Frederick Johnston

Name

Frederick Johnston

Alternate Names

F. Johnston

Race

White

Location

BR: Salem

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2

Birth Register - 1853-1885 - pp. 1-66

Settlement of Estates - 1

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 1-353

Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 354-749

Common Law Orders - F - December 1864 - September 1868

Page and Line Number

IAS 2: PP. 187; 301-302
BR: PP. 28, L. 244; PP. 35, L. 19
CLD: PP. 252-253, 445, 564
SoE: PP. 26, PP. 50
CLE: PP. 136, 406, 487
CLF: PP. 90

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS 2: January 30, 1852; March 1852; April 7, 1852
BR: November 1858; 1860
SoE: March 13, 1865; January 6, 1864

Occupation

Clerk

People Enslaved

Daniel

Lucy

Isabella

Additional Information

Guardian of Thomas Lewis, Charles Lewis, John Thomas, Fleming James.

Thomas Lewis

Charles Lewis

John Thomas

Fleming James

In Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2, on pages 301 and 302, Johnston is listed on transactions regarding individuals enslaved by John. The record does not specify which John this is referring to.

G. C. Langhorn received $11.00, John Lewis received $1120.00, and William Lewis received $170.00 in the settlement of the accounts of John Thomas and Charles Lewis, by Frederick Johnston, to "equalize with division of negroes." This intent of this was likely to equalize the monetary value of an inheritance.

G. C. Langhorn

John Lewis

William Lewis (Senior)

J. K. Pitzer and Frederick Johnston were listed in Settlement of Estates Book 1 as the administrators of Madison Pitzer’s estate. It was also listed on March 13, 1865 that enslaved people were hired to work at fortifications for $89.00. In the same entry, an enslaved man, Anderson, was listed as having died in service of Confederate States Government: "To cash received for negro man Anderson who died in service of Confederate States Government." $4,700.00 went to J. K. Pitzer, Frederick Johnston, and Madison Pitzer. Later in this same record, $41.33 was received by the estate of Madison Pitzer on January 6, 1864 for the hire of enslaved people who worked on Richmond Defenses.

Madison Pitzer

Jeremiah K. Pitzer

Anderson

Frederick Johnston appears in Common Law Book D as the "guardian of the children of William Lewis." In the same entry, he ordered that a "negro boy named Robert," who "belonged to his estate” be “assessed in value."

Robert

In Common Law Book D, "E. McClanahan" left one enslaved person to both J. K. Pitzer and Frederick Johnston. In Common Law Book E, J. K. Pitzer left, or perhaps sold, Elisha to Frederick Johnston. This may be involving the same enslaved person. In Common Law Book E, Charles Fraser left, or perhaps sold, and enslaved woman named Mary to Frederick Johnston. Similarly, Joseph Campbell left “three slaves conveyed in a deed.”

Elisha

Mary

Joseph Campbell

In Common Law Book E, it is recorded that Frederick Johnston was presented a charge for attending the trial of Joe, an enslaved man, who was on trial for "assault on a white man with the intent to kill." Further, Johnston was listed as part of an apprenticeship agreement with Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Johnson