Robert Johnson (1745-1815) moved from Beargrass to Bryan’s Station in 1780 and founded Johnson’s Station at Great Crossing in 1783. He represented Fayette County in the Virginia Assembly, served as surveyor of Kentucky, led defense against Indians from 1787 to 1793, was a trustee of Georgetown, took part in Kentucky’s constitutional conventions of 1792 and 1799, served in the Kentucky Legislature in 1802, and was a justice of Scott County. Jemima Suggett Johnson (1753-1814), according to tradition, led women at Bryan’s Station to a nearby spring for water just before the siege in 1782. Their family included three sons who served in the U.S. Congress in 1825: Representative James, John T., and Senator Richard M. Johnson, who became U.S. vice president in 1837. Robert and Jemima Johnson were charter members and land donors of Great Crossing Baptist Church and were buried with five of their eleven children in the church cemetery.