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RAMSEY
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am so sorry the right borders
are bleeding over on this page. I do not know what to do about it.
I thank Carolyn Ramsay for bringing it to my attention and apologize for
the difficulty in reading. As you can
see this is directly from my files with the information and emails I have
accumulated hoping we could gather
our knowledge and understanding from our diverse exposures and come to a
conclusion about our heritage.
I am particularly grateful to Carolyn whom you can see has gathered immense
resources. I have, of course,
focused on our family's line which diverges from Carolyn's as William was my
husband's ancestor and Randal
was her ancestor. Both were sons of John, Jr. (Carolyn's research).
I look forward one day to reading her information in the book
she plans to write.
The descendancy here from John Ramsey has proven incorrect
for our William Ramsey born in Mecklenburg, North Carolina whose family
wound up in Red Stone, Mississippi, Wilcox County, Alabama. I
continue to leave this posted for others information.
Descendants of John Ramsey, Sr.
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN9
RAMSEY, SR.
(WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born Bef. 1698 in Pennsylvania or ?1. He married MARGARET1.
Notes for J OHN
RAMSEY, SR.:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
1 AUTH Frederick County,VA by 1744
June 20, 1689. Will of William Ramsey of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
To eldest son Charles and heirs 200 acres
called
"Leaf's Choice,"
on
Gunpowder River and 570 acres called
"William the Conqueror."
To sons William and John and their heirs residue of land.
To wife Protasia executrix, dwelling plantation adn
250acres"Sinktree,"on
Chester River.
Test: James Hackett, Thomas Linthicum, and Ann Ray. Signed
May12,1689.(Colonial Marylan d W ills, Annapolis, Maryland, Liber
6,folio59)
November 12, 1691. Thomas Bevan and wife Protasia, executrix of
William
Ramsey's will, conveyed to John Jordan 300 acres
called"
Sintra" on
Coursegall Creek, Chester River. (Talbot County,
Maryland,Land
R Liber 5, folio 331)
p. 119
Hanna's Sc-Ir v. 2, p. 60 Among the early Scotch Irish settlers were found
in Newcastle County, Del and Elk Rivers on the
Maryland
Pennsylvania
line. See Tread of Christian: Presbyterian
church (Christian a raw
South of the Maryland and Delaware Line). also see
"The
Rock" , n o w at Lewisville, Pennsylvania both now Chester
County, PA. Upper Octara dist is now Parkesburg Chester County. This
Conestoga
district comprised most
of
the present Lancaster County , P a .
Donegal
Church was near Mt. Joy.
Lancaster County (See East and West
Notingham
Chester County Pa. Note
a Hugh Glasgow born there.
Colonial Families of the United States, p. 430
Question: The John mentioned as a son of William Ramsey, of Bucks
County,
Pennsylvania is sai Pennsylvania,
who settled in the Cumberland Valley" Was this our
John, SR? Or perhaps a cousin? Sharman
I have seen the book you referred to THE RAMSEYS OF MISSISSIPPI. I'm afraid
Julian is incorrect in his early information about the Ramseys. His book
didn't give his sources, and I believe it might have come from the LDS
Library. Original documentation shows that the two brothers who came to MS,
William and Noah, were the sons of William Ramsey b.18 Feb. 1743 in Baltimore Co. MD and d. Aft. 1805 in Oglethorpe Co. GA. His wife was Jemima. That
much was OK , b u t William (b. 1743) was one of
six children of John Ramsey,
Jr. and his wife, Johanna Stewart (Johanna was the widow of William
Poteet). John Jr. died Abt. 1805 in Columbia
Co. GA. John Jr . was the son
of John Sr. from Pennsylvania.)
The Samuel Ramsey who died in the American Revolution was John
Jr.'s
nephew--the
son of his brother, Randolph Ramsey.
Colonial Families of the United States:
vi. John, of Montgomery Co., PA, who settled in the Cumberland Valley
I tried for years to find documentation for Samuel being William's
particular
one Nicholas Seaver, Hampshire County (W) VA. (VA
Gen.Soc.
Quarterly Vol.
Vii, no 1. 10-Jan-1969...No t e s from
County"
(VA) and where John Ramsey is
a chain bearer for the the later document there is a caveat by a
fellow from Baltimore
have
a Harford
Co.):
Mary Ramsey to John Buchanan 5 July 1763.
My John Ramsey, Jr.(b.c.1718) and his sisters Margaret & Susannah went to Columbia
County,
the
Cacapehon River.
Hope the marriage helps you and maybe you have some
help
COUNTRY for practical purposes -- even though subsequent
campaign of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in western
Ohio in1793-5,which lead to
the treaty after the battle of Fallen
Timbers
(near Toledo) in 1795.
Before 1796, few white people were settled in western PA or
eastern
Ohio, except for some sp a r se settlements on the shores of
the
Ohio
River (Logstown i.e. Ambridge, PA; Marietta, Ohio , e t c).
Outside
of
squatters, like Thomas Taylor in 1794 in
Plaingrove,
(Lawrence county), an d m a y be few others -- there were few white
settlers
in
the
area before 1796. That was the year things opened up. Even
in early
1796,about the first such white settlements were at Wampum
and
Plaingrove,PA. That (1796) was the year of a RETURN of pioneers
to
the
Meadville (French creek) area (settled in 1787 but abandon
in1790because of Indian problems). Quickly in 1 796 m ore areas opened
up in what is now Lawrence county and places in nearby eastern O hi o - - I
believe Youngstown and Canfield, Ohio were both founded in 1796.
The settlers in these frontier areas HAD NOT JUST GOT OFF THE BOAT.THESE
PIONEERS WERE PEOPLE RAISED ON THE FRONTIER by
earlier
generations
living in the east. That is why they had a fairly
high
success
rate
in
settlement.
MOST EUROPEANS (WITHOUT PRIOR COLONIAL EXPERIENCE) WERE NOT
VERY
WELL
EQUIPPED BY TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO SURVIVE ON THE
FRONTIERIN1796.Itis almost a certainty that the earliest settlers
in
the
Beaver-Shenango-Mahoning river valleys (western PA and
eastern
Ohio) had
ancestors that arrived in America before the
American
Revolution.
Beyond that I would be HESITANT to put a specific year on it, unless
your
Kentucky cousin h a s some documentary evidence to prove
or
suggest
the
year.
Ramsey being a Scottish surname, families with that name entered
in
numbers
at several (sailing) ports. A few I know of include--New Castle, Delaware
often going to Chester County , PA after about1715.I am
fairly sure some of
that surname entered through Alexandria, and
Dumfries, VA. I think there is
a historic house called the Ramsey House
in
Alexandria. However , I have not
been able to sort the Ramseys out
in
western Pennsylvania. An early President
of the College of William and
Mary was a Ramsey. He was not known to be
close kin of mine . I digress. I
apologize.
I forgot to mention that it would be the descendants of James Ramsey
who
married the Sally Taylor (1778-1844) who are pretty well defined
--NOT
HIS ANCESTORS, SIBLINGS AND COLLATERALS . Little is know
about
the latter. At the turn of the century there were two physicians in
New
Castle (Lawrence County), PA who claimed descent for
SA
R
purposes, from
a
William Ramsey, i.e. Dr. Samuel Perry, Sr. and his son, -Dr. Samuel Perry,
Jr. (who lived until the 19 5 0 s as I recall). Review of their
SAR applications does not reveal much.
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There is a book published by a James Ramsey of Madisonville, Ky. A copy
of
this book is in the Historical Society Library there. I
talked to
Mr. Ramsey over the phone. He was also related through
a
William Ramsey.His book mentioned my GGGrandfather Daniel Ramsey.
