Thomas S. Johnson

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1820-10-02

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1889-04-23

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"Thomas S. Johnson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014640, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and coroner's jury member. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza "Ann" Quisenberry Johnson in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on February 14, 1842. Father of Thomas B. Johnson, James W. Johnson, F. Hise Johnson, Lucy E. Johnson, Bivian B. Johnson, Charles F. Johnson, and S. J. S. Johnson. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Member of the coroner's jury in the case of Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 396B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 791.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 30-1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 495B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 248.
"Thomas S. Johnson (1820-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66900701, accessed June 1, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66900701.
KYR-0001-020-0001.

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