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1785, February 8 ; John and Mary Ramsey to William Ramsey, 250 acres on Lyall's Ford on Little River bounded south by John Holliday and all other sides vacant at time of survey and to us granted 20 February 1784. s/ John Ramsey, Mary Ramsey

Witnesses: Randel Ramsey, Senr.

Randolph Ramsey, Jr.

This is Randolph Ramsey, Sr.'s son John Ramsey and his wife Mary (Culbreath or McNeil ) d e e ding property to his first cousin William Ramsey, son of John Ramsey, Sr. Witnesses are John's father, Randolph "Randel" Ramsey, and William's brother Randolph, Jr. (so called because he carries the same name as his uncle.)

Isaac Ramsey is either son or brother of Randel Ramsey, Sr.,and Noah Ramsey is the grandson of Randel's brother John Ramsey.Noah is the son of John's son William and his wife Jemima Ramsey.

1802, May 11 Randel Ramsey to William Smith deed 100 acres Recorded the 11th May 1802

1802, May 1 Noah Ramsey being sworn saith that he was present and saw Randel Ramsey Sr

Sign Seal acknowledge and deliver the annexed deed as his act for the purpose therein

mentioned and that Isaac Ramsey was also present and subscribed his name as a witness with him.

Sworn to me the 1st day May 1802 Noah Ramsey

Thomas Moon JP

1773, December 25 { Columbia County Deed Book "E"} Randolph Ramsey to John and Samuel Ramsey

Georgia, St. Paul's Parish To All People to whom these presents Shall Come that I Randel Ramsey do send Greeting Know ye that the Said Randel Ramsey of the Said province of Georgia in the Said parish of Saint Paul Husband man for and in consideration of the love and affection which I have and do bear towards my only son John Ramsey and son Samuel Ramsey and Isaac R amsey all three of the said Province and parish above mentioned have given and granted and by These presents do freely give and grant unto the said John Samuel and Isaac Ramsey their heirs Executors administrators all and Singular that part and parcel of land lying and being in the Said province of Georgia and parish of St Paul Containinng three hundred acres of Land m ore or less lying and being upon the creek called by the name of Little Cyogus on the water s of Savannah River butting and bounding on the East by land formerly belonging to Jams Graves and on all other sides by lands surveyed Taken up being and lying on both sides of the Said Creek called by the name of Little Cyogus having affirmed assigned allowed Conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant convey and confirm unto the Said John Ramsey Saml  Ramsey and Isaac Ramsey the said plantation or Tract of land containing three hundred acres to be Equallly divided among the Said John Ramsey Samuel Ramsey and the said Isaac Ramsey with all the orchards, gardens, yards, pastures , pasture Grounds, Timber Trees ponds ,water and water courses , well, Springs, Buildings, Dwelling House, Houses,and Singular parcel and parcels of t h e S a id Tract of three hundred acres of land will all convinen(??) and all and Singular To Have and To Hold the Said plantation of three hundred acres to their heirs Executors and Administrators to have and to hold the Said premises together with all the woods, woodland paths, ways , profiits, commodities, and appurtenances whatsoever and the reversion and Reversions Remainder and remainders rents and profits, Issues of all and Singular the premeses as above hereafter mentioned To have and to hold all and Singular the premeses with the appurtenances aforesaid unto the Said John Ramsey and Samuel Ramsey and Isaac Ramsey their heirs and assigns forever and the Said Randel Ramsey for himself and his heirs Executors and administrators have by Cove n a n t with the Said John Ramsey Samuel Ramsey and Isaac Ramsey their Executors administrators and assigns of the said Randel Ramsey docovenant and grant all and singular my Goods and Chattle now lying upon the Same plantation above mentionned and in the Dwelinghouse of which before the signing of these presents have delivered them the Said John Samuel Isaac Ramsey and Inventory signed with my own hand two negro fellows one named Tom and the other named Peter- of cows horses, Sheeps wine househould goods (?e) bearing date To have and to hold all the said goods and Chattles in and with the Same Premesis to these my sons John Samuel Isaac Ramsey their heirs Executors administrators from henceforth as their and their proper goods and premeses absolutely without any manner of Condition In witness whereof I havehereunto put my hand and Seal this 25 day of December one thousand Seven hundred and  Seventy three and in the thertieth year of our Soverign Lord George the third.

