Andrew Johnston (abt. 1748 - 1795)

Born about 1748 in Prince George Winyah Parish, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elliott (Mackewn) Johnston — married 25 Feb 1772 in Province of South Carolina

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1795 at about age 47 in Georgetown District, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Andrew was born in 1748, the son of Archibald Johnston and Esther Allston. He was a planter in Prince George Winyah Parish, Province of South Carolina.^[1]

On 25 February 1772 he married Sarah Elliott McKewn, daughter of Robert Mackewn Jr. and Mary Elliott.^[2] They had five sons who died in infancy and two surviving children: Esther Ainslie (m. Robert Francis Withers) and William Andrew.^[1]

Andrew Johnston died 9 January 1795 and was buried in the Allston family cemetery at The Oaks plantation.^[3]

Burial

Oaks Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA.  ^[4]

Andrew Johnston (1748–19 Jan 1795)

- Find A Grave: Memorial #35091741

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Edgar, Walter B. and N. Louise Bailey. Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II: the Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775 (1977), p. 371
2. ↑ “Records Kept by Colonel Isaac Hayne (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 11, no. 2 (1910): 97 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575264.
3. ↑ “Historical Notes.Inscriptions from Alston burying ground at The Oaks” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 12, no. 1 (1911): 38–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575289
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35091741/andrew-johnston: accessed 20 August 2023), memorial page for Andrew Johnston (1748–19 Jan 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #35091741, citing Oaks Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Sara Fielder (contributor 47042075).