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- Buried in (Old) Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester Co., SC. Inherited his farm in eastern Chester County, four miles southeast of Richburg, SC, on Highway 331. Page 185 of "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina", 1982, names him Stephen Robert Ferguson, born on November 26, 1816, died on April 26, 1907, son of Anna Roberson, first married to ??? Jordan, and father of Mary Ann Ferguson. On page 74 of "Captain Bill", Book Three, 1990, by Robert J. Stevens, he is named Stephen Robinson Ferguson, born on November 26, 1815, son of Anne Robinson, first married to Sarah White (then to Julia Ann Culp), and father of Mary Anne Ferguson. Page 198 of "Captain Bill", Book Three, says: "When Gen. Sherman occupied LC [Lancaster County, SC], S. R. Ferguson assembled a group of mounted men and attacked a small party of Federals on Robert Ford's plantation near Rocky Mount and took a few prisoners. Bloated with success, he gathered more men and, the next day, attempted a full attack against the main van of Sherman's Army only to find they had crossed the Catawba River." Page 92 of "Captain Bill", Book Three, says that he died on April 29, 1907. Page 81 of "Tombstone Records of Chester County, South Carolina and Vicinity Volume I", 1970, by Louise Kelly Crowder, says that he is buried in Old Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery near Bascomville, Chester Co., SC: "S. R. FERGUSON / Born 26 November 1815 / Died 29 April 1907".
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1815 - 1907 (91 years)
d. 12 Mar 1903 (Age 81 years) 