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Colbert B. Johnson (Boone County, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster)

b. 1816?

Boone County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah W. Johnson. Father of James A. Johnson, Mary S. Johnson, Frances E. Johnson, George B. Johnson, and Caroline E. Johnson. Merchant in Boone County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster in Hamilton from April 16, 1850, to March 14, 1857. Merchant in Union in 1860. Employed James A. Johnson as a clerk in story in Union in 1860. Postmaster in Hamilton from July 18, 1862, to October 6, 1866.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District 2, p. 143B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, Union, p. 387.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 206, (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 208, (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Johnson, Colbert B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204233 (November 12, 2026).

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