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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Historical Society George W. Johnson Papers KYR-0003-092-0131 Folder 6

George Washington Johnson (Provisional Governor of Kentucky) N001002 1811-05-27 1862-04-08 Categories: People

First governor of the provisional Confederate government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Georgetown, Kentucky, native. Son of William Johnson and Betsy Payne Johnson. Married to Ann Viley Johnson on August 20, 1833. Father of Eliza Woolfolk Johnson, Willa Viley Johnson, Madison Conyers Johnson, Martha Lydia Johnson, Junius Ward Johnson, Warren Viley Johnson, Henry Viley Johnson, and Euclid Lane Johnson. Educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Practiced law in Georgetown, Kentucky. Planter in Scott County, Kentucky, and Helena, Arkansas. Member of the Democratic Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Scott County from 1838 to 1840. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Member of the Southern Rights Party. First provisional Confederate governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from November 20, 1861, to April 8, 1862. Served as an aide to Confederate General John C. Breckinridge. Served in the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from April 6, 1862 to April 8, 1862. Died on April 8, 1862 from wounds sustained at the Battle of Shiloh.

Relationships Social: William P. Adcock (Trimble County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 612. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 1, pp. 228A-B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 168-69. Lowell H. Harrison, "Johnson, George, W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 473. Lowell H. Harrison, “George W. Johnson (1861-1862)” in Lowell H. Harrison, Ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 82-84. Jon L. Wakelyn, Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1971, 255. Junius R. Ward (Washington County, Mississippi, and Scott County, Kentucky, planter and livestock breeder) N00008185 1802 1883-08 Categories: People

Washington County, Mississippi, and Scott County, Kentucky, planter and livestock breeder. Scott County native. Son of William Ward and Sarah Johnson Ward. Married to Matilda Viley Ward. Father of George Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Sarah Ward, Mary Ward, Junius R. Ward, and Matilda Ward. Admitted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1820. Planter in Washington County and Scott County in 1850 and 1860. Owned 107 enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 2. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Mississippi, Washington County, District No. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), [Population/Slave] Schedules, [State], [County], [City/District], p. X. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Washington County, District No. 1, p. 109. Davis, John H., The American Turf: History of the Thoroughbred, Together with Personal Reminiscences by the Author, Who, in Turn, Has Been Jockey, Trainer and Owner (New York: The John Polhemus Printing Company, 1907), 139. William Ward, List of Cadets Admitted into the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., From its Origin till September 1, 1886, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1887), 65. Franklin L. Riley, ed., _Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society (University, Mississippi: Mississippi Historical Society, 1914), 271. Find A Grave, "Junius R. Ward (1802-1883)," Memorial #97066606, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97066606/junius-r.-ward (accessed January 5, 2018). John Cabell Breckinridge (Senator, former U.S. Vice President, & Confederate General) N001789 1821-01-16 1875-05-17 Categories: People

Kentucky attorney, soldier, and politician. Attended Pisgah Academy and graduated from Centre College in 1838. Attended Princeton University and studied law at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in 1838. Practiced law in Lexington. Married to Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge. Father of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Frances Breckinridge Steele, John Milton Breckinridge, John Witherspoon Breckinridge, and Mary Desha Breckinridge Maltby. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry as a major during the Mexican War. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1849. Democratic party member from the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Vice president of the United States under James Buchanan from 1856 to 1860. Ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States as a Southern Democrat in 1860. Democratic party member of the United States Senate from March 1861 to December 1861. Expelled from the Senate in December 1861. Served in the Confederate Army as a brigadier general and major general from 1861 to 1865. Secretary of war for the Confederate States of America from January 1865 to April 1865. Fled to Cuba after the war and took up residence in Europe.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, 4th Ward City of Lexington, p. 108. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Breckinridge, John Cabell,” (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000789) (accessed January 10, 2017). Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States (Washington: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 55-56. James C. Kotter, The Breckinridges of Kentucky 1760-1981 (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986), 95-136. “John C. Breckinridge,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 18, 1875. “Breckinridge, John Cabell,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 117-118. Find A Grave, “John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875)," Memorial #132, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132/john-cabell-breckinridge (accessed January 10, 2017). Alvin Duvall (Scott County, Kentucky, court of appeals judge) N00008230 1813-03-20 1891-11-17 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, court of appeals judge. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Alvin Duvall. Married to Virginia Hotlzclaw Duvall in Scott County, Kentucky, on February 8,1843. Father of Lizzie Duvall, Tommy Duvall, Johnny Duvall, Henry Duvall, Alvin Duvall, Jr., Virginia Duvall, Wilenia Duvall Sneed, Mary Stites Duvall, and Sally Duvall Greenhow. Graduated from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, in 1833. Graduated from the Law Department at Transylvania University in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1840. Practiced law in Scott County from 1840 to 1852. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Scott County in 1850. Judge of the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1852 to 1856. Judge of the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1856 to 1864. Chief justice of the Court of Appeals from 1862 to 1864. Fled to Canada in 1864. Attorney in Georgetown, Scott County from 1864 to 1866.

