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ALEXANDER AND RAMSEY FAMILY
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PAPERS, 1815-1940
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UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 162
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Collection Information |
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Biographical Note |
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Container List |
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Size:
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.25 linear feet (85 items). |
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| Locales: |
Knoxville (Tenn.). |
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.). |
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| Bulk Dates: |
1860-1879. |
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| Languages: |
English. |
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| Summary: |
Chiefly correspondence (1860s-1870s) of William Davidson Alexander
(1840-1927) of Mecklenburg County; of his wife, Susan Amelia Ramsey Alexander
(1843-90); and of her father, James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1797-1884),
physician, historian, and entrepreneur of Knoxville. Also includes deeds,
estate and guardian records, typescript memoir of Susan Ramsey Alexander,
extracts from Ramsey's autobiography, a genealogy of the Ramsey family,
and a travel diary/farm journal probably kept by Sue Ramsey Alexander's
brother, Robert McKnitt Ramsey (1832-90). |
| Index Terms: |
Alexander family. |
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Alexander, John McKnitt. |
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Alexander, Robert D., 1796-1868. |
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Alexander, Sue Ramsey, 1843-1890. |
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Alexander, William Davidson, 1840-1927. |
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Knoxville (Tenn.)--History. |
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Knoxville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.)--History. |
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North Carolina--Genealogy. |
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Railroads--Tennessee--History. |
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Ramsey family. |
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Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884. |
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Ramsey, Robert McGready, 1832-1890. |
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Tennessee--Genealogy. |
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Tennessee--History. |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives,
Confederate. |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women. |
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Women--Confederate States of America--Social conditions. |
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| Sources: |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Alexander, 1991. |
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Unrestricted. |
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| Copyright: |
Not held by UNC Charlotte Library. |
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| Citation: |
Alexander and Ramsey Family Papers, University of North Carolina
at Charlotte Library. |
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| Contact Information: |
For more information about this collection, please contact:
Special Collections Department
J. Murrey Atkins Library
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
E-mail: speccoll@email.uncc.edu
Telephone: (704) 687-2449
Fax: (704) 687-2232 |
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| Related: |
James
Gettys McGready Ramsey Papers, UNC-Chapel Hill, SHC #2328. |
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James
Gettys McGready Ramsey Papers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. |
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William
D. Alexander Diary, UNC-Chapel Hill, SHC #2478. |
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| Susan Amelia Ramsey was born on April 23, 1843
to Margaret Crozier and J. M. G. Ramsey. She married William Davidson Alexander
(1840-1927) of North Carolina on October 17, 1867. He was the son of Abigail
Bain Caldwell and Robert Davidson Alexander (1796-1863). [J. M. G. Ramsey
and Robert Davidson Alexander were both grandsons of John McKnitt Alexander;
thus, Susan and William Alexander were second cousins.] They had seven children.
She died April 13, 1890. |
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| Susan's brother, Robert McGready Ramsey, was
born at Mecklenburg Place near Knoxville, Tenn., on November 8, 1832. He
attended Tusculum College in Tennessee. During the Civil War, Ramsey served
in the Confederate Marine Corps and as a courier for several generals and
other leaders. He married Mary Margaret Atwell in 1866 in Rowan County,
N.C., and died in Huntersville, N.C., on June 4, 1890. |
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| James Gettys McGready Ramsey was born in Swan
Pond, Tenn., on March 25, 1797, the son of Margaret Alexander (1766-1805)
and Francis Alexander Ramsey (1764-1820). [Margaret was the daughter of
John McKnitt Alexander of Mecklenburg County, N.C.] He studied at Washington
College in Tennessee and the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied
medicine. During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon for the Confederate
Army. Ramsey also engaged in banking, railroading, and education. He also
founded the first historical society in Tennessee. Ramsey married Margaret
Barton Crozier (1802-89) on March 1, 1821 and they had 11 children, among
them Susan Amelia and Robert McGready. He died in 1884 and was buried near
Knoxville. |
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| [For additional information, see Ramsey family
genealogy list below in box 1:3; Edith Scott, The Story of Two Chairs (1957);
Annie K. Blythe Ingram, A Genealogical Record for National Society Daughters
of the American Revolution Magazine (1952); and Charles William Sommerville,
History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church (1939), pp. 97-98.] |
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Contents |
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CORRESPONDENCE (1864, 1871-75, 1894, 1901, 1914, 1925, n.d.):
primarily correspondence (1871-72) of William Davidson Alexander of Mecklenburg
County, his wife, Susan Amelia Ramsey, and her father, James Gettys McGready
Ramsey. Includes letter (6-9-1864) [photocopy of original, with typewritten
transcription] from Robert McGready Ramsey to his sister, Susan, in which
he comments on the advancing enemy and anticipation of battle with Federal
troops. |
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CORRESPONDENCE--OVERSIZE FILE (1872): letter (11-13-1872)
of William Davidson Alexander. |
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DIARY AND JOURNAL (1865-67): travel diary and farm journal
(1865-67, with transcription), kept by a member of the Sue Ramsey Alexander
family (possibly her brother, Robert McKnitt Ramsey). Travel portion of
the diary (12/4/1865 - 1/31/1866) covers a round trip by railroad between
Charlotte and Cape Girardeau, Mo. [NOTE: Probably due to the destruction
of railroads in the South during the Civil War, the diarist was forced to
go north to Pennsylvania in order to make his connections to his destination.
The diarist is apparently travelling with a woman named Molly (probably
Mary Margaret Atwell, whom Robert McGready Ramsey married in July, 1866).]
The farm journal portion of the diary is very brief (4 pages covering April
23-27, 1867). Since Robert McGready Ramsey died at Huntersville, N.C., the
journal probably refers to a farm in northern Mecklenburg County. |
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FAMILY HISTORY (1868, 1884, 1918, 1932, n.d.): includes a
Ramsey family genealogy (1918) compiled by William E. Crozier (with his
letter [photocopy of original] to James Ramsey Alexander, 8-4-32); "Our
Women in the War" (ca. 1884) by Sue R. Alexander in which she recounts
her experiences in Knoxville during the Civil War; and a copy of "How
J. G. M. Ramsey M.D. Succeeded in Promoting, Building, and Equiping The
First Railroad In The State of Tennessee" (ca. 1868), which was copied
from Ramsey's autobiography. |
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LEGAL DOCUMENTS (1813, 1815, 1860, 1869-70, 1890-92, 1901,
1936, 1940): comprised of deeds, indentures, and wills. Includes a typewritten
copy of John McKnitt Alexander's will (1813) and three drafts of Robert
Davidson Alexander's will (1860). |
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