Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,777, for Lawrence Ramey, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn

Ramey, Lawrence
Anna

NUMBER
W. 4777

CONTENTS
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Ohio 13260
Lawrence Ramey
of Brown in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain --- of the Regt. commanded by Col Crawford in the Pennsylvania line for 7 months.

Inscribed n the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June 1833 and sent to N. Beasley Decatur Brown Co Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of mar 1833  $46.66
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  11.67
$58.33

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J W Clagett Clerk,
Book E  Vol 8  Page 22
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(left column)
Ohio
Anna Ramey
widow of Lawrence Ramey Decd who was a Penn pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32 and who died on the 1st April 1835 of Brown Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the --- commanded by Captain --- of the Regt commanded by Col. Crawford in the Penn. line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July 1839 and sent to J. S. Beasley, Decatur, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839  $69.99
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 11.66
$81.65

Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 219

(right column)
let 25 July 39 (illegible)
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Names &c

John Ramey, the son of Lawrence and Anne Ramey, was born on the 28th of December in the year of our Lord 1785

Elizabeth Ramey, the daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 26th day of September in the year of our Lord 1787

George Ramey, the second son of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 16th day of September in the year of our Lord 1789

Mary Ramey, the second daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 25th day of November in the year of our Lord 1791

and Ann Ramey was born on the 17 of February in the year of our Lord 1793(?)
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Salley Ramey, the fourth daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 5th day of September in the year of our Lord 1796

Yancey Ramey, the fifth daughter Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 11th of December in the year of our Lord 1798

Rebeckah Ramey, the sixth daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 16th day of September in the year of our Lord 1801

Rachel Ramey, the seventh daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 25th of March in the year of our Lord 1804

Kisiah Ramey, the eighth daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 2nd day of September in the year of our Lord 1806
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Sibbina Ramey, the ninth daughter of Lawrence and Ann Ramey, was born on the 11th day of November in the year of our Lord 1808
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No 25238
Lawrence Ramey
Brown Co
Ohio

Admitted for 7 months

N. Beasley
Decatur
Brown Co
Ohio
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Ann Ramey
Declaration
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Declaration of Ann Ramey in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled:  An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. 

The state of Ohio Brown County SS

On this the 3rd day November 1838 personally appeared before me, Benjamin Evans, judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid, Ann Ramey, a resident of Brown County and state of Ohio, aged seventy-four years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

That she is the widow of Lawrence Ramey, deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution and received a pension certificate from the War Department of the United States under the act of the 7th July 1832, dated the sixth day of June 1833, granting him a pension of twenty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per annum during his natural life.  That he was a resident of the county and state aforesaid and drew his pay from the Ohio agency of the United States at Cincinnati, state of Ohio, up to the 10th of March 1835 and that her husband, the aforesaid Lawrence Rame, died in said county above named the first day of April 1835.  That she the aforesaid Ann Ramey was married to her husband, the aforesaid Lawrence Ramey, in the month of November in the year seventeen
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Lawrence Ramey, which was the lst day of April 1835, and further that he has every reason to believe they were legally married at the time and place set forth in the foregoing declaration and further that the aforesaid Ann Ramey, widow of Lawrence Ramey, has never been married to any other man since the death of her husband; that she now resides in Brown County, state of Ohio and that he, the said Lawrence Ramey, was a Revolutionary pensioner as set forth in the foregoing declaration.
Signed:  John Ramey

Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of November 1838 before me
Signed:  Benjamin Evans
Associate judge

State of Ohio Brown County SS

I, Benjamin Evans, judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is the original proceeding before me to which it relates and I further certify that the aforesaid Ann Ramey, the deponent whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is from bodily infirmity entirely unable to attend court and I further certify that she is a credible woman and that her declaration above is entitled to full credit

I also do certify that John Ramey, whose testimony to the foregoing affidavit and whose name is thereunto subscribed, is a man of respectability and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit.  Witness my hand and seal this 3rd day of November 1838.
Signed: B. Evans
Associate judge
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The state of Ohio
Brown County SS

I, G. W. King, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County aforesaid, do hereby certify that B. Evans, before whom the forgoing proceedings were held, and whose name is hereunto subscribed, in an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Brown and state of Ohio, duly commissioned and qualified.  
Given under my hand and seal of the said county at Georgetown this 23rd day of February A.D. 1839
Signed:  G. W. King, Clerk
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Lawrence Ramey

Lawrence Ramey

25238
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State of Ohio
Brown County SS

On this 30 day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Brown aforesaid now sitting, Lawrence Ramey, a resident of the county of Brown and state of Ohio aforesaid, to him by his (illegible) whose written age about seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
 
That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man in the county of Westmoreland in the state of Pennsylvania in the month of September 1777 under Lieutenant Hughey Emerson and served one month at (illegible) black house on the head of Turtle Creek, a branch of the Monongahela and returned home.  

