Ransom Stone and Family

Authors

Steven Knapp

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Description

Ransorn Stone was born somtime during the month of December, 1767 in the region of Virginia. It is fascinating to realize that he lived during the ouster of British rule and witnessed the birth of a new nation. He was quite young when he arrived in Savannah, being between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. In the interim between his arrival and 1794 nothing is heard of Ransom. Although we may assume that it is during this time that he marries and establishes himself in the baking profession. It is during this same period that our esteemed baker begins to have financial problems. One can almost visualize him sitting at the local tavern, dis­cussing the economic ills of the baking business. Ransom's financial troubles must have been very great at this time for it is during this time frame that Lot. number 12 on Columbia Ward was auctioned off at a Sheriff's Sale. He had been paying ground rent on this property since 1799.

Publication Date

Summer 1978

Recommended Citation

Knapp, Steven, "Ransom Stone and Family" (1978). Savannah Biographies. 131.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/131