John JR FERGUSON^[1]

Abt 1788 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John JR FERGUSON
  Birth	Abt 1787/88	NC (now TN)
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I650165319	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Ferguson,   b. Abt 1743, Edgecombe County, North Carolina d. 1817, Sangamon, Madison County, Illinois (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Phillis ALSTON,   b. Abt 1751, Halifax Co, VA d. UNKNOWN, IL
  Marriage	1770	NC
  Family ID	F554363661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah WHITSON,   b. Abt 1790   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1809	IL
  	Type: Religious Marriage
  Family ID	F557455742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  All of Tennessee began as one single county: Washington County, North Carolina. Created in 1777 from the western areas of Burke and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina, Washington County had as a precursor a Washington District of 1775-76, which was the first political entity named for the Commander-in-Chief of American forces in the Revolution. As settlers surged into the Tennessee country during and following the American Revolution, Washington County was successfully divided into other county units. When Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796, it had eleven counties, eight of them in East Tennessee and three in West (now Middle) Tennessee. By 1800 the number had increased to eighteen; in 1810 to thirty-eight; and to forty-five in 1820. Between 1820 and 1840, twenty-five new counties were added. The rapid creation of counties was obviously, first of all, a result of population growth; but perhaps equally represents, as a practical need the necessity of shortening the distance to the county "town". The proliferation of Tennessee Counties continued until 1880, when there were 96 of them. The total number was reduced by one in 1919, to the present ninety-five. ________________________________________________________________________ Family Data Collection - Births Name: Ferguson, John Ferguson Father: Ferguson , John Mother: Alston , Phillis Birth Date: 1787 County: Davidson State: Tennessee Country: United States ____________________________________________________________________ Census Report of Williams Settlement, April 21, 1835. Nacogdoches (TX) Archives, April 21, 1835. Vol. 85, pp. 240-245. Census taken by William Elliott of the Inhabitants of Williams Settlement, and return made of the same on the 21st day of April, 1835. John FERGUSON 48 Married 1787 farmer Susan FERGUSON 48 do 1787 Warrick FERGUSON 17 Single 1818 Elijah FERGUSON 15 do 1820 John FERGUSON 7 1828 Ballard FERGUSON 5 1830 Melinda FERGUSON 2 1833

  
  

• Sources

  [source4071140191] Jennie Anderson, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1753502&id=I641837054 The Dawson & Doane Families, (Publication Date: 03 JUN 2010 Media: Website / URL). ID: I641837054 Name: John FERGUSON Given Name: John Surname: FERGUSON Sex: M Birth: abt 1743 in Edgecombe Co., NC Death: 1817 /20 in Sangamon, Madison Co., IL MARR: Father: Isaac FERGUSON b: abt 1702 in Halifax Co., VA Mother: Elizabeth EDWARDS b: abt 1704 in Edgcomb Co., NC Marriage 1 Phillis ALSTON b: abt 1751 in Halifax Co, VA Married: Est 1770 in NC Children Has Children Susannah "Setty" FERGUSON b: abt 1780 in Bertie Co., NC Has No Children William FERGUSON b: 1775 in NC (now TN) Has No Children Thomas FERGUSON b: 1778 in NC (Now TN) Has Children Isaac H. FERGUSON b: 1773 in Halifax Co., VA Has No Children John JR FERGUSON b: abt 1787/88 in NC (now TN) Has Children Joseph H. FERGUSON b: abt 1787 in NC (Now TN) Has Children Alston Joseph FERGUSON b: 1797 in Davidson Co., TN Has No Children James FERGUSON b: abt 1798 in Davidson Co., TN Has No Children Abigal FERGUSON b: 1810 in TX Has No Children Absalom FERGUSON b: 1814 in TX Has No Children Elijah FERGUSON b: 1784 in VA e-mail: Vanillaheart@aol.com