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From: "Margaret Mabrey" <>
Subject: [FERGUSON-DNA] Fw: (no subject)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:21:19 -0600


This did not come through to the list so I will send it again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Mabrey" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FERGUSON-DNA] (no subject)


> David,
> Do you plan to do the DNA test? I have been looking for someone from
> Joseph's line to do the test. I am descended from Andrew J Ferguson of
> Hancock co, Tn and need to find out if they were related. andrew was born
> ca 1800 and was married to Elizabeth Gray and a descendant has been
> tested. In studying the other 2 matches to Andrew, we think that they came
> from Wilkes co, NC. The 1830/40 census for Hawkins co (War Creek) show an
> Abner, Joseph, George, and John Ferguson. All living next door or in
> close proximity to Bennett Coffey, James Coffey, Benjamin Coffey, and a
> host of others. Bennet Coffey married Sarah/Sally Ferguson in Wilkes co,
> NC. James Coffee married Delilah Coffee in Wilkes co, NC The bondsman
> was a Moses Ferguson who migrated to Bledsoe co, Tn and is believed to be
> brother to Abner Ferguson who was on the Hawkins co census.
> Tell me why you think Joseph came from Avery co, NC? Joseph was
> supposedly married twice before he married Louisa/Elizabeth Carr. I would
> try to find those names in NC, that might help to define the county
> further. You cn e-mail me off list if you want.
> Margaret Long Mabrey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:02 AM
> Subject: [FERGUSON-DNA] (no subject)
>
>
>>I am David Ferguson, son of Dennis Dexter Ferguson who was born 1926 in
>>Sneedville, TN (Hancock County). His father, Wint Herman Ferguson was the
>>son of James Monroe Ferguson born 6/11/1867. James Monroe Ferguson had
>>the following siblings: Mary Ferguson b. 1855, Lee Ferguson b 1859, Vestie
>>Ferguson b unk, Joe Ferguson, Jr. b 1869, Tom Ferguson. The father of
>>James Monroe Ferguson and his siblings was Joe Ferguson Sr., b. 1799 in
>>NC.
>>
>> Joe Ferguson Sr. b. 1799
>> - Mary Ferguson b. 1855
>>
>> - Lee Ferguson b. 1859
>> - Floyd b. 1878
>> - America "Merike" b. 1888
>> - Emiline b. 1883
>> - Bessie b. 1886
>>
>> - Vestie Ferguson b. unk.
>> - Martha b. unk
>> - Hattie b. unk
>> - Elizabeth b. unk
>>
>> - James Monroe Ferguson b. 1967
>> - Wint Herman Ferguson b. 1890
>> - Laura Ferguson b. 1913
>> - Herman Hubert Ferguson b. 1915
>> - Quinten Ferguson b. 1919
>> - Emma Ferguson b. 1922
>> - Dennis Dexter Ferguson b. 1926
>> - Dennis Eugene Ferguson b. 1949
>> - David Lee Ferguson b. 1953
>> - Michael Don Ferguson b. 1958
>> - Basil Don Ferguson b. 1929
>>
>> - Joe Ferguson Jr. b. 1869
>> - Jathina b. unk
>> - Janitte b. unk
>> - Maude b. unk.
>> - Liley b. unk
>> - Gertie b. unk
>> - Enos b. unk.
>> - Dollie b. unk
>> - Tom b. unk
>> - Lon Craton b. unk
>> - Birdie, b. unk
>> - Wade b. unk
>> - Carmon b. unk
>>
>> - Tom Ferguson
>>
>> I have met Enos and Wade Ferguson in person. Wade Ferguson looks exactly
>> like my uncle Quinten.
>>
>> Oral family history indicated that they emigrated from Scotland, however
>> that is the link I have been looking for. Joe Ferguson Sr. was born in
>> NC 1799 and apparently relocated to Hancock County cir. 1830 (according
>> to census records).
>>
>> The 1790 census for NC - Avery County NW section of North Carolina
>> bordering TN shows the following Fergusons:
>>
>> Nicholas Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 1 male child 16+ and 4
>> females.
>> Jeremiah Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 1 male child 16+, 1 female.
>> Joseph Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 3 male children 16+ and 4
>> females.
>> William Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 2 females
>> James Ferguson - 2 male children 1-16, 4 male children 16+ and 4 females.
>> Thomas Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 2 male children 16+, 1 female.
>> John Ferguson - 1 male child 1-16 yrs, 4 male children 16+, 4 females.
>>
>> I would like to see if there is a possible link that Joe Ferguson Sr, b.
>> 1799 could be one of the male child/children listed 1-16 years old. Then
>> see if one or all of the Fergusons listed in the 1790 NC census emigrated
>> from Scotland or Ireland.
>>
>> David Ferguson
>> ============================================================
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>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colin/Ferguson/DNA/
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