The Family of Andrew and Sophia Dorothea (WALTEMYER) RALSTON
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114__Andrew RALSTON
     b. 25 Feb 1753, Renfrew Scotland 
     child of:  John & ? (?) RALSTON 
     d.  11 Sep 1827, Bloomingdale, Jefferson County, OH 
     Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
                  (NOTE:  In 2002, the church was no longer standing.  The graveyard was in the midst
                  of a strip-mining operation and access was restricted due to the use of explosives.) 

     m.  19 Dec 1785, York County, PA

115__Sophia Dorothea WALTEMYER
     b.  23 Apr 1766, Huntington Township, York, York County, PA 
     child of:  David and Eve Elizabeth (DARITETY??) WALTEMYER 
     d.  23 Dec 1828, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH 
     Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

Other Marriages:

Children:
114.1  David RALSTON     b.  2 Sep 1786, York Springs, Adams County, PA     d.  5 May 1814
           Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
           m.  Sarah WICKARD
           Children:  Mary Ann RALSTON     b.  22 Apr 1813     d.  3 Oct 1821
                          Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH
114.2  Margaret RALSTON   b.  28 Oct 1788, York Springs, Adams County, PA   d.  7 Nov 1830
           m.  1810, Daniel D. DAVIS
114.3  Ruth RALSTON     b.  c1789, York Springs, Adams County, PA
114.4  Mary RALSTON     b.  26 Aug 1790     d.  1831     (See #56/57)
114.5  Elizabeth RALSTON     b.  8 Jan 1793, York Springs, Adams County, PA    d.  9 Sep 1873
           m.  Thomas ADAMS
114.6  Jane RALSTON     b.  13 Nov 1794, York Springs, Adams County, PA     d.  22 Nov 1842
           m1.  16 May 1816  William JONES
           m2.  17 Jun 1833  Enoch ZOLLERS
114.7  Andrew RALSTON Jr. b.  7 Feb 1797, York Springs, Adams County, PA  d.  18 Feb 1873
           m1.  Fannie HESSER
           m2.  11 Dec 1827, Eleanor PATTON
114.8  John RALSTON     b.  13 Jul 1799     d.  2 Oct 1881
114.9  Catherine RALSTON b.  29 Nov 1801, York Springs, Adams County, PA  d.  22 Feb 1826
           m.  Coulter COX
           Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
114.10  Ann RALSTON     b.  10 Jul 1804, York Springs, Adams County, PA     d.  7 Nov 1829
             m.  24 Oct 1827  Lloyd FORD
             Will for Ann FORD, Harrison County, OH, Book A-79
114.11  Lewis Waltemyer RALSTON     b.  1 Jan 1807     d.  6 Sep 1884
114.12  Nancy RALSTON     b.  22 Jun 1809, York Springs, Adams County, PA   d.  7 Dec 1827
             Buried:  Beech Springs Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopedale, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

Synopsis: 

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ANDREW AND SOPHIA DOROTHEA (WALTEMYER) RALSTON RESEARCH RECORD

BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS

Sophia was christened on 25 May 1766 at the Lower Bermudian Church, York Springs, Adams County, PA

DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS

Beech Spring Cemetery is located 3 miles south of Hopedale on Beech Road (Township Road 64).  There is a boulder placed at the bottom of the upper hill of the cemetery.  The bronze plaque on the boulder reads:  Rev. War Soldier enlisted 13 April 1776 at Sunbury, PA in Capt. Capster WEILZEL Co Penn Rifle Regiment.  Mustered out Nov. 3, 1783.  Sgt. in Lt. Col. Henry MILLERs Co 20 Penn, at York, PA.  Taken prisoner at Long Island, wounded at Brandywine, served at Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Yorktown.  Monument dedicated to his descendants on Aug. 18, 1934.  Stone transported Waltemyer Community, Old York Co. PA, where the eleven children of the family were born.

MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS

FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS

EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS

Andrew RALSTON was "wounded in side of head at Brandywine in the Revolutionary War."  He was a Colonel.

WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS

Andrew RALSTON's will is dated 17 Feb 1827 and was probated 29 Oct 1827.

