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Judge Peter Johnston, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Osborn Landing, New Kent County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: December 08, 1831 (68)
Panicello Plantation, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: 556 Walden Road Northeast, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, 24210, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Johnston, Sr. and Martha Johnston
Husband of Ann Nancy Johnston and Mary Valentine Johnston
Father of John Warfield Johnston, Sr.; General Peter Carr Johnston; Edward M. Johnston; Algeron Sidney Johnston; Mary Jane Wood Mitchell and 6 others
Brother of Andrew Johnston; Judge Charles Clement Johnston(e); Edward Johnston and Frances Forsyth

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About Judge Peter Johnston, Jr.

Judge Peter Johnston, Jr.

An officer of Lee's Legion; Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates; and Judge of the 13th Circuit, Virginia.

He left college at the age of seventeen to join the army as a private. He became a lieutenant in Lee's Legion and was promoted on the field for gallantry.

He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. (Information from Daughters of the American Revolution).

Name: Peter Johnston
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 16 June 1788
Marriage Place: Goochland County, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Wood
FHL Film Number: 31650
Reference ID: 39

NOTE: He married Mary Wood, the daughter of Valentine Wood and Lucy Henry (a sister of American founding father Patrick Henry).

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Judge Peter Johnston, Jr.'s Timeline

1763
January 6, 1763
Osborn Landing, New Kent County, Virginia, Colonial America
1789
1789
Longwood, Farmville, Virginia
1790
December 14, 1790
Panicello, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States
1793
February 24, 1793
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
1794
1794
1795
April 30, 1795
Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
1801
October 17, 1801
Prince Edward, VA, United States
1805
1805
Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
1807
February 3, 1807
Cherry Grove Plantation, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States