Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Boyd County, Kentucky, hotelkeeper. Virginia native. Father of Jameison Ferguson, Elizabeth Ferguson, Milton Ferguson, Abraham Ferguson, and America Ferguson. Married to Thursey Ferguson. Father of Silas F. Ferguson and Thomas C. Ferguson. Farmer in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1850. Hotelkeeper in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 268A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 797.

Citation

Ferguson, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281364 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
I. W. Woodside to Beriah Magoffin
1860-10

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