Joel Ramsey b about 1756 Baltimore MD; d about 1840 Russell Co VA; m. Abigail Freeman b 1764 NC d/o John Freeman and Hannah Thorton. Children of Joel Ramsey and Abigail Freeman;

I. Daniel Ramsey b about 1780 NC; m. 1803 Wythe Co VA to Lydia Minchey. Daniel Ramsey m. 7 Oct 1824 Pike Co KY to Letitia Mills Sowards b before 1790 VA. Daniel Ramsey m. 5 Jan 1849 Pike Co KY to Sarah Ann Lee.

II. Hannah Ramsey b 1790 NC d after 1850; m. James Dyer b 1792 d about 1830.

III. Freeman Ramsey b 8 Feb 1790 NC d 15 Jun 1868 Salome, Taylor Co KY; m. 12 Jan 1836 Bullett Co KY to Nancy Jane Harris b 17 Jan 1813 Roanoke Co VA d 8 Nov 1887 Salome, Taylor Co KY; d/o Simeon Harris and Susannah Owen.

IV. Robert Ramsey b about 1790 d 9 Jul 1838 Pike Co KY; m. 17 Apr 1825 Pike Co KY to Nancy Clark b about 1805 d about 1860; d/o Reuben Clark and Elizabeth Lykens.

V. Joel Ramsey Jr b about 1792 NC d 24 Nov 1858 Scott Co VA; m. 6 Apr 1813 Cedar Creek, Russell Co VA to Mary Polly Belcher b 7 Jun 1792 Grayson Co VA d 8 Oct 1872 Dungannon, Scott Co VA at the home of her daughter, Mary Jane.

VI. William Ramsey b 1795 NC d 28 Mar 1876 Russell Co VA; m. Susannah "Sukey" Bush b 1800 Russell Co VA d 14 Aug 1888 Russell Co VA; d/o Austin Bush and Nancy Cash Rainwater.

VII. Sarah Jane "Sally" Ramsey b 16 May 1795 NC d Nov 1865 Centralia IL; m. about 1814 Russell Co VA to Samuel Berry Heaberlin b 2 Oct 1795 Washington Co VA d 15 Oct 1865 Centralia IL.

VIII. Elizabeth Ramsey b 17 Jul 1801 Wythe Co VA d 12 Nov 1881 Greenup Co KY; buried Upper Flatwoods, Boyd Co KY; m. about 1818 Russell Co VA to Andrew Heaberlin b about 1796 Washington Co VA d about 1863 Russell Co VA; s/o John George Heaberlin and Elizabeth Berry.