James R. Johnston

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c1821

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"James R. Johnston" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016747, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha J. Johnston. Father of Mary J. Johnston, Macy R. Johnston, Samuel M. Johnston, John F. Johnston, Thomas M. Johnston, James Johnston, William Johnston, George Johnston, and Henry C. Johnston. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 116A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 720.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 588-89.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 484A-B.

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