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Family of John Ferguson and Mary Strain


7. MARY3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 1793 in Town Creek of Twelve Mile River, Pickens Co., SC, and died June 04, 1860 in Union Co., GA. She married JAMES STEPHENS Abt. 1812 in SC. He was born 1787 in NC, and died June 13, 1865 in Towns Co., GA.

Notes for JAMES STEPHENS:
Went to Georgia in 1839.
     
Children of MARY FERGUSON and JAMES STEPHENS are:
  i.   FATIMA4 STEPHENS, b. August 20, 1813, SC; d. July 09, 1868, Morganton, GA; m. ZACHARIAH WILSON "BILLY" COLE; d. Morganton, GA.
32. ii.   CANNON STEPHENS, b. November 27, 1815, SC; d. January 11, 1897, Union Co., GA.
  iii.   VASHTI STEPHENS, b. Bet. 1818 - 1819, SC.
  iv.   WILSON STEPHENS, b. August 04, 1820; d. May 16, 1898, Union Co., GA; m. ELIZA COX.
  v.   NANCY STEPHENS, b. 1822; m. DANIEL CALEB BRYSON.
  vi.   DANIEL STEPHENS, b. December 22, 1824, SC; d. July 01, 1906, Union Co., GA; m. LYDIA A. PLOTT.
  vii.   JOSEPH STEPHENS, b. December 22, 1824, SC; d. February 11, 1897, Union Co., GA; m. MARTHA BROWN.
  viii.   ELIZABETH JANE STEPHENS, b. August 20, 1827, SC; d. May 06, 1893; m. AMOS PLOTT.
  ix.   SUSANNAH STEPHENS, b. October 1829, SC; m. THOMAS C. NICHOLS.
  x.   JAMES STEPHENS, b. October 25, 1831, SC; d. April 12, 1911, GA; m. ARMINA ATHALINE ROGERS.
  xi.   JOHN STEPHENS, b. 1834, SC; d. Abt. 1905, Towns Co., GA; m. GRACIE LOUVENIA KEYS.
  xii.   DR. GRIMKE STEPHENS, b. February 18, 1838, Pickens, SC; d. March 09, 1880, Young Harris, GA; m. NANCY HAYNES.


8. JANE3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born March 08, 1794 in Pickens Co., SC, and died February 25, 1887 in east side of Hickory Nut Mountain, George's Creek, Pickens Co.,SC. She married BENTON FREEMAN February 06, 1829 in SC, son of NEEDHAM FREEMAN and POLLY MOORE. He was born January 10, 1788 in Hickory Nut Mtn., SC, and died December 1853 in near Hickory Nut Mountain, Pickens Co., SC.
     
Children of JANE FERGUSON and BENTON FREEMAN are:
33. i.   JAMES GRIMKE4 FREEMAN, b. March 20, 1830; d. July 17, 1897.
  ii.   ELIZABETH JANE FREEMAN, b. May 31, 1831; d. December 19, 1890; m. HEZEKIAH FINLEY.
  iii.   BARNEY LYNN FREEMAN, b. November 06, 1832; d. February 17, 1876; m. (1) MARTHA ELVIRA BURDINE, September 1856; b. April 30, 1836; d. April 06, 1862; m. (2) MARY JANE HENDRICKS, September 01, 1864; b. January 25, 1844; d. December 07, 1910.
  iv.   MARTHA MALINDA FREEMAN, b. February 17, 1834; m. ABEL HENDRICKS; b. Abt. 1810; d. August 10, 1884.
34. v.   BENTON STRAIN FREEMAN, b. May 26, 1836.


9. NANCY3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born December 28, 1795 in Pendleton Dist., SC, and died August 29, 1875 in Craighead Co., AR. She married (1) SETH ADAM NEILL. She married (2) CASWELL BARRETT January 15, 1818 in SC, son of ARTHUR BARRETT and REBECCA BARTON. He was born August 20, 1793 in Greenville Co., SC, and died December 11, 1830 in Craighead Co., AR.
     
Children of NANCY FERGUSON and CASWELL BARRETT are:
  i.   KINION PLUMLEY4 BARRETT, b. September 09, 1818, SC; d. October 09, 1862, Columbus, GA; m. MARGARET E. MORGAN.
  Notes for KINION PLUMLEY BARRETT:
He had eight children.

  ii.   ARTHUR JAMES BARRETT, b. August 31, 1821, Greenville Co., SC; d. August 04, 1909, Craighead Co., AR; m. EUNICE BURTON; b. April 29, 1828; d. November 10, 1901, Craighead Co., AR.
  iii.   MARY "POLLY" BIRD BARRETT, b. November 04, 1823, Greenville Co., SC; d. September 01, 1863, Spartanburg Co., SC; m. LEROY GARRISON CARRUTH; b. February 19, 1813; d. August 21, 1890.
  Notes for MARY "POLLY" BIRD BARRETT:
They had five children.

  iv.   ELIZABETH BARRETT, b. March 11, 1826, SC; d. April 22, 1864, AR; m. DAVID JAMES BURTON; b. April 13, 1825; d. 1862, Civil War.


10. JOHN HARRISON3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 1796 in Pickens Co., SC, and died 1856 in Pickens Co., SC. He married DELILAH COOPER 1836 in SC, daughter of SION COOPER and MARY ULN. She was born 1805 in Spartanburg, SC, and died May 09, 1867 in Pickens Co., SC.
     
