David ‘Isaac’ Johnston

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David ‘Isaac’ Johnston

Birthdate:
Death: between May 1778 and December 1789 (41-61)
Fort Patrick Henry, Wautauga Settlement, Washington , Virginia (killed by a falling tree in East Tennessee)
Immediate Family:

Husband of Ann Cockrill
Father of Mary Polly Roberts; Elizabeth Courtney Evans and Charity Parks

Occupation: a justice of the peace in the Washington District of East Tennessee
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About David ‘Isaac’ Johnston

ANN ROBERTSON, born 10 Feb., 1757, probably Granville (now Warren) Co., N.C.; died 15 Oct. 1821, Davidson Co., Tenn.; married [1st] David Johnston, before 25 Aug. 1772; married [2nd] John Cockrill.

Children from her first marriage were:

  • a. Mary JOHNSTON
  • b. Elizabeth JOHNSON
  • c. Charity JOHNSON

Will Book 1, Davidson County, Tennessee


His first name was either Isaac or David, but is believed to be Isaac due to him having a son named Isaac Johnston Jr.

His birthdate is believed to be around 1732. When he married the then 14 year old Ann Robertson, he was 25 years or more older than her.

He died sometime between May 1778 and December 1789 by a falling tree at Fort Patrick Henry.

3rd cousins exactly with President Andrew Johnson


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David ‘Isaac’ Johnston's Timeline

1732
1732
1772
May 17, 1772
Johnson's Lick, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
1775
1775
Johnson's Lick, Davidson , Tennessee
1777
1777
Johnson's Lick, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
1778
May 1778
Age 46
Fort Patrick Henry, Wautauga Settlement, Washington , Virginia