Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Page -- Introduction1 -- Sources and Acknowledgments1 -- Future Work5 -- Organization and Abbreviations5 -- Biographical Sketches7 -- Elizabeth Fleming7 -- James Ferguson 10 -- Joseph Brittain, Jr 15 -- John Fleming Ferguson28 -- James Milton Ferguson34 -- Joseph Franklin Ferguson41 -- Descendants Chart .James and Elizabeth Fleming Ferguson 47 -- References99 -- Appendices101 -- (1) Identification of signatures on front cover101 -- (2) Will of Samuel Fleming, 10 Dec 1818102 -- (3) Will of Joseph Brittain, Jr., 5 Aug 1823104 -- (4) Biographical sketch of Wm.Orville Ferguson106 -- (5) Explanation of documents on back cover from -- N.C.Grant No.108107 -- (6) Biographical Notes, Ansel H.Ferguson109 -- (7) Recent Findings Regarding James and Elizabeth -- Fleming Ferguson111 -- Index115

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Ferguson family, Ferguson, James, 1757-1816 Family, Tennessee Genealogy.