Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Joshua JOHNSON Jr. 
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689Birth Date27 Feb 1834
Birth PlaceSpruce Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky
Death Date1865 Age: 30
Death PlaceMissouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas
OccupationCW Confederate Soldier, Died In 1865 While Riding With Quantrill’s Raiders With His Brother.
FatherJoseph E. JOHNSON (1801-1865)
MotherMary A. “Polly” CUMMINGS (1806-1885)
Spouses
Family ID7988
Unmarried
Notes for Joseph Joshua JOHNSON Jr.
Joseph Joshua Johnson, b.1843 Never Married Said to have served in Quantrill's guerrilla band with his brother, James. It was said he was killed in 1865. Arthur Johnson said Joe was hanged for voting illigally.689
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William Meeks (or Meek) Johnson was the son of Joseph E Johnson from Blount County Tennessee and Mary "Polly" Cummins from Knox County Kentucky. He was born on Spruce Creek, near Corbin, in Whitley County,Ky.
His brother Joseph Joshua Johnson stayed in Missouri. In 1865, he was hunted down and killed while riding with Quantrills Raiders, although it is unknown if he actually took part in the raid of Aug 21, 1863 on Lawrence, Kansas.
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Compiled by WES HART from book authored by Lois McKeehan Jones of Lexington, Ky, for the Wm Meeks Johnson Memorial #38814711 on Find-A-Grave website*
(Information further condensed and edited by jgkeeney1 for presentation on this website)
Joyce McKeehan Keeney
Burial:
*William Meeks Johnson Cemetery
Rockholds
Whitley County
Kentucky, USA
On ancestry posted by jgkeeney1.
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William Meeks (or Meek) Johnson was the son of Joseph E Johnson from Blount County Tennessee and Mary "Polly" Cummins from Knox County Kentucky. He was born on Spruce Creek, near Corbin, in Whitley County,Ky.
His brother Joseph Joshua Johnson stayed in Missouri. In 1865, he was hunted down and killed while riding with Quantrills Raiders, although it is unknown if he actually took part in the raid of Aug 21, 1863 on Lawrence, Kansas.
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Compiled by WES HART from book authored by Lois McKeehan Jones of Lexington, Ky, for the Wm Meeks Johnson Memorial #38814711 on Find-A-Grave website*
(Information further condensed and edited by jgkeeney1 for presentation on this website)
Joyce McKeehan Keeney
Burial:
*William Meeks Johnson Cemetery
Rockholds
Whitley County
Kentucky, USA
On ancestry posted by jgkeeney1.
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