{note that all y t (that) is enter Signed in these presents was wrote before signed and delivered] Randel Ramsey L Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of John Ramsey Martin Mellown

(The first witness is probably Randel's brother John Ramsey as the other one is John' s son -in-law, Martin Malone/ Mellown ,his daughter Eleanor's husband.)

1803, February 28 Personally appeared before me Martin Mellown and made oath that he saw Randel Ramsey sign the within deed and that he himself was Subscribing

witness to the best of his Knowledge Mart Mellown

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 Sale RecordedJuly14th1791

Know all men by these presents that I Randal Ramsey the elder of the State of Georgia

and County of Columbia have bargained, Sold,and delivered and by these presents

doth bargain , Sell, and deliver unto Isaac Ramsey of the State and County aforesaid

the whole of my Personal Property Consisting of Ten negroes (towit) Three fellows

named Sawney, Luke, and Simon. Sarah a wench and her three children named Tom,

Lucy and Jim, also one other negro wench named Flora,and her two children named J

ane & Tiller three head of Horses my stock 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 equity for and in consideration of the

sum of Seventeen hundred twelve dollars and Seventy five cents current and lawfull

money of the State aforesaid to him the Said Randal Ramsey in hand well & truly paid

by the Said Isaac Ramsey at or before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the

( receipt?) in lieu of (" is" under blot of ink) hereby acknowledged that I have Bargained

Sold and delivered unto the aforesaid Isaac Ramsey his heirs and assigns forever All

and Singular the aforesaid personal property and every par tand parcel thereof and

Shall and will warrant and defend the aforesaid property and every part and parcel

thereof to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the aforesaid Isaac Ramsey

his heirs and assigns forever against the claims and demand of

The next page was not copied as requested at the courthouse.

{ This remaining part from page 176 of "Links, II" by Elizabeth R. Ramsey:}

In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty - third day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and in the twenty- first year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Teste: Peter Baileys/ Randal Ramsey

Peter Crawford, JP Recorded 17th November,1797

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St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers 1696-1851, Henry C.Peden,Jr.,

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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

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Gene Burkett (Gebbster@aol.com)

William Ramsey, Jr. and brother Noah were sons of William Ramsey, Sr., a Revolutionary War Soldier 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.

Under the lottery system of awarding land, Georgia records show that in 1805 Noah had the first draw of land in Columbia County and William, Sr., and William Jr., had two draws of land in Oglethorpe County. But with the opening of Mississippi Territory, new cotton land and new adventure beckoned.

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Zion Presbyterian Church was organized in 1807 by members who emigrated from the Bethel congregation 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, Ireland an dfrom there to America. Some families first located in Lancaster district, PA and later reunited with the others to help develop Williamsburg. Many of them were lineal descendants of John Knox.

In Zion Church Cemetery are buried, along with many of these early immigrants, ten Revolutionary soldiers, three 1812 soldiers and109 who served in the Civil War. (Source for this information is Turner's History of Maury County, Tennessee) Zion Church is located at 2322 Zion Road, Columbia, Tennesee 38401.

Following men buried in Maury County have been indicated as Revolutionary soldiers by their gravestones or mention in cemetery records and/or various histories.

• Could this be where William Jr. and son, Andrew, visited on their trip to Tennessee?

ALLEN, JAMES

ALLEN, WILLIAM

BALLANFANT, JOSEPH

BROWN, JOSEPH

CLINTON, RICHARD

GOODRUM, THOMAS

• RAMSEY, WILLIAM  (Could this possibly be our William, Sr.)

