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Colquitt, Ransome
Ransome and Susanna Baker Colquitt Ransome Colquitt, b. 1752, son of Tabitha Ransom and Jonathan Colquitt of Halifax Co., VA., served as a dragoon (cavalry) in the First VA. Regiment for three years during the Revolution. He lost an eye, and was wounded in the right arm, as well. In 1785, he married Susanna Baker, b. 1755, daughter of Martin Baker and ? in Halifax Co., VA. They moved just across the border to Rockingham Co., N.C. and raised 5 children there. Ransome received a military service pension of $96 per annum. After Ransome's death in Rockingham Co. in 1825, his widow moved back to VA., (later that area became W. VA.) where possibly some of their children lived. She received a military widow's pension; in her application she stated that her brother, John Baker, had the family Bible. She died in 1845 in Kanawha County, W. VA. Since her brother, John, arranged the funeral, he, too ,must have lived in the area. Her will was probated in Kanawha County also. The Colquitt children were: Christian(a) who mar. a Terry and moved to Arkansas Robert who mar. Edith Vernon and moved to Tennessee William Catherine who mar. a Curtis Anna In 1845, these grandchildren, who likely lived in the area, were named in Susanna's will: Mrs. William Robins, Benjamine F. Colquitt, Sarah Colquitt, William Robins, Jr. I am hoping to locate their descendants, and would love to find the Bible that is mentioned because I am also seeking Susanna's birth place and the names of her grandparents. (I have Ransome's tree back to the 1500s!) Elizabeth Kaspar at E-Kaspar@wiu.edu My Baker Genealogy Page: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfeak/
Submitted by Elizabeth Kaspar (E- Kaspar@wiu.edu) on Mon May 15 03:48:03 2000
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