Traci Lemay:Information about James Ramage
James Ramage (b. Abt. 1769, d. 1831)
Notes for James Ramage:James Ramage and their family migrated from Laurens County, South Carolina and settled in Livingston County, Kentucky by 1802.Evidently by late fall in 1802, James and Josiah Ramage arrived in Livingston County, Kentucky, too late to erect a cabin before winter.They sought shelter that first winter under a huge rock overhand on the bank of Dry Fork of Sandy Creek.Poles were wedged under the rock (the chipped out holes and smoked stained stones are visible today) and covered them with some type of cloth or skins, a fire was built at the entrance and here they spent their first winter.The route they followed from South Carolina to Kentucky has never been ascertained and no records have been found of their journey.The two men built cabins in Kentucky then returned to South Carolina to bring their families to Kentucky.Thomas Ramage, a son of James and Lucy Ramage, who was only ten to twelve years of age, puched a cart containing family possession from South Carolina to Kentucky.
James Ramage first appears on the tax records in Livingston County in 1802.James Ramage received a grant in Livingston County, Kentucky in 1802 and another grant in Livingston County, Kentucky in 1803.These grnts (one for 190 acres and the other for 382 acres) were located on Dry Fork of Sandy Creek.A portion of the 382 acre grant remains in Ramage hands after 190 years. (From "The Ramage Family of Laurens County, South Carolina" compiled by:Martis D. Ramage, Jr. and Ruth Ramage McElhaney, 1996)
Children of James Ramage and Lucy are:
- +Thomas Ramage, Sr., b. Abt. 1790, d. date unknown.