Margaret Johnson

(d. 1858)

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At a Glance

Margaret Johnson, like many Burwell School students, awaits to be discovered.

Story

Margaret Johnson of Orange County appears on a roster of Burwell students, but little is known of her. An obituary notice appeared in the The Hillsborough Recorder [1] on September 15, 1858 and recorded the death of Margaret J. Johnston of Alamance County at the Concord Female College in Statesville, NC, USA on September 4, 1858. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the only daughter of her widowed mother [2].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Margaret died on September 4, 1858.

Places of Residence

• Alamance County, NC [2].
• Burwell School [2].
• Concord Female College in Statesville, NC, until 1858 [2].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School [2].
• Concord Female College, until 1858 [2].

References

1. The Hillsborough Recorder was published from 1820 to 1879 by Dennis Heartt. It was a weekly newspaper.
2. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).