P_10433_2158 – Robert Johnson
Co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Lydia to Africa and Charleston in 1726, alongside among others Samuel Wragg (q.v.), the London agent for South Carolina. Probably Robert Johnson (1682?-1735), a colonial slave-owner and Governor of South Carolina in 1717-1719 and 1729-35, and son of Sir Nathaniel Johnson, Governor 1703-1708.
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Johnson
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: Webber, Mabel L. "Sir Nathaniel Johnson and His Son Robert Governors of South Carolina." The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 38, no. 4 (1937): 109-15. Accessed April 7, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27571509. PROB 11/672/284
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Crossings (1)
76698 - Lydia (1726 - 1727)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
Will of Robert Johnson Governor of South Carolina made 21/12/1734.
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