Confederates
Name: Furgerson, Rufus P.
Rank: 1st Lt
Unit: 42nd GA Infantry, Company A
Born: Nov 1842
Died: 6 Mar 1925
Militia age (if given):
1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: 405 Berkshire
Age: 16
Father:
Mother:
Wife:
[information in brackets is presumed based on other sources because the individual hasn't been located in the 1860 census]
Family Information: (not from census)
Father: Marshall
Mother: Martha
Wife: Mahaley
Buried: Stn Mtn Cem [Veterans Administration marker] RUFUS P FERGUSON PFC CO A 42 REGT GA INF CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY NOV 1843 - MAY 1925 [Rufus P. Ferguson/Furgerson was a Corporal, Company A, ("Gwinnett Beauregards"), 42nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry]
Roster Information:
Furgerson, R. P. (or Ferguson) - private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Appointed 1st Corporal. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.(Born in Gwinnett County, Ga. November 1842. Died March 6, 1925. Buried at Stone Mountain, Ga.)