Henry Johnson
- Name
- Henry Johnson
- Given Name
- Henry
- Family Name
- Johnson
- Birth Date
- 1783-09-14
- Death Date
- 1864-09-04
- Sex
- Male
- Description
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Henry Johnson was born on September 14, 1783, in Virginia and died on September 4, 1869, in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Elizabeth Rousby Key, the daughter of Maryland planters and enslavers Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) and Ann Plater. Henry and Elizabeth Johnson moved to Louisiana in 1809.
He was the governor of Louisiana between 1824 and 1828, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana's First District between 1834 and 1839, and United States Senator for Louisiana between 1844 and 1849.
On June 19, 1838, Henry Johnson and Jesse Batey entered into an agreement with the Corporation or Roman Catholic Clergymen, represented by Thomas Mulledy, S.J., to purchase 272 people owned by the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen. The bills of sales between Johnson and Mulledy dated on November 10, 1838, and November 29, 1838, indicated that Johnson purchased a total of 140 people. He transported people from the Maryland to work on Chatham Plantation in Ascension Parish. In 1844, Johnson sold a half-share of that plantation to Philip Barton Key who transferred that land to John R. Thompson. In 1851, Johnson sold the remainder of the land to John R. Thompson. Most of the people purchased by Johnson remained on Chatham.
Johnson also owned a smaller plantation in Iberville Parish adjacent to the plantation established by Jesse Batey in Maringouin (named West Oak Plantation by Washington Barrow, who purchased the land from Jesse Batey in 1852). Henry Johnson used that land as collateral for the promissory notes he issued to Father Mulledy. In addition, Henry Johnson served as power of attorney and endorser to secure the loans made by Jesse Batey when he purchased people who had been enslaved by the Jesuits. - Place of Significance
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Iberville Parish, Louisiana
- Maringouin, Louisiana
- Chatham Plantation (Ascension Parish, Louisiana)
- Same As
- Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician) (Wikipedia)
- Henry Johnson (Wikidata)
- Johnson, Henry, 1783-1864 (LCNAF)
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/api/items/7218
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