William FERGUSON 
William was born in 1775 in NC (now TN). William 's father was John Ferguson and his mother was Phillis ALSTON. His paternal grandparents were Isaac Ferguson and Elizabeth Edwards. He had eight brothers and a sister, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Isaac H. , Thomas , Elijah , Joseph H., Alston Joseph, James , Absalom, John JR , Susannah "Setty" and Abigal .General Notes
b: in Davidson Co., TN
All of Tennessee began as one single county: Washington County, North Carolina. Created in 1777 from the western areas of Burke and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina, Washington County had as a precursor a Washington District of 1775-76, which was the first political entity named for the Commander-in-Chief of American forces in the Revolution.
As settlers surged into the Tennessee country during and following the American Revolution, Washington County was successfully divided into other county units. When Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796, it had eleven counties, eight of them in East Tennessee and three in West (now Middle) Tennessee. By 1800 the number had increased to eighteen; in 1810 to thirty-eight; and to forty-five in 1820. Between 1820 and 1840, twenty-five new counties were added. The rapid creation of counties was obviously, first of all, a result of population growth; but perhaps equally represents, as a practical need the necessity of shortening the distance to the county "town". The proliferation of Tennessee Counties continued until 1880, when there were 96 of them. The total number was reduced by one in 1919, to the present ninety-five.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.05 Sep 1630 in Gargunnock, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.29 Jun 1662 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- b.23 Mar 1649 in Gargunnock, Scotland d.19 Mar 1717 in Essex, Virginia
- b.~ 1630 in Gargunnock, Scotland
- b.1680 in Essex County, England d.1741 in Goochland, Virginia
- b.~ 1630 in Scotland? d.<Aug 1684 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
- b.1669 d.1735 in Virginia
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- b.1705 in Amelia Co., Virginia d.06 Mar 1764 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
- b.1680 in Virginia d. in Virginia
- b.~ 1743 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina d.1817 in Sangamon, Madison County, Illinois
- d. in North Carolina
- b. in Brunswick Co., Virginia d.1775 in Craven Co., North Carolina
- b. in Virginia d. in North Carolin
- b.1704 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina d.1789 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
- b. in Virginia
- b. in Virginia d. in North Carolina
- b. in Virginia d. in Virginia
- b.1775 in NC (now TN)
- b.~ 1751 in Halifax Co, VA d.UNKNOWN in IL
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Details of William 's family with Mary "Polly" LUNCEFORD
Details of William 's family with Hannah GREEN
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