Hardesty's West Virginia Counties,Volume 7, page 185, states that in 1802 SAMUEL FERGUSON and Jesse Spurlock were the first settlers in what is now known as the Union District of Wayne County, both of whom built cabins near where the court house now stands. He was described by Hardesty as a distinguished Indian fighter and hunter who took part in several Indian engagements (pages 187-8). SAMUEL FERGUSON, hisfour sons, and his son-in-law Charles Boothe, appear on the 1806 tax list of Kanawha County. No entries are found in the listings of the early Kanawha County land records for SAMUEL. Three of his sons – John, Thomas, and William – are named in the Grantee Index in 1809 in Kanawha
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties,Volume 7, page 185, states that in 1802 SAMUEL FERGUSON and Jesse Spurlock were the first settlers in what is now known as the Union District of Wayne County, both of whom built cabins near where the court house now stands. He was described by Hardesty as a distinguished Indian fighter and hunter who took part in several Indian engagements (pages 187-8). SAMUEL FERGUSON, hisfour sons, and his son-in-law Charles Boothe, appear on the 1806 tax list of Kanawha County. No entries are found in the listings of the early Kanawha County land records for SAMUEL. Three of his sons – John, Thomas, and William – are named in the Grantee Index in 1809 in Kanawha
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