HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by Lewis Collins, and J.A. & U.P. James, 
published 1847.  Reprinted by Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., 1968, p. 
515 [Scott county].

COL. ROBERT JOHNSON (the father of Colonels Richard M., James and Major 
John T. Johnson), was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky, 
then a county of that State, during the stormy period of the revolution.  
He was distinguished for that high-toned integrity and courage which 
marked the age and country in which he lived; and took an active and 
prominent part in the sanguinary conflicts which raged between the 
settlers and natives, in the early settlement of Kentucky.  So great was 
the confidence reposed in his skill and courage, by the adventurers of 
that age, by whom he was surrounded, that he was called to take a 
conspicuous position in almost every hazardous enterprise.  The 
sentiments of patriotism and integrity which marked the history of his 
active life, he did not fail to inculate upon the minds of his children; 
and the character of those children, as developed, shows that they were 
not without their proper effect.  Of Col. Richard M. Johnson, the eldest 
son, a sketch will be found under the head of Johnson County.  Col. 
James Johnson was the lieutenant-colonel of the mounted regiment of Col. 
R. M. Johnson, during the late war, and distinguished himself at the 
battle of Thames, as well as on several occasions while in the service.  
He subsequently served several sessions in the Congress of the United 
States, with general acceptance.  At the time of his death, which 
occurred many years since, he was in communion with the Baptist church, 
and was esteemed a zealous and devoted Christian.  Major John T. Johnson 
was, for a short time, a member of the appellate court of Kentucky; 
subsequently, for several sessions, a member of Congress; and is now, 
(1847), and has been for several sessions, a distinguished minister of 
the Christian church.

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