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 his visit to Tennessee was in 1818.
 

From A. L. Murphy:  ghostbusting4u@hotmail.com
From DNA testing we KNOW that Allen is related to us.  His most distant relative that he KNOWS of is JAMES RAMSEY.

Revolutionary Soldiers of Giles county TN
JOHN GRACY (GREACEY, GREACY), born 30 Jan 1759, Rowan County, North Carolina, served there, then resided Oglethorpe County, Georgia where he m 2nd wife, Rachel RAMSEY, removed to Giles before 1820 (not on the 1812).
 
John Gracey
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JOHN GRACY (GREACEY, GREACY) served in the North Carolina Line, was born 30 Jan 1759 in Rowan County, North Carolina and lived there at enlistment. He applied for his military pension in Giles County, Tennessee on 25 Feb 1833, declaring that he married first in 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina (wife not named) and second 14 Mar 1793, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Rachel RAMSEY, born 5 Mar 1773, the daughter of William and A. RAMSEY. (Rev War Pension File No. W357) John GREACY appeared on the 1835 federal pension rolls as Giles County, a private, North Carolina Line, $48.33 Annual Allowance, $144.99 Amount Rec'd, Nov 17, 1833 Pension Started, Age 75. He died 6 Sep 1839,* and his children at that time were Mary, b Dec 1794, "married a man named CALHOUN;" (name missing), born 14 Feb 1790, (name missing), born 19 May 1801, William N. R., born 8 Sep 1803, m Miss N. T. SHARP on 31 Jul 1832; Cynthia K., b 25 Dec 1805, d 6 Sep 1839, Joseph B., born 10 Feb 1807, m 6 Oct 1835, Miss E. L. BRADSHAW, Lucinda A., b 8 Apr 1832 and Franklin J.P.C., b 21 Nov 1816. Cynthia K. m 12 Sep 1838, James DAVIDSON, and had son John F. DAVIDSON, b 31 May 1839. (Note: This information also extracted from the Rev. War Pension file, but Virgil White's Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files states that there are several RAMSEY births in this records that were only partly legible, there appearing to be three births prior to widow's date of birth: James b in 1775, Catherine, b Oct 1777, Anne, b 30 Sep 1781. The abstracter suggests attempting to obtain perhaps a better microcopy).
John and Rachel RAMSEY Gracey and others of their family are buried at Mt. Carmel (Bethel) Cemetery. See also the 1836 Giles Tax List, District 3
 
Here's the link:

http://www.tngenweb.org/giles/revwar/graceyjohn.html
 
Sharman,
 
  I just caught something here that I don't know if I've noticed before or passed on, that might be a major clue for Joel. My Cpt James Ramsey Sr. that served in the revolution apparently had a brother William. This would explain a DNA connection, if this is the right William and he served in the war and might put him at about the right age. The only clue I have right now on his identity is that in 1853 he had a name unknown daughter living in California.
 
  Someone is suppose to check on a will for me this week on James Sr. and some other family members; let's hope that bears some fruit and direction.
 
Allen

I am attaching an article from a book called "A History of Madison County".

This mentions your James Ramsey.  Also a little more info I found was

a little piece that says a George Ramsey taught school in a private cabin on

Sugar Creek followed by James a Ramsey.

A small ditty in a Court Record Book 1818-1821 mentions a road being built

that runs through a Squire Ramsey's plantation (along Sugar Creek).

Sugar Creek is not a town as of now.  It is located in Helvetia Twp.

(the creek that is)

Also found this in "A History of Highland" :
In 1834 James and Norris Ramsey families moved from Clinton Co. to

what is known as the William T. Ramsey place in Sec. 12 of Helvetia Twp.

James became a Presbyterian minister and died in 1864.

There are a lot of Ramsey's buried in Gullick Cemetery which is in

Helvetia Twp.   I don't know how to pursue this futher for you.  I plan

on going to the courthouse sometime in the next week and I can look

in probate for you for his will if you think that will help.  Advise me

as to further searching.