James Ramsey comment on genforum
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Back to Carolyn:
John,Jr and Johanna also recorded the birth of a daughter
Christianna
there
the year after William was born. John and his
children turn
up
in
Orange
County, NC, in 1768 with Christianna's
husband
Jeremiah
Duckworth...both
signed on as Regulators (Regulator's
Advertisement # 9 ).After the Battle of
Alamance, they went to Georgia
where they
were
granted land and fought in
the Revolution
St. George's Parish was bounded on the east and south by the
Susquehanna
River and Chesape a k e Bay, on the west by Bush
River
and
its
headwaters,
and on the north by Pennsylvania,
constituting
the
upper
two thirds
of
what became Harford County, Maryland. The
Poteets
lived
on D e er Creek in Harford County on a plantation adjoining that of
William
Crabtree. Neighbor s were the Pyke, Whitaker, Johnson
and
Demoss
families. Also inside this area was property bought
by
John
Ramsey, Jr.'s brother-in-law, John Demoss (perhaps "Demoss
Gardens"
but
it
is
referred to as John Demoss's farm). This farm had
as its
neighbors
by
survey description : " Ramsay's Reserve"
leased by John
Ramsey,Sr.;
William Patterson's land (is this
"Patterson's
Garden"?);Jarrett's
Discovery and "Two Springs" owned by
Francis Henderson. It
is
worth
noting that when Johanna Poteet first went
to court about
the
death
of
her
husband,
William Poteet , she went with
Abraham Jarrett
and
William
Crabtree, Jr. When John Ramsey, Sr., went to Frederick
County,
VA, some of this Crabtree family went, as well.
Crabtrees
intermarried with
the Demoss family and also with William
Wilbourne's
son who was
born
in
Harford County , Maryland. William Wilbourne,
Jr.,
married
Ann
Crabtree
who
was
sister of William Crabtree , J r . (husband
of
Mary
Pike),
James
Crabtree (husband of Catherine Demoss), and
Elizabeth
Crabtree (wife
of
James Poteet.) The son of William Wellbourne, Jr.,and wife
Ann
Crabtree
move d on until he reached Wilkes County,
Georgia,
where
he
spelled
his
name Welborn. Hepzibah Starnes Welborn
married
Randall
Ramsey's
grandson Isaac Ramsey, Jr., 9 Nov. 1817, in Georgia .
Decendants of the
Jarretts were in Georgia, too.
From what other research I have done, I see that the land in
this
area
had
played out and was not producing well by this time. I
have
not
been
able to
get to the Maryland arch i v e s to check on the
pieces
of
leased
land, but I
know the process was to "lease and release " so at
this
point,
John and his son John must have decided to let it go
and
head
on
into Virginia. Unfortunately, they are moving too slowly
as
the
huge
Beverly tract is
already being le t and they will have to go
over
in
to
what is now West
Virginia and was at that time the very edge
of
the
wilderness. The period
is coinciding with the beginnings
of
the
French
and Indian troubles and
although John has moved
into
Frederick
County, Randolph is right on the
edge in
Hampshire
County.
Look on
a
map o
f
rivers and follow the Potomac back to a
branch called
the
Cacapehon River.
We can plot John and his son John's movements because
of
some
litigation
with a slave:
1743/44 We are on firmer ground with the sale for L10,000 tobacco
of
an
Indian slave named Pompey by William Few of Baltimore
County
to
John
Ramsey (Sr.) of Baltimore County, MD, 16 February 1743/4
with
John
Ramsey
a witness; on the same page is recorded an assignment by John
Ramsey
of
the slave to Thomas Brerewood in consideration
of
Brerewood's
having
gone
surety for Ramsey {Baltimore Co. LR
TBC:429,assignmentdated 2March1743/4, ackn. 7 March 1743/4 , both documents
rec.
8
March
1743/4.
Apparently the Brerewood claim was satisfied, for on 29
September
1744,by
then a resident of Frederick County, Virginia,
John
Ramsey
re-recorded
the sale from William Few and t h e n res old
his
interest
in
Pompey
to
William Mitchell of Frederick County
(Virginia).
{Frederick
Co. LR1:153, ackn. and rec. 4 October 1744}. This
also
neatly
brackets
the
removal of John R amsey {Sr.} from Baltimore
County
to
Frederick
County.
{Balt.
Co.,
MD, Deed Records, Vo l . 2 : p. 181}
( Letter from Neil D. Thompson to Brice Claggett. Note that
Thompson
gives
no indication that he is aware of the properties that
were
leased
in
Baltimore County in 1741 and 1748, }
{This same William Few, whose son Ignatious Few, Sr., was born
in
Baltimore
County, Maryland ca. 1750 and died in Columbia
County
between
1809 and 1810,
himself moved to Georgia before the
Revolution. In1776 he was a Delegate
to Georgia's first Constitutional
Convention,
then
served as a Legislator
and member of the Executive
Council. He
was
Delegate to the Continental
Congress 1780-1783 & to
the
Constitutional
Convention in 1788-1789, as well
as U.S. Senator
from
Georgia 1789-1783.}
When John Sr. released his land in Frederick County,VA, he leased/sold
it
to
a William Ramsey from "Alexandria, VA, merchant." What research
I
have been able to do on William indicates that he was one
of
the
founders of Alexandria and a representative of some firm in Scotland...maybe
from Glasgow. Was William kin to our John Sr? When my
parents
were in
Alexandria , years ago, they went to William Ramsey's
house
and
the docents
thought my father looked like William's
picture.
(Carolyn Ramsey's
parents)
Religion: Presbyterian (A.C. Ramsey, Memoirs of a Methodist Circuit
Rider)
1752, Jan.1 John Ramsey bought 400 acres in what is now
Hampshire
County
{W} VA f r o m the Proprietors of the Northern Neck.(This
transcription
escaped notice earlier, but is mentioned when John
Ramsey and his wife
Margaret sold the tract by lease
and release for L100 with 5s on the lease
to William Ramsey of
Alexandria , Fairfax County , Virginia, merchant,on 7/8
September 1761.
{Hampshire C., MD, LR 1: 83-84, ackn. and rec. same day}
Currently located in the Virginia Archives is this document:
The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron
in
that Part of
Great Britain
called
Scotland,
Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia To all
to
whom
this present writing shall come sends Greeting Know Ye
that
for good landes for and in consideration of the composition to me paid
and
for
the
annual rent hereafter reserved I have given granted and
and confirmed and by these presents forme my Heirs and A ssi g n s Do
give, grant and confirm unto John Ramsay of Frederick County a certain Tract
of waste and ungranted land in the said County including the War Cabins
onNewCreek and bound e d a s by a Survey thereof made by Mr. David
Vance as followeth Beginning at Nicholas Seaver ' s Corner a Walnut Tree
on New Creek thence (S 35 W ?) two hundred poles up the said creek t o
two Walnut Trees thence N 55 W Three hundred and Twenty Poles to a
White Oak thence N3 5 E on e hundred poles to a and red Oak corner
to Nicholas Seaver thence ( ? ) his line N 5 5 E three hundred and twenty Poles to the beginning Containing four hundred acres Together with all
R ights members Appurtenances thereunto Belonging Royal Mines Excepted
and a full third par t of all Lead Copper Tinn Coals Iron Mines and
Iron Ore that that shall be found therein . T o have and hold the
said Four hundred acres of Land Together with all Rights Profits an d Benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining Except before
Excepted to him the said John Ram say his Heirs and Assigns forever He
the said John Ramsay his heirs or Assi gns t here fore Yielding and Saying
to my Heirs or Assigns or to my certain attorney or other way s Agent or Agents or to the certain Attorney or Attorneys or my Heirs
or Assigns Proprietors of the said Northern Neck Yearly and every Year
on the FeastDay of St. Michael the Archangel the see rent of On e Shilling Sterling Money for every fifty Acres of Land hereby Granted and so Proportionately for a Greater or Lesser Quantity ??iced that if the said John
Ramsay his Heirs or Assigns shall not Pay the before reserved annual Rent so
that the same or any Part there of shall be behind or unpaid by the space of
Two whole Years after the same shall come Du e i f Lawfully Demanded
That then it shall and may be Lawful for me my Heirs or Assigns Proprietors as a foresaid my or their certain Attorney or Attorneys Agent or Agents into
the above granted Premises to Re enter and hold the same so as if this
grant had never Sayed
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax withen my said proprietary
under my H a n d and Seal Dated this first day of January in the Twenty fifth
year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith A. D. One
thousand Seven hundred and fifty two.
