RAMSOUR/Ramsaur/Ramseur Ancestors
of PA to Lincoln Co. NC... (1700's-1800's)

Below is a list of three generations of the early line of Ramsour's. (I have much more...)
They came from PA to Lincoln Co. NC in the mid 1700's. The spelling varies from Ramsour to Ramsaur to Ramseur in early records, but I have maintained the "Ramsour" spelling to help me keep them in some kind of order in my database...
I have more complete info. on places of birth, death, burial, etc. for most of these individuals, but to save space I only included the year of their birth and death.

My direct line is through Deiterick's son Jacob and through his daughter Margaret Ramsour-Warlick.

1 Johan "Deiterick" Ramsour 1700 - 1783
. +Catherine
... 2 Johannes Ramsour 1728 - 1764
... 2 Jacob (Sr.) Ramsour 1730/31 - 1787
....... +Ann (Carpenter) Zimmerman 1749/50 - 1808
........ 3 Catherine "Catey" Ramsour 1768 - 1849
............ +John "Henry" Hoke 1764 - 1826
........ 3 John (Capt.) Ramsour 1770 - 1857
............ +Elizabeth Shuford 1774 - 1849
........ 3 Elizabeth Ramsour 1773 - 1853
............ +David Shuford 1761 - 1828
........ 3 David Ramsour 1775 - 1842
............ +Sarah Salome Wilfong 1788 - 1837
........ 3 Margaret Ramsour 1777 - 1872
............ +Daniel Warlick 1771 - 1816
........ 3 Barbara Ramsour 1780 - 1849
............ +Daniel Hoke 1773 - 1856
........ 3 Jacob (Jr.) Ramsour 1787 - 1862
............ +Barbara Summey 1791 - 1865
........ 3 Nine Children Total Ramsour 1765 -
... 2 David Ramsour 1733 - 1785
....... +Maria Margaretha "Mary" Warlick 1746 - 1818
........ 3 Mary Elizabeth Ramsour 1760 - 1820
............ +Daniel Shuford 1759 - 1834
........ 3 John Ramsour 1766 - 1844
............ +Elizabeth Hedrick 1772 - 1815
........ 3 Margaret Ramsour 1768 - 1780
........ 3 [1] Henry Ramsour 1770 - 1828
............ +Mary Magdalene Shuford 1767 - 1842
........ *2nd Wife of [1] Henry Ramsour:
............ +Magdalina Shuford 1767 - 1842
........ 3 Philip Ramsour 1772 - 1842
............ +Sarah Summey 1787 - 1808
........ 3 Barbara Ramsour 1774 - 1857
............ +Jonas Hedrick 1767 - 1836
........ 3 Daniel Ramsour 1777 - 1806
........ 3 [2] David Ramsour 1780 - 1842
............ +Elizabeth Summey 1784 - 1822
........ *2nd Wife of [2] David Ramsour:
............ +Anna Wilfong 1795 - 1868
... 2 Johan Hienrich Ramsour 1736 - 1764
... 2 [3] Anna Maria Ramsour 1737/38 - 1800
....... +Philip Jakob Rudisill 1731 - 1764
... *2nd Husband of [3] Anna Maria Ramsour:
....... +Nicholas (Jr.) Friday
........ 3 Jonas Friday 1766 - 1811
............ +Elizabeth Costner 1769 - 1840
........ 3 Catherine Friday 1768 - 1791
............ +Henry Rudisill
........ 3 Andrew Friday 1772 - 1848
............ +Elizabeth Hoyle
... 2 Catherine "Kadarina" Ramsour 1742 - 1819
....... +Jacob Zimmerman/Carpenter 1734 - 1807
........ 3 Margaret Zimmerman/Carpenter 1760 - 1832
............ +Johann Martin Friday 1755 - 1817
........ 3 Henry Zimmerman/Carpenter 1774 - 1834
............ +Frances Lehman 1774 - 1834
... 2 Margaret Ramsour 1740 - 1789
....... +Christopher (or Sebastian, Jr.) Cline

If you find that you're related to this line, please e-mail me at the link below...
There are many sources of information on this early Ramsour/Ramsaur family. I can provide a list of resources if you're interested.

Below are two references on the history of this early NC family:

From notes found in the Lincoln Co. NC Library:
"Diederick Ramsauer, a miller and Christian Reinhardt, a tanner, erected a mill, a tan yard, store and blacksmith ship near the junction of Clark's Creek with the South Fork of the Catawba.... As the site selected was the converging point of a number of important Indian trails, which soon became public roads, this place developed rapidly into the center of trade for a large region of country which was fast filing up with sturdy and thrifty population. It became known as Ramsour's Mill, was 20 miles west of the main Catawba River and 36 miles north west of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg Co. NC".

From "Annals of Lincoln Co. NC" by Wm. Sherrill (pages 42-43):
"Diedrich Ramsour, the pioneer, died in 1780 and his will was probated in March of that year. He had several sons, two of whom were Jacob and David.
1. Jacob operated the Ramsour Mill in 1780, the year the battle was fought on the nearby hill. His son David, married Sarah Wilfong and they were the parents of Jacob A. Ramsour and Mrs. John F. Phifer of Lincolnton....
2. David, was the father of John Ramsour who married Elizabeth Heedick and represented the County in the House of Commons, 1797 and 1798, and among the sons were: Jacob, Daniel, Andrew and Henry....
page 77: "David Ramsour, son of Diedrich Ramsour, the pioneer, died in his 50th year on Feb. 23, 1812."
page 92: "Jacob Ramsour, son of Diedrich Ramsour, the pioneer, died Jan. 11, 1826."

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