Sir William Johnson was instrumental in building alliances between the British and the Indians during the mid -1770's. Specifically the Six Nations, Mohawk and Iroquois Confederacy. William Johnson married Molly Brant, a Christianized Mohawk, which strengthened the ties between Johnson and the native tribes. Molly's brother, Chief Joseph Brant, will lead many bloody raids in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution, October 1780. The painting above depicts Fort Johnson as it was and reflects the dozens of Indians and Chiefs that came to the Johnson home with greetings and grievances.
As Fort Johnson is today
An 18th privy fitting for a man of Johnson's station in society
An interior wall - soldiers would have fought an enemy through the openenings
Relics found during an archealogical dig
A painting depicting the fort from a hilltop view, in the lower right
Most of the furniture in the home is original to William Johnson that had been kept in the family
Dining Room
Bedroom
The Grand Hallway where dozens of Indians and Chiefs waited to see Sir Johnson
The portraits of some of those Chiefs. One being Joseph Brant, Molly's half brother, also a Christian
Sir William Johnson died in 1774 and his son John Johnson assumes his fathers position and will lead many of the bloody raids through the Mohawk Valley during the Revolution, including the Great Raid of October 1780
Sir William Johnson was instrumental in building alliances between the British and the Indians during the mid -1770's. Specifically the Six Nations, Mohawk and Iroquois Confederacy. William Johnson married Molly Brant, a Christianized Mohawk, which strengthened the ties between Johnson and the native tribes. Molly's brother, Chief Joseph Brant, will lead many bloody raids in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution, October 1780. The painting above depicts Fort Johnson as it was and reflects the dozens of Indians and Chiefs that came to the Johnson home with greetings and grievances.
As Fort Johnson is today
An 18th privy fitting for a man of Johnson's station in society
An interior wall - soldiers would have fought an enemy through the openenings
Relics found during an archealogical dig
A painting depicting the fort from a hilltop view, in the lower right
Most of the furniture in the home is original to William Johnson that had been kept in the family
Dining Room
Bedroom
The Grand Hallway where dozens of Indians and Chiefs waited to see Sir Johnson
The portraits of some of those Chiefs. One being Joseph Brant, Molly's half brother, also a Christian
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