In 1814, Andrew RALSTON purchased 160 acres of land in Bloomfield, Jefferson County, OH

From 1813, Jefferson County, OH, Deed Index:
     RALSTON, L.W. from G.W. HENRIK                    E426
     RALSTON, Joseph                                                    G85
     RALSTON, L.W. from Samuel HAZLETTE             G39 (29?)
     RALSTON, L.W. from John SPRINGER                 I31
     RALSTON, David W. from A. PATTERSON          J350
     RALSTON, John from James SANKEY                    K187
     RALSTON, David W. to Story HAMSON               K645
     RALSTON, William from Chauncey DEWEY            L120
     RALSTON, Anderson from Jacob PARKINSON     M218
     RALSTON, Anderson from George MICHAEL        M218
     RALSTON, Anderson from Dennis MICHAEL         M322
     RALSTON, John to John G. MARSHALL               N308
     RALSTON, John from Isaac ALLEN                        N386
     RALSTON, Anderson to Dennis MICHAELS          O13
     RALSTON, Lewis W. from Samuel FOREMAN      O51
     RALSTON, Lewis W. from School Directors             O51
     RALSTON, John to Samuel RICHEY                       P718
     RALSTON, John to John SLOAN                             P719
     RALSTON, Lewis W. to James & Mary BOSLEY    T610
     RALSTON, Joseph F. to John W. GALLAGHER    U148
     RALSTON, Joseph F. from James CADY                 U186
     RALSTON, Joseph F. from ?                                     U188
     RALSTON, L.R. & T.W. from James BOSLEY        V277
     RALSTON, Joseph F. to Peter McCURDY              V32

Will - Ann FORD, written 26 Dec 1820, Probated 3 Aug 1821.  Wife of William FORD
     Sarah KINSEY, wife of Richard KINSEY
     Daniel DAVID
     Nancy BUCK, wife of Nathaniel BUCK
     Henry DAVID, executor
     Eleanor CHICKEN, wife of Daniel CHICKEN
     Mary GREWELLS  (5 children)
          Sarah GREWELLS, oldest
          Daniel GREWELLS, under 21
          Mary Ann GREWELLS, under 18
          Rachel GREWELLS, under 18
          Thomas GREWELLS, under 21

Will - John RALSTON, Volume D, p. 130.  Wife, Mary RALSTON, widow
     Daughter Emily m. Robert MASTERS
     Grandson Henry F. COPELAND
     Granddaughter Laura Bell COPELAND
     Executor, William Thomas FOREMAN
     Written 15 Oct 1869     Probated 27 Oct 1881

Will - Lewis Waltemyer RALSTON, Volume D, p. 401
     Daughter Mary Ellen BOSLEY
     Daughter-in-law, Maria V. RALSTON
     Son Lewis Baxter RALSON, executor
     James BOSLEY
     Written 15 Sep 1834     Probated 30 Oct 1873

CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS

1820 OH Census:
ROLSTON, Andrew         page. 221A     Jefferson City     Wayne Township
ROLSTON, Andrew Jr.     page 221A     Jefferson City      Wayne Township

1830 OH Census:
RALSTON, Andrew                                                           Wayne Township

MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS

Andrew RALSTON migrated in 1814 to Bloomfield, Jefferson County, OH

INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS

WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants records:
RALSTON, Andrew.  PA Sgt.  20 Nov 1788  250 Acres (Andrew would be 35 years old)

