February 11, 1773. Mentions wife and provision for unborn child. Ex. friend John Beale. Wit. George Washington, Benjamin Waller, Stephen Johnson, page 25.