My Genealogy Home Page:Information about James Ferguson
Sir James Ferguson (b. Abt. 1757, d. Abt. 1837)
Notes for James Ferguson:
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So the story goes like most others , it begins with two brother came to America, or three brothers came to America......Thomas, Richard, John, James Ferguson or Farguson are the names that I have collected as the four brother that came from Scotland.
William married Elizabeth Dula and moved to Tennessee married Verlinda Triplett and they had 10 children,.John Ferguson married Francis Triplett, and James married Elizabeth Smith.
I am not sure about the first part of the information and that is what I am looking for.
James Ferguson came from Franklin County, Virginia. He was born abt. 1750 and was the son of John Ferguson and Elizabeth Standifer . They lived on Pigg River. The first four children were born in Virginia.
He was called Sir James but no one knows why. Good questers. I have never found a marriage record for a Ferguson and Smith. The first four children were born in Virginia and the rest were born in Wilkes County North Carolina.
James Ferguson is listed in the Wilkes County Will book no. 4. Listed Nov. 1834. So he problems died about a month before.
I also suspect that there could have been a second wife because he has two daughters listed as Elizabeth and one named Jane.
James and Elizabeth Smithare the parent of my Elizabeth Ferguson who was born in 1785 Wilkes County, now Caldwell County. She married William Bradley in Wilkes County, 26 January 1812.
Elizabeths brother would marry Mary Castoven and they would have a daughter named Elizabeth that would marry Thomas Maltby. They would have a daughter named Kurturna that would marry the son of William Bradley and Elizabeth, his name is John J. F. Bradley.
James Ferguson, will abstract:
Dated 22 Aug 1827, proved in Nov term, 1837, Wilkes Co., NC.
Names children; Sarah; John; James; Mary; William; Jane; Smith;
Martha and George. Witnessed by John Mastton?; Thos. Isbell; and
mark of Reuben Cox.
More About James Ferguson and Mary Elizabeth Smith:
Marriage: Abt. 1773, Franklin County Virginia.507, 508, 509
Children of James Ferguson and Mary Elizabeth Smith are:
- Elizabeth Ferguson, b. Abt. 1773, Franklin County Virginia510, 511.
- Sarah Ferguson, b. Abt. 1775, Franklin County Virginia512, 513.
- John Ferguson, b. Abt. 1778, Franklin County Virginia514, 515.
- +James Ferguson, b. Abt. 1781, Wilkes County , North Carolina515, d. 12 March 1872, Caldwell County, North Carolina515.
- Mary Ferguson, b. Abt. 1782, Wilkes County, North Carolina516, 517.
- William Ferguson, b. Abt. 1784, Wilkes County, North Carolina518, 519.
- +Jane Ferguson, b. Abt. 1785, Wilkes County, North Carolina520, 521, 522, d. 05 April 1866, Caldwell County, North Carolina523, 524, 525.
- Smith Ferguson, b. 04 November 1791, Wilkes County, North Carolina526, 527, d. 05 August 1873, Wilkes County, North Carolina528, 529.
- Martha Ferguson, b. Abt. 1797, Wilkes County, North Carolina530, 531.
- George Ferguson, b. Abt. 1802, Wilkes County, North Carolina532, 533.