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Sgt. John R. Johnson

JOHNSON, JOHN R. (?-1852). John R. Johnson, soldier of the Republic of Texas,qv was born in Virginia and immigrated to Texas in 1834. He served at the siege of Bexarqv and on March 31, 1836, enlisted in Sam Houston's army at Jared Groce's plantation on the Brazos River. At the battle of San Jacintoq he served as a private in Col. Sidney Sherman's Second Regiment, Texas Volunteers. In 1838 Sam Houston used Johnson as a trusted courier. In August 1842 Johnson was a major in the Texas militia at Swartwout. During the Mexican War a John R. Johnson served as a private in Capt. Richard A. Gillespie's Company I of Col. John Coffee Hays's First Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen, and later in Capt. Walter P. Lane's Company A of Maj. Michael H. Chevallie's battalion of Texas Mounted Volunteers. In the latter company Johnson was elected second sergeant, promoted to first sergeant on September 1, 1847, and reduced to private on March 1, 1848. He served a third enlistment in Capt. Mirabeau B. Lamar'sqv company of Col. Peter H. Bell's regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers. John R. Johnson died in Travis County in 1852. Another John R. Johnson, apparently unrelated, was born in Red River County on January 10, 1843, the son of Balda C. and Mary E. (Mitchell) Johnson. He served as a private in Company H of Col. Nicholas C. Gould's Twenty-third Texas Cavalry, which took part in the Red River campaign. After the Civil War he returned to farming in Red River County, where he was elected tax collector and sheriff. He was married to Della J. Saunders and was the father of four children. Johnson was a member of the Farmers' Alliance.

Source: The New Texas Handbook

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