The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
COLONEL NATHANIEL RAMSAY.
Wlittrr for the History of Cecil County
hy Isaac Il. Ptnnyplckcr.

| W'littrHl for the History of Cecil County
hy Isaac Il. Pclnypackcr.
.Innu, Ramsay cmigrated from Ire
land. alIl settled upon IA farm in Dru-
more Township. Lancaster Ccinty.
| lvnn.y ,vauia. III an carly age. and by
| the cultivation of HIS farm with his own
hands. he provided the means of sub
sistcnor and education fer n numerous
family. He WAS II man of Intelligence
and I,:cty. and early Sowcl the seeds Of
| Knowledge ami religion i'll the minds of
| his chi!dran. His wife Was Jam" Mont
%omery. said 10 be Il desc, ay,a|t of Roger
! dr Mont gomyIy, the Norman who went
with william the COauueror into Eng
| land.
Wiililn. the eldest Of thCir three Sor~,
WAS "II luatci mt Princeton College. in
the class of 1754, licensed by the AssO-
ciation Of Fairfield East. Connecticut.
| November 10Th. 100, and was received
into thr abingdon I'Tt Sbytrry. and or
rhriu.d alnl Settled rs pastor of the Fair
| field Church, May llth, 1116. He died
| November 9th. I'LL. AND the tomh>ton"
erected to his memory tCStitiCS to his
genius and clopururr, his fathfulnr<s as
Il pastor. and the esteem in which he was
| held ny the members OF his church.
| David, tn yrun@cSt son, born April
md, lIl9, was graduated ut Princeton
| CUMr%r in the c.a,lS of 1863. Many
stories are tp,I IL his remarkable intel
ligcMce when Il mere hey. He carly at
tractcd the attclati"n of the celebrated
DE- Ru~a, of Philadelphia. whtr" h"
| .tn,li,I r,f .'i,.it,p MI ,l,-iytI.I Il
| dress in Latin at the time of his gradual
ton by the medical college. He settled
| in Cecil County. Maryland, but in It
little while removed To- Charleston, South
| Carolina. where for many years he prac-
ticcd medicine, ard where hr wrote the
numerous histories and biographies
which are still regarded - reliable au
lh"ritiCS. He was an @rGrIH advocate
Of th,. cause of the colonies in their CON
test with the mother country; was II
member of Congress. ami nj ore time. iii
the absence Of the president, presided
over it, d,Iihciatic"S. Numerous sketch
- Of his life have been printed. and his
Published works speak for themselves.
| Nathaniel Ramsay. the second son.
was born May LIT, 114l. He WAS grad
rAtcl ut Princeton tu,l,g" with the
class Of 1867. On Thur, 3ay. March
14th 1T11. an Yerpntiu.s nlgl Si.rrir~ thc
lest oath and the oath of admiration. he
WAS admitted to thr bar nr C,..il Comfy,
In 1IIl he married Margaret .I,ur pralr
Il SISTER Of Charles wilson Pcalc. the
portrait latutrr He SigUpI the prclarn-
! t;on of the Elrrmrn If Naryloud. wu.
Il ia lrgGtr fram Cecil County to the
| MaryIalI Convention of lITJ. held at
Arrauulis. H. w"r, with Charles Car
troll, of Cnrra!lion. and others. one Of
| the COMMITTEES ,v devise fine best WAYS
and means to rlDmptr th, manufactures
of SlItIatrr: and WAS also oly, of th,.
| ccnn.ttt,, APPOINTED to receive all pro.
pc<alS relating TO the establishment of
manufactures of any kind within fine
province. aLl report their opinion there
on.
On Monday. January lSt 177G. the
convention reported resolutions that L.
~ men with Officers be raised in the
pay and for the defense of the province.
ami that eight compauirs ,c fine tro,ps
consisting cr Sixty-eigin privatcs each.
under rlpnpr Officers he formed into II
battalion: and on thu next day William
Smallwl9l was elected colonel: Francis
Ware, lieutenant colonel: Thomas Price,
major: MGr.ecai Gist, second major:
ana Ramsay was elected cartaiu of one
of the companies of the battalion. \ few
days afterwards ton Sunday. january
1lth he was assigned to the captaiucy
If tDr Grtl ,nmpany. of which Levin
WurlIcr brc!np first lieutenant: Alex
amber Murlav. second lieutrnnnt. nud
Walker Muse, ensign. AT the Same fine
the pay of u captain WAS fixed at SoG
rcr month; a major, S33l,. lieutenant
colonel $40 with 500 for rynruscs. and
colonel. $50 with $40 for ryunuses If
wos n,,lrn,ed tb,t commissions ;ssuo +o
thn ,,licnrs. on1 rncruitinr o,.dor, ms ia
the character of the rpcruits TO tho cam
toir.s The uniforms decided ON wore
hurtip1s shirts nf voricus colors Five
conr,ries Of thn hotto,icn ,voro nr,lorad
Ia he stationed inf Anro,,7Iis
On Jouuorv 17th = now election u,os
ur,Io,rI fo,. , commemorative rron, Cocil
C,uutv i'm R,mt,v's n,ocn yboco s,oo+
wou,d hnrnmn vor,nt nn his occon+oncc
Of ;, rnnmi.sin, in ,ho ,oo,,l,r f,,.ons If
tln pInvincn. Erbmo,v 1Oth 177G 4bc