What was the real first name of the legendary character on whom the film "Jeremiah Johnson" was partly based?
Liver-Eating Johnson John "Liver-Eating" Johnson born John Jeremiah Johnston (c.1824 – January 21, 1900) was a mountain man of the American Old West.
Jeremiah Burton Jeremiah Burton (1814 – January 9, 1902) was a farmer. He was born about 1814 in South Carolina before moving to Rabun County, Georgia and first settled at Jones Ford on the Tallulah River. The town of Burton, Georgia was named after its Postmaster Jacob Silas Burton, Jeremiah's son. Jeremiah Burton was a popular area citizen who occasionally served as a bailiff for the local superior court. According to family legend, he was buried with his hat on.