Johnson A. Dawson

Birth Date

1820-06-22

Death Date

1884-08-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Powell County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and mail carrier. Virginia native. Married to Caroline A Gravitte Dawson in Estill County, Kentucky, on May 13, 1845. Father of John W. Dawson, William Dawson, Mary Dawson, Oliver P. Dawson, Sarah C. Dawson, Coleman Dawson, and Ann Dawson. Laborer in Montgomery County in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860. U.S. mail carrier in Montgomery County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 84B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 52.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct, p. 144A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Montgomery County, KY, October 1863, p. 41.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, Film 000254628, p. 148.
"Johnson A. Dawson (1820-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial 131613186, accessed May 23, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131613186.

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