John James Ramage (1720 - 1799)

Born 1720 in Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Leah Jean (Adair) Ramage — married 1760 in ,, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1799 at about age 79 in Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Soldier John Ramage served with Ninety-Six District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

John Ramage is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A093704.

John Ramage is considered the earliest Ramage to migrate to Laurens County, South Carolina. He is also an American Revolutionary War patriot.

In 1773, John Ramage received a Royal Grant consisting of 500 acres of land located near Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church. The land had been surveyed in 1772 and the grant was signed in 1773. This land was also located near the land granted to Joseph Adair.

During the late 1980's documents were found that would prove that John Ramage of Laurens District, SC was among the patriots who were part of the American invasion of East British Florida during 1778. Later John Ramage signed a petition to the Governor of South Carolina in support of his Colonel, James Williams, prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Both John and Jean Adair Ramage were listed on the 1800 Laurens County, SC census. They were never listed on another census which leads us to believe they both died during the first decade of the 1800's. In 1990, a monument in memory of John Ramage and his family was erected at the Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Laurens County, South Carolina.

Daughters of the American Revolution Records

• RAMAGE, JOHN
• Ancestor #: A093704
• Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER
• Birth: CIRCA 1726
• Death: POST 2-16-1799 LAURENS CO NINETY SIX DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
• Service Source: SC MAG OF ANC RESEARCH, VOL 11, NO 4, PP 183-4; HENDRIX & LINDSAY, JURY LISTS OF SC, 1778-1779, P 92
• Service Description: 1) CAPT JOSIAH GREER, COL WILLIAMSON, MILITIA; JUROR
• RESIDENCE: 1) District: NINETY SIX DIST - State: SOUTH CAROLINA
• SPOUSE: 1) JANE ADAIR

Name

Name: John /Ramage/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1730

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Birth:

Date: 1720

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina

Source:^[2] (The birth date is not directly sourced in Find a Grave.)

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1779

Place: Ninety-Sixth District, South Carolina

Source:^[3]

Residence:

Date: 1790

Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Note: His househould consisted of two white males over 16 and two white females.

Source:^[1]

Residence:

Date: 1800

Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Note: His household consisted of one older male and one older female

Source:^[4]

Marriage

Marriage:

Husband: John Ramage

Wife: Leah Jean Adair

Date: 1722

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Source: Unsourced; this date is inconsistent with birth date

Marriage:

Husband: John Ramage

Wife: Jean Adair

Source:^[2] (Confirms they married, but provides no date.)

Children

Child: Joseph Ramage

Child: Elizabeth Ramage

Child: Mary Ramage

Child: James Ramage

Child: Robert Ramage

Child: Benjamin Ramage

Death

Death:

Date: 16 FEB 1799

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Source:^[2] (Note: This Find a Grave Record shows a Memorial gravestone, but there is no actual date on this marker. This date is unsourced and inconsistent with him apparently recorded in the 1800 census record.)

Burial

Burial:

Place: Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church, Laurens, South Carolina

Source:^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKN-JTS : accessed 11 June 2017), John Rammage, Laurens, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 442, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} John Ramage, Find a Grave Record #29707010 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29707010
3. ↑ John Ramage. South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. South Carolina Census, 1790-1890.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRH-1R5 : accessed 11 June 2017), John Ramage, Laurens District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A093704
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29707010/john-ramage
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stevestevens/all/7139.htm

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Ramage-18 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff.
• WikiTree profile Ramage-174 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden.
• Jason Ramage created Ramage-277 on 17 Jul 2013.