Children of JOHN FERGUSON and DELILAH COOPER are:
35. i.   MARY ADALINE4 FERGUSON, b. October 29, 1837, Pickens Co., SC; d. June 17, 1904, Pickens Co., SC.
  ii.   NANCY BETHANY FERGUSON, b. March 28, 1842, Pickens Co., SC; d. August 29, 1898, Pickens Co., SC.
  iii.   JUDGE HARRISON FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1843, Pickens Co., SC; d. Pickens Co., SC.
  iv.   JOHN EARLE FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1845, Pickens Co., SC; d. Pickens Co., SC.
  v.   JAMES IRVIN FERGUSON, b. 1846, Pickens Co., SC; d. October 1895, Pickens Co., SC.
  Notes for JAMES IRVIN FERGUSON:
He was a lunatic after 1885 and "the Lord told him to do things" in the last 2 or 3 years of his life.

  vi.   JOHN RILEY FERGUSON, b. June 1849, Pickens Co., SC; d. May 05, 1913, Pickens Co., SC; m. MARY MALISSA CHASTAIN; b. November 14, 1850, Pickens Co., SC.
  Notes for JOHN RILEY FERGUSON:
(Not son of Thomas and Susannah)



11. JAMES THOMPSON3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born October 26, 1804 in near Glassy Mountain, Pickens Co., SC, and died March 23, 1859 in near Glassy Mountain, Pickens Co., SC. He married ANNA DEAN 1826 in SC. She was born July 15, 1804 in SC, and died November 23, 1889 in near Glassy Mountain, Pickens Co., SC.
     
Children of JAMES FERGUSON and ANNA DEAN are:
  i.   SARAH EFFELINE MALINDA4 FERGUSON, b. March 31, 1832, Pickens Co., SC; d. September 15, 1885, Pickens, SC; m. BENJAMIN LUTHER HOLDER; b. March 23, 1825; d. January 29, 1919.
36. ii.   JOSEPH D. FERGUSON, b. May 26, 1833, Pickens Co., SC; d. May 29, 1906.
37. iii.   ELISHA A. FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1834, (near) Glassy Mountain, Pickens, SC; d. August 19, 1861, (from wounds) Battle of Manassas, Civil War.
  iv.   MARGARET CASSANDRA FERGUSON, b. October 20, 1837, Glassy Mtn., Pickens, SC; d. February 01, 1892, Easley, SC; m. MCELROY JAMESON; b. September 03, 1826; d. January 17, 1909.
38. v.   JAMES THOMAS FERGUSON, b. 1838.
39. vi.   AFTERBY FERGUSON, b. Bet. 1842 - 1843; d. September 1872.
  vii.   WILLIAM M. FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1844, Glassy Mtn., Pickens, SC.
  Notes for WILLIAM M. FERGUSON:
He went to Texas in the 1860'2 and returned in 1880.

40. viii.   FRANCES A. E. FERGUSON, b. June 16, 1845, Glassy Mtn., Pickens, SC; d. November 12, 1909, Pickens Co., SC.


12. ELIZABETH3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 1805 in Pickens Co., SC, and died June 20, 1836 in Pickens Co., SC. She married JAMES PRIOR ALEXANDER 1835, son of ELISHA ALEXANDER and NANCY GROGAN. He was born 1795 in NC, and died Bef. September 05, 1870 in Pickens Co., SC.
     
Child of ELIZABETH FERGUSON and JAMES ALEXANDER is:
  i.   ELIZABETH JANE4 ALEXANDER, b. 1836, Pickens Co., SC; d. June 20, 1881, Billingsley private cemetery at Pine Mtn., Raban Co., GA; m. JAMES BOHANEY BILLINGSLEY, JR.; b. 1824; d. January 24, 1889.


13. JUDGE GRIMKE3 FERGUSON (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born February 07, 1807 in Pickens Co., SC, and died March 08, 1886 in Pickens Co., SC. He married JANE MANCEL October 24, 1833 in Pickens Co., SC, daughter of JAMES MANCEL and SARAH THOMPSON. She was born February 09, 1815 in Greenville Co., SC, and died October 27, 1863 in Pickens Co., SC.

Notes for JUDGE GRIMKE FERGUSON:
"Judge Grimke Ferguson who was born on 7 February or 2 July 1807 at Pickens SC and died on 8 March 1886 in the house he was born in. Judge was a name, not a title. Judge Grimke Ferguson was named for a friend of his fathers. I find the name in his area. I also find a John Grimke Merringer in Charleston, SC." -- Era Morgan Davis

"Judge Grimke Ferguson was the youngest child and lived in the home his father reportedly built about 1790. It is still in use (1989) and is currently the home of Levi Boggs. (*2001 Now the home of Mrs. Carolyn Boggs, widow of Levi Boggs.) I have visited this home and seen the hand hewn sills and the port holes in the upper story. The portholes were said to have been used to watch for hostile Indians." -- Era Davis
     
Children of JUDGE FERGUSON and JANE MANCEL are:
41. i.   ANNA DEAN4 FERGUSON, b. February 11, 1837, Pickens Co., SC; d. November 12, 1918, Waco, TX.
  ii.   JAMES M. FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1839, Pickens, SC.
  Notes for JAMES M. FERGUSON:
He studied medicine but preferred farming which he practiced at the foot of Pike's Peak, Colorado.

42. iii.   SARAH FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1840, SC.
43. iv.   JOHN FERGUSON, b. July 02, 1841, Pickens Co., SC; d. May 31, 1902, Pickens Co., SC.

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