Home of Major Philip Preston Johnston, CSA. He served under J.E.B. Stuart in Major John Pelham’s Horse Artillery. Born in Shiloh, Va. in 1840. After the
war, he moved to Fayette County and read law under Colonel W.C.P. Breckinridge. In 1868, Johnston graduated from Transylvania University with a law degree. Over
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In 1870, he married Sallie Chiles, descendant of Joseph Rogers who
settled at Bryan’s Station, 1782. He served in both houses of Ky. legislature and was appointed adj. gen. during the Tobacco Wars. He bred fine trotters & Thoroughbred horses and was president of the National Trotting Association from 1888-1916. Major Johnston died in 1925 and is buried on this farm.
