More Information:
About the David Ferguson Family:
Marriage date was given on Margarett's Confederate Pension Application, dated 21 Oct. 1904.
Ancestry.com
Missouri Marriages 1766-1983 shows a date of 4 Jan. 1852.
About David Ferguson:
David's middle name may have been "Jackson", but this is not proven to be fact. I have found no document
which gives a middle name for him. In an article from the book "Proud Heritage - Pioneer Families of
Dallas County Texas", David is referred to as "David J.".
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Found
in 1850 Census, MO, Osage Co., p. 459, img. 94:
Nancy Ferguson 62 VA
James Ferguson 22 MO
David
Ferguson 17 MO
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Osage
County Court Records 1856
David Ferguson named Guardian of Rebecca Laura Pummell, (Margarett's
younger sister), age 19, child of Sampson and Deborah Pummell, Deceased.
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Found
in the 1860 Census, Texas, Dallas Co., Precinct 1, Image 1:
David Ferguson, 27
Margarett A. Ferguson,
25
John Ferguson, 7
Segus Ferguson, 5
Joseph W. Ferguson, 4 (my g-grandfather)
James L.
Ferguson, 3/12
Joseph M. Pummell, 24
Rebecca L. Pummell, 21
Joseph and Rebecca Pummell
were David's brother- and sister-in-law.
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Found
in 1870 Census, TX, Tarrant Co., pct. 5, Ft. Worth P.O., sh. 533.
Name spelled "Furgerson".
D
Furgerson 38; farmer
Margaret Furgerson 30
John Furgerson 17
Sedgas Furgerson 15
Joseph
Furgerson 13
Leander Furgerson 12
Layfaette Furgerson 10
Laura Furgerson 4
Martin Furgerson
1
R L Fletcher 25
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David
Ferguson enlisted in the Confederate Army on July 13, 1862. He served in 30th Texas Cavalry, Company
I, Gurly's Regiment.
David Ferguson of Dallas County was found on the Confederate Indigent Families
Lists (1863-1865).
I have a copy of the Application for Confederate Pension, dated Nov. 19, 1904,
filed by David's widow Margarett Ferguson. Based on this document, in which Margarett states that
she had been a resident of Tarrant Co. for 34 years, David and family moved from Dallas to Tarrant County
around 1870. They settled in the Arlington area. It also gives David's date of death, 1-2-1902.
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From
Texas Land Title Abstracts (Ancestry.com):
District: Robertson
County: Tarrant
Grantee:
David Ferguson
Patentee: David Ferguson
Patent Date: 16 Nov 1876
Patent #: 79
Patent Volume:
5
Acres: 160
Class: Rob. Pre.
File: 1149
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David
Ferguson was found on a Tarrant Co. survey plat from 1885 as the owner of a small tract of land slightly
SW of Johnson Station, in what is now Arlington, TX.
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Found
in 1880 Census, Texas, Tarrant Co., Dist. 93, p. 107, Image 13. With wife Margarett and seven children.
Occupation: farming. Name spelled "Fergurson".
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Found
in 1900 Census, Texas, Tarrant Co., Dist. 110 (Arlington), Image 46:
David Ferguson, 66, wife Margaret,
65, daughter Alice, 25. Margaret states that she had 10 children, 7 living.
(David's birth date
given as March, 1834 on census.)
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Transcription
of tombstone inscripton from Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, TX:
Ferguson David 3-12-1833 / 1-2-1902
David's
home was Arlington, TX and he was there in the 1900 Census. I have not determined why he was buried
in Texarkana. I have not found evidence of a close relative living there at that time.
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About Margarett Anne Pummell:
Margarett Ann Pummell Ferguson applied for Confederate widows pension on Nov 19, 1904, her pension appl.
# is 10743.
On the application, Margarett (her spelling) stated that she had been a resident of Tarrant
County for 34 years.
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