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- "JOHNSTON, Peter, jurist, born in Osborne's Landing, Virginia, 6 , January, 1763; died near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, 8 December, 1841. His father, Peter Johnston, came to this country from Scotland in 1727 and settled on James river, Virginia Subsequently he removed to Prince Edward county, and gave to the trustees of Hampden Sidney college the land on which that institution was afterward erected. The son was sent to college to prepare for the church, but, preferring to enlist in the Revolutionary army, he joined Lee's legion at the age of sixteen, without the knowledge of his father. He led the forlorn hope at the storming of Fort Watson, and was publicly thanked, in the presence of the army, for his conduct. After the war he studied law, and resided near the town of Farmville, Virginia He represented Prince Edward county in the general assembly of Virginia, and was speaker of that body at the time of the passage of the resolutions of 1798-'9. In 1809 he removed to Washington county, Virginia, having been elected judge of a new judicial circuit, and resided there till his death. He married Mary Wood, a niece of Patrick Henry."
Source:"Peter Johnston," Virtual American Biographies, August 22, 2006, http://www.virtualology.com/peterjohnston/
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1763 - 1841 (78 years)
