I have been seeking information about my great grandmother, Rebecca FANNIN, born 1850, I believe in the area of Upper Gragston Creek, Butler District, Wayne County, now West Virginia. Her parents were Silas and Polly (Ferguson) FANNIN. Her siblings were Theadore, Easton, Jeremiah, John, Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Belle, Celistia, and William. She married 1st Workman and divorced him in 1877. We were told that she “remarried and moved away.” Not having the name of her second husband has been a major research obstacle. In almost forty years of research, I’ve found no one who has a complete record on her family. So now, I am hopefully inquiring from descendants of neighbors who lived in the area where she grew up.

I have learned that Rebecca’s father, Silas FANNIN served with the 10th Kentucky Cavalry in the civil war. He performed marriages in Wayne County between 1870 and 1887.

Joseph Ferguson 21, VA, son of John Ferguson & Sarah (Dean), m. Margaret A. Smith 19 VA, 9 Oct 1870 [by Silas FANNIN, age about 48]

John E. FERGUSON 42/Wid, Wayne Co., son of Thomas Ferguson & Lucinda (Vaughan), m. Jane R. Smith 47/Wid Wayne Co., 3 Nov 1870 [by Silas FANNIN, age about 48]

Isaac Ferguson 22, Wayne Co., son of Lafy Ferguson & Rebecca Wilson, m. Cynthia Ferguson 17, Wayne Co., d. of Joseph Ferguson & Sarah Booth, 7 Jun 1877 [by Silas FANNIN, age about 55]

Wayne County Death Record: Lafayette Ferguson died 31 January 1898, age 50-10-5, son of Wash and Malinda Ferguson. Information by Rebecca Ferguson, wife. Washington Ferguson (age 29) and wife Malinda (age 30) were enumerated two households past Silas FANNIN in the Wayne County 1850 Virginia Census.

I would like to have any information on the folks who lived along Upper Gragston Creek, Butler District, Wayne County, West Virginia 1850 through 1890. If you descend from any of these Ferguson families, please check your memorabilia and if you have anything relative to the Silas FANNIN family, please share. Thank you.