Ramsey’s Fort was a small Union
garrison located on a hill west of
Kessler’s Cross Lanes during the
Civil War that was named for the
commander of the local militia,
Capt. J.R. Ramsey. A large number
of Confederates with Thurmond’s
Partisan . . . — — Map (db m138068) HM
Organized on April 17, 1824 by twelve
members from the Hopewell Church in
Fayette County at the home of Henry
Morris on Peter’s Creek. The first
building of frame, constructed in
1840, was destroyed by Union soldiers
in 1861. The building was . . . — — Map (db m138064) HM