ID: I00138
Name: Alexander Ramsey
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1754 in Pennsylvania (per tombstone, age 52 at death)
Death: 1 JAN 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1790 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania: 2-0-1
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Tax List 1773 Fairfield Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; single; owed 15.0 (what unit?)
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Tax List 1787 Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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Real Estate 1785 Warrant for 300 acres
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Real Estate MAY
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Real Estate 26 DEC 1796 William Burke sold to Alexander Ramsey, Byram Rout and Basil Hunt 6212 acres of land in Mason and Clark Counties, Kentucky (part of the Perkins 12, 953 acres) for 310 pounds, 12 shillings
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Real Estate 15 JUL 1797 Alexander Ramsey, Byrum Rout and Basil Hunt, all of Mason County, KY, sold to James Irwin of Bourbon County, KY 100 acres of land in Fleming County, KY for 25 pounds
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Real Estate 1798 Patent for the warranted land, on Little Juniata River (near present day Tipton, PA)
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Real Estate 19 MAY 1798 Alexander Ramsey, Byrum Rout and Basil Hunt, all of Mason County, KY, sold to John Burris of Mason County, KY 150 acres of land in Fleming County, KY for 60 pounds, with David Ramsey as one of two witnesses
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Real Estate 8 JUN 1798 Alexander Ramsey, Byrum Rout and Basil Hunt, all of Fleming County, KY, sold to Rodger Dougherty of Fleming County, KY 150 acres of land on Locust Creek in Fleming County, KY for 30 pounds
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Real Estate 8 JUN 1798 William Haslet sold to Alexander Ramsey , both of Fleming County, KY, 125 acres of land in Fleming County on the main branch of the Licking River, bounded by Andrew Mills (Wills?) survey, with Andrew "Mills" as one of three witnesses
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Real Estate 11 FEB 1799 Alexander Ramsey, Byrum Rout and Basil Hunt, all of Fleming County, KY, sold to William Dawson of Mercer County, KY 100 acres of land in Fleming County, KY for 30 pounds
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Real Estate 2 JAN 1800 Alexander Ramsey of Fleming County, KY, sold to Archebald Marshall of Bourbon County, KY 187.5 acres of land in Fleming and Montgomery Counties, KY for 40 pounds, with David Ramsey as one of four witnesses
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Office 1788 Under sheriff for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Military Service: BET 1778 AND 1783 Ranger company, Bedford County militia; PA Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. 23, p. 233
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Migrated ABT 1791 Pennsylvania to Kentucky
Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky
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Witness 4 AUG 1791 Mason County, Kentucky Deed Book: Deed from John Hunt, Sr. to John Hunt, Jr. and Basil Hunt, of Sullivan County, Tennessee
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Witness 5 JAN 1796 Deed of William Burke of Mason County, KY to Isaac Burdy of Bourbon County, KY for 130 acres of Land in Mason County
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Witness 1798 With William Burke and Andrew Mills (Wills?) to Deed of Thomas McCAnn to Samuel Haslet (Heslet) for 100 acres of land in Fleming County, KY on the waters of the main branch of the Licking River and bounded by Alexander Ramsey's line
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Witness 22 MAR 1800 With William Routt, on bill of sale from Joseph Jonston to Charles McCracken, both of Fleming County, KY
Note: Litigation over Alexander's title to land on Locust Creek, a tributary of the North Branch of the Licking River, in Fleming County, Kentucky: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/fleming/court/lawsuits/r5200001.txt
http://www.kykinfolk.com/fleming/newhope.htm
New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Hillsboro KY, 1822-1936: Contents were contributed by Teddy Brock
Father: David Ramsey b: BET 1725 AND 1730 in Pennsylvania or Northern Ireland or Scotland
Mother: Unknown (Margaret? or Elizabeth?) b: BET 1730 AND 1735 in Pennsylvania?
Marriage 1
Daughter Mitchell b: BET 1765 AND 1772 in Pennsylvania
- Married:
BET 1782 AND 1786
in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Children
 Archibald Ramsey b: ABT 1789 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 2
Mary ("Polly") Wills b: 1 DEC 1775 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (date from a Bible in the Pioneer Museum, Stockton, California)
- Married:
26 JAN 1795
in Kentucky
Children
 William Burke Ramsey b: 9 NOV 1795 in Kentucky- Martha ("Patsy") Ramsey b: 1797 in Kentucky
- Margaret Ramsey b: 1799 in Kentucky
- Elizabeth Ramsey b: 1801 in Kentucky
- John Ramsey b: DEC 1802 in Fleming County, Kentucky
- Robert Morton Ramsey b: 1804 in Fleming County, Kentucky
- Sarah ("Sally") Ramsey b: 1 JAN 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky
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