Display Patriot - P-275126 - John RAMEY

John RAMEY

SAR Patriot #: P-275126

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A093733

Birth: 1762 / VA /
Death: bef 20 Aug 1832 / Caldwell / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

NSDAR cites PVT - CAPT HENRY SMITH, WASHINGTON CO MILITIA


Additional References:
  1. Gwathmey, VA in the Rev, pg 648
  2. Index Rev War Pension, pg 929
  3. Remy, History of Henry Co,VA
  4. NSDAR cites HARMAN, ANNALS OF TAZEWELL CO VA, VOL 2, pg 205-207

Spouse: Priscilla XX;
Children: John; Jane;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1972-03-15 IA Unassigned Melbourne C Ramey (101798) John   
1999-08-23 FL 4491 William Laurence Mays Jr (152308) John   
2011-08-18 KY 43723 Richard Anthony Ramey (180492) John   
2011-09-28 KY 43722 Garyth Lynn Thompson (180805) John   
2013-01-16 TX 50265 Max Starcke Strozier (169052) Jane/Ginsey   
2014-11-06 KY 61403 Seth Decator Clark (192819) John   
Burial:
Dry Fork Cemetery (C-0043251)
Location:
/ Lyon / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
73767
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
36.962814 / -87.901599
Find A Grave Memorial #:
62351782
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
24 Oct 2015

Comments:

Photo by permission: George Geoffrey Baggett, Kentucky Society SAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: George Geoffrey Baggett
John Ramey was born abt 1757 in Virginia. He enlisted in Captain Henry Smith’s Company of the Washington County Militia during the war (Documented in Harman’s Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, Vol. II, pp 205-207). Like many men who served in local militias and did not live long enough to receive a pension, little is known about the events of his time of service.

He relocated later in life to western Kentucky and died some time after August 20, 1832. He is buried in the Old Dry Fork Baptist Church Cemetery just inside the Lyon County line.
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