John Ramsay's Deed
for 400 Acres of Land
Fairfax
in Frederick County
{Northern Neck Grants "H" p.75 (Reel
293)Originalsurveyexists.Frederick County , V A . ,
Library of Virginia Archives}
Northern Neck Surveys - Nicholas Seaver, Hampshire County, 144 Acres
Chester County in Pennsylvania, September ye 16th 1762. This day came Ann
Downard wife to William Downard aged eventythree years or thereabouts
before m e o n e of ye Justices for Chester County first being sworn on the
Holy Evangelists Disposeth and sayeth that she was aquainted with Con
O'Neal & Jean Phillips his wife both of the parish of longhall &
County of Armagh in the Kingdom of Ireland & and that she was present when
the sa i d C on & Jean weremarriedby the Church of England minister then
rector of the said parish o f Longhall where they lived some considerable
time, that the said Con &Jean after their intermarriage had three
Children towit: Arther, Daniel and Ann O'Neal, that Daniel several ye a r s ago
left his native country Ireland & came to America& upon his first
landing lived with t his Deponent about six months from whence he removed in
some short time aftertoye back part s i n Virg inia and there as theDeponent
has been informed Died and that about three or foure years ago Arther O'Neal
the Elder brother of the said Daniel came unto this country & also live d with this Deponent some time & that upon his coming to hir house he after
sometime perfectly well re collected him the said Arther O'Neall
being about twintey (sic) years of age when this Deponant left his own
native country and this Deponent sayeth that she was informed by sa i d Arther
and understood that the said Ann Sister of the said Daniel and Arther
is intermarried with on e James Conlen & is still living and that she
has several children by him and further sayeth not. Ann Downard (her mark)
Sworn before me George Correy
April the 28th 1753. Surveyed for Daniel O'Neal where
there is an Improvement on a place called the Big Meadow being on a Draught of Pattersons Creek in Frederick County . ( 1 4
4acres)Da(vi)dVance,Charles Siler, John Ramsey, chain carriers.
(on back)
Caveated by Wm Ashmore of Baltimore County, Maryland.
April the 1 1762. Summons issued for Ashmore. . .the parties concerned
appearing t i s a g reed that no Deed is to issue til the heir of Danl O'Neal
is proved & the sd William Ashmore is present.
August 8th 1764 Mr G. Jones appearing for Ashmore and the sd Seavour being
preset it s agreed that the Deed issue according the will of Arther O' Neal
Deced only reserving f o r the widow of Danl O'Nealher thirds. Devised to
Ann Conlan of the Kingdom of Ire l a n d&sistertoDan'l O'Neal &
Arther O'Neal & the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever but in
case she or they shall not come to America then to Nics Seaver his heirs and A
s s ign s forever . Reserving to Hannah Ashmore of maryland formerly wife of
Dan'l O'Neal her r i g h t of Dower.(Inanother document she is called Ann
Ashmore, wife of William Ashmore of Bal t i m ore County, Maryland.)
{Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly . Vol. VII, Number1(01Jan.1969)
Notes fr o m t h e County Court Records}
If you notice that Nicholas Seaver was a neighbor to John Ramseyonhisline
for The War C a b i ns then you will see a connectionwithChesterCounty, PA.
Whatever the connection with S e a v er andtheO'Neals, thereseems to be one
and it leads right back to Ireland.Thesepeo p l e appearto also connect with
Baltimore County, Maryland.Guess allthat isnot proof of mu c h , b ut it
surely leads you along,doesn't it? Ishallcontinue to plug along here.
Notes for C HRISTIANA:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Ramsey, John, m. Christian (____), and had issue: Eleanor b. 27
June1741(128: 115).
Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, p. 528
Notes for J OHANNA
STEWART:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Ramsey John, Jr., m. by 1 Dec. 1744, Joanna, admnx of William
Poteet:had Issue: Christian , b . 18 Feb. 1743; William, b. 18 Feb.
1743(5:4;131:118/r).
Baltimore County Families, p. 528
Ulster was nine counties at the time your concentrating on, but
whentheRepublic of Irel a n d came about only 6 stayed with the UK. That's
abigsimplification, but basically I thi n k I ' ve got it right.
ThereareStewarts all over up there!!!!! Have you read up on the Plan t ati
onof1610? Several of the big 'Undertakers' were Stewarts, and of
coursetheybrought th e i r clansmen with them. Not to say relatives, but
peoplewhoused the last name also out of l o y alty. There are pockets in
Co.Antrim,up in the parish of Ballintoy, of Stewarts who cam e e a
rlierstraightfrom Bute, and Stewart families in Co. Down that just came
acrossinthefe r r y on e fine day for no other reason but things were bad
athome,butfrom the sound of you r s t ory I think you probably should
lookfirstin county Tyrone. Near Stewartstown there wa s a b i g group,
andover inthe Strabane-Londonderry area there was another, which alsospille
d ov e rinto eastern Co. Donegal which was part of Ulster at thattime.
Agoodbook to read on a l l t his which gives maps and names
andstatisticsis'The Scottish Migration to Ulster i n t h e Rei gn of JamesI',
byM.Perceval-Maxwell, ISBN 0-901905-77-1. It was reprinted a few y ears
agoby the Ulster Historical Foundation, 12 College Square
East,Belfast,BT16DD, No. Irela nd . The y have awebsiteathttp://www.uhf.org.uk/welcome.htm
and are very helpful. Alsoofcours e ,th e old standby, 'The Scotch-Irish',
by James Hanna intwovolumes is a must. It's in man y l ibr aries, but was
reprinted bytheGenealogical Publishing co. in Baltimore not long ago . The i
r websiteishttp://www.genealogical.com/ Have fun! Regards, Mary in Greece
Notes for S ARAH
ALLEN:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Could this Sarah be related to the daughter of
WilliamAllenofBensalemTownship, Pennsylv a n i a, whose daughter Margaret
marriedinBucksCounty,Pennsylvania, Captain William Ramse y , b . N ov. 1732,
d.aftr1795whoremoved from Bucks to Cumberland County, and afterwards to F
ranklinCounty, Pennsylvania. In 1705 he was in North
Carolina.Wasacolonialsoldier of Buc k s Co un ty in the French and
IndianWar1755-56,hisbrother-in-law, John Johnston being a Lieu t ena n t
ofthesamecompany.After marrying Margaret Captain William
RamseymovedtoCumberlandCo u n t y, Pennsylvania, settling first in
AntrimTownshipandlater inHamilton Township, afterw a r d s included in
thepresent limitsofFranklinCounty.
Children of J OHN
RAMSEY
and CHRISTIANA
are:
i. SAMUEL 11
RAMSEY1.
Notes for SAMUEL RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Rev. Jim Ramsey of Texas. He wrote two or three books
ontheRamseysfromthe Savannah R i v e r area in the 80s. Carolyn
Ramsayisconfidentthat theSamuel Ramsey he descends from i s W i l
liam'solderbrother Samueland thusson of Christiana and John Jr. Samuel
namedhischil d r e n thesame namesJohn used. His sons John and Mathew
diedyoung,and his sonjames went to M i s sissippi, I believe. His books
anditindicates that heknows theylived on the SC sid e o f t h e
Savannahbutwere kin to thoseacross theriver on the GA side. That was US
6. ii. ELEANOR RAMSEY, b. June 27, 1741, Baltimore Co. MD8; d. Bef.
