Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-08-21
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Captsrs 9 tSo Grk By he Lsdi0u-
Pursuit BY Brady ard Rdmse@&tootas
the hndians-ReseAe djat GTh.
The following brief notice of James
Ramsay, one Of the earlier settlers of
Garfield, is derived from 8 statement
made BY his son, James Ramsay. then
seventy.four years Of age, in Nay, 1859
and q short time before his death.
James Ramsay was born in LsncaS4
ter county, Pennsylvania, in the year
1852, and remained there until the year
llTT2, when the twentieth yeaf9 of his
age he removed and settled inGbsffies
township Washington Ecoa1tEf Penn
syfvAnia. He fesfdedtfiere tklfNefour
liyears. and then femOved't TO Canhetd.-I
He arrived in Gznfisid, with his family,
on The ID day ofiApriI. 1906 and aftef-
wards resided there until his death
He died on the I'd day Of August, 1878.
in the sixty-sixth year Of his age. His
family consisted Of himself, his wife
Margaret, and eleven children. LIST.
Jane. who married Nathaniel Kirk. I'd,
James, the informant, born in 1875.
and died in Garfield, october 4th, 1859.
Sd, Polly, born in 1857, married to Eli
hu Warner. 4th, Betsey, married to
Josiah Wetmore in 1862. He died oc-
tober LIST, 1928; she is still living. She
is the mother of John Wetmore, Esq,
and Mrs. Loveran BostWick, of Czn6eld,
and several children who reside else
where. 5th, Martha, married to Thorn
as Marshall. He died and she married
James Mcclure. 9th, Hugh, 9TH, EMere
gGret, married Ephraim Armitags 9Th,
Sally, married Alexander Scott, They
moved 10 washington county, Pa 9th,
and 10th twins, H~h6onazrried brothers
Rebecca married David Wallace, and
| moved to Iowa ; Ann married3Robert
Wallace, and moved to Adams couotgJ
| Ohio. IIth, John. All the children
were born IN Washington county, Pa,
and the first ten in one house. q
Mr.. Ramsay Rasasotdier ID the Rev
olntionsEy MzSI eSFedG short tour
of duty W BuhstitHte for an elder
brother, returned home. Aha was drai-
ed, joinedthe army in the South and
seTEnd there for more than two years.
| He-Bss in the battle of Brandywine,
| CoWpens, EutsE Ends number. of 9TH
er actions. u
he was one of the early pioneers of
| the Nest. When he frst seftled in
Washington county, and for . number
| of years afterwards that section Of the
country MAJ much infested by hostile
| Indians, GThs 4ndisR3hunter, CHpt.
Samuel Brady vast AhAttim sfet-i
dent of WashiBfop1epunty,- He had
q company oy nar Under BIS 1eoit3al
and difeetsoasalISdmBradh RangefE
Nj. RahShy Was q msmber Of hat
company for Eve years, and very often
went With Brady h5his forays against
the Indians northwest of the Ohio
river. 3'GeI sSI
Brady, Nr. Ramsay ssid,FEGHss pre-
ferred making bis excursions against
the Indians with but very few men,
seldom Withmore than from two 70 six
and not unfreqpentM would be 70 en-,
tirely by himself Mr.. Ramsay sctsd
as spy for Brady and often went into
the Indian country IS spy under his
directions. HewAs with Brady mHAny
tof his sctioBs with the indians kahd
wac With htmin oneief the eweaefieus
ne had with them near RfadF'slskS or
pond IN Portage (new Sdmznitf onnnt5,
fOhio, in which Brady was upnnnedfn
the leg. !
Mf. Rsmsy, Junior, says that his faith
er was never very willing 70 eommani-
cate freely with strangers or others
the incidents which toek Place during
his forays among b efndiGhs although
he often eonFeFsed with hum ABOUT
them wheu working 10 the heaS 70
gether and bythemseiyes; 80,
When Mr.. Ramsay senloE removed
70 Garfield, he Fecognised many pi1i
ces that he had been 81 many years
before infhiss Indian aexcnfsions. One
pfsce he remenbeFe4y vel. 1t WAs4
shoTtd;stahce, uOt mole than two OF
three miles, scuth-esst from the place
where he settled when he cameto Can
field, lin the southeast part of the
township1 on the HAtersof NH Creek,
q branch of the Mshoning.
Mr.. Ramsay, when he first came to
Washington county, Pa, settled in
Charters township, and always lived
there until he removed to Canield.-
BRADY lived in the same. county, and
not a great distance from him. A man
by the name of Gabriel Walker and
his family were neighbors Of Mr.. Ram.
say, Mr.. Walker was from hume and
no person In the house but Mrs; Walk
er and her four children. The lndi-
ans broke into the house in the night,
murdered Mrs. Walker and her Two
youngest children, and the Two eldest
children, daughters, one 9 young wO-
man grown and the other almost so las
Nj. Ramsay expressed III yer taken
off prisoners. The Indians burnt the
house and killed Mr.. Walkers two
COWS and seven sheep.
The next morning Brady was called
and after making his examinations he
said there we're but two Indians and
proposed to Ramsay toaeeonpany him
lin the pursuit. saying that he had but
little doubt. OF being able 70 oyertake
the Indians before the next morning,
snd Of fescuieg the prisoners. They
started Immediately on the tfat OF
fndfAnss crossed the Ohio river, and
tbefors daylight the nextmorning came
10 where they With their prisoners were
fencamped, They crept 20 near them
a.: plainly 70 hear the hard breathing
of the old Indian,
Brady Gtationed Ramsay with direc-
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