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LTC Thomas (Tom) Johnson

Born 4 Jul 1812 in Montgomery, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of Jacob Johnson and Ann (Masterson) Johnson

Brother of Susannah (Johnson) Highland, John Johnson, Philip Hathaway Johnson and Ignatious Masterson Johnson

Husband of Lizzie (Peters) Johnson — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Albert Sidney Johnson, Annie Johnson, Sarah Johnson and Pattie C Johnson

Died 7 Apr 1906 at age 93 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States

Problems/Questions

Profile last modified 16 Apr 2023 | Created 5 Jun 2019

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Biography

Tom Johnson is Notable.

Lieutenant Colonel Tom Johnson served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. F and S, 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles.

Tom was born 4 Jul 1812 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States to Jacob and Ann (Masterson) Johnson ^[1]

He married Lizzie Peters in 1871.^[2]

Tom was a prominent Kentucky politician and soldier. He was a delegates from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. After the war he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1876 to 1877 and in the Kentucky State Senate from 1878 to 1882.[1]^[3]

Home in 1880 Aarons Run, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States. Relationship to Head of Household: Son Age 7. ^[4]

Home in 1900 Magisterial District 1 Mount Sterling city Ward 1-2, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States. Relationship to Head of Household: Son Age 28. ^[5]

Tom passes away 7 Apr 1906 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. ^[1]

He was laid to rest in Machpelah Cemetery in Mount Sterling, Kentucky: PLOT: North Side - Section 7 ^[1]^[6]

Thomas mentioned in other records:

23 December 1907 Thomas Johnson in entry for John Foster Speer and Mary Hunter Johnson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940" ^[7]

15 November 1957 Thomas Johnson in entry for Anne Johnson Goodpaster, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965" ^[8]

13 October 1962 Thomas Johnson in entry for Sousette Johnson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965" ^[9]

Slaves

1850 US Census (Slave Schedule) Thomas Johnson Owner

Unknown Female aged 45
Unknown Male aged 23
Unknown Male aged 25
Unknown Male aged 20
Unknown Male aged 10
Unknown Male aged 8

1860 US Census (Slave Schedule) Thos. Johnson Owner

Unknown Female Black aged 55
Unknown Female Black aged 22
Unknown Female Black aged 48
Unknown Male Mulatto aged 29
Unknown Male Black aged 28
Unknown Male Black aged 27
Unknown Female Mulatto aged 9
Unknown Male Black aged 7
Unknown Male Black aged 5
Unknown Female Black aged 4
Unknown Female Black aged 3/12

3 slave houses

Research Notes

Thomas did not marry until 1871.
Only one Thomas Johnson in Montgomery County, in 1850 and 1860. Also in the Slave Schedule census.^[10]^[11]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Obituary_of_LTC_Thomas_Johnson_(1812_-_1906) Obituary accessed 23 Dec 2021.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DD-G23S : 22 July 2021), Gene Thos Johnson and Lizzie Peters, 26 Oct 1871; citing Marriage, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,929,392.
↑ bio accessed 23 Dec 2021
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZJ-NX5 : 12 August 2017),
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HS-95K : accessed 5 June 2019)
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84920849/thomas-johnson : accessed 23 December 2021), memorial page for COL Thomas Johnson (4 Jul 1812–7 Apr 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #84920849, citing Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gracie Katherine (contributor 47758127)
↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24HB-HJB : 10 February 2018)
↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-278Z : 9 January 2019)
↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HD-X2X1 : 9 January 2019)
↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR72-B53Z : 14 March 2022), Thomas Johnson in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZQ-2XX:, 1850.
↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKKB-XS6Z : 16 October 2019), Thos Johnson, 1860.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Tom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Tom: