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Lt. Col. Philip Johnston 1757–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1757

Birth Location: St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia

Death Date: 17 May 1798

Death Location: Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Father: William Johnston

Mother: Elizabeth WYATT

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Lt. Col. Philip Johnston was born in 1757 in St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia, the child of William Lane Johnston And Elizabeth Betty Wyatt. Lt. Col. Philip Johnston passed away in 1798 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Lt. Col. Philip Johnston was born in 1757 in St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia, the child of William Lane Johnston And Elizabeth Betty Wyatt.
  • Lt. Col. Philip Johnston passed away in 1798 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States.

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Lt. Johnston's Ancestors

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Lt. Johnston
1757–1798
Birth Place: St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia
Parents
William Lane Johnston
1697–1769
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Elizabeth (Betty) WYATT
1708–1771
Petesworth Parish, Glouchester, Virginia Occidental
Grandparents
William (Marquess of Annandale) Johnston
1663–1721
Hartfell, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Lady (Sophia Fairholm, Countess of) Craigehall
1668–1716
Dalmeny, West Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Johnston
1640–1725
Henrietta Douglas
1633–1673
John Fairholm
1640–1725
Sophia Johnstoun
1633–1716
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Johnstone
1602–1653
Margaret Hamilton
1603–1640
William Douglas
1589–1659
Mary Douglas
1610–1674
John, Fairholm
1586–1655
Elizabeth Lady
1617–1654
Sir Redbraes
1601–1639
Sophia Home
1596–1647

Lt. Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1757
1757
Birth of Lt. Col. Philip Johnston in St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia
St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia
1798
17 May 1798
Age 41
Death of Lt. Col. Philip Johnston in Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1757
    Event Place: St. Mark's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1798
    Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, United States

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