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Sarah <I>Nightingale</I> Johnson

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Sarah Nightingale Johnson

Birth
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Death
5 Oct 1825 (aged 74)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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A heroine of the Revolutionary War. During the Siege of Charleston she sewed inside her hem, cartridges which she transported to her husband in the trenches.

Johnson, Bradley T. "The Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson." Southern Historical Society Papers, volume XXIX, 1901, pg 34.

Source of quote re: Sarah's Revolutionary War service
A heroine of the Revolutionary War. During the Siege of Charleston she sewed inside her hem, cartridges which she transported to her husband in the trenches.

Johnson, Bradley T. "The Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson." Southern Historical Society Papers, volume XXIX, 1901, pg 34.

Source of quote re: Sarah's Revolutionary War service


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  • Created by: Saratoga
  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57772660/sarah-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Nightingale Johnson (28 Aug 1751–5 Oct 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57772660, citing Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279).