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JAMES W. FERGUSON, farmer and stockraiser. Prominent among the large land holders and successful business men of Bourbon County is Mr. Ferguson, who was born Aug. 25, 1830, in Winchester, Clark County; his parents were Abraham and Mary K. (Matson) Ferguson; he was born in Fayette County, Sept. 27, 1803, and died Aug. 1, 1854; he was a son of Abraham Ferguson, native of Fauquier County, Va.; his father, John, was a native of Scotland, and emigrated to Virginia; his son Abraham served in the war of the Revolution and in the war of 1812. The grandfather of our subject emigrated to Kentucky, locating in what is now Fayette County, upon lands that he obtained from the government by virtue of his services in the war of the Revolution, upon which he settled; Indians were plentiful; while working upon his land his gun was his constant companion for self-protection. This land is now in the possession of the family name, in Brier Hill Precinct. Mary K. was born Feb. 9, 1810, in this county; she died Aug. 2, 1878; she was a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Spears) Matson, both families from Virginia. To Abraham Ferguson and wife were born eight children, five sons and three daughters; of those living are Robert M., a resident of Lexington, Ky.; Mary E., wife of James Brownell; Lucy E., wife of James H. Campbell, and James W., who remained with his father until he was twenty-six years of age. In 1840 he moved with his parents to Brier Hill Precinct, in Fayette County; Aug. 5, 1856, he married Martha A. Hume, who was born in Clintonville Precinct, May 7, 1830, daughter of Wm. P., son of John Hume, of Fauquier County, Va.; March 1857, after marriage he moved to this county on the farm adjoining where he now resides, upon which he lived until 1875, when he located where he now resides. Mr. Ferguson is engaged in farming and stock raising, and is a large dealer in stock, having been for several years a large shipper, since 1860; he has over 4,000 acres of land, the greater portion self-acquired; his children are William, P. H., Abram L., Maggie B., Robert H., Lucy E., Volney W., Matilda R., and James W.; P. H. resides on the home farm in Brier Hill, Fayette County.
[History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 463
20 Feb 1999 Ferguson & Temison
Have just found handwritten
family records indicating John FERGUSON came to Fauquier Co. from Scotland. His
birth was about 1738. He married Elizabeth TEMISON, whose first husband,
William TEMISON, died in abt 1757. Their son, Abraham FERGUSON, was born in
Fauquier Co. on 3 May 1761, and died there either on 2 July 1840 or 3 July
1841. He married Nancy SMITH on 8 Nov 1788. I see no indications so far on this
site that they actually existed here, but I will keep looking! Thanks. Looking
for FERGUSON, John (from Scotland to Fauquier Co., birth about 1738). Married
Elizabeth TEMISON (after her first husband, William TEMISON, died in 1757).
Their son, Abraham FERGUSON, was born in Fauquier County 3 May 1761, died there
3 July 1840 (or 2 July 1841). He married Nancy Smith there on 8 November 1788.
Thanks for any help. mcilvaine@mindspring.com
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William Abraham Fergusson/Forgorson went by
Abraham Ferguson He md in either 8 Nov 1780 /1781 St James Northam Parish,
Goochland, Virginia - unchecked per LDS records This record may have been loose
and was reentered in 1781. His mother Elizabeth Penman had md William Timson
prior to John Ferguson in Va. He was in Kentucky later after the war.
8
July 1803, Fayette County Records: Abraham Ferguson, Bryan
Ferguson
[Fayette County Records, Volume 2, Michael L. Cook and Bettie A.
Cummings Cook, Cook Publications, 3318 Wimberg Ave., Evansville, IN 47712, 1985
DAR : William Abraham Ferguson (VA)
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