Regretfully, I'm not familiar with your James. But Lancaster Co is not too far from Newberry Co., SC. The Reagins that came there were Quakers but a lot of the offsprings stopped being Quakers and left Newberry. He may have come from that bunch. The only early 1800s James from Newberry Co. that I'm familiar with was a James Jones Reagin, the son of William Reagin & Phoebe Burdette Burton who was born in Newberry Co. abt 1810 and dies 1873 but this doesn't appear to be your James as he probably died in the 1840s. Sorry I can't help. You probably already know this, but in case you don't, Elizabeth Ragin and the younger kids are in Harris Co., GA without James in 1850 census. Michael -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of martybilld Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:50 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 Hi Michael, your message and that of Maryellen's is of interest to me. I have been trying to locate more information on the parents of my gg grandfather, James Ragan, and have butted my head against the proverbial brick wall many times! What little I know of my James is that he was born in Lancaster, SC, married Elizabeth Decker, is found on the 1840 census in Talbot Co., GA but not the 1850 census. They had at least eight children, Peter Fleming (born in SC), Simeon (or, Simon), Sarah Jane, Alfred Asa, Mary Elizabeth, W.L., Lucinda, and, J.C., all born in GA. There is always the possibility of others that we do not know about. Most of the issue left GA for TX and MS but Elizabeth (wife) died in GA. In your research have you seem any information concerning this family? Any ideas or suggestions? I have been in touch with a lot of Ragan (variant spellings) researchers and keep hoping that I can find one that either knows about this family or can suggest a site to search. I have relatively good records of most of the issue but would really love to uncover information on the parents of James. I have lots of data on the family (Decker) of his wife, Elizabeth but none of them have more than that she married James Ragan. Thanks for your time. Bill Davis martybilld@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nash, Michael A" <manash@pbsj.com> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 > Jesse Reagin is my ggg grandfather. He is a son of John/Rezin/Timothy > Reagin. He was born in Newberry Co. in 1769 & died in Abbeville Co. > about 1823. Married Rachel Jay abt 1790. Their children include Young > Reagin and Edwin O. Reagin. Descendents settled in Alabama, Georgia & > Texas. > > Michael Nash > > -----Original Message----- > From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maryellen > Horrigan > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:48 AM > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 > > I have been plowing through the 1800 SC fed census looking for various > names. > > As always, when going through hand written names, you see listings > differently from the official transcript. > > Sometimes we imagine our names, sometimes we get it right. Anything is > possible. > > > > On that note, I question 3 entries: > > > > In the 1800 SC census for Edgefield on page 162 I find a Jesse Ragin 3 x > x 1 > x 1 x x 1 x x.. > > So Jesse and his wife have 4 little ones under 10, 3 of whom are male > and > they are both 26-45. > > Who is this guy.anyone any proof? > > > > 1800 SC Abbeville p 40 has a Cristion Ragon 4 x x 1 x x 1 x 1 x x > Anyone? > > The name actually looks like Razor, but so does my next question. > > > > 1800 Abbeville SC p. 19 Peter Ragon which looks like Peter Razor 2 1 x 1 > x 1 > 1 x 1 x x. > > > > James, I suspect this is your Peter. I know that like me with Littleton, > you > stand looking back over the sea of the Rev > > seeking for a place to come from. What I did not appreciate is that you > are > sitting on my in-laws. > > > > The Lewis Gant on p. 19 and the 5 Gants on p. 15 are mine. They are > nephews > of Mary Gantt Riggins, wife of Littleton Riggins (Ragan in GA, TN, and > sometimes SC) > > > > The Gants came down from NC ( Orange) And I smell Alamance. > > > > My guy had to be in NC in 1796 to marry. BUT, the only child of his who > survives to inform the 1880 census ( AL) says he was born in SC. He was > born > in 1774. > > They are in GA( Greene) by 1799.maybe.he bought in 1799, but.they may > not > have actually moved in until her father died in Orange NC in1801. > > Her father , John Gant, has a young woman and a young child living with > him > in NC in the 1800 census. In MD's 1800 census is a young Littleton > Riggin > with 2 young kids and an old lady. It is possible these two are them. > Mary > may have taken the young girl and Littleton and his mom kept two others. > I'm > just throwing this speculation out there. > > > > We tend to frget other people's lines if they aren't ours. Please tell > me > about Peter, and I promise to listen closely. Maryellen > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message for Ragan-Roots archives go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Michael, you wrote: "You probably already know this, but in case you don't, Elizabeth Ragin and the younger kids are in Harris Co., GA without James in 1850 census." Yes, Michael, I am aware of that and realized that I left that out in my message. Thanks for pointing that out to me We think James died in the '40's as he had a child.born about 1846/47. We tried the gold rush and the Mexican war but no help in locating him. I