Person

Robert G. Ferguson (Livingston County, KY, merchant)

b. 1825? d. 1902-03-21

Livingston County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Haydock Ferguson in Livingston County, Kentucky, on December 20, 1855. Father of Nettie Ferguson, Robert Ferguson, and Maud Ferguson. Clerk in Livingston County in 1850. Merchant in Livingston County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 286.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 11B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Galveston County, Galveston Ward 1, p. 165B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176, p. 126.

"The River," The Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky), March 25, 1902, p. 3.

Citation

Ferguson, Robert G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206236 (November 12, 2026).

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