{"id":468,"date":"2014-03-22T13:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T13:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2021-05-06T17:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:58:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"two_third \"><\/div>\n<h2>Bradish Johnson Co., Limited<\/h2>\n<p>Bradish Johnson Co., Limited (BJC) was organized and underwritten in 1897 by 14 heirs of Bradish Johnson (1811-1892). \u00a0Then, as now, the purpose is to own and manage real estate, principally holdings in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. \u00a0A substantial portion of the original acreage was acquired around 1850 from the former property of John McDonough, the benefactor of public schools in Baltimore and New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Today, most of the land consists of marshland and open water southwest of the Mississippi River, below New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish. \u00a0The Company manages oil and gas leases\u00a0on the underground mineral rights as well as top land rights to various hunting licenses and land restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p>A board of seven seats directs the company.\u00a0 The stockholders elect their volunteer board members annually.\u00a0 The qualifications are experience, interest, and capacity for active participation in the affairs of the corporation.\u00a0 Stock ownership is not a requirement, but non-stockholding members must be related to Bradish Johnson or his shareholding descendants by blood or marriage. \u00a0Day-to-day operations are conducted from a New Orleans office.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0;\">Interesting Facts<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>All in the family<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>The large majority of shareholders of Bradish Johnson Co. Limited are direct descendants of Bradish Johnson.<br \/>\n<span class=\"dropcap\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>The legacy of time<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Since 1897, Bradish Johnson Co. Limited has owned and managed 14,400 acres of land in Plaquemines Parish of Louisiana.<br \/>\n<span class=\"dropcap\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>The Plaquemines Parish<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Plaquemines Parish stands as one of the largest crude oil-producing parishes in the state of Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradish Johnson Co., Limited Bradish Johnson Co., Limited (BJC) was organized and underwritten in 1897 by 14 heirs of Bradish Johnson (1811-1892). \u00a0Then, as now, the purpose is to own and manage real estate, principally holdings in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. \u00a0A substantial portion of the original acreage was acquired around 1850 from the former property of John McDonough, the benefactor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/about\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradishjohnson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}