Person

Harrison Johnston (Marshall County, farmer)

b. 1823 d. 1901

Marshall County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Nancy Ford. Father of Elmira Johnston, Mary Johnston, John Johnston, Benjamin H. Johnston, Alfred S. Johnston, Ann B. Johnston, and Marion M. Johnston. Farmer in Marshall County in 1850. Tavern keeper in Marshall County in 1860. Appointed postmaster of Benton, Marshall County, in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, p. 475A
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, p. 747
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, p. 267B
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 135 (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Name (Birth-Death)," Memorial #26049986, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26049986 (accessed September 4, 2019).

Citation

Johnston, Harrison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199489 (November 12, 2026).

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