Brief Life History of Mary Norman
When Mary Norman Ramsey was born on 24 May 1803, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Lewis Ramsey, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Jones, was 23. She married William B Townsend on 3 December 1821, in Person, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Webster, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 February 1880, in Vanderburg, Webster, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mary Townson in household of William Townson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary N Ramsey, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Mary Norman Ramsey Townsend, "Find A Grave Index"
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1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish (Antrim): habitational name from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire), from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. Alternatively, the name may also arise from Ramsey (Essex), probably from the same etymology as the Huntingdonshire placename. However, this is unlikely to be the source of the Scottish surname. This form of the surname is also common in Ireland, where it is probably in most if not all cases an altered form of Scottish Ramsay .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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