Johnston, Peter, 1763-1831

Peter Johnston (1763-1831), quit school at Hampden-Sydney College to join Light Horse Harry Lee's Partisan Legion with his schoolmate Clement Carrington during the revolutionary war. He later studied law and served in the House of Delegates from Prince Edward County, Virginia, from 1792-1793, 1798-1808, 1810-1811. In 1811 he was appointed judge of the federal court of Virginia. Johnston married Mary Wood of Goochland County in 1788 and, after her death, Anne Bernard of Buckingham County in 1828. More biographical information can be found in Edgar Erskine Hume, PETER JOHNSTON, JUNIOR, VIRGINIA SOLDIER AND JURIST, Southern Sketches No. 4 (Charlottesville: Historical Publishing Co., 1935).

From the description of Inventory and appraisement of personal estate, Washington County, Virginia, 1832 August 27. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122640120