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Paul Ferguson’s service in the American Revolution was performed in South Carolina. His service included furnishing horses, sheep and other needed supplies. He also served as a private in the 6th Regiment and as juror. This service is recorded in SC Archives, accounts audit #2361, roll #44; Hendrix & Lindsay, Jury Lists of SC 1778-1779, p 55; NARA, M853, Num Rec Books, Roll #16. The “Roster of South Carolina Patriots” states Paul Ferguson enlisted in the Sixth Regiment on 1 April 1776. N. A. 853. There is a record of a pay stub for 1000 days of service to the SC troops on file in the Chester County Historical Society, dated April 1, 1781. 

Paul Ferguson, my 5th great grandfather, was born circa 1742-1748, the son of James Ferguson, Jr and Agnes Adams Ferguson, one of 12 children. According to familysearch.org records, he married Elizabeth Ann “Annie” Sutton (1742-1824). According to a source shared with ancestry.com, Paul, his wife and some of the children left the Carolinas and moved to Logan County, KY in 1798. In 1799 Paul received a 200-acre land grant on the Gasper River in what is now Butler County, KY. In 1802 he built a cabin there on the beautiful site, possibly still standing. Late in the year 1824 Paul traveled to the north side of Green River to what is now the Dexterville community to visit fellow soldier William Beasley. He died while there on December 30, 1834, and is buried near the site of Mount Vernon Church. Paul and Ann had 9 recorded children, one of which was Sarah Ferguson, my 4th great grandmother born in September 1823 in Ohio County, KY and died circa 1860 at Cromwell in Ohio County, KY. Sarah married John Marrs of Georgia who died in Warren County, KY. Sarah and John Marrs had a daughter Sarah Jane, my 3rd great grandmother in September 1823 in Ohio County, KY. She died around 1860 in Cromwell, Ohio County, KY. Sarah Jane married William J Daugherty (1822-1870) on March 14, 1838, in Butler County, KY. William and Sarah Jane had a son John Shannon Daugherty, my 2nd great grandfather, on May 19, 1851 in Ohio County, KY. John married Sarah Belle Burden (1856-1936) of Ohio County on October 1, 1871 in Ohio County. John Shannon and Sarah Belle had a daughter Sarah Rosa Daugherty, my great grandmother, on August 28, 1877, in Ohio County. She died in Butler County, Ky on July 12, 1964. On September 17, 1896, Sarah married John Robert Baize born October 1, 1874, in Butler County, he died around 1900 in Butler County. John and Sarah had a daughter Vercie Baize, my grandmother, on April 9, 1899, in Butler County and died on December 31, 1983, in Hartford, Ohio County, KY. Vercie married my grandfather, Charles Porter Amos (14 Nov 1874-18 Feb 1934) on May 27, 1920, in Ohio County. They had a son, my father, Robert “Bobby” Porter Amos on October 20, 1932, in Butler County who died on February 16, 2013, in Butler County. He married my mother Janice Rae Rogers (1928-2013) on February 18, 1956. Family documents and ancestry.com, familysearch.org and the NSDAR website have been used to provide dates and places for events.

 As part of Celebrate America 250, the Butler County Chapter, NSDAR members will be continuing our series of articles about our Patriots of the American Revolution. If you Have a Revolutionary Patriot in your family line and are interested in joining our chapter please contact the Regent, Lynda O’Driscoll at 270.734.5137 or any chapter member.