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About Capt. Robert M. Johnson
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35076415
Son of Col. William Johnson & Elizabeth Cave. Husband of Jemima Suggett. They had 12 children.
Robert Johnson, familiarly known as "Robin" was one of the pioneers of Kentucky. He represented the Virginia legislature of 1782 in Fayette County, Kentucky.
"The family of Robert Johnson were inmates of Bryant's Station when Girty attacked that place in 1782. His wife Jemina Suggett was one of the matrons who made the perilous venture of passing the Indian ambuscade to bring a supply of water from the spring outside the stockade...."
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of Captain. DAR Ancestor # A063421
Robert Johnson and Jemima Suggett were married around the year 1770 in Kentucky. They had Ten Children, eight of the boys served in the war of 1812, one of their sons, Richard Mentor Johnson was the 9th Vice-President of the United States from 1837-1841 under Martin Van Buren's Presidency.
- Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Jemima 'fanny' Moore (born Bledsoe) by SmartCopy: Oct 10 2015, 5:10:32 UTC
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Capt. Robert M. Johnson's Timeline
| 1745 |
July 17, 1745
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Orange County, Province of Virginia
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| 1772 |
April 10, 1772
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Orange County, Province of Virginia
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| 1774 |
January 1, 1774
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Orange County, Province of Virginia
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| 1775 |
December 7, 1775
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Orange County, Virginia, United States
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| 1778 |
January 21, 1778
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Orange County, Virginia, United States
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| 1781 |
October 17, 1781
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Beargrass, Jefferson Co., VA (Now KY)
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| 1784 |
January 22, 1784
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Great Crossings, Fayette County (Present Scott County), Virginia (Present Kentucky), United States
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| 1786 |
April 20, 1786
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Scott Co, Kentucky
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October 5, 1786
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Great Crossings, Fayette County, Virginia, United States
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