Capt. George Burgwyn Johnston

Abt 1845 - 1864  (~ 18 years)

• Name	Capt. George Burgwyn Johnston  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1845	Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1863 and 1864	North Carolina   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I559	Johnstone Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Samuel Iredell Johnston,   b. 28 Dec 1806, Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina d. 1865, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Ann Bergwin,   b. 2 Nov 1811, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina d. 1886, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Sep 1829	Orange County, North Carolina   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Taylor "Annie" Johnson,   b. Abt 1841, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina d. Aft 1864 (Age ~ 24 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1860	Wake County, North Carolina   [4]
  Children	1. Roxann Johnston?  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [FamilyTree.FTW] from a piece written by Gen. H Lane - Charlotte Observer 1895 "Company G, which was cut off from the regiment at Kinney's, can never forget how their brave, but frail and delicate young captain George B Johnston, afterward the accomplished adjutant-general of the brigade, swam the river to escape the enemy, and then swam back rather than appear to have deserted his men; how he marched as a prisoner of war from Kinney's farm to West Point in his wet clothes; how he was confined on Johnson's Island; how he read the Episcopal service regularly to his fellow-prisoners there; how he endeared himself to all in his captivity; how he was joyfully welcomed back to camp; and how, a physical wreck, he was soon forced to return home to die. A nobler, braver, purer Christian hero never lived." Again from Battle's History of UNC: George Burgwyn Johnston Class of 1859. From Edenton. Matriculated 1855. Held rank of captain in the war. Gave the valedictory address at the 1859 commencement when President Buchannan was in attendance. In 1861 he was named tutor of Greek. In 1862 it was noted he was a captain and prisoner of war. He returned from a long imprisonment in Ohio with a ruined constitution. In 1864 the faculty were allowed to cut firewood from the University forests. "...and the same liberty was granted to the widow of Tutor George B. Johnston, who had died in service". Letters from George B Johnston to Lane Nov 62 - July 1863 information taken from www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/CottenG.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S269] Ancestry.com, comp., North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database online], Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. His name is listed as George B. Johnston on his marriage bond. [S7] Sally Moore Koestler sally@sallysfamilyplace.com [], "Sally's Family Place - Mulberry Grove," http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/CottenG.htm. [S214] FamilyTree.FTW. Date of Import: Feb 16, 2005 [S269] Ancestry.com, comp., North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database online], Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000.