Mattie Johnson (Louisville, Kentucky, servant and underground rr)
b. 1836?
Louisville, Kentucky, servant. Employed by Lydia Ann Parks as a house servant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863. Indicted for aiding the escape of an enslaved boy and girl to Jeffersonville, Indiana, in Louisville in September 1863. Subject of an affidavit affirming her innocence written by William Henry Stokes and C. M. Metcalf in Louisville in November 1863. Pardoned by Thomas E. Bramlette on January 27, 1864.
Details
- Sex
- Female
- Race
- White
Bibliography
"Kentucky's Underground Railroad: Passage To Freedom," KET Education, https://www.ket.org/education/resources/kentuckys-underground-railroad-passage-freedom/ (accessed February 27, 2020).
"Louisville Daily Journal, 1863-09-16," Internet Archive, https://archive.org/stream/xt71ns0kvz53/xt71ns0kvz53_djvu.txt (accessed February 27, 2020).
Citation
Johnson, Mattie. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196642 (November 12, 2026).
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