Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston
Appearance
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Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston (1764–1848) was an American known for writing about her experiences of living in the Colony of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War.[1]
Life
[edit]Lichtenstein Johnston was born on May 28, 1764, to Johann Lichtenstein, a Russian immigrant, and Catherine Delegal.[1] She married William Martin Johnston in 1779 and had 10 children with him.[2] She and her family were loyal to England during the war.[1]
She wrote about her experience living through the war in a book called Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist in 1836.[3]
Her son, James William Johnston, was Premier of the Colony of Canada from 1857 to 1860 and also in 1864.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Marsh, Ben. "Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- ^ Morris, Julie; Thorpe, Wendy L. "LICHTENSTEIN, ELIZABETH". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 7. University of Toronto.
- ^ Chirhart, Ann Short; Wood, Betty, eds. (2009). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3336-6.[page needed]
- ^ Sutherland, D A. "JOHNSTON, JAMES WILLIAM". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 10. University of Toronto.