The Andrew RALSTON Annals Published by authority of the Andrew RALSTON Reunion to convey information to the members of the Family.  Hopedale, O., September 15, 1930.  The First Andrew RALSTON Reunion.  Andrew RALSTON, Revolutionary Soldier, who was born in Scotland on February 25, 1753, and who died near Bloomfield (now called Bloomingdale), Jefferson County, Ohio, on September 11, 1827, was an outstanding patriot.  He served in Capt. Casper WEITZELL's Company, Col. Samuel MILES' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, and in Capt. John ROBB's Company of the State Regiment of Foot, which was later merged into the Second Pennsylvania, and the Thirteenth Pennsylvania, as a Private.  He later served in Lieut. Col. Henry MILLER's Company of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania, as a Sergeant.  He participated in the Battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and in the Southern Campaign under Gen. Nathanael GREENE.  He was wounded in the scalp at Brandywine and taken prisoner at Long Island.  After the surrender at Yorktown, he returned to York County and there marriede Sophia WALTEMYER on December 19, 1785.  Twelve children were born to this union in Pennsylvania prior to the migration.  Your appointed historian sought to preserve some of this family record in brief printed form, and in doing so, attempted to locate the graves of this early family.  In company with Robert H. RALSTON, Mrs. Anna Mastin SMITH, Mrs. Elizabeth Ralston MICKEY, Mrs. Myrtle Walkinshaw SHUPE, Andrew Ralston WALKINSHW and Paul Reiner WALKINSHAW, and Mary Louise RALSTON, all descendants, he located and temporarily marked these ancestral graves in Beech Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, two miles south of Hopedale, Ohio, on May 24, 1930.  On that occasion it was also decided to hold the First Annual Andrew RALSTON Reunion at Beech Spring Church on August 23, 1930.  Beautiful invitations to the number of 250 were mailed out to heads of families.  These were provided through the generosity of George Lincoln RALSTON, Los Angeles, California, a descendant.  Thirty-six auto loads containing one hundred fifty-two RALSTONs came to this first reunion, and it was a decided success in every particular.

Cincinnati, The Western Spy, p. 111, v.1/1, 7 Nov 1812, No. 113.  A list of letters left at Steubenville P.O. include Andrew RALSTON.
 

Steubenville, The Western Herald, v. IX, Fri., 5 Jul 1816, NO. 26.  A meeting of the citizens of Jefferson County at Edward Todd's House in Steubenville included Andrew RALSTON of Warren Township.

Ohio Valley Genealogies, pp. 102-103:  Andrew RALSTON.  b. in Adams county, Penn., 1753, of Scotch-Irish descent; his father, mother, sister, and brother were killed by Indians in Adams county, in 1761, one sister (who afterwards married and settled at Pittsburg) and himself escaping the massacre; served in the Revolutionary War; m. in Adams county, Sophia WALTERMEYER, a native of that county; Andrew removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1814, where he d. 1827; had issue, among others:  1. Lewis-W., b. in Adams county, Nov. 30, 1806; settled in German township, Harrison county, about 1833, where he d. Sept. 6, 1884; m. (1st) 1828, Ann DARR, of Jefferson county; d. 1832; m. (2d) 1832, Eleanor MOORHEAD, daughter of William and Elizabeth SCOTT MOORHEAD (the former a native of Virginia, of Irish descent); (had issue by first wife:  1. ____, d. in infancy; ii. _____, d. in infancy; iii. John-N., d. aged eighteen years; had issue by second wife: iv. Andrew, d. in infancy; v. Elizabeth, d. aged twenty-five years; vi. Lewis-B., b. Feb 16, 1839; m. Jan. 8, 1861, Maria V. SANDERS, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth OLIVER SANDERS, both of whom settled in Ohio, 1830; the former a native of England, the latter of Scotland; vii. Ruth; viii. Sophia; ix. Mary-E., m. James BOSLEY, and settled in Springfield, Ohio).

END OF RESEARCH RECORD

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114.8__John RALSTON    
     b.  13 Jul 1799, York Springs, Adams County, PA    
     child of:  Andrew & Sophia Dorothea (WALTEMYER) RALSTON
     d.  2 Oct 1881
     Buried:  Bethel Cemetery, Hopedale, Harrison Co, OH  aged 82y3m11d

     m.

