Person

G. P. B. Johnston (Louisville, Kentucky, painter)

b. 1811-05-20 d. 1898-12-12

Louisville, Kentucky, painter. Indiana native. Married to Maria A. Dalton Johnston in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 11, 1831. Father of Franklin P. Johnston, John H. Johnston, Manlius B. Johnston, Maria G. Johnston, and Edmund S. Johnston. Painter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Painter in Louisville in 1858. Painter in Louisville in 1860. Hired two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 276A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 125.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 273A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482706.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9; Embracing Valuable Historical and Statistical Information, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 94.

"G. P. B. Johnston (1811-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43672892 , accessed May 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43672892 .

Citation

Johnston, G. P. B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205845 (November 12, 2026).

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