Francis FERGUS 1752

Francis FERGUS 1752 - 1841

Time Line for Francis Fergus 1752 - 1841
amended 4/1/04

AGE	YEAR	EVENT
born	1752	8 September, 1752 born in County Tyrone, Province of Ulster, Ireland, His parents were possibly Francis FERGUYS (born abt 1715) and Jane FERGUYS (born 1723).
18	1770ca	Francis immigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary War. It is not documented, but historically reported in the "Fergus Family History" book that perhaps his father and/or four brothers also emigrated from County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland. All supposedly returned to Ireland except one. James Fergus is the brother who remained in America with Francis
22	1775	August 21, 1775 listed as Non-associator residing in Warwick Twp, Bucks Co, PA as Francis Forgey. Conflict and revolution in 1775-1776 was foremost in the minds of the Pennsylvania colonists.
23	1776	3 August 1776 Francis enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War in the PA Militia from Warwick Twp., Bucks Co. Pennsylvania. He was one of 600 privates in the PA Flying Camp in Col. Hart’s Company, under Captains William Roberts and John Jamison.
24	1777	3 March 1777 Francis re-enlisted and served as a wagoneer under Captain Barclay in the following battles: - Battle of Brandywine, Chester & Delaware Co, PA 11 Sep 1777 - Battle of the Clouds, (White Horse Tavern) 16 Sep 1777 - Battle of Germantown, 4 Oct 1777
25	1778	Feb 1778 – Francis reenlisted and served for 2 months under General John Lacey.
25	1778	Francis FORGEY is listed in Warwick Twp., Bucks Co, PA Tax Records for £3 (Continental Book 1778, p. 98-111) and £1 .10sh (State Book 1778, pages 98-111)
26	1779	Cumberland Co. PA listing for Francis Forgay under column for Freemen (probably a tax for horses and signified not owning land, also a single male) Amount of Tax 3 .0 .0
29	1782	Transcript of Taxable, Newton Twp., Cumberland Co, PA listed under Freemen (single), amount of tax 2 .8 .11 PA Archives, Third Series, Vol XX, page 631
30	Ca 1782	Married Mary McCORMICK in Cumberland Co, PA
31	1783	18 Nov 1783 first son, James FERGUS, was born at McClure's Gap, Cumberland Co, PA. James lived in PA until he was 3½ years old.
32	1785	21 June 1785 first daughter, Elizabeth FERGUS, was born in PA.
34	1787	13 Feb 1787 – Francis’s second son, Samuel FERGUS, was born in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. The family apparently moved to Augusta Co., Virginia shortly after Samuel’s birth.
34	1787	Francis FORGUS is listed in the Census of Virginia.
35	1788	In October Francis witnessed a deed in Augusta Co. VA. Deed Book No. 26, page 585 -- Teste: James Guy, Francis Fergus, Alex. Warner, David Hogshead, John Wilson.
36	1789	1 Feb 1789 – Francis’s second daughter, Jincy FERGUS, was born in Augusta Co., Virginia.
37	1790	Cumberland Co, PA Census - no listing for surname Fergus or Forgus
37	1790	Francis FERGUS bought 140 acres in Rockbridge Co, VA. He and his family moved there before the U.S. Census for PA was taken.
41	1794	13 July 1794 third son, John FERGUS, was born in Rockbridge Co, VA.
43	1796	29 August 1796 third daughter, Ann or (Anna) FERGUS, was born in Rockbridge Co, VA.
46	1799	20 May 1799 fourth daughter, Mary (Polly) FERGUS was born in Rockbridge Co, VA .
49	1802	18 Mar 1802 – Francis’s fourth son, Sawyer Baxter FERGUS, was born in Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Shortly thereafter, the family (now consisting of Francis, Mary, and eight children) moved to a nine bedroom Colonial stone house in Montgomery Co. (now Pulaski Co.) near Newbern, Virginia.
51	1804	21 June 1804 fifth daughter, Charlotte FERGUS, was born in Montgomery Co, VA
52	1804	26 Dec 1804 – A marriage bond was posted in Montgomery Co., Virginia, for Francis’s daughter, Elizabeth FERGUS (age 19), and Heazlet SPROULL. The Sproulls apparently lived in Wythe Co., Virginia.
