Fergus(s)on DNA Project Colonel Isaac Ferguson In the 1840 Census of Ohio Township, Clermont County, OH there are three consecutive households: Isaiah FERGUSON, Ira FERGUSON and Squire FERGUSON.

Colonel Isaac Ferguson entered the Revolutionary War as a second lieutenant and served over five years, coming out a colonel. Major Thomas Ferguson, his father, was a captain in the old French and Indian war, and at Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1756, had three bullet holes in his clothes, his powder horn shot to pieces and his hair badly singed and was also under Washington at the Great Meadows when attacked by the French and Indians. Thomas was an early settler on the Monongahela River, eighteen miles above Ft. Duquesne, the first lodgment west of the Alleghenies, and there his sons, Isaac and Henry were born.
[Sketches of Revolutionary Services (Clermont County)]

Isaac FERGUSON

• Isaac FERGUSON married Elizabeth LEEDOM. Isaac died on 1 Nov 1815 in New Richmond, Clermont Co., OH. They had the following children:
  1. Isaiah (1775-1851) m. Mary JOHNS; children born New Richmond, Clermont, OH as per IGI (patron submitted).
     1. James b. 1807
     2. Squire b. 1809; m. 14 Feb 1833, Clermont, OH to Mary CANADAY (Marriage records, 1801-1910 Ohio. Probate Court, IGI)
        1. 1850 Census, Ohio Township, Clermont County, OH
           • Squire FERGUSON, 40, M, Farmer, 2000, OH
           • Mary, 37, F, PA
           • Elizabeth, 16, F, IN
           • Cordeilia, 13, F, OH
           • Maria, 10, F, OH
           • Eveline, 9, F, OH
           • Esther, 6, F, OH
           • Margaret, 4, F, OH
           • Olive, 1, F, OH
           • Jacob Potter, 8, M, OH
     3. Margaret b. 1811
     4. Isaac b. 1812
     5. Nancy b. 1814 married Washington WEST
     6. Mary b. 1815
     7. Zachariah b. 1816
     8. Ira b. 24 Nov 1818; m. 21 Jan 1841 Nancy M. SHAW
        1. 1850 Census, Ohio Township, Clermont County, OH
           • Ira FERGUSON, 31, M, Farmer, 3000, OH
           • Nancy, 30, F, OH
           • Caroline, 8, F, OH
           • Robert, 3, M, OH
           • Isaiah, 74, M, None, 300, PA
           • Robert WEST, 19, M, Laborer, 210, OH
     9. Jane b. 1820 married Benjamin BEHYMER
     10. Elizabeth b. 1822
  2. Zachariah. Born on 16 Aug 1777 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA. Zachariah died in Liberty, Union Co., IN, on 5 Sep 1843; he was 66. On 12 Jan 1802 when Zachariah was 24, he married Mary (or Polly as per IGI) JOHNS, in Greene Co., OH.
  3. Hugh FERGUSON b. Dec 11, 1778 d. Jan 14, 1864 Clermont Co., OH m. Mary McARTHUR; 1850 Census - residence Monroe, Clermont, OH
     1. William H. On 24 Apr 1846 William H. married Margaret KING.
     2. John. On 7 Mar 1855 John married Nancy Hodson NICHOLS.
     3. Isaac FERGUSON b. Sep 13, 1808 d. Sep 02, 1868 in Clay Co., IN m. Mary LINDSEY
        • Elijah L.FERGUSON b. 1831 in Clermont Co., OH d. aft. Civil War m. Cordelia FERGUSON
          • 1860 Census Perry, Clay, IN
          • Elijah FERGUSON, 30 Farmer, OH
          • Cordeila, 23, House Kepper, OH
          • Lorenzo D., 5, OH
            • Lorenzo D. FERGUSON b. 1855 in OH m. Mary FRY Green co., IN
              • Raymond Oscar FERGUSON b. 1893 IN d. 1975 in Long Beach, CA m. Louise Isabel TAYLOR
                • Edward Taylor FERGUSON b. 1917 Long Beach, CA d. 1985 AL
                  • Barbara FERGUSON
          • Orlando B., 7/12, IN
          • Thomas SAIN, 26, Farm Laborer, OH
     4. James. Born aft 10 Sep 1808. In Jun 1837 when James was 28, he first married Nancy L. CORBLY. On 10 Sep 1841 when James was 33, he second married Susan MITCHELL. Born on 29 Jul 1829.
     5. Zecheriah (Died Young). Born on 31 Aug 1810. Zecheriah died on 22 Nov 1811; he was 1.
     6. Elizabeth. Born on 31 Aug 1812. Elizabeth died on 15 Mar 1828; she was 15.
     7. Francis. Born on 27 Aug 1820 in OH. Francis died on 14 Apr 1861; he was 40.
     8. Nancy Ann
     9. Melissa. On 8 Feb 1874 Melissa married Thomas Leaven NICHOLS.
     10. Joseph. Born on 22 Jan 1829 in OH. Joseph died on 17 Apr 1862; he was 33.
  4. Elizabeth (1780-1851)
  5. Nancy (1783-1872)
  6. Ruth (1785-1877)
  7. Isaac. Born ca 1786 in Macon, Hart Co., KY. Isaac died in Fountain Co., IN, on 26 Apr 1844; he was 58. On 16 Feb 1816 when Isaac was 30, he first married Martha ARMSTRONG, in Clermont Co., OH. Born ca 1798 in OH. On 4 Sep 1831 when Isaac was 45, he second married Margaret RARDIN, in Fountain Co., IN.
  8. Thomas. Born ca 1790 in Macon, Hart Co., KY. Thomas died in Fountain Co., IN, on 18 Oct 1894; he was 104. On 5 Jan 1832 when Thomas was 42, he married Margaret TOWNSLEY, in Fountain Co., IN.
  9. Francis. Born in Macon, Hart Co., KY.
  10. Sarah. Born in Macon, Hart Co., KY
  11. Letitia. Born in Clermont Co., OH.
  12. James (1798-1868)

1860 Census of Pierce Township, Clermont County, OH

• House 133, Family 129
  • Esquire FURGASON, 50, OH
  • Mary, 46, PA
  • Elizabeth, 25, IN
  • Margaret, 13, OH
  • Olive, 11, OH
  • Barbary, 7, OH
  • John, 5, OH
• House 133, Family 129
  • Andrew FURGASON, 23, Farmer, IN
  • Maria, 20, OH
  • Astin, 6/12, OH

References

1. Register Report - LEEDOM by Susanne "Sam" Behling
2. Clermont in the Military
3. Federal Census - Ancestry.com
4. IGI - International Genealogy Index
5. Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees - James Ferguson

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