Marriage and Family
As a young man, Ferrill married a free black woman named Rodah. After Overton's death, when Ferrill had gained freedom, he and his wife migrated to Kentucky, where they were believed to settle in Lexington about 1812.
A few years after Rodah's death in 1833, Ferrill adopted two orphaned children, Eleazer and Elizabeth Jackson, who were brother and sister. He never remarried and traveled often in the region, where he preached at revivals and baptized many new converts.
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