September 04, 1809, in Warren Co. GA.
Children of J OHN
RAMSEY
and JOHANNA
STEWART
are:
7. iii. JAMES 11
RAMSEY, d. Bef. December 08, 1863, Habersham Co. GA.
8. iv. RANDOLPH RAMSEY, d. 1821, in Lincoln Co. GA.
v. MARGARET RAMSEY 1,
m. JOHN GRUBBS1.
vi. UNKNOWN RAMSEY 1,
m. MARTIN MALONE1.
9. vii. CHRISTIAN RAMSEY, b. February 18, 1742/43, Baltimore Co. MD.
10. viii. WILLIAM RAMSEY, REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, b. February 18,
1742/43, Baltimore Co. MD; d. Aft. 1805, Oglethorpe Co. GA.
3. MARGARET10
RAMSEY
(JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born Abt. 17201. She married LEWIS
DEMOSS1,
son of LEWIS
DEMOSS.
He was born November 01, 1715 in in Old Baltimore Co. MD1, and
died Bef. June 06, 1749 in in Opecan, VA1.
Notes for M ARGARET
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Margaret:
1737 : Liuce Demoss ... Baltimore County Tax list showshimonUpperHundred
north of Gunp o w d er Hundred on the propertyofJohnFuller,Jr.,who was
responsible for his tax.
1743, January 6 : Lewes Demorse and Margrett Ramsey married6January1743.
{St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers 1696-1851,HenryC.Peden,Jr.,
Famil y L i n e Publications, 1987, page 189}
also for Susannah:
Children of M ARGARET
RAMSEY
and LEWIS
DEMOSS
are:
i. CHRISTIAN 11
DEMOSS1,
b. Bef. 17491.
ii. ELIZABETH DEMOSS 1,
b. Bef. 17491; m. DANIEL MCCLURE1,
1794, Berkeley Co. VA (now W. VA.)1.
4. SUSANNAH10
RAMSEY
(JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born Abt. 17201. She married JOHN
DEMOSS1
February 02, 1742/43 in Baltimore Co., MD1, son of LOUIS
DEMOSS
and CATHERINE.
He was born Abt. 1720 in in Baltimore Co., MD1, and died March
23, 1806 in Harford Co., MD1.
Notes for S USANNAH
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
John Demoss was born Aug. 9, 1718- St
JohnParishRecords,Baltimore,Maryland-- bapti z e d 1 9 August 1719, and
died23 March1806.He wasmarried when already a resident of Opecan , ( O r
angeCounty,VA) toSusan(Susannah) Ramsey in Old Baltimore
County,Maryland--ParishRec o r d sSt.George's Parish.
1743, February 2 John Demorse and Susannah Ramsey married 2 February1743.
{St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers 1696-1851 ,HenryC.Peden,Jr.,
Famil y L i n e publications, 1987.}
1743,February 2 John DeMoss son of Lewis
DeMossmarriedSusan(Susannah)Ramsey. Parish
records show that John was living at Opecan,Virginia,andSusanin Old
Baltimo r e C o unty,Maryland, at thetime.
1744, Nov.9: His mother Catherine, widow, conveyed to
him100acresonMillCreek in Virginia-
Orange County, VA-Deed Book 1, p. 152.
1755, Feb.5: John Demos was of Baltimore County, when he
wasgivenPowerofAttorney fo r " h i s beloved friend" (actuallyhisbrother-in-law)RandallRamsey
of Brookshire (Hampshire ) , V i rginia.
1766: Demoss, John ..Baltimore County, Maryland
The above named person, a resident ofBaltimoreCounty,Maryland,in 1766, is
f o u n d in the petitionsfor andagainstremoval ofthe county seat from Joppa
to Balt i m o re.
1782, in Hampshire County, Virginia, Census of 1782; head of family of 6.
1783, John DeMoss with John DeMoss, Jr. were in
HarfordCounty,MD.The1783tax list show s t h e m paying taxes in
BushRiverUpperandEden Hundred.
1784, John DeMoss is listed in the St. James Parish
recordsasacontributorto the past o r ' s salary.
1786, December 2, A certificate of survey signed by JamesCaulder.Examined
and approved June 30, 1789, The following endorsements on certificate
amount of John Demoss's purchase: 206 acresforL37-10-9;surplus25 acres
for L 7 - 6 -10. For valuereceivedof my son John Demoss, Jr., I
hereby assign and make over to him all my right tothewithenlandand
devise that grant make issue in his name.Witnesses:JosiahCarter,
William Patterson, & Christopher Jun. Signed:JohnDemosshismark.
1789, June 22, purchased "DeMoss's Garden" in Harford
County;291/2acresbeginning at Pa t t e rson's Garden and
borderingFrancisHenderson'slandcalled "Two Springs" and
"Jarrett ' s D iscovery". (Vol.10No."P"p.340:a Demoss
farm patented to John Demoss ofHarford Coun t yan dma deover to John
Demoss,Jr., was near lands called"Ramsey'sReserve","William
Patte r son 's L and" and "Jarrett'sDiscovery".)
1790, in Harford County, Maryland, Census; head of
householdwith2whitefemales over 16.
1792, July 24 : John Demoss 145 Acres Hampshire
Henry Lee, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,Toalltowhom
these pres e n t s shall come Greeting: Know ye that byvirtueofaWarrent
issued from the late lord propr i e t or's OfficeoftheNorthernNeck and in
Consideration of the Ancient Composition offifte e n ShillingsSterling paid
by John Demoss into the TreasuryoftheCommonwealth,there is gran t e d b y
the same Commonwealth untothesaidJohn DemossAssignee of William Demoss
acertain T r a c t or parcelofLand,containingOne hundred and forty five
Acres by Survey bearing datet h e twentyeighth day of October one thousand
seven hundred andseventytwo,Lyingand bein g i n t h e County of Hampshire
adjoiningGreatCacapehon andnearsaid William Demoss's land a nd b oun d ed
asfolloweth,To wit,Beginningat a Chesnut oak and dogwood on the West bankof
sa i dcre e kextendingthence along the bank of the same down theMeanders of
thecreekNorthtwen t y two d e grees West twenty three polesNorth
sixteendegreesWesttwenty poles North two degr e es We s t twentysix poles
Northtwentyfivedegrees West thirty six poles to a Gum andwhit e h icko r y
onthebankthereof, thence leaving it north sixtyninedegrees Westtwentypoles t
o a hicko r y and Sycamore in a very DeepRocky Gully,thence Northtwentyeight
degrees West t w o hundr e d and twopoles to twopines on ahill,South fifty
one degrees West one hundred an df ifty t w opoles tothreechestnut oakson a
hill, South fifty fivedegrees Eastthree hundred and sixt e en poles to the
beginning with itsappurtenances,To have andtohold the said Tra ct o r parc e
l of Land,with itsAppurtenances, tothesaid John Demoss and his Heirs forever
. InWi tne s swhereof of thesaidHenry Lee, Esquire, Governor of
theCommonwealth ofVirgini a, hathhe r e unto set his hand, and Caused
thelesser Seal of thesaidCommonwealthto be Affi xed at Ric h m ond, on
thetwenty fourth day ofJulyin the yearof our Lord, one thousand seve nhundre
d a n d ninetytwo,and oftheCommonwealth the Seventeenth.Henry Lee
{Library of Virginia Archives; Northern Neck Grants "W",
1792-1795.p.117 - 118 (Reel 3 0 2 ) }
1802, January 16, gave "De Moss's Garden" to his son John
Demoss,Jr.
1803, bought "Traveler's Repose", 127 acres at Belair - Land
Records.
Child of S USANNAH
RAMSEY
and JOHN
DEMOSS
is:
i. JOHN 11
DEMOSS1.
