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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FERGUSON
8th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: Mar 1831 in Jackson County, Tennessee (Tombstone says 1839)
Died: 15 November 1909 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Daniel C. Webb Cemetery in Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents:

Married: Letticia "Tessie" Goodwin about 1863 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Born: about 1836 in Virginia
Died: after 20 July 1903 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Probably buried in the Daniel C. Webb Cemetery, Putnam County, Tenness
Parents:

Children:

  1. James Buchanon Ferguson
  2. Benjamin Franklin Ferguson
  3. Francis J. Ferguson
  4. Arba A. Ferguson
  5. Lee Ferguson

MILITARY INFORMATION

13th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company F

ABSTRACT:

  • Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
  • Enlisted 15 August 1862 in Overton County, Tennessee
  • 12 Oct 1862: Present

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

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(Download Full Pension Application)

ABSTRACT:

  • Filed 29 July 1903
  • Accepted
  • Resident of Jeremiah, Putnam County, Tennessee
  • Member: Dibrell's 8th Cavalry
  • Wounded in the Battle of Pain's Bend
  • Born: 1831 in Putnam County
  • Enlisted: 1864 in Dibrell's Command; Capt. Joseph Bilbrey; 1st Lieutenant Jeff Bilbrey; 2nd Lieutenant G. H. Webb; 3rd Parrigin
  • Wounded in head and right hip
  • Wife is 67 years old
  • 1 daughter age 27 living with him
  • Attest: T. H. Webb & W. K. Cooper

Supporting Documents:

  • Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (9 Dec 1905) - Request for Service Records
  • War Department (12 Dec 1905) - Sent Service Records
  • Tennesse Board of Pension Examiners (30 Jun 1910) - Did BFF die?

CENSUS DATA

  • 1850 Census:
  • 1860 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 317
  • 1870 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 288A
  • 1880 Census:
  • 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 73B
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