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Jemima <I>Suggett</I> Johnson

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Jemima Suggett Johnson

Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Death
23 Feb 1814 (aged 60)
Great Crossing, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
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"Jemima Suggett Johnson was the first to suggest bringing water, and led the brave women to the spring when it was surrounded by Indians in ambuscade, thus making possible the defense of Bryant Station. With her was her daughter, Elizabeth, aged ten, who carried a pig in. When the fort was attacked a lighted arrow from an Indian bow fell into the cradle of her baby brother, Richard, but Elizabeth extinguished the flames, and he lived to become Vice-President of the United States. "

SOURCE: The Lexington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has built a memorial wall around this historic spring.

Jemima Suggett's DAR record:
DAR Ancestor #: A063334
Service: Virginia
Rank: Patriotic Service
Birth: 6-29-1753 Orange Co, Virginia
Death: 2-23-1814 Great Crossings, Scott Co, KY
Service Source: Drake, KY in retrospect, P 209 Service
Description: Carried water to defenders of Bryan's Station
Residence:
1) Orange Co, Virginia
2) Fayette Co, KY District, Virginia
Spouse: Robert Johnson
∼This cemetery was copied and printed in the Book - Gone, Forgotten, Now Remembered: Scott County, Kentucky Cemeteries (Scott Co. Genealogical Society, 1992).
"Jemima Suggett Johnson was the first to suggest bringing water, and led the brave women to the spring when it was surrounded by Indians in ambuscade, thus making possible the defense of Bryant Station. With her was her daughter, Elizabeth, aged ten, who carried a pig in. When the fort was attacked a lighted arrow from an Indian bow fell into the cradle of her baby brother, Richard, but Elizabeth extinguished the flames, and he lived to become Vice-President of the United States. "

SOURCE: The Lexington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has built a memorial wall around this historic spring.

Jemima Suggett's DAR record:
DAR Ancestor #: A063334
Service: Virginia
Rank: Patriotic Service
Birth: 6-29-1753 Orange Co, Virginia
Death: 2-23-1814 Great Crossings, Scott Co, KY
Service Source: Drake, KY in retrospect, P 209 Service
Description: Carried water to defenders of Bryan's Station
Residence:
1) Orange Co, Virginia
2) Fayette Co, KY District, Virginia
Spouse: Robert Johnson
∼This cemetery was copied and printed in the Book - Gone, Forgotten, Now Remembered: Scott County, Kentucky Cemeteries (Scott Co. Genealogical Society, 1992).

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  • Maintained by: Will Ellis
  • Originally Created by: Becky G
  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35076512/jemima-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Jemima Suggett Johnson (29 Jun 1753–23 Feb 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35076512, citing Great Crossing Cemetery, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Will Ellis (contributor 49584513).