1744 - 1780
Patrick Ferguson Scottish Inventor
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| First Name |
Patrick
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| Last Name |
Ferguson
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| Birthday |
4th June, 1744
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| Birthplace |
Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain
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| Died |
7th October, 1780
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| Place of Death |
Near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, US
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| Buried |
Kings Mountain Battleground Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation |
Inventor
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Patrick Ferguson (1744 – 7 October 1780) was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle.
He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, in which he played a great effort in recruiting American Loyalists to serve in his militia against the Patriots.
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