Ramsey of Abbeville, South Carolina and Georgia

Thomas Ramsey Sr. was born in 1750. He came from Pennsylvania to Abbeville, South Carolina when he was fourteen years old and lived in that vicinity for 39 years. He was married to a daughter (probably Margaret) of Mrs. Mary Buchanan who died 1796 in Abbeville and named her grandson, Henry Givens Ramsey in her Last Will and Testament. About 1803 Thomas Ramsey removed his family to Jackson County where he was listed on the 1810 Jackson County Census, then Jasper County and finally Henry County, Georgia where he died in 1832. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted in 1775 near his home in Abbeville, and returned home from the war in 1781 and 1782, having served in the South Carolina Militia under Capt. James McCall, and was under General Greene at the battle of Kettle Creek in Georgia. Issue:

• Margaret Ramsey, born ca 1775, married Henry J. Holland of Nansemond County, Virginia (died in Jasper County).
• Mary Ramsey, probably married in Abbeville district, William Holland of Nansemond County, Virginia, later Jasper and Clarke Counties. No proof of this.
• Alexander Ramsey, died 1812 in Jasper County, Georgia, leaving a last will and testament naming his siblings.
• Henry Givens Ramsey. His estate dated 11 Jun 1803 in Jackson County, administratrix, Elizabeth Ramsey and administrator, John Pennington.
• James Harvey Ramsey. Issue:
  1. Alexander Ramsey, born 20 June 1812 married Exselina Weaver in 1833 in Henry County.
• John Ramsey married S. Anderson 13 Nov 1806 in Jackson County.
• George Ramsey, listed on the 1820 Jasper County Census married Sally Cornwell 25 Dec 1809 in Jasper County.
• Elizabeth Ramsey married 3 Dec 1818 Joseph Smith in Jasper County.
• Thomas Ramsey Jr., born 14 February 1789, married Susannah Lynn on 26 Jul 1810 in Jasper County.