Gained his MA at Cambridge in 1865. He and his brother George Randall Johnson lived in Queensland for two years before they settled in Poverty Bay. He participated in the fighting against Te Kooti; was Poverty Bay's first representative on the Auckland Provincial Council; and the first chairman of Cook County. Farmer of Maraetaha Block, Poverty Bay; father of Lady Pomare. [Source: Historic Poverty Bay / J A Mackay, p 316 ]
Johnson, James Woodbine, 1844-1899
Album of photographs of the Johnson and Gale families, Poverty Bay
Date: 1860s-1870s
From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-758
Description: Album of portraits of the Johnson and Gale families, in England and Poverty Bay. Also includes photographs of members of the Poverty Bay military establishment, and portraits of the Biggs and Wilson families, killed at Matawhero by Te Kooti's party on 10 November 1868. Includes some biographical information inside the front cover. Quantity: 1 album(s).
Notes on early settlers in Poverty Bay (pages 289-339) : (R H Image - Rev R Kowhia)
Date: [194-]
From: Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952 : Notes on early settlers in Poverty Bay
Reference: MS-Papers-1006-08
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson
Date: 1873-1874, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0357
Description: Corespondents: James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha, Poverty Bay, 1873-1874 (3 letters); May Johnson, Mulgrave Street, Wellington, undated letter Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters - G T Fannin
Date: 1863-1868
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0263
Description: 42 letters written from Hawke's Bay, 1863-1868. Includes three newspaper clippings, one a letter to the editor from James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha Station, 1868. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder. List excludes letters accessioned in 1969..
Album of portraits of the Johnson and Gale families, Poverty Bay
Date: 1860-1900
From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-757
Description: Album of photographs of the Johnson, Gale and Image families of Poverty Bay, and other Poverty Bay settlers, 1860s-1880s, and named Maori portraits. Quantity: 1 album(s).