The Battle of Thames

ID: 1617
This file appears in: Johnson County Named
The Battle of Thames

Johnson was commissioned colonel in the U.S. Army at the start of the War of 1812. Johnson was wounded in the Battle of Thames, but emerged a victor and recognizable figure. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Johnson County Named

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1125 in Johnson County commemorates the naming of the county after Richard Mentor Johnson, a lawyer, soldier, and U.S. Vice President. Johnson was born on October 17, 1781, at Beargrass, a frontier settlement in present-day…