Person

James A. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1828?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary Johnson. Father of Martha Johnson, Miles Johnson, Katherine Johnson, and Linn Johnson. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Deputy sheriff in Caldwell County in 1861. Charged with murder in Caldwell County in 1862. Reported to have served in the Confederate States Army, arrested, and imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Ohio.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 397B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2 , p. 20.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 28.

KYR-0001-004-0347.

KYR-0001-021-0033.

Citation

Johnson, James A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210227 (November 12, 2026).

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