Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston

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.[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][4]

Her son, James William Johnston, was Premier of the Colony of Canada from 1857 to 1860 and also in 1864.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Marsh, Ben (May 8, 2019). "Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ Morris, Julie; Thorpe, Wendy L. (1988). "Lichtenstein, Elizabeth". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VII (1836–1850) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  3. ^ Chirhart, Ann Short; Wood, Betty, eds. (2009). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3336-6.
  4. ^ Johnston, Elizabeth Lichtenstein (1836). Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist. ISBN 9780871520838. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ^ Sutherland, D. A. (1972). "Johnston (Johnstone), James William". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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