Notes for John F. Ramsdale
From the Citizens of the Repubic of Texas, it states that John F. Ramsdale was a member of the party aboard the 'San Felipe' which captured the Mexican vessel, 'Correo'. John Ramsdale was born in Courtham, Devonshire, England, December 28, 1812 and immigrated to Texas, April 1835 and enlisted in the Republic of Texas army [navy?] in November 1835. He applied for a pension (see Republic of Texas pensions) in 1871.
[coustesy of Sandra Perry]
1838 Nacogdoches County, Texas
John F. Ramsdale mentioned in the Board of Land Commissioners Minutes for 1838.
[Nacogdoches - Gateway to Texas, A Biographical Directory 1773-1849, p123 by Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Arrow/Curtis Printing Company, Publishing Division, 2921 Morton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, 1974. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1841 Panola County, Texas Tax List
John F. Ramsdale = 1,476 acres, no slaves, 1 poll
[Tax Payers of the Republic of Texas covering 30 counties and the District of Panola, page 273; compiled and published by Beth and Emily Dorman, 14 W. Mountain Lain, Grand Prairie, Texas 75051, date unknown. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1846 Tax List
John F. Ramsdale - Houston
[Republic of Texas Poll Tax List for 1846, compiled by Marion Day Mullins, Genealogical Publishing Co, Balitmore, Maryland, 1974, p138. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1846 Houston Co, Texas Tax List, no page number
John F. Ramsdale
Texas Land Title Abstracts:
Jno. F. Ramsdale
Certificate: 376
Patentee: John F. Ramsdale
Patent Date: 5 December 1849
Acres: 1,476.13
District: Harrison
County: Harrison
File: 360
Patent #: 54
Patent Volume: 10
Class: Shelby 1st
This grant is for 1/3 of a league - the amount of land granted under the Constitution of 1836 which allowed all single men living in Texas on March 4, 1836 who were seventeen years or older a first class headright of one-third of a league or 1,476.1 acres. The land is along the Sabine River. Does this confirm John was not married before 5 December 1849?
[Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Land Grants"; http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/online/articles/LL/mp11.html]
The Ramsdale's - Francis and John - operated a ferry that crossed the Sabine River. Trammel's Trace is the general location of the ferry.
1850 - unable to locate family
1860 Beat 1, Crockett PO, Houston Co, Texas 5 June 1860, p216b:
#126/117 Jno. Ramsdale 47 m w farmer $2,100/1,896 Eng
Malinda 37 f w housewife Tx
Martha 6 f w Tx
Sam Chears 15 m w labor attended school $1,440/- Tx [son/Samuel & Lucinda Votaw]
Preston Wise 11 m w labor Tx
1870 Precinct 1, Crockett PO, Houston Co, Texas 19 July 1870, p221b:
#264/264 Ramsdale J.F. 57 w m farmer $8,000/1,480 England - citizen - father & mother foreign born
Matilda 47 f w keeping house wife can't read/write Tx
Burks M.A. 31 f w can't read/write Tx
F___? Chas. 14 m w can't write Tx - father foreign born [Freudenrich]
Wm. 10 m w can't read/write Tx - father foreign born
Augus 4 m w Tx - [father foreign born but not listed]
Falls Malinda 12 f w Tx
Mitilda 10 f w Tx
John 7 m w Tx
Burks A.J. 1/12 m w Tx b. May
V.E. 1/12 f w Tx b. May
Wise Preston 22 m w farm labr can't read/write Tx
1880 Precinct 5, Aurora, Wise Co, Texas 1 June 1880, ed129, p192b:
16/17 Chairs James M. w m 21 md farmer Tx
Nancy C. f w 18 wife md keeping house Mo
Lou E. w f 1 dau single Tx
William J. w m 4/12 b. Aug or May son single Tx
Baugh Emily P. w f 40 boarder single
Ferndenrich William W. w m 20 boarder single laborer can't read/write Tx - Tx
#17/18 Ramsdale John F. w m 66 md farmer Eng Eng Eng
Malinda w f 56 wife md keepswork house can't red/write Mo IL Mo
Freudenrich Charles w m 24 boarder single farmer Tx - -
Augustus w m 23 boarder single Tx - -
Houston Co, Texas - Sheriff's
John F. Ramsdale was appointed on May 4, 1869 by General J.J. Reynolds' Special Order No. 105 but resigned on General J.J. Reynolds' Special Order No. 304 on December 1869.
[courtesy of Allen Freudenrich, email, 16 Jun 2005, list complied by Dana Siegmund, Houston Co, Texas website county coordinator, date unknown.]
John Ramsdale died on 15 April 1887 in Aurora, Wise Co, Texas. One reseacher gives his date of birth as 28 Dec 1817 but I have not been able to confirm this date nor have I located a headstone.
Wise County, Texas History
page 5
The fourth and most recently discovered veteran was John F. Ramsdale 1812-1887), a brother of the one first discovered [George L. Ramsdale]. John Ramsdale was a native of England, like his brother, and had probably the most colorful term of service in the Texas army of the four. Ramsdale helped to recapture a Texas naval vessel which had fallen into the hands of the Mexicians. He remained in Houston County, Texas until the mid-1870s when he moved to Aurora. He died there, and his wife survived in Wise County until 1896. Researchers have not yet discovered the names of any of John F. Ramsdale's children. He and his wife are likely buried in unmarked graves in Aurora Cemetery.
[Wise County History, A Link with the Past, Volume III, A Sesquicentennial project of the Wise County Historical Commission and Wise County Historical Society, Inc. pub 1987 by Nortex Press, A Division of Eakin Publications, Inc., Austin, Texas. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
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