ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Johnston Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Johnston cemetery:
                  1937 Jan. 22
                  Research made by Ernest H. Weaver

Cemetery Location:  On a hill west of Salem, Virginia.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1846, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

The will of Dr. John Johnston devises the property to his wife Elizabeth, 
February 5, 1845.  His sons, Joseph and George, are appointed executors.

The will of Elizabeth Johnston reserves the family burial ground, September 6, 
1856.  Joseph H., George W., and D. C. Shanks are appointed administrators.

The will of Joseph H. Johnston of Vicksburg, Mississippi, devises the property 
to his sister, Susan Shanks, Lucy, the wife of his brother, and Margaret, the 
wife of his brother, John, June 29, 1863.  The will specifies that the body of 
his brother, George W. Johnston, shall be removed to the family burial ground 
and a monument erected.  D. C. Shanks is appointed administrator.

William Lewis conveyed to Dr. John Johnston 846 acres for $20,000, 1818.  
McCauley’s History, page 99.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


Dr. John Johnston
Nov. 15, 1761
Apr. 8, 1845


Wm. Z. G. Johnston
Born __ 1803
Died June 8, 1853


Lucy A. (McClanahan)
Wife of Wm. Z. G. Johnston
Born 1809
Died 1888


John W. Johnston
June 29, 1804
May 22, 1856


Margaret Galloway
Wife of John W. Johnston
Nov. 8, 1813
July 21, 1890


James Johnston
Nov. 28, 1808
Aug. 29, 1846


Joseph H. Johnston
Sept. 30, 1806
July 30, 1963


George W. Johnston
May 22, 1811
Killed by the Yankee Army 
in Madison Parrish, La. May 22, 1862


John H. Johnston
Oct. 28, 1841
Jan. 2, 1863


Mary Jane
Consort of J. K. Pitzer
Born Feb. 23, 1811
Died Oct. 22, 1856


Lucretia Hart Pitzer
Dau. of  Wm. S. Derrick of Washington, D.C.
Wife of Jeremiah K. Pitzer
Born Apr. 21, 1829
Died Feb. 9, 1859
and Her Infant child,
Hugh Derrick Pitzer
Feb. 2, 1859
Mar. 5, 1859



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Dr. Johnston, Salem, Virginia

Roanoke County Court Records

McCauley’s History

Tombstone Inscriptions

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