William
Farguson
aka Ferguson
Born about in St. John Parish, King William Co, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Farguson
and Mildred (Marshall) Fortson
Brother of
Elizabeth (Farguson) Biggers, Abraham Farguson Jr., Mildred (Farguson) Biggers, John Fortson [half], Anne (Fortson) Estes [half], Lucy (Fortson) Wright [half], Marshall Fortson [half], Frances (Fortson) Durrett [half], James Fortson [half] and Richard Fortson [half]
Husband of
Margaret (Vivion) Farguson
— married
16 Sep 1779 in Orange, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 59
in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2023
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Biography
The name is Farguson - never Ferguson
Will of his father, Abraham Farguson
Item - my just debts and funeral expenses being paid I give my son Wm. Farguson a negro girl named Patty to him & his heirs forever.
Item - I give my tracts of land lying in Spotsylvania Co. containing about 600 & 12 acres to be divided equally between my two sons William & Abraham to them & their heirs forever after the decease of my beloved wife Milly to whom I give possession of the same tract of land during her life or widowhood.
TAX RECORDS
I only copied the land taxes through 1815 (but not years 1795-98, 1800-1802)
William Farguson is on the PP lists - but never brother Abraham.
Land tax records bef 1786 are in very poor shape, many pages missing. I have copied the pages that remain but found no Fergusons.
1786 - Abraham Ferguson - 204 acres, William Ferguson - 204 acres William Fortson - 204 acres (listed together and valued the same)
1786 - William Quarles - 950 acres + 378 acres from Col. Chas Cosby
1787 - Abraham Farguson - 204 acres, William Farguson - 204 acres William Fortson - 204 acres (listed together and valued the same)
List of Alterations in the district of Anthony Frazer, commissioner from 1 May 1786 to 1 May 1787: William Quarles bo't of Abram Furguison and Wm Fortson - 306 acres William Furguison bo't of "ditto" - 102 acres
1788 - tax lists missing 1789 - no Abraham - William Fergusson - 204 acres + 102 acres 1793 - William Fargurson - 306 acres 1793 - William Quarles 3 tracts: 950 acres, 378 acres, 306 acres 1794 -William Ferguson - 306 acres 1794 - William Quarles - 950 acres, 378 acres, 306 acres
1799 District of Anthony Frazer (district A) William Ferguison - 306 John Quarles - 550 + 378 + 85 + 50 (this 50 bo't of Jos Nelson) Roger Quarles - 400 + 306
1803 - William Fergurson - 306 acres 1803 - John Quarles - 550 + 378 + 86 (the 86 could be 80 anything it is blured) (no Roger Quarles) 1804 - William Farguson - 306 acres 1804 - John Quarles - 1012 ¼ (tax man also entered - 550+378 & 84 ¼) 1805 - William Ferguson - 306 acres 1805 - John Quarles - 1012 1/4
1814 - Land tax of Spotsylvania
William Furguerson of Spotsylvania owned 306 acres on the N. fork of the Pamunkey, 20 miles west of the court house.
John Quarles of Spotsylvania owned 1012 1/4 acres on the S. fork of the Pamunkey, 20 miles west of the court house
1815 - same as 1814 for Furguson. John Quarles not listed.
Sources
- Land taxes through 1815 for Spotsylvania (microfilm)
Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Tax Records (microfilm)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Diana Healy
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~0.78%
Dell Morgan :
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~0.39%
Stephen Freeman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T499594 [compare], Ancestry member sfreem
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