Samuel JOHNSON
SAR Patriot #:
P-225496
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: abt 1756 / / VA
Death: aft 04 Feb 1822 / / KY
Qualifying Service Description:
- Greenbrier County, VA / Point Pleasant Militia - In 1775
- Enlisted in Greenbrier, Co, VA in Cpt Matthew Arbuckles’s Co. in Colonel John Nevill’s Regt and served until about Oct 1778 when discharged
- Some months later he re-entered service as an Orderly Sergeant for the last year of his service
Additional References:
- Christian Co, KY Court Order Book F, (1819-1825), pg 179
- Wilford-Williford Family Treks into America, pg 395
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Location:
Hopkinsville / Christian / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
Marker Type:
SAR Granite Monolith / DAR Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
17 Apr 2021
Comments:
- Patriot is buried in an unknown/lost grave in Christian County, Kentucky. His service is memorialized on a granite monolith in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West placed by the John Manire Chapter, KYSSAR, in 2012. This monument contains the names of all Rev War Patriots who died in Christian County. It serves as the de-facto memorial stone for all of the Patriots buried in Christian County, KY, whereabouts unknown
- Samuel Johnson was honored on the NSDAR plaques in Riverside Cemetery
- no Find-a-Grave record found - Feb 2023
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Additional Information:
- born ca 1759
- enlisted Greenbrier Co., VA under Cpt Matthew Arbuckle
- came CCKY from SC ca 1800
- On 4 Feb 1822, Samuel Johnson appeared in Court seeking a Rev War pension
- He swore he was a resident of CCKY, 66 years of age, and due to reduced circumstances needed to be placed on the pension list