Johnson, Joseph
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Johnson Family Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2294
Overview
Correspondence of Johnson and allied families concerning local church matters and family news, a majority which concerns the descendants of Joseph and William Johnson, the most prominent members of the family. Joseph was the first governor of Virginia from the western part of the state. His brother, William, was the first postmaster at Bridgeport. Noteworthy is a letter to William Johnson dated November 29, 1864, from Mason Hesser a Confederate prisoner at Elmira, New York, during the Civil...
Dates:
1820-1987
Jonathan M. Bennett (1816-1887) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0032
Overview
Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer and legislator, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1785-1899
Joseph Johnson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0021
Overview
The original manuscript of an address delivered on July 4, 1844, by Joseph Johnson, Bridgeport, (West) Virginia, who served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from Virginia prior to 1847 and as governor of Virginia from 1851 to 1856. Also included are a typescript obituary of Johnson, from a Baltimore newspaper, and a manuscript copy of the above address.
Dates:
1785-1877
Thomas Trickett Land Grant and Tax Receipt
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2039
Overview
A land grant signed by the Governor of Virginia, Joseph Johnson in 1853 granting 47 acres in Preston County to Thomas Trickett. Also an 1858 Preston County tax receipt for Thomas Trickett with assessments for personal and real property.
Dates:
1853, 1858
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- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Bridgeport (W. Va.) 1
- Church music -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County 1
- Church music -- West Virginia -- Preston County 1
- Church music -- West Virginia -- Taylor County 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Militia 1
- Missouri 1
- Monongalia County - revivals. 1
- Music - Church. 1
- Music - revivalistic. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Preston County - Church Music. 1
- Preston County - revivals. 1
- Pruntytown (W. Va.) 1
- Revivals -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County 1
- Revivals -- West Virginia -- Preston County 1
- Revivals -- West Virginia -- Taylor County 1
- Schools 1
- Taxation 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Taylor County - revivals. 1
- Texas 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
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