In the continued pursuit of my George W and William Neale Ramey, I have come across some information that I hope some of you know something about. Lawrence was supposedly William Neales brother and son of Alexander and Elizabeth and clearly came to Texas as part of Austin's colony in 1827 and fought with Sam Houston in the infamous battle of San Jacinto. The curious thing about Lawrence is that on the 1850 Texas (Matagorda County) census, he is recorded as 49 and his birth place is listed as New York. Does anyone have any idea as to where New York comes into play with the Asbury, Alexander line? Tom Ramey

Hi Tom, That b. NY on Lawrence Ramey has bugged me too. Could it be that it was a mistake. Clearly, Lawrence is living in a boarding house. Either a mistake or it is a totally different Lawrence Ramey. I do know that eventually some of the Reamy line did go to NYC but it was much later. To help our theory that this Lawrence is ours-the Stephen F. Austin Colony did recruit in the Westmoreland and Richmond Co VA area. Since I have been burned once by paying someone to check out the records in the State LIbrary at Austin, I would hate to do it again. However, I think that might be the best bet to find out anymore about this Lawrence. I have been told that some of those Stephen F. Austin applications (or whatever they are called) are in English a nd some in Spanish. Either way, would be a good source of info for us. I did not find Lawrence in the 1860 census records. Have you? Marsil in NM