Willa Viley Johnson

Birth Date

1837-03-04

Death Date

1913-05-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Scott County native. Son of George Washington Johnson and Ann Eliza Viley Johnson. Married to Lilly Tilford Johnson in 1860. Resident of Scott County in 1850. Served in the First Kentucky Brigade (C.S.A.) as aide-de-camp to General John C. Breckinridge in April 1862. Served under General George Crosby and General Frank Armstrong until 1865. Promoted to Major in May 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 2, p. 452A.
"Maj. W. V. Johnson," Confederate Veteran, vol. XXII (July 1914), 329.
Find A Grave, "Maj. Willa Viley Johnson (1837-1913)," Memorial #84679458, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84679458/willa-viley-johnson (accessed January 2 2018).

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