5. RANDOLPH10
RAMSEY
(JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born Abt. 17201, and died in Columbia County, Georgia1.
Notes for R ANDOLPH
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Samuel Ramsey who died in the American Revolution
wasJohnJr.'snephew--theson of his bro t h e r, Randolph Ramsey.
Child of R ANDOLPH
RAMSEY
is:
11. i. SAMUEL 11
RAMSEY, b. Abt. 1715; d. April 08, 1768, Onslow County, North Carolina.
Generation No. 3
6. ELEANOR11
RAMSEY
(JOHN10,
JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born June 27, 1741 in Baltimore Co. MD81, and died Bef.
September 04, 1809 in in Warren Co. GA1. She married MARTIN
MALONE1.
Children of E LEANOR
RAMSEY
and MARTIN
MALONE
are:
i. WILLIAM 12
MALONE1.
ii. MARTIN MALONE 1.
iii. JAMES MALONE 1.
iv. MORGAN MALONE 1.
v. MARGARET MALONE 1.
7. JAMES11
RAMSEY
(JOHN10,
JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
died Bef. December 08, 1863 in Habersham Co. GA1. He married ELIZA1.
Notes for J AMES
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Family of James H. Ramsey @1804 and wife Eliza
@1814inSouthCarolina.Children were: Jo h n 1 8 29-1907; James,
Jr.1834-1861;George H.1836-;Jane 1838-; Sarah 1841-; Eliza Ann 1843 - m . W
arren;William;Joseph;Druscilla m. Marsh; Selina 1858-1918 m.
O'Quinn;andHenrietta
Children of J AMES
RAMSEY
and ELIZA
are:
i. JOHN 12
RAMSEY1.
ii. JAMES RAMSEY 1.
iii. GEORGE RAMSEY 1.
iv. JANE RAMSEY 1.
v. SARAH RAMSEY 1.
vi. ELIZA ANN RAMSEY 1.
vii. WILLIAM RAMSEY 1.
viii. JOSEPH RAMSEY 1.
ix. DRUSCILLA RAMSEY 1.
x. SELINA RAMSEY 1.
8. RANDOLPH11
RAMSEY
(JOHN10,
JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
died 1821 in in Lincoln Co. GA1. He married MARY1
in Lincoln Co. GA1.
Notes for R ANDOLPH
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
My Randolph was grown with seven children in a request
tothegovernmentofGeorgia for pro p e r ty in 1772. He was given property
ontheLittleKiokeeRiver in Columbia County, later mo v e d t o
LincolnCountywhere hedied in1826. His father John Ramsey died in Columbia
Countyin 1 8 05 . Hedid havea wife named Polly . John Ramsey already
hadchildrenin OldBaltimoreCoun t y , MD , before 1745. Carolyn Ramsay
The following are documents for John Sr's other
knownson,RandolphRamsey(he was in balti m o r e County,MD, then went
toHampshireCounty,VA,andfinally was in Columbia County, GA, w h e n h e
andJohn Jr.were in theRevWar.
1748 : Randall Ramsey : 99 year lease made
inBaltimoreCountyon"Randall's Retir e m e nt" Baltimore Co.,MD
(Scharf Collection: Property lease Agreements)
1755, February 12 : Randal Ramsey to John Demos a Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Randle Ramsey
ofBrookshireCountyInthe Provi n c e o f Virginia {Hampshire
County,(W)Virginia}Farmerhavemade and ordained Constituted
and by These presents do make ordain andConstituteandinmy Place and S t e
a d put and
Depute my trusty and Loving friend JohnDemosofBaltimoreCounty and Prov i
n c e of
Maryland Planter my True and lawfull attorney for me and in
mynameandformy use to sign
over to William Few by lawfull Deed of Conveyance or to
hisassignstoandfor their Proper
use a Certain Tract in BaltimoreCountyaforesaidContainingEighty Acr e s o
f l and being part
of my Lord's Reserved Land in said County Execute
andpreformasfullyLargely and Amply
to all Intents and purposes as I myself might or could DoifIwasPersonally
presen t o r a s i f
The Matter Required More Special Authority then is
hereingiveninWitnesswhereof I have
hereunto set My hand and Seal this 12 Day of Febry 1755.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence ofRandal Ramsey seal
Isaac Ramsey James Cain John Peteet (J his mark)
Received and Recorded This Twenty Second Day of March In theYearofourLord
CHRIST one
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Five J B Bordley Clerk
1761, September 20 Randol Ramsey to ArchibaldAikenDedeRandolsRetirement
THIS INDENTURE made Twenty of September in the Year ofOurLordOneThousand
Seven Hund r e d a nd Sixty one Between RandolRamseyofBaltimoreCounty in the
Province of Maryland of t h e o n epartandArchibald Aiken ofthe same County
and province of theotherpartWhereas the R i g h tHonorable Benjamin Tasher,
Esquire HisLordshipsAgentand ReceiverGeneral of and for t h e P r ovince of
MarylandbyIndenture ofLease ( ?) to Date on or about the 6th Day of Mar c h
17 46and ( ? )Between himthe said Benjamin Tasher for( ? ) Behalf
ofhissaidLordsh i p t h e LordProprietor ( ? ) of the one Part and
thesaidRandolRamsey of theother Par t h e t h e said Benjamin
TasherfortheConsiderations thereinmentioned did ( ? emi ? ) to far m l e t
untothesaid Randol Ramsey hisExecutors
Administrators and Assigns All that Tract or
ParcelofLandRandalsRetirement ContainingEi g h t y acres being Part
oftheLandsreserved in thesaid ( ? ) for his lordships Use t o b e h a
dandHolden( ? ) Thesaid Randol Ramsey his Executors
AdministratorsandAssignsfro m th e a foresaid 6th Day of March ( ? ) for and
During theTermofNinety Nineyears ( ? ) Ne x t t o C ome under
SundryCovenantsAgreementsClausesRestrictions and Provisos as in a n d b y (
? )sai dIndentures ofLease maymore fully and a ( ? ) Appear Now
thisIndenturether e fo reWitnesse ththat the Said Randol Ramsey for and
inConsiderationof theSum of FortyPoun d s Cu rrent Mone y to himself in
handby thesaidArchibald Aiken paidthe
Receipt whereof he the Said Archibald Aiken (end of page
21andbeginpage22) herewith f u l l y Satisfied Contented and
paidhathgrantedbargainedsold assigned and set over and by t h e s e
PresentsdothgrantBargain sellAssign and set over unto the said
ArchibaldAikenhisExe c u t orsAdministrators and Assigns all the aforesaid
Tractofparcel ofLand Buttedand Bound e d A c cording to The Ancient
MotesandBounds asmentioned andExpressed in the Certificate a n d Lea s e
ofsaidLandTogether with allRights Profits Benefits Privileges
andAdvantagestoth e s a i d Bargainedand Assigned Tract or Parcel of
LandBelonging orinany wise AppurtainingT O H A V E AND TO HOLD the
saidBargeined andAssignedTract or Parcel ofLand with the premeses a n d A
ppurtenances(under theRights CovenentsClauses and Agreements in the
aboverecitedLeaseCo n t a ined) unto him thesaid Archibald Aiken
hisExecutorsAdministratorsand Assigns for and Du r in g all yet to Come
fromthe Dateof the aboverecited Lease and the saidRandol Ramsey for h i m
self hisheirs Executorsand Administrators dothhereby Covenant (gr????)Agree
toand wit h t h e said Archibald Aiken hisExecutors AdministratorsandAssigns
that he thesaid Randal Ram s e y s halland will Warrant andDefendthe said
BargainedTract of parcel of land withthe Prem e s e sandAppurtanances unto
him thesaid Archibald AikenhisExecutorsAdministrators and Ass i g n s for
andDuring theTermabovementioned (andunder the Aforesaid Rents
CovenantsClauses Ag r eements) against all andall Manner of Person or
personsLawfully Claimingorhereafter Lawf u l l yto Claim from by or under
him thesaid RandolRamseyhis Heirs Executorsor Administrastor s
(end of page 22 beginning of page 23
First above Written Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of NBuxtonGay
John Demos (his mark) Attorney for Randol Ramsey
LICENCE is hereby given to Randol Ramsey to Sell and
