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02 Jun

Joseph Johnson was baptized into Simpson Creek Baptist Church

Virginia Governor Joseph Johnson (December 19, 1785-February 27, 1877) was born in Orange County, New York. He later lived in New Jersey and traveled with his mother and younger brother to Winchester, Virginia, in 1800. Leaving Winchester in the s...

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