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James Johnston Jr. (Clinton County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace)

b. 1829-08-03 d. 1905-03-05

Clinton County, Kentucky, school teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Mitchell Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson. Married to Mahala Wright Johnston. Father of Dora Ann Johnston, Nancy H. Johnston, Lizzie Johnston, and Noble Johnston. School teacher in Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Clinton County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Clinton County in 1861.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 2, p. 207A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, p. 207.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macoupin County, Township 12, Range 6, p. 72B-73A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clinton County Births, p. 263.

"James J. Johnston (1829-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #69029651, accessed September 22, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69029651.

KYR-0001-017-0196.

Citation

Johnston James, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207269 (November 12, 2026).

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