AssignthewithinTractof Land to Arc h i b ald Aiken he having paid
meEightShillingsSterling forthis Licence for the use of th e L o r
dBaltimore byOrder ofEdward LoydEsquire his Lordships Agent as Witness
myhand Sealt h i s 2 5thday ofSeptember 1761 N Buxton Gay seal
On the Twenty fifth day of September 1761 Came the
withinnamedJohnDemosbefore us the S u b s cribers two Justices of the Peace
fortheCountyofBaltimore and by Virtue of a Power of A t t o rney
forthatpurposefromRandol Ramsey Acknowledged the within Deed to be his
Actanda l l t heRight and Title of the said Randol Ramsey to
thewithinBargainedandAssigned Tract or p a rc e l of Land to be the Right
andTitleof thewithinnamed Archibald Aiken his Executors Admi n is t
ratorsorAssigns asWitnessour Hands------------------
N Buxton Gay Thos. Franklin
1762 RECEIVED and Recorded this twenty second Day of March IntheYearofour
Lord CHRI S T o n e Thousand Seven Hundred and SixtyTwoBBordleyclerk
For Randal Ramsey
1761, September 25th
Received of Archibald Akin The Sum of forty Pounds CurrentMoneyfortheuse
of Randal
Ramsey being the Consideration Money mentioned in
thewithinDeedaswitnessed by my
hand John E Demos Attorney for RandalRamseyTest:NBuxton Gay
License is hereby given to Randal Ramsey to Sell and assignthe?ithTractof
Land to
Archibald Akin he having paid me Eight Shillings SterlingfortheLicencefor
the use of the
Lord Baltimore by order of Edward Loyd Esquire
hisLordship'sAgentasWitness my hand
Seal this 25th Day of September 1761. NBuxton Gay seal
1761, Aug. 17: The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax
BaronofCameroninthat part of G r e a t Britain Called Scotland
ProprietoroftheNorthernNeck of Virginia To all to who m t h i s
presentwritingshallcome sendsGreeting. Know yee that for good causes
for&inconsi d e r ation of theCompensation to me paid & for
theannualrenthereinafter reserved I have gi v e n granted & confirmed
&bythesepresents for me my Heirs and AssignsDo give grant & con f i
r muntoJacobLerue of Frederick County a certainTract of waste &
ungrantedLandonthe N . W e s t-side of Great Cacapehonin Hampshire
CountybetweenRandallRamsay's Survey and Willi a m D e moss &bounded as
by asurveythereof madeby John Mauzy as follows BEGINNING atthr e e you n
gwhiteoaks by abranch that empties itself at the shallowford
aboveWilliamDemosses t h e n S 20* W one hundred & six poles to awhite
oak on ahill, S70* Eone hundred and eigh t e e n poles to a whiteoak on the
saidHillthen S55* E one hundred and forty seven pol e s t o ay oung
Dogwoodby theRiverthen down the riverN 13* E sixty poles to ahickory &
youn g su gar tree alittle above the mouth of the said branch,then N 59* W
twohundred&sixty sev e n po le s to the BEGINNING containingone
hundredandseventeenAcres.Together with all Righ t s Memb er s&appurtenancesthereuntobelonging
Royal Mines Excepted and a fullthirdpart of a l l Lea d CopperTinn Coals
Iron Mine & Iron Ore thatshallbefound thereon Tohave andto ho l d t h e
said one hundred &seventeenAcresof land Togetherwith allRights Profits
and benef i t s t othe samebelonging or in anywiseappertaining Except before
Excepted Tohim thes a i d Jac ob Leruehisheirs or Assigns forever he the
said JacobLeruehis Heirs orAssignsthere f o r e yielding & paying to me
my heirsorAssigns or to mycertainAttorney or Attornies Ag e n t o r Agents
or tothecertain AttorneyorAttornies of my heirs or Assigns Proprietors o f
th es aid NorthernNeckyearly & every year on the feast day of St.
MichaeltheArchangelthe f e e re nt of one shilling Sterling money for
everyfiftyAcres oflandtruly granted & so prop o r tion ably for a
greaterorlesserQuantity.Provided that if the said Jacob Lerue his hei r s o
rAssignsshall not paythe said reserved annual rent as aforesaid so
thatthesameor an y p ar tthe reof be behind or unpaid by the space of
twowholeyearsafter thesame shall becom e d u e if L egally Demanded thatthen
itshall &may belawful for me my Heirs or Assigns prop rie t ors
asaforesaid my ortheircertain Attorney or Attornies Agent or Agentsintothe
abovegr a n tedP remesis to Enter & hold the same so as if thisGranthad
neverpassed.
Given at my Office in the County of Fairfax withinmysaidProprietaryunder
my hand & S e a l . Dated this seventeenth dayofAugustin thefirst year
of his Majesty King George th e T h i rd'sReign.AD1761.Fairfax
Jacob Lerue's Deed for 117 Acres.
{Library of Virginia Archives; Northern Neck Grants "K",
1757-1762,p.316(reel 294)}
This tells us that Randolph Ramsey still owns the
pieceofpropertyinHampshire Coun t y i n 1 761, and he has not left the
areayet.So farIhave been unable to locate Randolph' s g ra n t
fortheHampshireCounty,(W)VA property.
1785, February 8 ; John and Mary Ramsey to William
Ramsey,250acresonLyall's Ford on Li t t l e River bounded south by
JohnHollidayandallother sides vacant at time of survey a n d t o u
sgranted20February1784. s/ John Ramsey, Mary Ramsey
Witnesses: Randel Ramsey, Senr.
Randolph Ramsey, Jr.
This is Randolph Ramsey, Sr.'s son John Ramsey and hiswifeMary(Culbreath
or McNeil ) d e e ding property to hisfirstcousinWilliamRamsey, son of John
Ramsey, Sr. Witnesses ar e J o hn'sfather,Randolph"Randel"Ramsey,
and William's brother Randolph, Jr.(socalledbecau s e h e carries the same
name as his uncle.)
1797, June 24 Georgia... This Indenture made the twenty fourthdayofJunein
the yea r o f o u r Lord on
thousand Seven hundred and Ninty Seven.BetweenRandelRamsey,Sen. of the
County of Columbia and State aforesaid of theonepartandWilliam Smith of
th e C o u nty
and State aforesaid of the other part WITNESSETHthatthesaidRandel Ramsey
, f o r a nd
in consideration of the Sum of one hundred dollars tohiminhandwell and
Tru l y p a id by
the Said William Smith at or before the Sealinganddeliveryofthese
presents the
receipt whereof is hereby AcknowledgedhavegrantedBargainedSold conveyed
and
confirmed and by these presents Do grant bargainsellconveyandconfirm unto
the
Said William Smith his heirs and assigns for everallthatTractof Parcel o
f l a n d Situate
lying and being in the county and State aforesaidonthewatersof the Little
Ki o k e e
Creekcontaining one hundred acres more of lessboundedatthetime of survey
Southwardly by Roughboroughs land eastwardlybyRamsey'slandand on the
other as
sides by Thornton's land ORIGINALLY granted totheSaidRandelRamsey,
Referance
beinghad to the Original grant will morefullyappearTOGETHERwith all and
Sing u l a r
The rights members and appurtenances whatsoever totheSaidTractof Land
being
belonging or in any wise appertainingandtheremainderreversionrents issues
and
profits thereof and of every part thereof TO HAVE ANDTOHOLDthesaid Tract
o f l a n d
and all and singular the premesisandappurtenancesthereuntobelonging as
afore s a i d
and every part thereof unto the Said William Smithhisheirsandassigns to
th e o n l y
Proper use benefit and behoof of the Said WilliamSmithhisheirsand assign
s f o r e ver
and the Said Randel Ramsey doth for himselvesandhisheirsforeverwarrant
and
defend the said Tract of land and premesisagainsthimselfhisheirs and
again s t a l l
and every other person or persons what Soever totheSaidWilliamSmith his
heirs
and assigns forever IN WITNESS whereof theSaidRandelRamseyhath here unto
set
his hand and seal The day and year first within.
