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William Henry Johnson (Warren County, Mississippi, planter and brother of George Washington Johnson)

b. 1813-06-13 d. 1872-12-28

About

Warren County, Mississippi, planter. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Johnson and Elizabeth "Betsy" Payne Johnson. Married to Mary B. Johnson. Father of William H. Johnson. Married to Lucy A. Johnson. Owner of Belle Isle, a cotton plantation, in Warren County, Mississippi. Planter in Warren County in 1850 and 1860. Owned seventy-seven enslaved persons in 1850 and ninety-three in 1860. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

"Death of a Kentuckian , *Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 3, 1873, p. 1. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Warren County, p. 239A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Mississippi, Warren County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Warren County, p. 134. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Mississippi, Warren County, p. 257A-257B. Smith, Myron J., Jr., The Fight for the Yazoo, August 1862-July 1864: Swamps, Forts and Fleets on Vicksburg's Northern Flank (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012), 91. Find A Grave, "William Henry Johnson (1813-1872)," Memorial #98878640, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98878640/william-henry-johnson (accessed January 3, 2018).

Citation

Johnson, William Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201660 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (4)

Correspondence
F. Dewees to George W. Johnson
1861-09-12
Correspondence
George W. Johnson to Ann E. V. Johnson
1861-10-25
Correspondence
W. H. Johnson to George W. Johnson
1860-12-02
Correspondence
W. H. Johnson to George W. Johnson
1860-12-30

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