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Sheriff Thomas Johnson

Sheriff Thomas Johnson

Male 1736 - 1803  (67 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Thomas Johnson 
    Prefix Sheriff  
    Birth 6 Mar 1736  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Aug 1803  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I244454  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2019 

    Father Nicholas Johnson,   b. 1713, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1764-1766, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Hudson,   b. Aft 1711   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 1735 
    Family ID F248526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Merwither,   b. 8 Mar 1744, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1812, Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Meriwether Johnson,   b. 30 Aug 1763, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1823, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F99040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2001 

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  • Notes 
    • Thomas represented Louisa County in the House of Burgess from 1758 until 1765 and then again from 1769 until 1776. During his second term in the Burgess, he was a member of the Committee of Safety from 1774 until 1775. He also represented Louisa County in the House of Delegates in 1779. He was a Colonel in the Louisa County Militia. In 1790, Thomas was the Sheriff of Louisa Co., VA. Thomas and his family lived at 'Roundabout Castle, about three miles from Woodbourne. It was named for Roundabout Creek, an arm of the South Anna River. The lands on which it stood comprised some 4,000 acres. It is reported that Thomas and Elizabeth had as many as ten children.

      Additional information on Thomas and his family includes:

      1.) Daughters of American Revolution, Vol. 16, p. 220.



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