( ) written ( ) and delivered in thePresentsofRandelRamsey Sr
Test Noah Ramsey
Isaac Ramsey
Received the consideration money within mentionedthedayandyear within
written
per me.Randel Ramsey Sr
Test Isaac Ramsey
Noah Ramsey
Isaac Ramsey is either son or brother of Randel Ramsey,Sr.,andNoahRamsey
is the gran d s o n of Randel's brother John Ramsey.Noahisthe sonof John's
son William and his wife Je m i m a Ramsey.
1802, May 11 Randel Ramsey to William Smith deed100acresRecordedthe 11th
May 1802
1802, May 1 Noah Ramsery being sworn saith that he was present and saw Randel
Ram s e y S r
Sign Seal acknowledge and deliver the annexed deed as his act for the purpose
t h e r ein
mentioned and that Isaac Ramsey was alsopresentandsubscribedhis name as a
w i t n ess with him.
Sworn to me the 1st day May 1802Noah Ramsey
Thomas Moon JP
1773, December 25 { Columbia County Deed Book "E"}
RandolphRamseytoJohnand Samuel Ramsey
Georgia, St. Paul's Parish To All People to whomthesepresentsShallCome
that I Ran d e l R amsey do send Greeting Know yethatthe SaidRandelRamsey of
the Said province of Geor g i a i n the Saidparishof SaintPaulHusband man
for and in consideration of the love andaffe c tio n whichIhave and do bear
towards my only son John Ramsey andsonSamuelRamseyand Isaac R a m s ey all
three of the said Provinceandparishabovementioned have given and grannted an
d b y T h ese presenntsdofreelygiveand grant unto the said John Samuel and
Isaac Ramsey their heirs Executors administrators all and Singular that part
andparceloflandlying and being i n t h e S aid province of Georgia and
parishofStPaulContaininng three hundred acres of Land m o r e o r less
lyingandbeinguponthe creek called by the name of Little Cyogus on the water
s o fSavannahRiver butting and bounding on the East by land
formerlybelongingtoJamsGrave s a n d on a ll other sides by lands surveyed
Takenupbeingandlyingon both sides of the Said C re e k calle d by the
nameofLittleCyogushaving affirmed assigned allowed Conveyed and confir m e
dandb ythesepresents do grant convey and confirm unto the
SaidJohnRamseySamlRammse y a n d Isaa c Ramsey the said plantation or
Tractoflandcontainingthree hundred acres to be E qua l ly div ided among
theSaidJohnRamseySamuel Ramsey and the said Isaac Ramsey with all th e or
chards,gardens,yards, pastures , pasture Grounds, Timber Treesponds,waterand
watercour s e s , well, Springs, Buildings, DwellingHouse,Houses,and
Singularparcel and parcels of t h e S a id Tract ofthreehundred acresof land
willall convinen(??) and all and Singular ToHa v e an d To Holdthe
Saidplantation of three hundred acres to theirheirsExecutorsandAdministra t
o r s to have and to hold the Saidpremisestogether withallthe woods,
woodland paths, ways , p r o fiits,commodities,andappurtenanceswhatsoever
and the reversion and ReversionsRemaind e r a ndremaindersrents and profits,
Issues of all and Singularthe premesesasabovehereafter m e n t ioned To have
and to hold all andSingularthepremeseswith the appurtenances aforesai d u n
t o the Said JohnRamseyandSamuelRamsey and Isaac Ramsey their heirs and
assigns forev e r an dtheSaidRandel Ramsey for himself and his heirs
Executorsandadministratorshaveby Cove n a n t with the Said John Ramsey
SamuelRamseyand IsaacRamseytheir Executors administrato r s a n d assigns of
thesaidRandelRamsey docovenant and grant all and singular my Goods and C
hatt l enowlying uponthe Same plantation above mentionned and in
theDwelinghouseof whichbe f o r e the signing of these presents
havedelivered themtheSaid JohnSamuel Isaac Ramsey and I n v e ntory
signedwith my own handtwonegrofellows one named Tom and the other named
Peter- o f c o wshorses,Sheepswine house ould goods (?e) bearing date To
haveand to holdall thesaidg o o d s and Chattles in and with the Same
Premesisto these mysonsJohnSamuel Isaac Ramsey th e i r h eirs
Executorsadministrators fromhenceforthas their and their proper goods and
preme s es ab solutelywithoutanymanner of Condition In witness whereof I
havehereunto put myhanda n d Sea l this 25 day of December one thousand
SevenhundredandSeventythree and in the therti e t h ye ar of our Soverign
LordGeorgethethird.
{note that all y t (that) is enter Signed in thesepresentswaswrotebefore
si g n e d and delivered]RandelRamseyLS
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of John RamseyMartinMellown
{ The first witness is probably Randel's brother John Ramseyastheotherone
is John' s s o n -in-law, Martin Malone/ Mellown ,hisdaughterEleanor'shusband.)
1803, February 28 Personally appeared before meMartinMellownandmade oath
tha t h e s a w
Randel Ramsey sign the within deed andthathehimselfwas Subscribing
witness to the best of his KnowledgeMartMellown
Sworn to before me the 28th February 1803 Wm Ford JP
1797, July 14 Columbia County Deed Book "D"page130
Randal Ramsey to Isaac Ramsey bill of SaleRecordedJuly14th1791
Know all men by these presents that I RandalRamseytheelderof the State o
f G e o rgia
and County of Columbia havebargained,Sold,anddelivere d a n d b y these
presents
doth bargain , Sell, and deliver unto Isaac RamseyoftheStateand County
afo r e s aid
the whole of my Personal Property Consisting ofTennegroes(towit) Three
fel l o w s
named Sawney, Luke, and Simon. Sarah a wenchandherthreechildren named
Tom,
Lucy and Jim, also one other negro wench namedFlora,andhertwo children n
a m e d Jane & Tiller three headofHorsesmystock of cattle hogs, &
sheep my hous e h o ld
furniture & plantation tools. TogetherwitheveryotherSpecies of
personal p r o p erty
which I do now hold or claim in either law or equityforandinconsiderat i
o n o f the
sum of Seventeen hundred twelve dollars andSeventyfivecentscurrent and
law f u l l
money of the State aforesaid tohimtheSaidRandal Ramsey i n h a n d well
& truly paid
by the Said Isaac Ramsey at or before theSealinganddeliveryof these pres
e n t s the
( receipt?) in lieu of (" is" under
blotofink)herebyacknowledged tha t I h a v e Bargained
Sold and delivered unto the aforesaid Isaac Ramseyhisheirsandassigns fore
v e r A ll
and Singular the aforesaid personal property andeverypartandparcel
thereof and
Shall and will warrant and defend theaforesaidpropertyandevery part and
parcel
thereof to the only proper use benefit andbehoofoftheaforesaid Isaac
Ramsey
his heirs and assigns forever against the claims and demandof
The next page was not copiedasrequestedatthe courthouse.
{ This remaining part from page 176of"Links,II"byElizabeth R.
Ramsey:}
In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my handandaffixedmyseal this
twent y - t hird day of June onethousandsevenhundredand ninety-seven and in
the twenty- f i r st yearoftheIndependence of theUnited States of America.
