I have tried to say all along two different families. My line is Sir James Ferguson. Subject: [FERGUSON-L] WILL OF JOHN FERGUSON 1789 FRANKLIN CO., VA Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 14:16:59 -0700 Resent-From: FERGUSON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:15:51 -0400 From: Bushy Hartman <mihartman@InfoAve.Net> To: FERGUSON-L@rootsweb.com WILL OF JOHN FERGUSON 1789 FRANKLIN CO., VA BK 1, Page 50 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I John Ferguson of the County of Franklin and State of VirginiaFarmer Being in a Reasonable State of health and of Sound Mind and Memory thanks be to God for his Mercys, But Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to Say Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul to God that Gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Decently Bruied at the Discretion of my Executors, Nothing Doubting But I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God and as __ such worldly Estate wherewith it has Pleased God to Bless me with I give Demise and Dispose of in the following manner and form (that is to say) first of all I Desire that my funeral Expenses and Just Debts be Paid Secondly I give unto my Beloved Wife Elizabeth the Plantation which I now Live on during her Natural Life also Two Good work horses and Twelve head of cattle of her choice upon the Plantation together with the Plantation utensiles with the Mill and all the __ thereunto Belonging, all my household furniture Also Three Negroes (to wit) Joshua Aiam & Spence and at her pleasure the Disposal of negro Joshua, and unto my son William Ferguson I Give and Bequeath A Negro wench Named Leann together with his Equal share of my Estate not now or hereafter Bequeathed and to my son John Ferguson I give and Bequeath a Negro Man named Jim together with an Equal Share of my Estate Not Now or hereafter Bequeathed, and to my son George Ferguson I Give and Bequeath one half of all my Quarter Land on Big River and Story Creek Including the Mill and Land thereunto Belonging Reserving one hundred Acres out of the place Known by the Name of Masufest(sic) Place and the other Half of the aforesaid Mentioned Place I Give and Bequeath to my son Thomas Ferguson his Part Including the Mill the said Land and Improvements to be Equally Divided Between the Said Thomas and George Fergusons their Equal Share of My Estate Not Now or hereafter Bequeathed And to my Daughter M__ Carrie or Cassie I give and bequeath a Negro Fellow named Abraham and no more, and to Daughter Sarah Weacks (Weeks) I give and Bequeath a Negro wench Named Sill, also I Give an Bequeath to my Daughter Fanny Wade Six Shillings and no more I also order my Executors to Laye aside one hundred acres of the Above Excepted Land out of John Menifass (sic)Tract for the Support and maintanece of my Daughter Fancy Wade and her Children During her Natural Life also a Negro wench named Anges which Land and Negro wench is to be under the Immediate Direction of my Executors to be applied wholey to the use aforesaid and at her Decease to be ___ & Possessed by the Lawful heirs of her Body, and to my Grand Son Samuel Carrel I Bequeath one Negro Girl Named Nuce to him and his heirs forever but of if he dies Before he comes of age her and Increase to be Equally Divided Between my children and to my Son Charles Ferguson I Bequeath the Land and Plantation I now Live __ after my wife Decease to him and his heirs for ever Also an Equal share of my Estate not Now or hereafter Bequeathed, and I appint and ordain my son John Ferguson and Swinfield Hill my Sol Executors of this my last will & Testamant utterly disallowing and Revoking all other Wills Legacies and Bequeaths & Qualifying & Confessing this and no other allowing this my last Will and Testament In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afixed my Seal this 12th February 1789 ~~~ In Presence of his James Cannon John X Ferguson SS Robert Woods mark William Campbell Note: There were a large number of misspelled words. The day in the date was also hard to make out. Margaret Mabrey wrote: > Could you post a copy of the will? I assume that this is John and Elizabeth > of Pigg River, which means that James can't be a brother to John Thomas and > Richard. Their father was a Thomas according to Mrs Abbott and a Mrs Kinser > of McMinn co, Tn. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "preagan" <preagan@new.rr.com> > To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:57 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Ferguson > > > I do not know the age but he would be the brother of Sir James Ferguson > from Virginia and I do have their fathers will. Franklin County Virginia. > > > > > > > Margaret Mabrey wrote: > >> Who was the William who married Elizabeth Dula, and how does he connect to >> Sir James? >> Also did you find a marriage record for Frances Triplett and John >> Ferguson? >> Were they married in Franklin co? or Wilkes co? >> Margaret >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "preagan" <preagan@new.rr.com> >> To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:20 