I believe that there were 3 or 4 James Ferguson's/Furguson's in Chester at approximately the same time. One was a known officer of the Loyalist Militia under the command of the British Army and another one the SC militia hanged as a horse thief. Who were the rest of them and how come no one is claiming the horse thief? haha The Cherokee Indians killed Elizabeth Ferguson Culp's mother Sarah and her brother John in August of 1761 at the home of Barbara Culp McKinney, Elizabeth's sister-in-law. According to Robert J. Stevens "The author Elizabeth F. Ellet recounts this story in full in the book Women of the American Revolution written in 1850 from an account by Daniel Green Stinson (1793-1879), the historian of Chester Co, SC." Where was Elizabeth's father James Ferguson at the time? It's the always the old problem of not enough time or resources to figure out who is who. Then there is the compounded problem of spelling. I think in order to sort them one would have to plot the land grants & follow each family line. Besides all the different spellings of the Culp name, the patriarch of this family was German. They followed the custom of using the middle name, so you will find some of the records of Hans Casper Kolb/Kulp in the name of Casper or Gasper also. Don't you love a good puzzle? Bev Culp Epstein "Genealogy is not just a pastime; it's a passion."

HECK, that is what it is all about solving puzzles I am working on a STONE puzzle now. got some new clues and puzzle pieces to put together good luck with yours. and let me know if you solve it. LOL Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev E" <bepstein@sc.rr.com> To: <scchest2@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [SCCHEST2] Chester County history >I believe that there were 3 or 4 James Ferguson's/Furguson's in Chester at > approximately the same time. One was a known officer of the Loyalist > Militia > under the command of the British Army and another one the SC militia > hanged > as a horse thief. Who were the rest of them and how come no one is > claiming > the horse thief? haha > > The Cherokee Indians killed Elizabeth Ferguson Culp's mother Sarah and her > brother John in August of 1761 at the home of Barbara Culp McKinney, > Elizabeth's sister-in-law. According to Robert J. Stevens "The author > Elizabeth F. Ellet recounts this story in full in the book Women of the > American Revolution written in 1850 from an account by Daniel Green > Stinson > (1793-1879), the historian of Chester Co, SC." Where was Elizabeth's > father > James Ferguson at the time? It's the always the old problem of not enough > time or resources to figure out who is who. Then there is the compounded > problem of spelling. I think in order to sort them one would have to plot > the land grants & follow each family line. > > Besides all the different spellings of the Culp name, the patriarch of > this > family was German. They followed the custom of using the middle name, so > you > will find some of the records of Hans Casper Kolb/Kulp in the name of > Casper > or Gasper also. Don't you love a good puzzle? > > Bev Culp Epstein > "Genealogy is not just a pastime; it's a passion." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCCHEST2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >