Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8808, John Fergusson, Md.
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Service  Number
Md.
Fergusson, John W. 8808 
or Furguson
Catharine
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3704
Kentucky
Catharine Ferguson.
widow of
John Ferguson, decd
who died on the 31 December 1813.
of Harden, in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the the Comp commanded
by Captain Bailey of the regt - commanded
by Col [blank space] in the [illegible]Maryland
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars ____Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of April 1842 _______ and sent to C Chinn
Harrodsburg Kentucky.
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]       840.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4. March 
1842  40.00
880.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the
Recorded by Theo L. Moody  Clerk,
Book C. Vol. 3. Page ) 194
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State of Kentucky
Hardin Circuit Sct
On the 30th day of June 1841 Personally appeared in open court before the Honorable
Armistead H Churchill Judge of the [illegible] Circuit Court for Hardin County Catharine Furgusson a resident of Hardin County and State aforesaid aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to 
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 4 1836  That She is the widow of John Furgusson who volunteered in the Service of his Country in Hagerstown in the State of Maryland in Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six in a company of Riflemen Commanded by Captain Cripup who was afterwards promoted to the rank of Col.  He the said Furguson Served in said Company one year and received his discharge which discharge was lost during the lifetime of said Ferguson what Regiment the said Captain Company belonged to the declarant does not now recollect but thinks the regiment was under the Command of General Sulivan She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid John Fergusson in the fall of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven in the county of Frederick in the  State of Maryland and the Spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine her
deceased husband the aforesaid John Furguson enlisted in the County Frederic in the State of Maryland for the term of Three years and marched in a company Commanded by Capt Montjoy Bailey of the Second Maryland Regiment and Served until
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the battle of [illegible] not recollected when he was wounded and then he received a furlough until he recovered the use of his arm, but that he did not recover before the end of his time  which Furlough was lost during the lifetime of her deceased husband the said Captain Bailey after her husbands enlistment was promoted to the Rank of Major - She further declares that her deceased husband the aforesaid John Furguson died in Hardin County Kentucky on the 31 st of December Eighteen Hundred and twelve and was buried on the 1st day of January (1813) Eighteen Hundred and thirteen and that she has remained a widow ever since to the present period  She further declares she knows of no record of her marriage nor the age of her children but she recollects her first oldest child was born on the fourth day of January Seventeen Hundred and Eighty while her husband was in the Service of his Country
Catharine Furguson her mark
At a court held for the Hardin Circuit at the court house in Elizabeth Town on Wednesday the 30th day of June 1841. "On this day Catharine Furgason the applicant
for a pension herein came into Court and subscribed and swore to her declaration for
the same, and the court as hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said applicant is the widow of John Furguson deceased who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war"
State of Kentucky Hardin County Sct
I Samuel Haycroft clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Hardin and state aforesaid do certify that the above order of Court is truly copied from the record in my office 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this
25th day of August 1841.
Saml Haycraft  clk of
Hardin Circuit Court
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The depositions of John Morris a resident of Hardin County Ky taken in Elizabethtown this 24thday of August 1841 to be read as evidence in favour of the applications of Mrs Catharine Furguson for a pension under the provision of the act of Congress passed 4th July1836
Deponent being fifity two years old deposeth and saith That he became acquainted with John Furguson Deceased and Catherine his wife and now his widow about the year Eighteen hundred and ten that his acquaintance continued with the said Furgusson to his death and with the widow eversince , the deponent knows the said Furgusson died about Twenty nine years Since and that his widow the aforesaid Catharine has remained a widow ever 
since to the present period He further Saith that about Seven or eight years since the aforesaid Catherine Furgusson in company with Samuel Patten who was then a very old man and since dead appeared before the Deponent who was then acting as a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Hardin and State of Kentucky for the purpose of making out testimony and preparing the necessary documents to procure the said Catherine a pension. And at that time the deponent recollects that the aforesaid Samuel Patten did depose that he was in the regular service of the United States during the Revolution and served in the same  Company and Regiment with the aforesaid John Furgusson and that he was well acquainted with the said Furgusson before he was married and was at the wedding when the said Furgusson was married to the aforesaid Catharine and that the said marriage took place prior to the service being performed above alluded to, and he deposed to the marriage having taken place in the State of Maryland but the deponent cannot at this time state at what time the said Patten should have said the wedding took place but suppose he stated the very day as he seems to recollect all about it. What has become of said papers and testimony of Samuel Patten the deponent does not know but understand they have been lost or mislaid.
And further Saith not
John Morris
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5.447  [written sideways top left]
5447
Catharine Ferguson
John of Kentucky [3 lines written sideways on left side of page]

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid John Morris and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions
And I certify that the said Morris is aman if truth and veracity
Given under my hand this 24th day of August 1841
Will.m, Dunavan J.P.H.C.
State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the County Court for the county Aforesaid do certify that 
William M Dunavan Esqr whose name is Subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a Magistrate as above stated and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed 
my seal of Office and Subscribed my name this
25th day of August 1841
Sam Haycraft clerk of 
Hardin County Court
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The deposition of Edney Strickler a resident of Elizabeth Town in Hardin County Kentucky taken to be read as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Catharine Furguson for a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed 4th July 1836. The Deponant being forty eight years old deposed and Saith that she is the daughter of John Furguson deceased and Catharine Furguson  That she knows her father died in the night of the last day of December 
Eighteen hundred and thirteen (1813) and was buried on the next day being the 1st day of January Eighteen hundred and fourteen (1814) and that her mother the aforesaid Catharine Furguson has remained a widow ever since to the present period and further Saith [illegible] [her written under saith]
Edney  [x ] Strickler 
       Mark
State of Kentucky Hardin County Sct
The foregoing deposition was this day sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned
a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid by Edney Strickler, and I certify the said Edney Strickler is a woman of truth and veracity. Given under my hand this3 day of November 1840.
William Dunavan J.P. H.C
State of Kentucky Hardin County [illegible]
I Samuel Haycraft clerk of the county aforesaid 
court [illegible] aforesaid do certify that William M Dunavan Esquire [illegible] subscribed to the
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foregoing certificates is a magistrate as above stated and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine--In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and 
[illegible] my name this 3rd day of November 1840
Sam Haycraft clerk
Hardin  County Court
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December 16, 1927
Mrs. D. B. Shinniock
286 Aycrigg Ave.,
Passaio, N. Jersey
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 8808 it appears that John Fergusson while a resident of Fredericktown, Maryland, enlisted in 1778 and served one year as a private in Captain Cresap's Maryland Company of Riflemen.
He enlisted in the spring of 1779, served in the Second Maryland Regiment until he was wounded in a battle, which is not named, after which he was furloughed, the length of service and nature of wound not stated. He died December 31, 1812 or 1813 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His age is not given.
Soldier married in Frederick County, Maryland in the fall of 1776, Catharine Thomas of Fredericktown, Maryland. She was great aunt of Governor Thomas of Maryland. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 30, 1841 while a resident of Hardin County, Kentucky aged eighty-eight years.
They had children, the first was born January 4, 1780, name not given, and Edney Strickler, the only one whose name
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[continued from previous page]
is stated, was living in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky in 1840 aged forty-eight years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Catharine Furgusson
of John
Kentucky
Suspended
See let: 17 Sept.
1841 C. Chinn

Act 4 July 1836
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5447
Catharine Fergusson
of John
Kentucky
   _____
Admitted
      ___
Private 2 yrs # 80
Cap. Bailey Col 2 Md Reg

died 31 Dec 1813

Act 4 July 1836

Christo Chinn
Harrodsburg
Ken.
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[upper left corner of page below]
1916 Aug. 4 Hist to Laura V. Carroll
1923. Feb. - Hist to Mrs. Blanche Sewell
[illegible] Crawford - MMH
1927- Jan 28 [illegible Manville Carothers
1927 - Oct 11- Mrs D B. Shinnick only
John Ferguson - if desires hist. please state [illegible]
1927- Dec-16- Hisb to Mrs. D.B. Shinnick

[right side of page, below, looks like File card information]
Revy WIDOW,&c.
File No._8808__
Catharine Fergusson
Widow of
John Fergusson
Pvt Md. line
Act: July 4 of 736,
Index:--Vol. A, Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[numbers illegible upper left corner]

8-049.
Ex. Ew    Div  Rev. War
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
[over - is written on top of heading]
WAHSINGTON, D.C. May 16, 1922

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
Name of widow   Catherine Thomas
Name of soldier  John Fergueson
address of claimant at enlistment-& after service
Company  Capt. Cusephs
Regiment  also in 2nd regiment of Md.
State where enlisted  Maryland
Date of birth  Ireland in 1723
Date of death  Ky. 1812 or 13
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner
6--2469                Commissioner.
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[round stamp on left side of [illegible]what looks like envelope]
Pension 
G
U  S
  Jan
      20
     1923
[illegible]

[middle of page]
letter of Mrs B.S. Crawford
 [illegible] Mo.  date Jan 17, 1923

referred to Record DW
for Civil War inquiry
Feb. 16. 1923
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8-049.

Ex  A. W. F.        Div  Rev. & 1812
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Apr. 16, 1927

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

1st name of widow   Ellener,
Name of soldier. John Ferguson July Md
address of soldier at enlistment & after service 
Frederick Co 
Enlisted July 18 - 1776
discharged  Aug 6 1780 -Prisoner
State where enlisted  Frederick Co. Maryland
Date of birth  1723 or 1732
Date of death 
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
Capt Reynolds
Return attached letter with reply.
Winfield Scott [signature]
Winfield Scott [typed]
6-2469        Commissioner.
   over
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He and his family are
on the Maryland Record: of Frederick Co.
census of August 1776 [smearing]
I understand that what is now Montgomery Co used to be Frederick Co.
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MRS. D. A. B. SHINNICK
SOUTH OAKWOOD TERRACE
NEW PALTZ, N.Y.
February 21, 1927.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
John Ferguson of Frederick Co.,
born 1732, or 23, fought in the war of the
American Revolution and I should like very much to know whether or not he ever received a pension.
His wife was Ellener Rezin, and any
information that you might be able to give me as to his place of birth, date of death and place will be most gratefully received.
Thank you,
Yours truly
Mrs D.B. Shinnick
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Mrs. D. B. Shinnick
286 AYCRIGG AVENUE
PASSAIC, N.J.
10-14-1927
United States               Re-Rev. and 1812
Dept. of the Interior     Wars Section   
Bureau of Pensions.      W8808
Washington. D.C.
[round stamp on right side]
Pension
F
U. S.
Nov
15
1927 
OFFICE

Dear Sir:
Referring to the above correspondence,
will say, that I shall be grateful to receive
the full history in the case.
Thanking you
very truly
(Mrs) D.B. Shinnick
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Land Office, Annapolis, 17th December 1840,
I hereby certify that it appears by the Muster rolls of the Revolution remaining in this offices, That John Fergasson enlisted as a private, in the 2nd Maryland Regiment, for the term of 
three years, on the 1st day of April 1779, and on the 16th day of August, 1780, was made prisoner. And I further Certify That it appears by a Pay Role, kept by John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland Line, That John Fergusson, was discharged on the 1st of April,1782, and received $100.20 cents, arrears of pay to 1st of January,1783.

George G. Brewer
Reg Land Off. W.J. [illegible]

Mam, I do not find the name of John Fergusson upon the muster roll of the Rifle Regiment commanded by Col Moses Rawlings, Captain Crasap, commanded a company in that Regiment, but no muster or pay roll of his company can be found.
George G. Brewer
Reg [illegible] off. [illegible]
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Fredk County Md
Whereas I some time since gave a
a deposition in favour of a claim of my
Aunt Catharine Ferguason of Hardin County Kentucky. For a person, in abstance as follows to wit, " That she the said
Catharine was married about the year
1777-8 or 9 to John Furgason. The Minister
who married them was Reverend D
Booth of this county, as I then were told &
 believed. That I know they lived
together as man & wife before he
joined, and after he returned from
the army - First in Frederick Town
and afterwards at my Fathers farm
near Frederick Town. I was at the time
of their Marriage about the age of
10 or 12 Years .  I  know that
Furgason served in the army as a regular
Soldier but have no recollection What
Reg he belonged to. Now understanding that a constraction has been placed on
the aforesaid deposition by the Commissioner of Pensions
That I did not intend
I do hereby further state that at this
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time of their Marriage I lived with
my Father Francis Thomas. Who resides about one mile South of Frederick Town. and that my aunt lived with her parents
in Frederick Town. That my eldest
sister, Elizabeth, went with them to the
Marriage and returned with them after
their Marriage. That my sister and
the Reverend D Booth, are both since Dead That their never has a doubt on my part that they became lawfully Married. Nor did I ever hear such a thing sudgested by any other person . And I will further
state that it was my intention to convey
the idea that it is fresh on my memory
that after their Marriage [written above the word marriage] the aforesaid John Furguson he joined the Regular army and served the whole of the time for which he was enlisted as a regular Soldier
I will further state that I was
Seventy four years of age on the Fifth
day of July last. [illegible] the this [illegible],
Record
J Thomas
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State of Maryland
Frederick County Sct
Personally appeared Before me the
undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the
aforesaid County 
Col John Thomas a man of undoubted veracity and made 
oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1841
Thos Crampton JP
Note the words (The aforesaid John Fergusson)
was interlined before Signed.  JP
Tho - Crampton JP

State of Maryland, Frederick County Sct:
I Hereby certify that Thomas Crampton, Gentleman 
before whom the above affidavit was made and 
whose name is thereunto Subscribed, was at the 
time of taking said affidavit a Justice of 
the peace for the State of Maryland in and 
for Frederick County aforesaid duly commissioned 
and sworn and that the signature purporting to 
be his is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of Frederick Count Court
this 9th day of November 1841
Henry Schley clk
Fredk Coty cl-M
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The Deposition of John Wise a resident of Hardin County Ky Deposeth and saith that he is seventy six years of age that he was well born and Raised
in Frederick County in the State of Maryland that he was well acquainted with John Furguson who mared [married] Catherine Thomas in the County of Frederick in the state of Maryland in the Latter part of the year seventeen hundred and seventy
seven and the said John Furguson in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy nine enlisted as a Regular soldier in the service of his Country in the second Maryland Regiment for
the term of three years Shortly after his Enlistment he Left his wife in Frederick town and march with the army on his Return home he established a Blacksmith shop in said town and
Carried it  on for several years and then moved From there to Hardin County Kentucky where he
Lived with his wife until his death which took place about Twenty seven years ago and the Deponent further saith that the said Catherine has Remained a widow Eversince
the Death of the said John Furguson
And further saith not
John X^his mark^ Wise

State of Kentucky
& County of Washington
Personally appeared Before me
the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for said County John Wise and made oath to this forgoing Deposition and I do certify that the said
John Wise is a man whose veracity is not to be Doubted Given under my hand this 4th day of 
March 1842
James Trent JP
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State of Kentucky
Washington County  Sct

I William B Booker
Clerk of the County Court for the County
aforesaid do certify that James Trent whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is a magistrate and that due faith and credit are due to all his official acts az [as] Such & that his Signature is genuine
In Testimony where of I
I have here unto Set my hand
and affixed the Seal of my
office at Springfield this 16th
day of January 1842
W.B. Booker  [illegible]
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1509 - East 2nd St..
Long Beach, Calif.
July 21 - 1916 -
T.N.M.I
Revo.
Sec.

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Sirs: -
I am looking up the
military record of
-Ferguson given name
may be either Usher, or
John F.
He served in the
Revolutionary War. Am
uncertain as to the State
from which in enlisted
in Continental Army.
His wife was a sister
of Governor Thomas of
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Maryland, Governor Thomas 
was in office about 1750.
In 1842 the wife of
Ferguson was then living
in Elizabethtown Kentucky,
and received a pension of
$1200. from the Government
Any information you 
may be able to give me,
concerning this matter, will
be greatly appreciated.
Very Respectfully,
[Miss] Laura V. Carroll
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Harrodsburg (Ky) April 2nd 1842
Sir
Enclosed you have the deposition of Col John Thomas of Frederick County Md. the Father of the Governor of that
State, who seemed to me to be one of the first Gentlemen of the State. He seemed to have no doubt on his mind
of the Marriage of Mr & Mrs Furgeson prior to Mr Fs joining the army. Saying that one of his Uncles persuaded Furguson to enlist believing that if he got killed his Aunt would not loose much as Mr Furguson was quite a dissipated man, You have also the deposition of John Wise and a letter from the Clerk of the Court of Frederick County Md who refused to give me a certificate under the seal of his office that there was no return of the marriage of John Furguson & Catherine Thomas, Saying the laws of his State forbid such a certificate
These are to be filed with the papers of Catherine Furgeson widow of John Furguson in Support of her claim
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for a pension, which I shall be pleased to hear from
so soon as it will suit your convenience
Your Obt Servt
CM Chinn

Col JL Edwards}
Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington City}
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Frederick Maryland
Nov 10th 1841
C Chinn Esqr

D Sir
I have made search in
the Clerk office of this County, as you
have directed, for the Record of the
license for marriage, of John Furguson 
to Catherine Thomas - but without
Success - the same was said to
have happened in 1777 - my Record
of Marriage licenses commence on
the 19th March 1778
Very Resply [Respectfully] &c
Henry Schley
Clerk - Frederick
County Court
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Harrodsburg (Ky) 2d September 1841
Sir
Enclosed you have the Declaration & Testimony
of Mrs Catherene Furgusson widow of John Furgusson
Deed for a pension I should be please to hear
from this claim so soon as it will suit your convenience
Your Obt Servt
CM Chiney

Col J L Edwards
Comms of Pensions}
Washington City
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United States Post Office     1st Class
Kirksville Mo., January 19, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

My dear Sir, -
I should appreciate it very much if you will give me the record
of service of John Fergueson of Frederick County Maryland in the Revolutionary
War. Some D. A. R. papers in possession of a lady near here shows him to have
belonged to Captain John Reynolds's Company in 1775, and it is thought that he
served one or two enlistments after that time. I have information that he died
at Elizabethwown Hardin County Kentucky December 31, 1812 or 1813. If the record
shows that he received a pension would like names of wife or children if shown.
He was my great, great Grandfather and am interested for the purpose of helping
my daughters prove eligibility to membership in D. A. R.
Thanking you very much for an early reply, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Manville Carothers, 
Assistant Postman.
Manville Carothers
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. F. 8808     Washington, D. C. ,   , 19

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of John Firgusson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

[six column table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (sub headers - CAPTAIN. \ COLONEL.) STATE.\]

1776 | 1 year | Pvt | Capt Cresap | Col [illegible] | Md.
Spring 1779 |[check mark | * | Montjoy Bailey | 2nd Regiment of Md |
was wounded in battle name not stated, after which
he was furloughed

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fredericktown Md
Date of application for pension, June 3, 1841 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Hardin Co. Ky
Age at date of application, She was 86 yrs old.
Remarks: He married in the fall of 1777 in Frederick Co. Md.
Catharine Thomas (great Aunt of Gov. Thomas of Md.) Soldier
died Dec 31, 1812 or 1813 in Hardin Co. Ky. Children are referred
to the only one whose name is given. Edney Strickler was a resident
of Elizabethtown Ky in 1840 and was ^she was 48 in 1840 - 48 + 1792^ born Jany 4, 1780.  
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

G-285C 

* not put in as he was not a Capt. in 1779. see [illegible]
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Rev. and 1812  [initial illegible]
Wars Section
W. 8808

October 11, 1927

Mrs. D. B. Shinnick
South Oakwood Terrace
New Patlz, N. Y.

Madam:

I have to advise you that the only soldier
named John Ferguson (similar spellings of that
name searched) found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau, who served with the
Maryland Troops, was a resident of Frederick
town, Maryland, during the War of the Revolu
tion.  He died December 31, 1812 or 1813.

He married in the fall of 1776 in Frederick
County, Maryland, Catharine Thomas.  She was allowed
pension, on account of his services, on her appli
cation executed June 30, 1841, while living in Hardin
County, Kentucky, aged eighty-six years.

[Handwritten note in right margin] See negative slip for
John Ferguson.

If you desire the full history of this case,
please so state, and the same will be furnished you.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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MM&F
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

January 28, 1927

Manville Carothers
Kirksville, MO.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim W. 8808 it appears that John
Fergusson while a resident of Fredericktown, Maryland enlisted
in 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain
Cresap's Maryland Company of Riflemen.
He enlisted in the spring of 1779, served in the Second
Maryland until he was wounded in a battle, which is not named,
after which he was furloughed, the length of service and 
nature of wound not stated. He died December 31, 1812 or 1813
in Hardin County , Kentucky. His age is not given.
Soldier married in Frederick County, Maryland, in the 
fall of 177, Catharine Thomas, of Fredericktown, Maryland. She
was great aunt of Governor Thomas of Maryland. She was allowed
pension on her application executed June 30, 1841 while a
resident of Hardin County, Kentucky aged eighty-six years.
They had children, the first was born January 4, 1780,
name not given, and Edney Strickler, the only one whose name
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is stated, was living in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky in 1840 aged forty-eight years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Widow had nephew--Col. John Thomas, b. July 5 1767 son of Francis & father of Gov Thomas of Md
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Frederick County Md
April 17th 1841

I do hereby certify that my aunt 
Catherine Thomas has married about the 
year 1777 8 or 9 to John Furgason the 
minister who married them was the Rev' Abe 
Booth of this County as I then understood 
and believe. I know not they lived 
together as man & wife before he joined--
and after he returned from the Army. 
First in Frederick Town and afterwards 
on my fathers farm near the town.
I has at the time of their marriage 
about 10 or twelve years of age. I know 
that John Furgason served in the army as 
a regular soldier but have no recollection 
what Regt he belonged to 
John Thomas
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Maryland Frederick County to wit

Personally appears John Thomas before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid and made oath on the holy evangels of almighty god that this fact are as set forth in the foregowing affadafit and I further certify that I know him to be a man of truth and veracity sworn to before me the 27th April 1841
Thos Crampton

State of Maryland
Frederick County  Sct

I hereby certify that Thomas Crampton gentleman before when the above affidavit appears to have been made and whose name is thereunto subscribed may at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for said county duly ?? and forever and to so be his acts as such full faith and credit is & ought to be given as well in "Courts" of Justice as there out, and I further certify that I am satisfied that the signature of Thomas Crampton to the above affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of Frederick County Circuit this 30th April 1841.
Henry Schley Clk
Fredc Co G Col MC