The CARTER BUSH WILLIS YOUNG JOHNSON GREEN FAMILY uses CBWYJG as our family acronym. Research confirms since the 1700s we have our roots in Essex, Caroline, King and Queen, Isle of Wright and several surrounding Virginia counties. Essex County is known as “the Cradle”.  Many arriving African, European and Native Americans settled and populated there inter-mingling their DNA to produce the family we know and love today.

Any descendant of Sally Carter and John Bush, John Willis and Eliza Young , Peter Young and Randolph Young or Clarence Johnson and Mariah Green can request or be invited to join our Facebook Family page. Once your request is received an administrator will research, confirm and approve your request. You can then invite family you know whose names should be on the page. They will have to pass the same verification process.

Our Ancestral Tree is verified and confirmed by—

(1) Birth, death, marriage certificates, census reports and ancestral stories and pictures of family.

(2) Ancestry DNA matches.  

(3) Deceased and living names from living relatives.  

The family includes all family in the direct line, their spouses, all step family and adopted and foster families.

Family Reunions are scheduled on the even year and Family Fun Days are scheduled on the off year. These events include Prayer and Praise Services, family history and career slideshows, entertainment, banquets, fashion shows, games, raffles, prizes, sports and meet and greet venues. The Family Reunions and Fun days are overseen by an Executive Committee using the Family Bylaws. Scheduled Conference calls, a CBWYJG Website, a CBWYJ Email Inbox and a CARTER BUSH WILLIS YOUNG JOHNSON GREEN Facebook page are all designed to keep us connected. Our Facebook page has a Photo Contest in progress which includes naming family members in the photo on the cover photo. The first response gets 1 point and the person identifying the most family will receive a monetary award at the next Family Reunion.

Today’s technologies such as Zoom are improving our communications and as we move into the twentieth century opportunities to unify will continue to improve, emerge and escalate.