<< In a message dated 1/16/01 4:57:47 PM Central Standard Time, CarBurCo writes: << these RANSOMS are not related to mine, as far as I know. (AND this is ALL I know about them).Of course we all are related if we go back far enough, right??? SO do let me know if any of these are related to YOU >> Carole, Half of these are related to you and the other half are related to me. Of course, you and I are related, but more distantly. I know who all of these people are except possibly the James M. Ransom. Your folks here are descended from Samuel Ransom who was the brother of your Captain Richard Ransom (son of James and Amy Davis Ransom). One of Samuel's children was James Ransom who married Isabella C. "Ibby" Waller in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1820. James died in January 1850 and Ibby had died in 1843. This left their children (8 as I guess it) as orphans although 3 or 4 them were old enough to take care of themselves by 1850. James and Ibby's children that are listed in your book are: James Ransom - 60th Ga. Co. B John Ransom - 60th Ga. Co. B Jordan D. Ransom - 41st Ga. Co. E The John J. at Flowers Cemetery is the same John as above. The James M. Ransom might be the same James as in the 60th Georgia - I don't know. I'm surprised that one of the other brothers isn't listed in your book - he was also in Company B, 60th Georgia Infantry, so there were the three brothers together. This boy's name was Irwin B. Ransom and he was killed in action in The Cornfield at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The other family, which is my kin are the others listed. The father and mother of them was Thomas S. Ransom and Susan Jackson married 1831 Hancock Co., Ga. Of their children, your book lists: A. J. Ransom at Union Cemetery - is Andrew J. T. F. Ransom at Union Cemetery is Thomas F. and he is also the one your book shows in the 20th Georgia, Company A. As your book shows his arm was disabled - he was wounded twice in battle - once at the Battle of Chickamauga from which he recovered and the 2nd time at the Battle of the Wilderness with a wound in the left elbow which paralyzed his arm from that day forward. This family also lost two other sons in the Confederate service - a son at Gettysburg and another to Typhoid in Richmond. If you'd like more info on either of these lines, I can provide you outlines easily. Steve Ransom >>