Brooks-Screven County GaArchives Biographies.....Ramsey, Jason M. 1858 - living in 1913
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   JASON M. RAMSEY. Born on the farm which he now owns and occupies, in the
Grooverville district, Brooks county, on February 26, 1858, Jason M. Ramsey has
long been an important factor in developing and promoting the agricultural
prosperity of his community, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors and
friends. His father, Richard Ramsey, was born in Bladen county, North Carolina,
and his grandfather, William Harvey Ramsey, was born and bred in the same county.

   While yet in the prime of a vigorous manhood William Harvey Ramsey left his
native state, and, accompanied by his family, came to South Georgia in search of
a more advantageous location, the overland journey made with ox teams consuming
several weeks. Settling as a pioneer in Thomas county, he bought a tract of wild
land, and with the help of the slaves which he brought with him cleared a farm
from the wilderness, and was there employed in tilling the soil during his
remaining days. He was a man of deep religious convictions, and the first
Methodist to settle in what is now Thomas county. The first Methodist Episcopal
church of that part of Georgia was the log cabin which he built, and in it the
Methodists for miles around convened until the erection, several years later, of
a church of that denomination in Grooverville. He was twice married, by his
first wife having one daughter, Sally Ramsey. He married second, Dorcas Bivin,
and to them ten children were born, as follows: William H., Dorcas B., Richard,
Elizabeth, Ezekiel, Eliza, Thomas, Owen, Julia, and Henry. All of the sons
served in the Confederate army.

   Born March 6, 1822, Richard Ramsey was a small boy when brought by his
parents from North Carolina to Georgia, where he grew to manhood, spending his
earlier life on the home farm. For a few years after his marriage he was engaged
in farming in the Boston district, of what is now Thomas county. Selling that
property he removed to what is now Brooks county, buying a farm on the Boston
and Grooverville road, and continued his chosen pursuit. Joining the Georgia
Reserve Corps in 1864, he went to the defense of Atlanta, and served until the
close of the war. Very successful in his agricultural work, he acquired a large
tract of land, erected good buildings, and remained on his well-managed farm
until his death, October 30, 1904. He married, January 23, 1846, Melvira Moye,
who was born January 23, 1829, in Screven county, Georgia, a daughter of Furney
Moye. Her father, whose birth occurred in 1785, was one of the pioneer farmers
of Screven county, from there coming with his family to what is now Brooks
county, and spending his remaining days in the Grooverville district. Thirteen
children were born to Richard Ramsey and his wife, as follows: Ella, Henry, Mary
P., Gardner V., Jason M., Richard R., Annetta, Valeria P., Novella, Anna D.,
Homer H., Thomas L., and Evelina G. By his first wife, whose name was Narcissa
Kurd, he had one son, William H. Ramsey.

   Educated in the rural schools of his native district, Jason M. Ramsey became
thoroughly versed in the theory and practice of agriculture when young, and
later took charge of the home farm, and as his parents advanced in years looked
carefully after their welfare. Subsequently purchasing the interests of the
remaining heirs in the parental homestead, he succeeded to its ownership, and
has since carried on general farming and stock raising most successfully, in his
operations using modern methods.

   In 1906, Mr. Ramsey married Hattie Louise Watkins, a daughter of Clark and
Sally (Miller) Watkins, and granddaughter of Dr. Baker Ewing Watkins, of whom a
brief account may be found on another page of this work, in connection with the
sketch of Dr. J. E. Watkins. Coming to Georgia with his father in pioneer days,
Clark Watkins lived in Colquitt county several years, but in 1886 bought land in
the Boston district, Thomas county, and was there employed as a tiller of the
soil until his death in 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey are people of much refinement,
upright in principles, and are consistent and active members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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