Talk:Junior Johnson

Inaccurate Family History?
I noticed in the "Driving Days" section it states that Johnson's Scottish ancestors moved to Wilkes County, in North Carolina's western section, in the "early 1600s." As I recall, North Carolina didn't experience large-scale European colonization until much later, and North Carolina's foothills weren't colonized until the late 1600s and early 1700s - or almost a century later than the article claims. The first permanent English colony, Jamestown, Virginia, wasn't founded until around 1607, so I'm skeptical regarding this claim about Johnson's ancestry. 70.145.229.162 (talk) 01:47, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Untitled
Credited with discovering drafting and inventing the "bootleg turn" even though he was two at the end of prohibition. OK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.40.197 (talk) 11:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Brewing and selling liquor remained illegal in many states even after Prohibition was lifted at the national level. In North Carolina many counties remained "dry" long after Prohibition officially ended in 1933 (four counties are still "dry" as of 2008). Thus, Johnson is given credit for inventing the bootleg turn even though Prohibition had ended much earlier. Someone may have used such a turn during Prohibition, but if so they never received the publicity for it that Johnson did. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.229.162 (talk) 04:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Presidential pardon
I reverted the edit by Cresix concerning the pardon. Cresix re-reverted it saying that subscription-based cites don't belong. I understand that there is general sentiment against those types of cites. I'm not here to debate that. I didn't put in the link originally and grant you that the little abstract shown on the link doesn't show the info cited. That said, having read the full text of the article, I can state that it actually does say what is cited. Now, if you want to have the New York Times newspaper citation without the web link, that is fine, but even without the link, that was a perfectly valid citation. That section with the citation needs to be restored. Just wanted to discuss here instead of re-reverting again, per WP:BRD. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 05:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Please quote the relevant sections of the NYT article here that support the statement. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 14:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind. I found another source. Cresix (talk) 18:01, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

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Confederate General lineage
Researching the entry that his “maternal great-grandfather was the second-highest-ranking officer in North Carolina’s Confederate Army”. Within my research I found a General Johnston, but not a General Johnson, having no distinction of being classified 2nd in Command. 2600:1700:DF50:7A10:C58E:759D:5823:9161 (talk) 18:20, 28 March 2024 (UTC)