 

 Also from Allen

Carolyn Ramsey:

"For your personal search, your William and Jemima left Columbia County and went to Oglethorpe County, GA. William was in Columbia County in 1805 to sign the deed to brother James, though. 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); (Randolph Jr'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 Alabaman and some of  her descendants went on as far as Arkansas where there are living descendants . 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 to the old Covenanters a n d of course his religious training was in that school of 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 to the use of Dr. Watts' version of the Psalms, except Rouse's, I heard father say that he threatened to burn Watts ; if it was brought into his house. But I 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 hymn -singing was a hotly debated topic both here and in England. The Calvinist tradition discouraged 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 . At Fifth 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 congregational singing 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 sing well. Undeterred, Mason devoted enormous efforts to public-school musical instruction, for he knew that this teaching would be crucial to the success of congregational singing. His was a significant contribution to America's music.

In addition, Mason composed hymn tunes, including "Nearer, My God, to Thee" (Bethany) and " My Faith Looks Up to Thee", and arranged tunes, such as "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" (Hamburg). No less illustrious was Dr. Alexander, whose English-language version of "O Sacred Head , Now Wounded" we sing today. These two men cared about hymns, and their work laid the foundation for the church's strong hymn-singing tradition.

Notes from Charles E. Munat, 11702 NE Sunset Loop, Banbridge Island, WA 98110

1770s --William Ramsey served as a Private (Nancy R. Parkes, MississippiDaughters and their Ancestors; Starkville, MS; 1965) p.202) from Georgia in the Revolution (Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition, p. 2398)

William Ramsey served under General Hancock (Mississippi Society, Daughters of the America n Revolution, Family Records: Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers (N.p.: c 1956, pp. 178, 243))

October 3, 1772--William Ramsey of (what would be) Wilkes County, Georgia, had land bound e d o n th east by land of Randoll Ramsey (reference book M,P 1087) Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol.II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70, 177,228,233,246, 252, 277, 284)

June 1, 1773--Wilkes County, Georgia, was created from land that had been taken from the Creek and the Cherokee (Elizabeth Ramsey RamseyLinksVol.II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 156, `68, ` 70, 177,228, 233, 246, 252, 277, 284)

April 15, 1782--William Randol, and John Ramsey were on the pay roll of Captain John Pea k e ' s company of (Wilkes County, Georgia) militia under the command of Col. Robert Middleton (Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol.II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 156,`68,`70,177,228, 2 3 3 , 246 , 252, 277, 284)

1784--Washington County, Georgia, was created from what had been "Indian lands."

1784--William Ramsay (certificate 135) and RandolRamsey(certificate136)were each granted 2 50 acres of Bounty land in Georgia (Georgia Genealogical Magazine, nr. 91, p. 33)

Feb. 2, 1784 or May 17, 1784--In Washington County, Georgia, William Ramsey was granted 287.5 acres adjoining land of William Collier on a branch of Richland Creek, "Dis. 5, Cert . o f C ol . Jas.McNeil"(referencegrant1010, book A, p. 223; also grant book GGG, p. 417) (Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983,pp.102,120-21, 156, `68,`70, 177, 228, 233, 246, 2 5 2 , 27 7, 284) and Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia 1756-1909) Also in Washington County, William Ramsey had another 287.5 acres (of bounty land) adjoining lands of Tuc k e rand Oneal ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol.II: A Family's Footprints in the History o f G e org ia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 156, `68,`70 , 17 7 ,22 8, 233,246, 252, 277,284). Some part of William Ramsey's land adjoined land of Samuel Ramsey on the southeast ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 15 6 , `68, `70, 177, 228,233,246, 252, 277, 284) Other Ramseys granted land in Washington County, Georgia on this date were Isaac, Sr.; Isaac, Jr.; John, Sr.; Samuel; Thomas; Thomas, Jr.; a n d Randal Ramsey, Jr. (Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983,pp. 102,120-21, 156, `68,` 7 0, 1 77, 228, 233, 246, 252, 277, 284)

