Johnston Family Papers, 1779-1891

Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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Born in 1832, George Washington Custis Lee was the oldest of the Lees' children and had the reputation of a trouble maker as a small child. But he grew up to be a serious, and most capable young man and graduated at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy in 1854. After graduation, Custis pursued a military career. In May 1861, Custis resigned his commission in the U.S. Army shortly after Virginia voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he attained the rank of B...

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

M[ary] C[ustis] Lee

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W[illiam] C. Preston

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Mrs. J. W. Johnston

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J[ohn] E[sten] Cooke

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M. F. Maury

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J[ohn] W. Johnston

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Rob. Y. Hayne

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Johnson, Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest), 1942-

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Johnston, John W. (John Warfield), 1818-1889

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Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Senator, from Abingdon (Washington Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1778-1890. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19934075 ...

H[enry] Clay

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Johnston Family

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The Johnston family was a prominent family in southwestern Virginia and was related to the Preston and Floyd families. John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889) served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1846 to 1848. He served the Confederacy as receiver for the Southwest District of Virginia during the Civil War. After the war, he was judge of the circuit court from 1866 to 1870. In 1869, he was elected to the United States Senate and served until 1883. Johnston married Nicketti Buch...

Geo[rge] Hickam

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J[ohn] B. Floyd

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W[illiams] C[arter] Wickham

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C[ary] Breckinridge

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George Ben Johnson

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M[atthew] F. Maury,

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