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Born November 14, 1749 at Hanover County, Virginia, son of Benjamin Johnson (1728-1769) and Mary Moorman (1730-1814). He served in the Bedford County, Virginia, Militia as an Ensign in the Revolutionary War. He married Ann Varnum (1752-1790); children: Elizabeth b. 1783, Anna, Jesse and Isaac b. 1797. He died in 1834 at Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, and was buried at Stevenson Cemetery, Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio. References: SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959. McAllister. Virginia in the Revolutionary War, Pg. 185. DAR# A063762. SAR Ancestor # P-225567. Cemetery number #-42007. Find-a-Grave Memorial #-39050310.
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Find-a-Grave lists the patriot as "Capt Thomas Johnson". There is no specific details as to where the patriot is buried within the cemetery
There are some short biographical notes and links to memorials for the patriot's parents, a sibling, James, his two wives and three children