Kammala wannan jumla: A kan mika wuya a York Town a watan Oktoba 1781, Johnson ya koma gida kuma ya kasance ba shi da aikin yi har sai da zaman lafiya. Daga bisani ya umurci ƙafa ta 17 a Nova Scotia da Newfoundland. A farkon
a lokacin yakin da aka yi da Faransa an nada shi babban jami'in kula da daukar ma'aikata na Ingila a Ireland, kuma ya rike mukamin har zuwa 1798. A lokacin tawaye a wannan shekarar an raba shi da mutane dubu uku don mamaye New Ross, kuma ya kayar da 'yan tawaye lokacin da suka kai hari a wurin a ranar 5 ga Yuni 1798. Ya kasance yaƙi mafi wuya a lokacin tawaye. Lord Cornwallis yana da ra'ayi mara kyau game da Johnson, kuma ya rubuta game da shi a matsayin "wani mai kuskure".