Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Boyd County

John T. Johnson is a native of Caroline County, Va., was born October 11,
1830, and is a son of William H. and Matilda (Taylor) Johnson, also natives
of Virginia, but of English origin.  William H. Johnson was a coach builder
by occupation, and his father, William Johnson, was a soldier of the
Revolutionary war.  John T. Johnson was educated in Lynchburg, Va., and in
April, 1862, joined the Thirteenth Virginia Artillery as Lieutenant of
Davidson Battery, was promoted in the Captaincy, and served until the
surrender of Lee.  He then went to Richmond and opened a hotel; in 1881 he
came to Kentucky and settled at Ashland, Boyd County, where he engaged in
the wholesale and retail liquor business on Front street.  In 1862 he
married Miss Drucilla Sharp, who was born in Richmond, and who died in 1866,
the mother of two children: Mattie and Bessie Marvin.  Mr. Johnson is a
Freemason and a Democrat.

Johnson Taylor Sharp
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Caroline-VA

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