Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston Explained

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

Lichtenstein Johnston was born on May 28, 1764, to Johann Lichtenstein, a Russian immigrant, and Catherine Delegal. 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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Marsh . Ben . Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston . New Georgia Encyclopedia .
2. Encyclopedia: Morris . Julie . Thorpe . Wendy L. . LICHTENSTEIN, ELIZABETH . Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 7 . University of Toronto .
3. Book: Chirhart . Ann Short . Wood . Betty . Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times . 2009 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-3336-6 .
4. Encyclopedia: Sutherland . D A . JOHNSTON, JAMES WILLIAM . Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 10 . University of Toronto .