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| | Johnson County, Illinois Genealogical Records Information |
 | | Richard M. Johnson, a Colonel of the Kentucky militia, who served in Indian wars and the War of 1812, and reputed to have killed the Indian chief, Tecumseh, at the battle of Thames. |
 | | Johnson served as Representative in Congress and United States Senator from Kentucky and Vice-President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. |
 | | Bloomfield, Burnside, Cache, Elvira, Goreville, Grantsburg, Simpson, Tunnel Hill, Vienna, Johnson County’s townships became precincts after the abandonment of township government in 1876. |
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