Relationships Social: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 2, p. 793. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 151A. "The Dead Jurist," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), November 21, 1891, p. 5. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 86. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume VI (New York: James T. White & Company, 1896), 14. "Alvin Duvall Sr. (1813-1891)," Find a Grave, Memorial 43161683, accessed January 22, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43161683. Paul Rankins (Georgetown, Kentucky, physician) N00008231 1823-04-07 1872-12-14 Categories: People

Georgetown, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Malvina Burch Rankins. Father of Rhodes B. Rankins, William H. Rankins, Bettie Rankins, and Malvina Rankins. Physician in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Georgetown in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 1, p. 399A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, District 1, p. 127. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 21. Find A Grave, "Dr Paul Rankins (1823-1872)," Memorial #104195186, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104195186/paul-rankins (accessed January 22, 2018). Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Scott Co, KY, maj, asst AG of Confederal Bragg, staff of Buckner, nephew of Confederal Albert Sidney Johnston, son-in-law of KY Provi Gov GW Johnson) N00008200 1833-02-10 1913-10-04 Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and attorney. New Orleans, Louisiana, native. Son of John Harris Johnston and Eliza Ellen Davidson Johnston. Married to Eliza W. Johnson Johnston on June 13, 1854. Father of George W. Johnston and Mary H. Johnston. Educated at the Latin school of S.V. Womack in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Educated at the Western Military Institute in Georgetown. Graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1853. Graduated from the Law School of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1854. Cotton planter in Arkansas from 1855 to 1859. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, from 1859 to 1862. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Served on the personal staff of General Braxton Bragg as major and assistant adjutant-general from 1862 to June 1863. Served on the staff of General Simon B. Buckner. Served as chief of staff for General John C. Breckinridge with the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel from December 1863 to May 1865. Relocated to Helena, Arkansas, practicing law there from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Social: John Bolivar McGinn (Versailles, Kentucky, minister) Social: Paul Rankins (Georgetown, Kentucky, physician) Social: Alvin Duvall (Scott County, Kentucky, court of appeals judge) Social: Junius R. Ward (Washington County, Mississippi, and Scott County, Kentucky, planter and livestock breeder) Social: Cadwallader Lewis (Franklin County, Kentucky, baptist minister) Familial: Ann Eliza Viley Johnson (Wife of George Washington Johnson) Familial: Albert Sidney Johnston (Commander Dept of Pacific, US Army and general & commander western dept CSA) Familial: Eliza Woolfolk Johnson Johnston (Daughter of George Washington Johnson)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 175B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 969. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District No. 1, p. 226A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 116A. "Death Claims Kentuckian: J. Stoddard Johnston Dies Near St. Louis," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 5, 1913, 1. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 754-56. John Bolivar McGinn (Versailles, Kentucky, minister) N00008232 1826-02-27 1902-11-25 Categories: People

Versailles, Kentucky, minister. Minister of the Christian Church in Versailles in 1862.

KYR-0003-092-0131. KYR-0003-092-0134. Find A Grave, "John Bolivar McGinn (1826-1902)," Memorial #88947150, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88947150 (accessed January 22, 2018). Georgetown, Kentucky P001838 Categories: Places

Seat of Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.5588 “Georgetown,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 371. "Georgetown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Versailles, Kentucky P00002991 Categories: Places

Seat of Woodford County, Kentucky.

38.0526, -84.7299 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 304. “Versailles, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 13, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 1862-04-17 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "6": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "7": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "7": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "10": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "10": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "9": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "8": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "7": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "6": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "5": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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April 17, 1862 My Dear Sir

I write to request you to perform funeral service over the body of my lamented friend and Father-in-law. at your church in Georgetown ^tomorrow at 11 oclock^ The reason of my late application will be explained to you by my friend who hands you this and I know will be appreciated by you.

I know the task will be an embarassing one to you but I feel that you will not let the body of such go begging the rites of Christian burial.

George W. Johnson was born in this county on the spot where J Junius R Ward's house stands. May 27 1811. He died as we can best learn on Wednesday April 9 just having been mortally wounded on the 7th. I know through a confederate prisoner that he saw him fall. That he was on Breckenridges staff till a short time before his wound, when his horse being killed under him (not the day before) he immediately fell into the ranks with a gun

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and was in a short time wounded.

Judge Duvall & Paul Rankin can give you any incidents in his life and character you desire

A brief discourse only will suffice though should you act I shall leave everything in regard to it entirely to your own judgement.

I shall be in town by 9 oclock and I hope I will not be disappointed in my expectations

Pardon this hurried note and believe me

Very truly Yours &c

J. Stoddard Johnston

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Rev.d Mr Maginn Present

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From Stodard Johnston 1862

to Elder McGinn of Versailles, minister in the christian church, who accepted the invitation to preach the funeral discourse over Mr Johnson-

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Funeral Notice.

Yourself and family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of GEP W. JOHNSON, from the Baptist Churhc, in this place tomorrow, Friday morning at 11 o'clock. A funeral discouse will be delivered on the ocasion

THURSDAY, April 17th, 1862

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Funeral Notice.

Yourself and family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of GEO. W. JOHNSON, from the Baptist Church, in this place, to-morrow, Friday morning at 11 o'clock.

A funeral discourse will be delivered on the occasion

THURSDAY, April 17th, 18612.