William Sylvester Johnson

Birth Date

1821-05-21

Death Date

1884-04-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Eliza Anne Groves on January 17, 1848 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Father of Louisiana “Lucy” Johnson, Susan Johnson, James Johnson, and Martha Johnson. Physician in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Physician in Fredonia in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fredonia in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 306A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 164.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 448A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 824.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 211B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644, p. 268.

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