James FERGUSON
SOURCES: 1. 1997 Ordinance Index 2. 1998 Ancestral File
SOURCES: 1. 1870 Census Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS (FHL#552253) 2. 1860 Census Oakland, Yalobusha Co., MS (FHL#803594) 3. 1910 Census Coal County,Oklahoma (This record states that Thomas Jefferson FERGUSON was born in Tennessee and Margaret Elner PASCHALL was born in South Carolina) 4. 1880 Federal Census Lafayette County,Mississippi, pg 361 (FHL#1254652) 5. Lafayette County,Mississippi Marriage Book l, pg 59 (FHL#894619) 6. The Heritage of Lafayette County,Mississippi, pgs 502-503 (FHL#976.283 H2he) 7. 1997 Ordinance Index 8. Ancestral File
He married Martha Maxey 6 Feb 1817 at Barren, Kentucky . Martha Maxey was born at Buckingham, Virginia 21 Sep 1799 daughter of Ephraim Maxey and Nancy Woodfin .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Narcissa Mary Ferguson
born 8 Jan 1818.
Nancy Ferguson
born 19 Feb 1820.
Mary Ann Ferguson
born 25 Aug 1822.
Frances Thompson Ferguson
born 17 Sep 1824.
Virginia Amos Ferguson
born 29 Aug 1827.
Sarah Elizabeth Ferguson
born 15 May 1830.
Cynthia Elizabeth Ferguson
born 6 Aug 1833.
Andrew Jackson Ferguson
born 25 Apr 1836.
Thomas Jefferson Ferguson
born 27 Apr 1838.
Martha Jane Ferguson
born 13 Nov 1840.
James Ferguson died 27 Dec 1841 .
Martha Maxey died 9 Sep 1861 at Knox, Illinois .