suspect records of such events were not very good for that era and we will probably never know if he was involved in one or the other. Thanks again, Bill martybilld@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nash, Michael A" <manash@pbsj.com> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 > Regretfully, I'm not familiar with your James. But Lancaster Co is not > too far from Newberry Co., SC. The Reagins that came there were Quakers > but a lot of the offsprings stopped being Quakers and left Newberry. He > may have come from that bunch. > > The only early 1800s James from Newberry Co. that I'm familiar with was > a James Jones Reagin, the son of William Reagin & Phoebe Burdette Burton > who was born in Newberry Co. abt 1810 and dies 1873 but this doesn't > appear to be your James as he probably died in the 1840s. Sorry I can't > help. > > You probably already know this, but in case you don't, Elizabeth Ragin > and the younger kids are in Harris Co., GA without James in 1850 census. > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of martybilld > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:50 AM > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 > > Hi Michael, your message and that of Maryellen's is of interest to me. > I > have been trying to locate more information on the parents of my gg > grandfather, James Ragan, and have butted my head against the proverbial > > brick wall many times! > > What little I know of my James is that he was born in Lancaster, SC, > married > Elizabeth Decker, is found on the 1840 census in Talbot Co., GA but not > the > 1850 census. They had at least eight children, Peter Fleming (born in > SC), > Simeon (or, Simon), Sarah Jane, Alfred Asa, Mary Elizabeth, W.L., > Lucinda, > and, J.C., all born in GA. There is always the possibility of others > that > we do not know about. Most of the issue left GA for TX and MS but > Elizabeth > (wife) died in GA. > > In your research have you seem any information concerning this family? > Any > ideas or suggestions? I have been in touch with a lot of Ragan (variant > > spellings) researchers and keep hoping that I can find one that either > knows > about this family or can suggest a site to search. I have relatively > good > records of most of the issue but would really love to uncover > information on > the parents of James. I have lots of data on the family (Decker) of his > > wife, Elizabeth but none of them have more than that she married James > Ragan. > > Thanks for your time. > > Bill Davis > martybilld@bellsouth.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nash, Michael A" <manash@pbsj.com> > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 > > >> Jesse Reagin is my ggg grandfather. He is a son of John/Rezin/Timothy >> Reagin. He was born in Newberry Co. in 1769 & died in Abbeville Co. >> about 1823. Married Rachel Jay abt 1790. Their children include > Young >> Reagin and Edwin O. Reagin. Descendents settled in Alabama, Georgia & >> Texas. >> >> Michael Nash >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maryellen >> Horrigan >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:48 AM >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] SC 1800 >> >> I have been plowing through the 1800 SC fed census looking for various >> names. >> >> As always, when going through hand written names, you see listings >> differently from the official transcript. >> >> Sometimes we imagine our names, sometimes we get it right. Anything is >> possible. >> >> >> >> On that note, I question 3 entries: >> >> >> >> In the 1800 SC census for Edgefield on page 162 I find a Jesse Ragin 3 > x >> x 1 >> x 1 x x 1 x x.. >> >> So Jesse and his wife have 4 little ones under 10, 3 of whom are male >> and >> they are both 26-45. >> >> Who is this guy.anyone any proof? >> >> >> >> 1800 SC Abbeville p 40 has a Cristion Ragon 4 x x 1 x x 1 x 1 x x >> Anyone? >> >> The name actually looks like Razor, but so does my next question. >> >> >> >> 1800 Abbeville SC p. 19 Peter Ragon which looks like Peter Razor 2 1 x > 1 >> x 1 >> 1 x 1 x x. >> >> >> >> James, I suspect this is your Peter. I know that like me with > Littleton, >> you >> stand looking back over the sea of the Rev >> >> seeking for a place to come from. What I did not appreciate is that > you >> are >> sitting on my in-laws. >> >> >> >> The Lewis Gant on p. 19 and the 5 Gants on p. 15 are mine. They are >> nephews >> of Mary Gantt Riggins, wife of Littleton Riggins (Ragan in GA, TN, and >> sometimes SC) >> >> >> >> The Gants came down from NC ( Orange) And I smell Alamance. >> >> >> >> My guy had to be in NC in 1796 to marry. BUT, the only child of his > who >> survives to inform the 1880 census ( AL) says he was born in SC. He > was >> born >> in 1774. >> >> They are in GA( Greene) by 1799.maybe.he bought in 1799, but.they may >> not >> have actually moved in until her father died in Orange NC in1801. >> >> Her father , John Gant, has a young woman and a young child living > with >> him >> in NC in the 1800 census. In MD's 1800 census is a young Littleton >> Riggin >> with 2 young kids and an old lady. It is possible these two are them. >> Mary >> may have taken the young girl and Littleton and his mom kept two > others. >> I'm >> just throwing this speculation out there. >> >> >> >> We tend to frget other people's lines if they aren't ours. Please tell >> me >> about Peter, and I promise to listen closely. Maryellen >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message