JOHN FERGUSON,       W.8808    MD     CERT., # 3704
     A private in VA LINE
     Capt: BAILEY
     m. CATHERINE THOMAS, Fall of 1776, FREDERICKSTOWN, MD
     She was a great-____________ of GOVENOR THOMAS of MD., (word not
     legible, room for abbrev., as: gddau., or possibly niece?...DwC)
     JOHN died:  31, DEC 1812, buried 1st JAN 1813, HARDIN CO KY Widow
     allowed Pension 30TH JAN 1841, age 88 yrs., residing in HARDIN CO
     KY.  1st child born:  04, JAN 1780....NOT NAMED.......
     EDNA STRICKLER, age 48, swears she is a dau., of JOHN &
     CATHERINE, DOC DATED:  03, NOV 1840