BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FERGUSON
8^th 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 Overton County, Tennessee
Parents:

Married: Letticia "Tessie" Goodwin about 1863 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Born:  about 1836 in Virginia
Died: after 1900 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents:

Children:

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

 

MILITARY INFORMATION

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

S5326

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