Notes for George Lafayette Ramsdale
1846 Tax List
G. L. 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]
1850 No Township, Houston Co, Texas 11 December 1850, p189a:
#674/674 George L. Ramsdale 29 m w farmer $600 can't read/write Eng
Elizabeth 22 f w can't read/write Ar
John F. 7 m w Tx - Harrison County
Samuel A. 5 m w Tx - Rusk County
William B. 3 m w Tx - Houston County
George M. 11 m w Tx - Houston County
Thomas E. 6/12 m w Tx - Houston County
1860 Beat 1, Crockett PO, Houston Co, Texas 6 June 1860, p219a:
#160/149 Geo. Ramsdale 40 m farmer $640/1,300 Eng
Elizabeth 35 f house wife Ar
Jno. 17 m laborer Ar
Wm. 14 m Tx
Geo. Moore 12 m Tx
Thos. E. 10 m attended school Tx
Eli 9 m attended school Tx
Marion 6 m Tx
Malind 4 f Tx
James 2 m Tx
Infant 1/2 m Tx [Leroy C?]
1870 Precinct1, Boyds Mill PO, Wise Co, Texas 13 August 1870, p498a:
#126/126 George L. Ramsdale 50 m w farmer $500/500 Eng - father & mother foreign born - citizen
Elizabeteh 45 f keesp house Ar
John F. 26 m farmer Tx - father foreign born - citizen
William 21 m farmer Tx - father foreign born - citizen
Thomas E. 17 m Tx - father foreign born
Elijah E. 18 m Tx - father foreign born
Marion C. 16 m Tx - father foreign born
Melinda E. 13 f Tx - father foreign born
Francis C. 9 f Tx - father foreign born
Jeremiah 6 m Tx - father foreign born
1880 Aurora, Precinct 5, Wise Co, Texas 1 August 1880, ed129, p192a:
#4/4 Ramsdale George L. head w m 60 md farmer Eng Eng Eng
Elizabeth w f 56 wife keeping house, can't write Mo Tn -
Marrian C. w m 25 son single farmer Tx Mo Eng [Marion]
Leroy C. w m 20 son single at home, attended school Tx Mo Eng
Jermiah w m 17 son single at home Tx Mo Eng
Blevins Samuel M. boarder 23 m w single engineer Oh NC NC
Brims Ella A. boarder 18 f w single Tx Pa -
Cheairs Lydia A. 8 f w single Tx Tx - [dau of Andrew Jackson & Lydia Margaret Prather]
Buried: Paradise Cemetery, Paradise Township, Wise Co, Texas located on the NW edge of town. Take Highway 144 to Honeysuckle Drive and then turn left on Pecan Street.
George Ramsdale
b. 1829
d. 17 Apr 1884
plot 1401
page 5:
Last spring, the first of the old Texas veterans was honored with a Texas Historical Marker at his gravesite in Paradise Cemetery. George Lafayette Ramsdale (1820-1884) had lived around Aurora for many years before moving to Paradise a short time before his death.
[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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