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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
served as a member of the Provincial Congress in NC 04 Apr 1776 and Committee of Safety
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Minutes of the Provincial Congress April 03, 1776 - May 14, 1776, Vol 10, pg 499-590
Author: Rev. Robert Alves
William Johnston was born in Lochmaben Parish, Scotland in 1737.
It is probable that he was the nephew of Governor Samuel Johnston of North Carolina. Johnston settled in Orange, Co. North Carolina and established a trading post on the Indian Path near his Snow Hill plantation.
He was a member of the Transylvania Company; a member of the Provisional Congress in Halifax, North Carolina when the Halifax Resolves were adopted; and a member of the Committee on Safety in Hillsborough, NC.
Johnston died in 1785 leaving one daughter named Amelia. Amelia married Walter Alves, the son of James Hogg. Walter and Amelia erected a memorial stone for William and his wife on the Snow Hill Plantation before they moved to Kentucky.
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