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Benjamin Johnson
Major, 1st Battalion, MD Militia
Birth: July 6, 1727 in Calvert County, MD
Death: May 17, 1785 in Calvert County, MD
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Area MM, Lot 38
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Associators, Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. XI pg 168
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Scharf, History of Western Maryland
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Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol XI, pg 57
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Archives of Maryland, Vol. 16 pg. 209
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Archives of Maryland, Vol 16 pg 261
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Archives of Maryland, vol. 43 pg 520

ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE

Patriotic Service:
                 Associator, Committee of Observation, 1775
                 2nd Major, 1st Battalion, January 1, 1776
                 Quartermaster, 1st Battalion, 1776
                 Major in charge of ordnance, Frederick, 1777
                 Loaned money for use of state, June 1780 
                    
                   
​Personal Information:
Occupation:    
Father:             Thomas Johnson
Mother:            Dorcas Sedgwick
Spouse:            Sarah Backus


Last known address:   Calvert county, MD



                                



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