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Charles Owen Johnson
Charles Owen
Johnson was born in Monroe, LA, the son of Dr. Clifford U.
Johnson and Laura (Owen) Johnson. On graduation, Mr.
Johnson received a B.A. from
Tulane University, being
elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Later he received a LL.B. from
Harvard Law School, a JD from
Tulane Law School and a LL.M.
from
Columbia Law School.
Mr. Johnson, a member of
the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Federal Bar
Association enjoyed a successful career in law in
Louisiana and Washington D.C. Mr. Johnson served for
twenty-four years in the Tax Court Litigation Division of
the Chief Counsels Office, Internal Revenue Service, and
as Chief of the Court of Appeals Branch, the last eleven
years of his service. He was in the Army of the United
States from 1950-1952, during the Korean Conflict, and was
an overseas veteran the last year. Mr. Johnson presently resides in
Arlington, VA, and Palm Beach, FL (his winter home), where he remains active in the hereditary community.
Memberships
* Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South
Carolina
* General Society of Colonial Wars (past Governor of the Washington D.C.
Society, Fellow of the Samuel Victor Constant Society)
* National Gavel Society (Honorary President)
* General Society Sons of the Revolution (past President
of the
Washington, D.C. Society)
* National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
(past President
of the Washington, D.C. Society)
* General Society of the War of 1812 (past President of
the Washington,
D.C. Society)
* National Society, Sons of Colonial New England
(Founder, past Governor
General)
* National Society of Descendants of Early Quakers (past
National
Presiding Clerk)
* Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
* Saint David's Society of the State of New York
* Saint David's Society of Washington D.C.
* St. Andrew's Society of Washington, D.C.
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(past 2nd Deputy
Governor General; past Treasurer General)
* Huguenot Society of South Carolina
* The Huguenot Society in New Orleans
* National Huguenot Society (Genealogist General; past President of the
Louisiana Society)
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
(Associate
Companion)
*
Sons and Daughters of the
Province and Republic of West Florida 1763-
1810 (Founder, past Governor General)
* Jamestowne Society
*
National Society of Old Plymouth
Colony Descendants
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (past
President General)
*
Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
(past Chancellor Gen.)
*
Hereditary Order of the Descendants
of Loyalists & Patriots of the
American Revolution (Co-Founder, past Governor
General)
* Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Colonial
Governors
(past Governor General)
* First Families of Georgia 1733-1797 (past
Chancellor General)
* Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
(past Governor of
Washington, D.C. and Louisiana Societies;
past Genealogist General;
and
past Deputy Historian General)
* Order of the First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817
(past Founding
Governor General)
* Military Order of the Stars and Bars (past Judge
Advocate General)
* Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts
(Governor General
2004-2006; Member No. 2, Registrar General)
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
1636-1647 (Founder, past Governor General)
*
Order of Descendants
of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
(past
President General)
* Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company (Governor
General 2004-2006)
* Order of the First Families of Connecticut (Governor
General 2004-2006)
* Plymouth Hereditary Society (Governor General 2004-2006)
* Sons and
Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar
1585-1861 (Founder, past President General)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum
Planters 1607-1861
(Founder, past President General)
* Order of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660 (Founding
Governor)
* Military Order of the Foreign Wars of the United States
* Order of Indian Wars of the United States
*
Continental Society of Indian Wars
* The Hereditary Order of
the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of
America (Founding Member; Attorney
General)
* Royal
Society of St. George
* Sons of Confederate Veterans (Gold Award
Recipient)
* Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
* Flagon and Trencher
* Texas First Families certificate
* Louisiana Colonials
* Descendants of the Founders of New Jersey
* Jefferson Davis Medal Certificate and Cross of Military
Service (awarded
by the United Daughters of the Confederacy)
* Certificate of Arkansas Antebellum Ancestry (awarded by
the Arkansas
Genealogical Society)
Chivalric Orders
* Knight of Grace of the
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of
Jerusalem.
Listed In
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who in Government
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in
America
Who is Who in Freemasonry
National Social Directory (1974)
The Northern Virginia Social Register (1975)
Social Register of Washington, D.C. (1976)
Social Directory of New Orleans (1990)
Social List of Washington, D.C.
Blue Book of Washington, D.C.
Other Notes
Mr. Johnson served as first editor of
Hereditary Register of the United States of America,
under the President and General Editor, John Griffin
Richardson Rountree. He was also chairman of the editorial
committee. Mr. Johnson is also a member of the
English-Speaking Union of the United States, the Harvard
Club of the City of New York and the Harvard Club of
Washington, D.C. He is active in a
number of Fraternal Orders and is a Perpetual Member of
Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22 AF&AM in Alexandria,
Virginia, of which George Washington once served as
Worshipful Master. He is also a member of the
Harvard Club of Boston, Massachusetts; the Round Table Club
of New Orleans, Louisiana; and the Army and Navy Club of
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