Socrates Gamaliel Nelson Ferguson (abt. 1821 - abt. 1887)

Born about 10 Oct 1821 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 19 Oct 1887 at about age 66 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

Socrates Gamaliel Nelson Ferguson was born in 1821. ... He passed away in 1887.^[1]

He served in Company I, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry during the US Civil War.^[2]

The 1880 US Census documents his household living in LIncolnton, Lincoln, Georgia. Socrates was 58 when the Census was taken and the Census records shows his birthplace as South Carolina.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 December 2018), memorial page for Dr S. G. N. Ferguson (10 Oct 1821–19 Oct 1887), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136037292, citing Flanigan Cemetery, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by 1-48069415 (contributor 48069415) .
2. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJF-J29 : 4 December 2014), Socrates G.N. Ferguson, Third Lieutenant, Company I, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 821,719.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GD-Q7S : 11 August 2017), Socrates Ferguson, Lincolnton, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 69, sheet 135B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0155; FHL microfilm 1,254,155.