You could post some pictures of the fruit and leaves and someone could probably identify the variety. This article tells about the early figs in your area. Good luck with them.
http://www.common-place.org/vol-11/no-03/bherman/

Thank you. I will post pix of the fruit when we ever get fruit. He and I dug up two rooted woody sections and my husband and I planted them yesterday with some Black Kow. From what I'm reading, it may take two years for it to bear fruit. I didn't know if there might be an old, 'original' variety from which all modern fig bushes came! I will read the article and I appreciate it.

What a wonderful, informative article. My husband is familiar with the smaller Brown Turkey figs. I think the shrub from my Dad's family is a larger fruiting variety.