Chatham County Regiment of the North Carolina militia during the
Revolutionary War from 1775-1783. He served as acting commander of the
Salisbury District Brigade
The Salisbury District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disba ...
in 1781. He was captured by the British Loyalists at the
Chatham Courthouse on July 17, 1781 and released on parole later in 1781. After the war, he was selected as brigadier general in charge of the
Hillsborough District Brigade.
[The Minerva, weekly newspaper (Raleigh, North Carolina), Monday, July 22, 1805, p. 3][North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 1–4, p. 6.]
Occupations
Ambrose Ramsey held the following positions:
* 1775, presiding justice of the Inferior Court of Please and Quarter Sessions of Chatham County, Province of North Carolina; when independence from British rule in Chatham County was declared
* April 4, 1776, delegate to the
Fourth Provincial Congress at Halifax. This Congress passed the
Halifax Resolves
The Halifax Resolves was a name later given to the resolution adopted by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on April 12, 1776. The adoption of the resolution was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from ...
.
* December 23, 1776, chosen as justice of Chatham County
* 17771781, 17831788, elected as
State Senator eleven times to the
North Carolina General Assembly
* Member of the Hillsborough District Committee of Safety member
* September 18, 1780, North Carolina War Board sent him an order to raise troops for the Chatham County militia
* July 16, 1781, captured by British
Colonel David Fanning at Chatham Courthouse
* 1786, trustee of Pittsboro Academy
* July 25, 1788, delegate to North Carolina's
Hillsborough Convention
The Hillsborough Convention, was the first of two North Carolina conventions to ratify the United States Constitution. Delegates represented 7 boroughs and 59 counties, including six western counties that became part of Tennessee when it was creat ...
on the
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven ar ...
Family
Ambrose had two brothers, John and Matthew Ramsey. John was a justice of Chatham County and also served as clerk of court. Matthew was a Captain of a Company of Light Horse during the Revolutionary War and also captured at Chatham Courthouse. He ran a mill on Rocky Creek, called Green's mill.
Ambrose ran a mill, Ramsey's Mill, that was located on the present site of the
Lockville Dam, Canal and Powerhouse
Lockville Dam, Canal and Powerhouse is a historic dam, canal, and powerhouse located near Moncure, Chatham County, North Carolina. The dam was built in 1922 and replaced an earlier log dam built by the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Compan ...
in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Ambrose died on June 29, 1805 in Chatham County.
[* Chatham County, North Carolina, Will of Ambrose Ramsey, written January 27, 1803, probated in 1805; lists $5,500 and additional security, mills, 400 acres, a ferry, and a fishery]
References
Additional Sources
* 1790 and 1800 Census, Chatham County, North Carolina
* 1779 Chatham County, North Carolina land records, granted 640 acres
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1805 deaths
North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution
People from Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina state senators
Militia generals in the American Revolution
Members of the North Carolina Provincial Congresses