South Carolina Family Group Sheet for the Richard W. RAMSEY Family
Husband: Richard W. RAMSEY
Birthdate: about 1800
Birthplace: Beech Island, SC
Death date: 1822
Place of death: Beech Island SC
Burial: unknown
Father:
Mother:
Marriage date: 1816
Marriage place: Beech Island, SC
Wife: Barbara WOOD
Birthdate: about 1800
Birthplace: Beech Island, SC
Death date: 1830
Place of death: Beech Island SC
Burial: unknown
Father: Joseph Wood
Mother: Mary Galphin HOLMES
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Joseph B. RAMSEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1817
Birthplace: Beech Island, SC
Death date: July 23 1879
Place of death: Augusta GA
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: Feb 19 1840
Marriage place: Richmond Co. GA
Spouse's name: Elizabeth ZINN
Child No. 2: Edward W. RAMSEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Beech Island SC
Death date: Feb 10, 1847
Place of death: On ship headed to Mexican War
Burial: At Sea
Marriage date: none
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: none
Child No. 3: Barbara M. Ramsey
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1821
Birthplace: Beech Island SC
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown
Documentation:
* Family details found in Edgefield Equity Court Records in the estate records of
grandmother Mary Galphin Holmes Wood Bowers who served as the guardian of the children,
and reported details of their life with her.
* Joseph served in the Confederate Army in Georgia, lived there on an estate
inherited from his grandfather Wallecon, is found in several U.S. Census records in
Richmond County GA with his family.