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- Slaveholder
- George Johnson
- Locations
- Scott County, Kentucky; Chicot County, Arkansas
- Researcher
- Julie Stevens
- Researcher's E-mail
- slbelle AT hotmail.com
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- Comments
- This is George W. Johnson, son of William and Elizabeth (Payne) Johnson; Provisional Confederate Gov. of Kentucky; mortally wounded at Shiloh. In September 1861, just prior to leaving Kentucky, George, put the following slaves into trust, with his brother Madison as trustee: ARNOLD, GABRIELLA, TOM and his children, MARY ANN and her children. Family stories report GABRIELLA (cook) and her daughter EMILY; and DAVE (shoemaker) all in home during war. (home on Iron Works Pike in Scott County) The inventory of George's estate after his death in 1862 lists 15 slaves: GABRIELLA, about 50 years old (likely Gabriella listed above); TOM, about 19 years old; FRANK, about 13 years old; EMILY, about 10 years old (likely Emily mentioned above); JASPER, about 8 years old; WALLACE, about 5 years old; HARRY, about 3 years old; MARY ANN about 35 years old; STEPHEN, about 8 years old; LOYD, about 6 years old; VINCINT, about 4 years old; LEWELLYN, about 2 years old; old DAVEY, about 60 years old (probably Dave, mentioned above); old ARNOLD, about 60 years old; and BEN, about 15 years old. In March of 1851, in Chicot County, Arkansas, George offered a reward for the return of a run-away/stolen slave named LILBERT. Lilbert was a mulatto, about 25-26 years old; described as being 6'1" or 6'2" tall, with straight hair, small feet and hands, and a fine set of teeth. Lilbert is said to have played the violin "very well." George accused a man by the last name of House, of luring or stealing Lilbert. George offered a $300 reward for the return of Lilbert and the apprehension of House, or a $150 reward for return of Lilbert only. In a letter dated December 2, 1860, and written from his plantation "Belle Isle," (which I think was in Arkansas) George said he was unable to sell slave HARRIETT, because the slave trade was down.
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