114.8s__Lucintha ARGO
     b.
     child of:
     d.  13 ? 1841
     Buried:  Bethel Cemetery, Hopedale, Harrison Co, OH  Row 18, aged 38y_m25d

Other Marriages:
John m2. Hanna (?)     b.  8 Dec 1808     d.  13 Jan 1846, aged 38y1m5d
               Buried:  Bethel Cemetery
John m3.  Mary (?)     b.  1 Jun 1805     d.  5 Jul 1897, aged 92y1m4d
                Buried:  Bethel Cemetery

Children:
114.8a  Emily RALSTON 
             m.  Robert MASTIN     b.  2 Jul 1829     d.  23 Jun 1896
             Children:  William T. MASTIN     d.  Age 13y10m20d   
                             Buried: Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
                             Alvin Russell MASTIN    b.  11 Feb 1852 
                             d.  31 Dec 1865 Age 13y10m20d
                             Buried: Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

Synopsis:

• Bethel Cemetery is located 2.3 miles north of U.S. 22 on Jewett-Hopedale Road, State Route 151, at the junction of Cadiz-Amsterdam Road, County Road 51.

• Will for John RALSTON, Harrison County, OH, Book D-130.

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114.11__Lewis Waltemyer RALSTON 
     b.  1 Jan 1807, York Springs, Adams County, PA        
     child of:  Andrew & Sophia Dorothea (WALTEMYER) RALSTON
     d.  6 Sep 1884, aged 77y9m6d
     Buried:  Center Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

     m.  24 May 1828

114.11s__Anna DARR
     b.
     child of:
     d.  1832
     Buried:

Other Marriages:
Lewis m2. 1832  Eleanor MOORHEAD     b.  18 Feb 1799    
                           d.  30 Jun 1872, aged 73y4m12d, Harrison County, German Township, OH
                           child of:  William & Elizabeth (SCOTT) MOORHEAD
                           Buried: Center Unity Cemetery, Green Twp, Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
Lewis m3.  30 Dec 1847  Nancy SEARS

Children (3 with Anna):
114.11a  _____     d.  infancy
114.11b  _____     d.  infancy
114.11c  John N. RALSTON     b.  24 Jun 1830     d.  15 Mar 1849, age 18y8m21d
               Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

Children (6 with Eleanor):
114.11d  Andrew     d.  infancy
114.11e  Elizabeth J. RALSTON   b.  7 Nov 1835  d.  25 May 1861, age 25y8m21d  (d/o L.W. & A.?)
               Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
114.11f  Lewis B. RALSTON     b.  16 Feb 1839     d.  1913
114.11g  Ruth RALSTON  (twin)     d.  infancy
114.11h  Sophia RALSTON  (twin)     d.  infancy
114.11i   Mary E. RALSTON
               m.  James BOSLEY, carpenter, of Springfield, OH

Synopsis:

• Elizabeth J. RALSTON     b.     d.  Jul 1861 child of:  L.W. & S.E. RALSTON
  Not sure where this Elizabeth fits - perhaps Lewis married a fourth time?

• Centrer Unity Cemetery, Green Township, Harrison County, OH is located at the intersection of CR51 and TR151 (SW 1/4, S24, T10, R4)

• Will for L.W. RALSTON in Harrison County, OH, Book 3-401.

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114.11f__Lewis B. RALSTON    
     b.  16 Feb 1839
     child of:  Lewis W. & Eleanor (MOORHEAD) RALSTON
     d.  1913
     Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

     m.  8 Jan 1851

114.11fs__Maria V. SANDERS
     b.  1844
     child of:  Joseph & Elizabeth (OLIVER) SANDERS
     d.  1923
     Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones

Other Marriages:

Children:
114.11d1  Daughter     b.  1873     d.  1873  
                 Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
114.11d2  Walter S. RALSTON     b.  1864     d.  1885      
                 Buried:  Centre Unity Cemetery, Green Twp., Harrison County, OH     Go to Tombstones
114.11d3  Elizabeth E. RALSTON  at home (when History was written)

Synopsis:

• Lewis B. RALSTON attended Martinsburg Academy, Knox County, OH and graduate from Hopedale College.

• He was a sheep breeder, Justice of the Peace for 6 years, Clerk of German Township for 11 years, and a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church.

• The Sanders family was from Scotland and migrated to OH in 1830.

• Centre Unity Cemetery is located at the junction of Cadiz-Amsterdam Road, County Road 51, and Cadiz Junction-Carman Road, County Road 46.

       Center Unity Cemetery 

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