U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865

[Class I comprises of persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and all unmarried persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five years and under the age of forty-five. Class II comprises all other persons subject to do military duty.]

Schedule I.--Consolidated List of all persons of Class I, subject to do military duty in the Twenty-first Congressional District, consisting of the Counties of Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette, State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of June, 1863, under direction of Capt. Wm. B. Coulter, Provost Marshal.

Residence: Fairfield Township
Name: William A. Johnston
Age 1st July, 1863: 34
White or Colored: White
Profession, Occupation, or Trade: Taylor
Married or Unmarried: Married
Place of Birth: Penna.
Former Military Service: [blank]
Remarks: [blank]
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Westmoreland County, PA Registration of Deaths, Docket 2, p. 82

Name of Deceased: WM. A. JOHNSTON
Color: white
Sex: male
Age: 70
Name of Father: ----
Name of Mother: ----
Married or Single: married
Place of Birth: Fairfield Township
Occupation: mechanic
Date of Death: Mar. 25, 1900
Place of Death: Fairfield Township
Cause of Death: heart failure
Duration of Last Sickness: 8 weeks
Place of Interment: Fairfield Cemetery
Date of Interment: Mar. 27, 1900
Date of Record: Oct. 21, 1900
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Abstract of William A. Johnston's will, from Westmoreland County, PA Will Book 11, p. 218, #110 of 1900.

William A. Johnston of West Fairfield, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and memory;

To my beloved wife Harriet Johnston the house and three lots, the property in which I now reside, as long as she remains my widow or her natural life;

After her death I bequeath this property and all my personal effects to my son James T. Johnston on the following terms: that he pay to my daughter Savilla Jane Rohm the sum of $150 in three equal payments of $50 each year after the death of their mother without interest;

I appoint my friend M.A. Graham executor;

Signed 23 January 1891,

William A. Johnston {Seal}

Witnesses: Joseph Reed, N.J. Graham

Proved 7 April 1900; Testator died March 25, 1900 at 3 a.m.
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