Samuel Johnson (1895-March 8, 1949) was born in 1895 to the late Benjamin Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson in Edgecombe County. Sam continued to live with his mother, Mary Jane Johnson, and Willard Robinson after his brothers and sisters had left home. When he left home, he lived on Tarboro Highway for a while, and then moved to South Rocky Mount, NC. He was employed at Planter Cotton Mill Factory on Coker Road, and he also worked for the Railroad until he retired. Samuel worked hard and saved his money. When he died, he willed his life savings to his siblings.
Samuel was never married. He was engaged to get married, but his mother Mary Jane intervened. She did not approve of his fiancée, and Samuel never forgave his mother.
When Sam became ill he went to live with his sister, Daisy, where he remained until his death. Sam was fifty-four years old when he died from yellow jaundice on March 8, 1949.
Samuel was buried in the family plot at Unity Cemetery in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.