April 27, 1784--William Ramsey was granted (by the state ofGeorgia)287.5acres bounty la n d i n Georgia (Lloyd D.Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants; Awarded by State Governments (Baltimore, MD:1996),p. 435.) Other Ramseys granted this same amount of bounty land in Georgia this month were Isaac, Jr., Minute Man; Pvt.Isaac, SR.; John, Minute Man; Randol, soldier; heirs of Samuel; Samuel, soldier; and Pvt. Thomas (Lloyd D. Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants; Awarded by State Governments (Baltimore, MD: 1996), p.435.)

1784- William Ramsey conveyed land (adjoining William Collier) in Greene County, Georgia , to Thomas Daniell (reference deed book 1,p.40 (Georgia Genealogical Magazine, nr. 59 , p . 7 ) C f. 21 May 1787 below.

July 12, 1784--In Wilkes County, Georgia, William Ramsey had 287.5 acres" given in lieu of an old warrant on the Ogeeche River joining Few and Adams (reference book A, p. 256, gran t b o o k EEE, p. 231)

( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983,pp.102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70, 177, 228 , 2 3 3 ,246, 252, 277, 284)

September 21, 1784--The governor of Georgia signed a grant giving 200acres in Wilkes County , Georgia to William Ramsey( Allen D. Candler, The Revolutionary Records of the State o f Georgia (Atlanta,GA: 1908),vol.2,p. 205)

May 21, 1787--William Ramsey and Jemima his wife conveyed 287.5 acres on Richland Creek in Greene County, Georgia, to Thomas Daniel of Greene County, Georgia (Leon S. Hollingsworth C a r d File(Atlanta,GA:1979),microfilm reel 2 (Seattle Public Library callnrR929.373 H725Lam)

August 8, 1787--In Wilkes County, Georgia, William Ramsey and his wife Jemimah conveyed 200 acres on the Ogeechee River (adjoining John Adams and Ignatius Few) to Henry Mitchell, John Mitchell and James Thweartt (refrence Wilkes County book FF, p. 49; Columbia County book DD , p . 4 8)(Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983,pp.102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70, 177, 2 2 8 , 23 3,246, 252, 277, 284)

Jemimah revokes her claim ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol.II:A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102, 120 - 2 1 , 156, `68,`70, 177,228,233,246, 252, 277, 284) This was the land granted on 21Sep. 1 7 8 4.(Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georg i a a n d the Indian Territoryof Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983,pp. 102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70, 177, 22 8 , 2 33,246, 252, 277, 284)

July 3, 1789--Deed of August 8, 1787 was recorded in Columbia County, Georgia. ( Elizabe t h R amsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.:1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70, 177,228,233,246, 25 2 , 2 7 7, 284)

October 5, 1790--William Ramsey of Wilkes County, Georgia, for 60poundssterling, conve y e d 2 87.5 acres (adjoining Tucker and Oneal) in Greene, County, Georgia to Henry McCoy of Greene County. (Georgia Genealogical Magazine, nr. 62, p. 268) This land had been granted to William Ramsey while it was still in Washington County, Georgia.(Georgia Genealogica lMagazine , nr . 62, p. 268) Witnesses were William Melton; John Thomas, Sr.; and Brazor Anderson (reference Greene County deed bk. 1,pp. 408-09)(Georgia Genealogical Magazine, nr.62, p. 268)C o m par e May17, 1784.

