Colonel Francis Alexander Ramsey

Male 1764 - 1820  (55 years)


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  • Name Francis Alexander Ramsey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 31 May 1764  Adams, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 2 Sep 1807  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mentioned in Father-in-law's will 
    Death 11 May 1820  Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25327  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father Reynolds Ramsey,   b. 24 Oct 1736, New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1816, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Naomi Alexander,   b. 13 Dec 1736, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1813, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1761  Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F13595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret McKnitt Alexander,   b. 3 Apr 1766, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1805, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1789  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • Bondsman William B Alexander
    Children 
     1. John McKnitt Alexander Ramsey,   b. 2 May 1793, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1808, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. James Gettis McGrady Ramsey,   b. 25 Mar 1797, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1884, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. William Bane Alexander Ramsey,   b. 4 Feb 1799, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1874, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Eliza McGrady Jane Bane Ramsey,   b. 28 Nov 1801, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1858, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Mary Elizabeth Betsy Ramsey,   b. 1802, Campbell, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850 (Age > 49 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 May 1764 - Adams, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Apr 1789 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father-in-law's will - 2 Sep 1807 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 May 1820 - Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S301] John McKnitt Alexander Descendants, (Name: Location:http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html;;), http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html.
      Source: Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the EarlySettlers of the Hopewell Section, by J. B. Alexander, M.D. Charlotte, NC, 1897, Chapter 2, Page 10-23, Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Piper

    2. [S302] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3.

    3. [S718] Ray, Worth S, Tennessee Cousins, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:1950;;), Historical data on early Tennessee, LCN 68-24685 ISBN 0-8068-0289-5.

    4. [S1202] DAR Ancestor A001210, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), John McKnitt Alexander.

    5. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 784.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for Francis Alexander Ramsay

    6. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: .
      Record for Francis A. Ramsey

    7. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Alexander, John McKnitt, Item 21, Pages 5-6 "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.

    8. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 1550.125; Source type: Family groupsheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
      Record for Reynolds Ramsey

    9. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1736; Birth city: Cecil; Birth state: MD.