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Johnston, John, 1824?-1900

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Personal name headingJohnston, John, 1824?-1900
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Variant(s)Crow Killer, 1824?-1900
Johnson, Liver-Eating, 1824?-1900
Johnson, John, 1824?-1900
Garrison, John, 1824?-1900
Johnson, Jack, 1824?-1900
Birth date1824?
Death date1900-01-21
Found inCrow Killer, c1958: t.p., etc. (Liver-Eating Johnson; John Johnston (Johnson); d. Jan. 21, 1900)
OCLC, Sept. 22, 1999 (hdg. Johnston, John, ca. 1822-1900)
Felton & Fowler's Famous Americans you never knew existed, 1979: p. 84 (b. 1822 in Newark; d. 1900 in Santa Monica)
Communication with historian Nathan E. Bender, Aug. 27, 2007 (Johnston's date of birth is recorded as 1824 on his tombstone in Cody, Wyo.)
N. Bender. The Abandoned scout's revenge: origins of the Crow Killer. In Annals of Wyoming, autumn 2006: p. 2 (ca. 1824-1900) p. 4 (his multiple Civil War pension claims lead to a deduction of 1824 as his probable date of birth; on most of his legal documents he spelled his name Johnston, in nearly all his newspaper publicity and published memoirs from friends his name appears as Johnson; his place of birth is thought to be near Little York, N. J.) p. 5 (historian Harry J. Owens concluded that Johnston's name was John Garrison; Johnston has also been referred to as Jack Johnson though he should not be confused with Jack W. Johnson who, along with Johnston, scouted with Yellowstone Kelly in 1877) p. 8 (his certificate of death records date of death as Jan. 21, 1900, and age as 76)
The never-ending lives of Liver-Eating Johnson, 2019: ECIP t.p. (Liver-Eating Johnson)
Not found inAcad. Am. encyc., 1997; Americana, 1999; Britannica 15; Encyc. Am. West, 1996