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• Name: Francis FERGUS
• Sex: M
• Birth: 8 Sep 1752 in Co Tyrone, Ireland ^b
• Death: 28 Sep 1841 in White Co, Tennessee ^d
• Burial: Ditty/Fergus Cemetery ^u


Parents:

Family:
Marriage:

• Mary McCORMICK on Abt 1782 at Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania .^m1
  
• Mary McCORMICK Birth: 1764 in Ireland Death: 20 Aug 1820 in Montgomery Co, Virginia

Children:

1. James General FERGUS Birth: 18 Nov 1783 in McClure's Gap, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 27 Sep 1855 in Miami Co, Ohio
2. Elizabeth FERGUS Birth: 21 Jun 1785 in Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: Before 1850 in Missouri
3. Samuel FERGUS Birth: 13 Feb 1787 in Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Oct 1842 in Rives Co, Missouri
4. Jincy FERGUS Birth: 1 Feb 1789 in Augusta Co, Virginia Death: 14 Oct 1855
5. John FERGUS Birth: 13 Jul 1794 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia Death: 18 Jun 1837 in Shelby Co, Ohio
6. Ann FERGUS Birth: 29 Aug 1796 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia Death: 1 May 1855 in Missouri
7. Polly FERGUS Birth: 20 May 1799 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia Death: 16 Apr 1879 in Missouri
8. Sawyer Baxter FERGUS Birth: 18 Mar 1802 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia Death: 21 Jun 1864 in Virginia
9. Charlotte FERGUS Birth: 21 Jun 1804 in Montgomery Co, Virginia Death: 3 Jan 1831 in Miami Co, Ohio

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

parents:

possibly Francis FERGUYS (b.c1715) & Jane (b.c1723) [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources for burial Information

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary McCORMICK

date:

abt 1782 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

place:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],

child:

[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Research Notes:
parents possibly Francis FERGUYS (b.c1715) and Jane (b.c1723) [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

abt 1770: immigrated to America, prior to Rev War; perhaps his father and/or four brothers also emigrated [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

21 Aug 1775: listed as Non-associator, residing in Warwick Twp, Bucks Co, PA [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

3 Aug 1776: enlisted for service in the Rev War, in PA Militia from Warwick Twp. Col Hart's company, under Captains William Roberts and John Jamison [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

3 Mar 1777: re-enlisted and served as wagoneer under Captain Barclay [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

11 Sep 1777: participated in battle of Brandywine [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

16 Sep 1777: participated in battle of the Clouds, White Horse Tavern [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

4 Oct 1777: participated in battle of Germantown [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Feb 1778: re-enlisted and served for 2 months under General John Lacey [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1779: on tax list of Cumberland Co, PA. Amount of Tax 3.0.0 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1782: on tax list of Newton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA. Amount of Tax 2.8.11. PA Archives 3rd Series, vol XX, p631 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1787 (shortly after Samuel's birth): family moved to Augusta Co, Virginia [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1787: listed in the Census of Virginia [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

Oct 1788: witnessed a deed in Augusta Co, VA, Deed Book 26 p585 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1790: bought 140 acres in Rockbridge Co, VA [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1802: moved to a nine bedroom Colonial stone house in Montgomery Co (now Pulaski Co), near Newbern, Virginia [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1810 Census: living in Montgomery Co, Virginia [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

after death of wife, lived in turn with his adult children. Possibly living with Samuel at time of 1820 census [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

1834: applied for a Revolutionary War pension from Montgomery Co, Virginia. The application (#R3498) was denied on the grounds that he did not have six months service in a military capacity - apparently his service as a teamster did not qualify [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

died at the home of his daughter, Jincy [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]

2 Nov 1841: will proven, Sparta, White Co, Tennessee [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]



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