Philadelphia Burch Ferguson

Brief Life History of Philadelphia Burch

When Philadelphia Burch Ferguson was born in 1794, in Mississippi, United States, her father, William Ferguson, was 38 and her mother, Paulina Burch, was 26. She lived in Jefferson, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died after August 1877, in Fayette, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Shackleford
1770–1833
Philadelphia Burch Ferguson
1794–1877
John Ferguson Shackleford
1804–1839
Thomas G. Shackelford
1814–
Edmund Shackleford Jr.
1828–
George W Shackleford
1829–1883

Sources (3)

  • T Shackleford, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mrs. P Ferguson, "United States Census, 1820"
  • P Ferguson, "United States Census, 1840"

World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1798 · Mississippi is Organized as an American Territory

The �Mississippi territory existed from April 7, 1798, to December 10, 1817, when the western half became the state of Mississippi and the eastern half became Alabama Territory. The territory was given up by Spain through the Treaty of Madrid.

1817

Mississippi is the 20th state.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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