PM >> Subject: [NCWILKES] Ferguson >> >> >> Descendants of John Ferguson >> >> >> Generation No. 1 >> >> 1. JOHN2 FERGUSON (UNKNOWN1) was born in Scotland, and died in Franklin >> County Virginia on Pigg Creek in Virginia. >> >> Child of JOHN FERGUSON and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN is: >> 2. i. JAMES (SIR)3 FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1757, Franklin County Virginia; d. >> Abt. 1837, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> >> >> Generation No. 2 >> >> 2. JAMES (SIR)3 FERGUSON (JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1757 in >> Franklin County Virginia, and died Abt. 1837 in Wilkes County, North >> Carolina. He married ELIZABETH MARY SMITH Abt. 1773 in Franklin County >> Virginia1. >> >> Notes for JAMES (SIR) FERGUSON: >> 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.Richard 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 Smith. They lived on >> Pigg River. The first four children were born in Virginia. >> >> He was called Sir James but no one knows why. Good question. 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 probley 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 Smith are 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. >> >> Elizabeth’s 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. >> >> Children of JAMES FERGUSON and ELIZABETH SMITH are: >> i. ELIZABETH4 FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1773, Franklin County Virginia; m. >> PHILIP DAVIS, 09 March 1791, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> ii. SARAH FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1775, Franklin County Virginia; m. EDMOND >> TILLY, 22 July 1796, Wilkes County, North Carolina1. >> iii. JOHN FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1778, Franklin County Virginia; m. SARAH >> UMPHREY, 27 March 1812, Wilkes County, North Carolina1. >> 3. iv. JAMES FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1781, Franklin County Virginia; d. 12 >> March 1872, Caldwell County, North Carolina. >> v. MARY FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1782, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. JOHN >> CARROL, 18 October 1800, Wilkes County, North Carolina1. >> vi. WILLIAM FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1784, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. >> MARIE HOLDERMAN, 04 March 1809, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> vii. JANE FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1785, Wilkes County, North Carolina2; d. 05 >> April 1866, Caldwell County, North Carolina2; m. WILLIAM BRADLEY, 26 >> January 1812, Caldwell County, North Carolina3. >> viii. SMITH FERGUSON, b. 04 November 1791, Wilkes County, North >> Carolina; d. 05 August 1873, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> ix. MARTHA FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1797, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. >> BRIANT MERRYMAN, Abt. 1818, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> x. GEORGE FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1802, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. MARY >> ESTES, Abt. 1829, Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> >> >> Generation No. 3 >> >> 3. JAMES4 FERGUSON (JAMES (SIR)3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1781 in >> Franklin County Virginia, and died 12 March 1872 in Caldwell County, >> North Carolina. He married MARY CASTOVEN 29 November 1821 in Wilkes >> County, North Carolina4. >> >> Children of JAMES FERGUSON and MARY CASTOVEN are: >> i. ELMIRA5 FERGUSON, b. 09 August 1830, Wilkes County, North Carolina; >> d. 26 February 1924, Caldwell County, North Carolina; m. LEVI EARNEST, >> 05 September 1852, Caldwell County, North Carolina. >> ii. MARGARET FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1832; m. HENRY EARNEST. >> iii. KETURAH FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1825. >> iv. PATSY FERGUSON. >> 4. v. ELIZABETH FERGUSON, b. Abt. 1822, Wilkes County, North Carolina; >> d. Caldwell County, North Carolina. >> >> >> Generation No. 4 >> >> 4. ELIZABETH5 FERGUSON (JAMES4, JAMES (SIR)3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born >> Abt. 1822 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died in Caldwell County, >> North Carolina. She married (1) THOMAS EDWIN MALTBA 27 April 1840 in >> Caldwell County, North Carolina. She married (2) JOHN CLARK 04 July 1860 >> in Caldwell County, North Carolina. >> >> Child of ELIZABETH FERGUSON and THOMAS MALTBA is: >> i. KURTURNA6 MALTBA. >> >> >> Endnotes >> >> 1. "Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina".1778-1868.. Complied by >> Brent H. Halcomb, Indexed by Deborah G. Sherr and Richard W. Lewis. >> 2. Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Caldwell County North Carolina. >> 3. Marriages records of Wilkes County, North Carolina. >> 4. "Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina".1778-1868.. Complied by >> Brent H. Halcomb, Indexed by Deborah G. Sherr and Richard W. 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