Johnston, John, 1824?-1900
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Crow Killer, 1824?-1900
Johnson, Liver-Eating, 1824?-1900
Johnson, John, 1824?-1900
Garrison, John, 1824?-1900
Johnson, Jack, 1824?-1900
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Sources
found: Crow Killer, c1958:t.p., etc. (Liver-Eating Johnson; John Johnston (Johnson); d. Jan. 21, 1900)
found: OCLC, Sept. 22, 1999(hdg. Johnston, John, ca. 1822-1900)
found: Felton & Fowler's Famous Americans you never knew existed, 1979:p. 84 (b. 1822 in Newark; d. 1900 in Santa Monica)
found: Communication with historian Nathan E. Bender, Aug. 27, 2007(Johnston's date of birth is recorded as 1824 on his tombstone in Cody, Wyo.)
found: 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)
found: The never-ending lives of Liver-Eating Johnson, 2019:ECIP t.p. (Liver-Eating Johnson)
notfound: Acad. Am. encyc., 1997;Americana, 1999;Britannica 15;Encyc. Am. West, 1996
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1999-09-24: new
2021-03-02: revised
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