In the month of May 1778 he was drafted again and served one month under the same Lieutenant Hughey Emerson at the same black house, which was about 38 or 40 miles from Pittsburgh and he then returned home as it was (illegible) and (illegible) to draft men for a month tour to guard the frontiers to (illegible) the Indians in that part of the country.

In the month of August 1777, he was drafted again and served one month under Lieutenant Maguer(?) was marched to the (illegible) River about eighteen miles above Fort Pitt where they built a fort called Fort Crawford, where Col. Crawford was the commander and Capt. Siman Morgan was there, who commanded a company of regulars from the 13th Virginia (illegible) as was then and there (illegible.)

He then returned home and was again drafted in the month of June 1779 and served one month under Lieutenant George Marakle(?) and was marched on the Allegeny River about ten miles above Fort Crawford to (illegible) black house, where the Indians was and had been troublesome for some time, when his month was out he returned home. 

 And in the month of August or September of 1779, which month he cannot remember, he volunteered under Col. Edward Cook to go on a month expedition, he furnished himself with a
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November 12, 1928

R.H. Ramey
225-227 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary war pension claim, W.4777, it appears that Lawrence Ramey was born in the fall of 1758 (exact date not stated) in Berkeley County, Virginia. His parents died when he was young and while young he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not given.
While living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with Colonel Christopher Hays, he enlisted and served as a private in the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
August 1777, one month in Lieutenant Magrue's Company
September 1777, one month in Lieutenant Hugh Emason's Company.
May 1778, one month in Lieutenant Hugh Emason's Company.
June 1779, one month in Lieutenant George Mayakle's Company.
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August or September 1779, one month in Colonel Edward xxxck's Regiment.
July 1780, two months in Colonel Christopher Mays' Regiment.
After the Revolution, he moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Mason County, Kentucky, thence to Adams (which was later Brown) County, Ohio, and was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1833, while living in the last named county, his residence for twenty years, prior to that time.
He died April 1, 1835 in Brown County, Ohio.
Soldier married in November 1784 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Ann or Anna, whose maiden name is not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 3, 1838, while a resident of Brown County, Ohio, aged seventy-four years.
They had the following children:
John born December 28, 1785, living in Brown County, Ohio, in 1838.
Elizabeth born September 26, 1787.
George born September 16, 1789.
Mary born November 25, 1791.
Anna born January or February 17, 1793.
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Bailey born September 5, 1796.
Nancy born December 11, 1798.
Rebeckah born September 16, 1801.
Rachel born March 25, 1804.
Kisiah born September 2, 1806.
Sibbina born November 11, 1808.
No charge is made for this service. 

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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[stamped] U.S. Pension Office D Dec 2 1914
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Decatur O. Nov. 30, 1914

Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send to me the Revolutionary War record of Laurence Ramey born in 1754 died in Brown Co Ohio in 1836 His pension was allowed on June 6 1833. 

Very respectfully
Agnes Gardner
Decatur Ohio
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October 20, 1928.

Bureau of Pensions,
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RE: Laurence Ramey

Gentlemen:
I have been informed that Laurence Ramey, who was my great grandfather, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, was pensioned in
1833 and died in 1835. The information I have as to his birth is that he was born in 1754 -- I do not know where. I would like to verify his
birth, date, and place.
I have been informed that he enlisted in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in August 1777 under Lieutenant Magren; again in September, 1777 under Lieutenant Hugh Emason; the third time in May of 1778 under the same Lieutenant; the fourth time in June, 1779, under Lieutenant George Marakle; the fifth time in August or September, 1779 under Colonel Cook, and the sixth time in July, 1780 under Colonel Christopher Hayes.
I will appreciate your giving me any information you can from your records as to the authenticity of that which I already have, and complete details as to places of enlistment, age, date of enlistments, names of parents, and any other details that would be of interest in tracing my ancestry.
If there is any cost for obtaining this date, I shall appreciate your communicating with me as I am very willing to expend a moderate sum
for this information.

Yours very truly,
[signed] R. H Ramey
R. H. RAMEY.

RHR:MTH.
[stamped] U.S. Pension Office O Oct 22 1928
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December 4, 1914.

Mrs. Agnes Gardner,
Decatur, Ohio.

Madam:
In addition to the military record of Lawrence Ramey, W. File No. 4,777, Rev. War, you are furnished the following data as to his children.
John Born December 25, 1785, living in Brown Co. O. in 1838.
Elizabeth born September 26, 1787.
George born September 16, 1789.
Mary born November 25, 1791.
Anna born January or February 17, 1793.
Salley born September 5, 1796.
Nancy born December 11, 1798.
Rebeckah born September 16, 1801.
Rachel born March 25, 1804.
Kisiah born September 2, 1806.
Sibbina born November 11, 1808.

Very Respectfully, 
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.