Teste: Peter Baileys/ Randal Ramsey
Peter Crawford, JPRecorded 17th November,1797
Children of R ANDOLPH
RAMSEY
and MARY
are:
i. CHARITY 12
RAMSEY1.
12. ii. MARY "POLLY" RAMSEY.
iii. ELEANOR REBECCA RAMSEY 1.
iv. ALLEN RAMSEY 1.
v. DAVE RAMSEY 1.
vi. JAMES RAMSEY 1,
b. Abt. 17801.
vii. RANDOLPH RAMSEY 1,
b. September 16, 17841.
viii. SUSAN RAMSEY 1,
b. September 08, 17871.
9. CHRISTIAN11
RAMSEY
(JOHN10,
JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born February 18, 1742/43 in Baltimore Co. MD1. She married JEREMIAH
DUCKWORTH1.
Notes for C HRISTIAN
RAMSEY:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers 1696-1851, Henry C.Peden,Jr.,
Notes for J EREMIAH
DUCKWORTH:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
John,Jr and Johanna also recorded the birth of
adaughterChristiannatherethe year afte r W i l liam was born. John and
hischildrenturn up inOrangeCounty, NC, in 1768 with Christia nn a '
shusbandJeremiahDuckworth...bothsigned on as
Regulators(Regulator'sAdvertisement #9). A f t er the Battleof Alamance,
they wentto Georgiawhere they weregranted land and fought i n t h e
Revolution
Children of C HRISTIAN
RAMSEY
and JEREMIAH
DUCKWORTH
are:
i. HESTER 12
DUCKWORTH1.
ii. JOSEPH DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17701.
iii. RANDAL DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17711.
iv. WILLIAM DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17741.
13. v. ELEANOR DUCKWORTH, b. 1778.
vi. ALLEN DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17821.
vii. PHOEBE DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17841.
viii. JACOB DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17861.
ix. CHRISTIAN DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17881.
x. SARAH DUCKWORTH 1,
b. 17881.
10. WILLIAM11
RAMSEY, REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN
(JOHN10,
JOHN9,
WILLIAM8,
SIR
JAMES7
DE RAMSEY,
GEORGE6,
JAMES5,
GEORGE4,
NICHOLAS3,
ALEXANDER2,
ALEXANDER1)1
was born February 18, 1742/43 in Baltimore Co. MD1, and died Aft.
1805 in Oglethorpe Co. GA1. He married JEMIMA1
Abt. 1765 in N.C.1.
Notes for W ILLIAM
RAMSEY, REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN:
[Ramsey2004.ged]
Gene Burkett (Gebbster@aol.com)
William Ramsey, Jr. and brother Noah were sons of William Ramsey,
Sr.,a Revolutionary Wa r S o ldier who served under General Hancock,
and whose brother, Samuel, Jr. and their father , Samuel., Sr. lost their lives fighting under Col. James Jackson in Virginia. (We think this
relationship is in error. These were the cousins, the sons
ofRandolph, son of John, Sr.)...
Under the lottery system of awarding land, Georgia records showthatin1805
Noah had the fi r s t draw of land in Columbia County and William, Sr.,and
William Jr., had two draws of lan d i n OglethorpeCounty. But with the
opening of Mississippi Terroitory, new cotton land and n e w ad venture
beckoned.
Zion Presbyterian Church was organized in 1807 by members who emigrated from
the Bethel co n t r egation in Williamstown District,S.C.(See Maury County
Books). Earlier these member s a n d th eir predecessors had emigrated from
Scotland to the Belfast area of County Down, Irel a n dan dfrom there to
America. Some families first located in Lancaster district, PA and la t e r reu
nited with the others to help develop Williamsburg. Many of them were lineal
descenda n t s o f JohnKnox.
In Zion Church Cemetery are buried, along with many
oftheseearlyimmigrants, ten Revolut i o n ary soldiers, three 1812
soldiersand109 whoserved in the Civil War. (Source for this i n f o
rmationisTurner'sHistory of Maury County, Tennessee) Zion Church is
locatedat2322 Zio n r oad, Columbia, Tennesee 38401.
Following men buried in Maury County have been
indicated as Revolutionary soldiers by th e i r g ravestones or mention
incemeteryrecords and/or various histories. Could this be where W illiam Jr.
andson,Andrew,visited on their trip to Tennessee?
ALLEN, JAMES
ALLEN, WILLIAM
BALLANFANT, JOSEPH
BROWN, JOSEPH
CLINTON, RICHARD
GOODRUM, THOMAS
GREENFIELD, THOMAS
HADLEY, AMBROSE
JOHNSON, WILLIAM
LEWIS, JAMES MARTIN, MAJOR
POLK, JOHN
POLK, SAMUEL
RAMSEY, WILLIAM
A.C. Ramsey, Memoirs of a Methodist Circuit Rider, p. 21.
In the Fall of 1818 I think it was, he with Brother Andrew made
a visit to Tennessee , to see his Father an relations; and on his return brought with him a nephew, William N. Gracey , a son of one of his sisters; who remained with us the next year, at our next home on the Pascagoula River,and which refreshes my memory so that from this circumstance I
know that hi s visit to Tennessee was in 1818.
ROBERTS, ISAAC
TINDELL, R.W.
Carolyn Ramsey:
"For your personal search, your William and Jemima left
Columbia County and went to Ogleth o r p e County, GA. William was in Columbia
Countyin1805 to sign the deed to brother James, tho u g h. Others that I
know who went onto Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana included several of
John Jr's grandsons (Samuel's James); (your William's line); (RandolphJr's James
who was my ggggrandfather) My James went to Alabama then back
to Columbus, GA, & his brother Allen went searching for a place in Mississippi).This James' daughter Selina married an Alaba m a n a
nd some of her descendants went on as far as Arkansas where there
are living descendant s . James' daughter Susan has living descendants
in New Orleans."
Ramsey, A. C., Memoirs of a Methodist Circuit Rider, p. 9.
*Grandfather Ramsey's ancestors were from Scotland, and belonged totheold
Covenantaer s a n d of course his religious training was in thatschoolof
Calvinist Theology.
They were both brought up and raised strict
Presbyterians particularly Father, whose Father was of the strictest and straightest sect; so much so, that when there was a split in that church on
the subject of Psalmody and causing the organization of that branch known as the "Seceders." Grandfather Ramsey adhered to them and was so
opposed tothe use of Dr.Watts' version of the Psalms, except Rouse's, I
heard father say that he threatened to burn Watts ; i f it was brought into his house. ButI believe he finally gave up those notions and affiliated
with the Presbyterians. My mothers parents were of the same faith and
order but not as strenuous as Grandfather Ramsey.
My impression is they both united with the Methodist church
before they left Georgia, and brought with them their certificates
of membership to their new home.
http://www.fapc.org/music/music.html Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
The life of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church began at a time when psalm-singing
versus hym -singing was a hotly debated topic both here and in England. The
Calvinist tradition discoura g e d any singing except Biblical Psalms, holding
that the only text appropriate for congregational recitation was Scripture
itself. Unfortunately, the results were often dreary and unmusical. A few
musicians, including Isaac Watts, had begun to write hymns, that is, poetic texts based on Biblical or religious concepts, set to music that was more
melodious and "singable" than the Psalms. Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church made its choice early, opting to sing hymns , often
with the disapproval of neighboring Scottish preachers.
As the 19th century progressed, the issue of
congregational singing surfaced in America . A t F ifth Avenue, Minister James
Waddel Alexander and his music director Lowell Mason supported congregational singing, for both had visited Germany, and were aware of the
vital congregat i ona lsinging tradition there. The general level of
music education had deteriorated in America , and many churches did not encourage congregations to sing, for often they did not sin g w e
ll. Undeterred, Mason devoted enormous efforts to public-school musical instruc | |
