History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 722. [Harrison County] [Leesburg Precinct] G. T. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Connersville, native of Scott County, having been born in that county in 1846; his father, Garland Johnson, died in 1873; his mother, Thirzah (Payne) Johnson is still living at the advanced age of seventy-four; his grandfather, John R. Johnson, emigrated to this country from Ireland. G. T. Johnson married Miss Amanda Coppage in 1869, daughter of Wesley and Lucinda (Carter) Coppage of Harrison County; by this union there are five children viz: Ada, Garland, Mollie T., James T. and Asa. He owns 135 acres of land known as "Minteer" farm, one and a half miles from Leeslick in a northeast direction and on the Leeslick and Scott County road. He and wife are members of the Christian Church at Turkey Foot, Scott County, and he is a member of Gilead Grange in Scott County, and a active and uncompromising Democrat. Johnson Payne Carter Coppage = Scott-KY Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/johnson.gt.txt