Person

John B. Johnson (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1784?

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Johnson. Father of Robert F. Johnson. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860. Resident in Fayette County from 1862-1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 178A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Fayette County, District 2, City/District, p. 332.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 440A.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1862, p. 12.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 177.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1864.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 17, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 181.

Citation

Johnson, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203022 (November 12, 2026).

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