54	1807	15 Jan 1807 – Francis’s son, James FERGUS (age 23), married Rachael MEARS (MARRS) in Montgomery Co., Virginia. They moved to Bethel twp, Miami Co., Ohio around 1808. Miami Co. was organized in 1807, with the county seat at Troy.
57	1810	Francis’s son, Samuel FERGUS (age 23), married Catherine DITTY in Montgomery Co., Virginia.
57	1810	Francis FURGIS and his son, Samuel FURGIS, appear in the 1810 Census for Montgomery Co., Virginia.
59	1811	11 Dec 1811 – Francis’s daughter, Jincy FERGUS (age 22), married Abraham DITTY in Montgomery Co., VA. They lived for several years in Wythe Co., VA, but by 1817 they had moved to White Co., TN.
62	1815	19 Jan 1815 – Francis’s daughter, Ann Fergus (age 18), married William PATTON in Montgomery Co., VA. In 1821, William PATTON became a circuit riding Methodist minister, and the family subsequently lived in North Carolina (1833 – 1835) and New Market, Jefferson Co., TN (1835 – 1838) before moving to St. Charles Co., MO.
62	1815	15 August 1815 son John FERGUS married Nancy GUTHRIE in Montgomery Co, VA. They migrated to Shelby Co, OH, the county next to Miami Co, where John's eldest brother James lived.
63	1816	Francis’s son-in-law, Heazlet SPROULL, husband of Elizabeth FERGUS, died in Wythe Co., Virginia leaving her with 6 children, from infancy to age 10.
65	1817	17 Nov 1817 – Francis’s daughter-in-law, Nancy Guthrie FERGUS, wife of John FERGUS, died without issue.
66	1819	John FERGUS, age 25, moved to Miami Co, OH where his eldest brother James lived. Miami Co was created in 1807 with the county seat established in Troy. In 1819 Shelby Co was created from its parent county, Miami.
67	1820	4 Feb 1820 – A marriage bond was posted in Montgomery Co., Virginia, for Francis’s daughter, Mary FERGUS (age 20), and Abram BROWN. They moved to Miami Co., Ohio, shortly after their marriage
67	1820	20 Aug 1820 – Francis’s wife, Mary McCormick FERGUS, died. Her youngest child, Charlotte, was 16 years old and her oldest child, James, was 36 years old. According to the Fergus Family History, Francis lived in turn with his adult children following his wife’s death.
68	1820	The 1820 Census for Montgomery Co., Virginia, lists only Samuel FERGUS. Francis was possibly living with Samuel at the time. The stone house remained on the tax rolls in Francis’s name until 1824.
68	1821	22 Feb 1821 – Francis’s widower son, John FERGUS (age 26), married Margaret STAFFORD in Miami Co., Ohio. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Shelby Co., Ohio, which had been created in 1819 from Miami Co.
68	1821	1820 VA Census - no listing for Francis, only Samuel FERGUS - Montgomery Co, VA
77	1829	1 Oct 1829 – Francis’s son, Sawyer Baxter FERGUS (age 27), married Julia McFADDEN in Miami Co., OH. They subsequently settled in Grant Co., Indiana.
78	1831	3 Jan 1831 – Francis’s youngest daughter, Charlotte FERGUS, died in Miami Co., Ohio at age 27. Charlotte FERGUS had previously married Cyrus HAYWOOD in Montgomery Co., Virginia.
81	1834	Francis applied for a Revolutionary War pension from Montgomery Co., VA. The application (#R3498) was denied on the grounds that he did not have six months service in a military capacity – apparently, his service as a teamster did not qualify.
82	1837	Francis’s 3^rd son, John Fergus, died 18 Jun 1837 from pneumonia after being thrown from a horse into the Miami River in Shelby Co., Ohio. He was 42 years old.
85	1838ca	Francis’s son, Samuel FERGUS, moved his family from Virginia to Missouri
89	1841	28 Sep 1841 - Francis FERGUS died in White Co, TN at the home of his daughter, Jincy Fergus DITTY. The farm of Jincy and Abraham DITTY is now considered to be a part of Putnam Co (created in 1854 from White Co.) He is buried in the Ditty/Fergus Cemetery, a private cemetery. At the time of his death there were 7 out of his 9 children and 30 grandchildren alive.
	1841	2 November 1841 the will of Francis FERGUS was probated in White Co, Sparta, TN.