Military Legacy Of Wayne County, West Virginia And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775 - 1783) AND WAR OF 1812 (1812 - 1815)

WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME

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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775 - 1783)

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FERGUSON

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DESCENDANTS OF OUR ~ NATIVE AMERICAN ~ CASTLE ~ WOOTON ~ BRADSHAW ~ FERGUSON ~ SAMMONS ~ LINE,

WHICH BEGAN WITH JACOB CASTLE, A LONGHUNTER EXPLORER AND HIS WIFE,

SOWEGE GLIDING SWAN OF THE PEKOWI DIVISION OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE-WYANDOT (HURONS) – METIS.

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FERGUSON, SAMUEL, SR. (1744 Ireland – 1825 Virginia), BATTLE OF ALAMANCE, BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Wayne County, Virginia – West Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Ireland. Augusta County, Virginia. Bluestone Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia.
IMMIGRATED IN 1765: Two British Soldiers, who were cousins, arrived in the American Colonies in 1765: Samuel Ferguson and Patrick Ferguson, who designed the Ferguson Rifle.
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 March 1744 in Ireland.
PARENTS: Catherine Burnett and Adam B. Ferguson.
COUSIN: British Army Major Patrick Ferguson, Light Company, 70th Regiment of Foot, who was killed 7 October 1780, at the Battle of King’s Mountain in the American Revolutionary War.
SPOUSE: Mary Jameson.
FIRST SERVICE: British Army Soldier.
SECOND SERVICE: Virginia Militia, American Colony.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia Colony.
RANK: Ensign.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain Love’s Company, Captain James Moore’s Company, Montgomery County, Virginia Militia.
BATTLE: 16 May 1771, The Battle of Alamance, served with Captain James Moore and Peerys.
30 SEPTEMBER 1777: Swore Allegiance to the United States Colonies.
BATTLE: 7 October 1780, The Battle of King’s Mountain, South Carolina, Montgomery County, Virginia Militia.
APPOINTED ENSIGN, 3 APRIL 1781: Appointed Ensign in Captain James Moore’s Company of Montgomery County, Virginia Militia.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 February 1825 in Cabell County, later Wayne County, Virginia, now Wayne County, West Virginia.
BURIAL: Yes, Place of burial, Currently Unidentified.
MEMORIALIZED: Memorial Headstone on land belonging to Mary and Samuel.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE: American Revolutionary War Soldiers Plaque, Wayne County, West Virginia.
MONUMENT: Historical Highway Marker, Wayne County, West Virginia, 2005.
SOURCES: Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 in Two Volumes. Findagrave # 36221846. Ferguson Family Genealogy History of Wayne County, West Virginia by Evelyn Massie. History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia, 1748-1920. The Peopling of Virginia by R. Bennett Bean by Chapman & Grimes. Virginia Military Records, Montgomery County, excerpted and reprinted from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fifth-great-grandfather, Samuel Ferguson, Sr. on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WAR OF 1812 (1812 - 1815)

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NAPIER

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NAPIER, THOMAS FRANKLIN (ca 1779-1860), UNITED STATES ARMY, WAR OF 1812.
HOMETOWN: Forks Twelve Pole, Wayne County, Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: ca 1779, Virginia. PARENTS:
SPOUSE: Henrietta Hannah “Henny” “Haney” Smith.
OCCUPATION: Teacher of Common School.
3 JULY 1860 CENSUS, WAYNE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POST OFFICE, FORKS TWELVE POLE: Thomas F. Napier, age 81; Henny Napier, age 70.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
MILITARY DATE: 26 August 1814.
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Riflemen.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 2nd Regiment, United States’ Riflemen, Company of Captain B. Johnson.
WAR DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATE LAND WARRENT FOR SERVICE IN WAR OF 1812: “21 December 1819, Thomas F. Napper, Corporal in the company commanded by Captain B. Johnson of the 2nd Regiment, United States Riflemen is entitled to 160 acres of land.”
3 JULY 1860, WAYNE COUNTY, VIRGINIA CENSUS : Listed on the 1860 Census, Thomas F. Napier, age 81, Teacher of Common School, born Virginia.
DATE OF DEATH: 9 November 1860.
CEMETERY: Lower Napier Cemetery, Napier’s Ridge, Wayne County, West Virginia.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914. War Department Certificate Land Warrant.
NOTE: I placed Thomas Franklin Napier on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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