I have an old family bible which identifies my great great grandfather as George William Ramey of which I posted about last week and several of you posted replies, for which I am most appreciative. As I indicated, he is on the Chickasaw County, Mississippi census in 1850 as George with a wife Jane, and a son John. This listing agrees with other info that I have including listings in 1870, 80, 90 for George. In digging I found a sale today in December 1847 of Indian land in Pontotoc to George Washington Ramey of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Is the bible wrong with the William or ???? Any thoughts would be appreciated. For further reference, George W?? is the father of Joseph Robert, John Milton, William Virgil and George Columbus and brother to William Francis and William Neale Jr.

HI.... I had to laugh when you ask is Geo. William and possibly Geo Washington the same person... yes COULD be.... My friend and I looked for her Grandfather for years only to find that he used 2 different set of names.... Initials were the same.. Walter Edgar Holderby and Walter EDWARD Holderby... he signed his name both ways.... Drove us crazy until we figured out that they one and the same person..... my great grand father went by the name of both Francis CHARLES and Francis MARIAN Eggleston..... and who knows why, have my thoughts on the subject tho.... As I don't think that he bothered to divorce his first wife and married my G-grandmother under the FC name..as they named their 1st son Francis Charles... must have been and inside joke with them....... He may have had a reason to change part of his name..... one will never know.... Then again it could be two different folks.. the Indians had to take white names then so it may be an Indian that used that name to get the land..... check on the Indian rolls and see if there was an Indian with that name...... Jd. <>< -----Original Message----- From: Tom Ramey [mailto:tramey@txucom.net] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:12 PM To: RAMEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAMEY-L] More George William Ramey I have an old family bible which identifies my great great grandfather as George William Ramey of which I posted about last week and several of you posted replies, for which I am most appreciative. As I indicated, he is on the Chickasaw County, Mississippi census in 1850 as George with a wife Jane, and a son John. This listing agrees with other info that I have including listings in 1870, 80, 90 for George. In digging I found a sale today in December 1847 of Indian land in Pontotoc to George Washington Ramey of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Is the bible wrong with the William or ???? Any thoughts would be appreciated. For further reference, George W?? is the father of Joseph Robert, John Milton, William Virgil and George Columbus and brother to William Francis and William Neale Jr. ==== RAMEY Mailing List ====