"Ferguson Families from Tennesse,Virginia, Alabama and Georgia"
Tennessee census record 1850, Shelby Co. Tennessee,
Ferguson, Joseph R.(32)Margaret (30)Benjamin W. (11) Samuel Sylvester (7) Margaret (5) Elizabeth (3) and Sarah (60), Va,Va, Sh-833-125
I think this family was in DeSoto County MS for the 1840 Census
Benjamin Witt and Samuel Sylvester Ferguson, joined the Union Army in 1862, served with Co's E and I of the 10th Tennessee Infantry, along with John Pryor. They mustered out in 1865.
G.A.R.(Grand Army of the Republic) Post 53 Marion County Tennessee, 1899
Benjamin Witt Ferguson
Nancy Pryor Ferguson, Daughter of Matthew Pryor Jr. and Mary Williams.
If you recognize any of these names and can provide information on them, "Contact me, Please!"
My Grandfather,Ulpian Garfield Blayne Ferguson, as a young man in Marion
County Tennessee.