Southern Ransoms

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This is an attempt to identify all the Southern origin caucasian Ransoms (and variant spellings). Corrections & additions are very welcome. Illness is an issue and may prevent me from responding to any queries - sorry!

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  • ID: I02462 View Post-em!
  • Name: Lillian Lethia Gray
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: FEB 1864 in Georgia
  • Burial: Williamston Cemetery, Anderson District, South Carolina
  • Death: 1936
  • Note:
    Robt. J. Ransom had her name as Lillian. Gene Ransom has it as Lilly Lethia Gray and dau. of John Gray. FTM's CD#237 marriage record shows her name as Lillie Annie Gray and his name as Robert Paine Ransom on 1/3/1883 Catoosa Co. Ga.

    2/16/2000 at Ancestry.com, search on D. R. Ransom hit:
    The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 87
    page 138
    Mrs. Lillie Gray Ransom.
    DAR ID Number: 86431
    Born in Columbus, Ga.
    Wife of R. P. Ransom, M. D.
    Descendant of Hewlet Sullivan, as follows:
    1. John L. Gray m., 1858, Mary Moore.
    2. Samuel Moore m. Jane Caroline Sullivan (1797-1873).
    3. Hewlet Sullivan m. Mary Dunkin.
    Hewlet Sullivan (1763-1830) was on detached duty when Cunningham captured Fort Hayes and hung many in the garrison, but he was taken prisoner at Musgrove Mills by the British. He was born in Virginia; died in Greenville, S. C.

    So, looks like Robert was a MD

    1920: in son Gray's household as Ronson, Mrs. Len??e Gray 52 Wd

    1930: in daughter-in-law, Leonora's 1930 household - Lillie G 65 Wd

    1/8/08: discovered this post-em had been added: Author Name: Tom Melton Author Email: JesseCorn@Cox.net <mailto:JesseCorn@Cox.net> Added: 11 Nov 2005 URL: The Mary Sharp Project <http://members.cox.net/jessecorn/Mary> Note: Lillian Lethia Gray was a graduate of Mary Sharp College in Winchester, Tennessee. More information on this can be found on the above site.
    the site [http://members.cox.net/jessecorn/MarySharp/College/MSC-Alumni.htm] just added that her residence was Graysville, Ga. and degree was A.B.




    Father: John Gray

    Marriage 1 Robert Payne Paine Ransom b: 09 DEC 1857 in Tennessee
    • Married: 03 JAN 1883 in Catoosa County, Georgia
    • Note:
      FTM's CD237 Marriage Index: Georgia, 1851-1900 has:
      Ransom, Robert Paine to Gray, Lillie Annie Jan 3, 1883 in Catoosa Co., Ga.; also the USGenWeb's Catoosa Co., Ga. Archives has the same info
    Children
    1. Has No Children Portis Gray Ransom b: 25 JUL 1887
    2. Has Children Alfred Paul A. Ransom b: 08 DEC 1889 in Williamston, Anderson District, South Carolina
    3. Has Children Gray Portis Ransom b: 02 APR 1892 in Williamston, Anderson District, South Carolina
    4. Has No Children Kenneth Duncan Ransom b: JUN 1894 in South Carolina
    5. Has No Children Fifth Unknown Ransom
    6. Has No Children Sixth Unknown Ransom

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