Sarah Nightingale Johnson

• BIRTH 28 Aug 1751 Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
• DEATH 5 Oct 1825 (aged 74) Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
• BURIAL Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 57772660 Photos by Saratoga

A heroine of the Revolutionary War. "During the siege of Charleston, she quilted her petticoats with cartridges, which she thus conveyed to her husband in the trenches." [3,7]

Parents
Thomas Nightingale 1714–1769
Sarah Amory Nightingale 1718–1765

Spouse
William Johnson 1741–1818 (m. 1769)

Children
William Johnson 1771–1834
John Johnson 1774–1831
Joseph Johnson 1776–1862
Jane Johnson McCrady 1778–1845
Benjamin Browne Johnson 1783–1848
James Slidell Johnson 1796–1865

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57772660/sarah-johnson

[2] MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 16 2021, 22:44:22 UTC

Sources

[3] Sarah's Revolutionary War service

[4] "The Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson." Southern Historical Society Papers by Johnson, Bradley T. volume XXIX, 1901, pg 34.

[5] DAR Ancestor # A063662
A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA.

[6] DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood and published 1895 stating "war ordered out of the province by Sir Henry Clinton for the aid and sympathy given to the Revolution"

[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_%28judge%29

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 29 2023, 17:24:53 UTC