September 30, 1790-- By a notice in the Augusta Chronicle and Gazette, of Augusta, George , Samuel Ramsey advised the tax collector's announced intent to sell land to William Ramsey w a s in error for Samuel Ramsey was the true owner, had regularly paid taxes on the land, and had receipts to prove it. ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102, 120-21, 1 5 6 , `68 ,`70, 177,228,233,246, 252, 277, 284)

December 11, 1790--The 5 Oct. 1790 deed was registered. (Georgia Genealogical Magazine , n r . 6 2, p. 268)

November 1794--William Ramsey was a member of a company of (Wilkes County,Georgia) militia dragoons under Captain Jonas Faucne called into service by Governor Matthews. (Georgia Genealogical Magazine, nr. 62,p.268)

July 25, 1797--In Wilkes In Wilkes County, Georgia, William Ramsey of Wilkes County conveyed 2 5 acres "up the branch to where the line crossest hat laid for Henry Ramsey" to John Smith of Wilkes County (reference book QQ, p. 167) ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey LinksVol. II:A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 19 8 3 , pp . 102, 120-21, 156, `68, `70,177,228,233,246, 252, 277, 284)

August 14, 1707--The 25 July, 1797 deed was recorded. (Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vo l . I I : A Family's Footprints in the History of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma... ( N.p . :1983,pp. 102,120-21, 156,`68, `70, 177, 228, 233, 246, 252, 277, 284)

January 4, 1804--In Wilkes County, Georgia, Superior court, John Lindsey had brought suit against William Ramsey ( Elizabeth Ramsey Ramsey Links Vol. II: A Family's Footprints in the Hi s t ory of Georgia and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma...(N.p.: 1983, pp. 102,120-21, 156, `6 8 , `70, 177,228, 233, 246, 252, 277, 284)

1805 or after 1805 William Ramsey died (Nancy R. Parkes Mississippi Daughters and Their Ancestors (Starkville, MS: 1965),p.202)and Daughters of the American Revolution DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition, p. 2398) 

Jemima (___________) Ramsey is said to have died in Bedford County, Tennessee (Jean Strickland (editor) Autobiography of A.C.Ramsey (MossPoint, MS: 1879) (R233)

William and Jemima (_____) Ramsey were the parents of:

Noah W. Ramsey (1764-1850) in 1810 married Elizabeth Dearling.

William Ramsey (1770-1833) (Jr.) by 1805 married 1st Margaret Woodside and married (2nd) Elizabeth Huey (1787-1836)

One or two other sons who, like William Ramsay, "came to America from Scotland" but, unlike William Ramsey did not come to Mississippi (Thomas Evans Ramsay of Vancleave, Mississippi , his questionaire number 633 for the Ramsey-Ramsay Reunion at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair ( R 2 23:6821)

Original documentation shows that the two brothers who came to S, 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, but 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.

I tried for years to find documentation for Samuel being William's father, but to no avail . T hen, I got this information, and it was perfectly clear. There were several different families of Ramseys, and at sometime, someone got the families confused.

Sharron Baird (shbaird@aol.com)

Ramsey, A.C., Memoirs of a Methodist Circuit Rider, p. 9

They were both (William Ramsey, Jr. and wife Elizabeth Huey )brought up and raised strict P r e s byterians particularly Father, whose Father was of the strictest and straightest sect ; s o m uch so, that whenthere was asplit in that church on the subject of Psalmody and causi n gtheorganization of that branch known as "Seceders." Grandfather adheredtothem and wa s s o opp osed to the use of Dr. Watts' versionofthepsalms,except Rouse's, I heard Father sa y th a t h e threatenedtoburnWatts; ifit was brought into his house. But I believe he finall yga veu p thosenotions and affiliated with the presbyterians.*(GrandfatherRamsey's ancestor s w e re from Scotland, and belonged to theoldCovenanters & of course his religious trainin g w a s in that schoolofCalvinisticTheology.) My mother's parents were of the same faith and or der , but not as strenious as Grandfather Ramsey.

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Jemima (___________) Ramsey is said to have died inBedfordCounty,Tennessee (Jean Strick l a n d (editor) Autobiography ofA.C.Ramsey(MossPoint, MS: 1879) (R233)