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Ransom C. Hazelip
Generation: J | ID: 1157 | Lifespan: 60 years Updated: 20 Aug 2013
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Ancestry Information
PATERNAL MATERNAL
(Paternal Grandfather) (Paternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandfather)
Robert Hazelip
(ABT 1750 - BEF 28 Nov 1830)
Millian Webb
(ABT 1760 - BEF 28 Nov 1830)
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
Jonathan Wesley
(UNK - UNK)
(Father) (Mother)
Merry Hazelip
(12 May 1795 - 5 Mar 1870)
Elizabeth Jane Wesley
(15 Jan 1799 - 10 Feb 1865)
Ransom C. Hazelip
(20 Apr 1838 - 8 Oct 1898)
Marriages of Ransom C. Hazelip
Images Spouse Date of Marriage Certificate Location of Marriage
Mary F. Murphey (Murphy) 27 Jul 1865 Barren County, Kentucky, USA
MARRIAGE NOTES: The date and location of this marriage is spec.
Children of Ransom C. Hazelip
Images Children Lifespan Other Parent
Mary M. Hazelip (1860 - UNK) UNKNOWN
William W. Hazelip (11 May 1866 - 13 Feb 1905) Mary F. Murphey (Murphy)
Hendrick H. Hazelip (12 Dec 1867 - 7 Sep 1868) Mary F. Murphey (Murphy)
Luonia Myrtle Hazelip (7 Jun 1871 - UNK) Mary F. Murphey (Murphy)
Edna Girtrude Hazelip (28 Aug 1878 - 19 Jun 1880) Mary F. Murphey (Murphy)
Ransom C. Hazelip, Jr. (16 Jun 1882 - 1 Dec 1886) Mary F. Murphey (Murphy)
Siblings of Ransom C. Hazelip
Images Siblings Lifespan Father Mother
Sarah Hazelip (Sallie) (17 Jun 1817 - 12 Mar 1879) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Robert Hazelip (16 Feb 1819 - 22 Sep 1881) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Martin Hazelip (17 Apr 1821 - 2 Mar 1856) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
William Hazelip (Bill) (29 Jul 1823 - 11 Jul 1891) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Susan Hazelip (Susannah) (14 Jan 1825 - UNK) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Parrum S. Hazelip (9 Aug 1828 - UNK) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Jonathan Wesley Hazelip (12 Sep 1830 - 5 Dec 1915) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Lewis Mathew Hazelip (28 Jul 1832 - 6 Oct 1910) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
George Washington Hazelip (ABT Jun 1834 - 9 Jul 1859) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Hiram M. Hazelip (ABT 15 Mar 1836 - 9 Oct 1864) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Ransom C. Hazelip (20 Apr 1838 - 8 Oct 1898) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Doclin Warner Hazelip (Do... (7 Feb 1840 - 16 Dec 1920) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Mary Ann Hazelip (Polly Ann) (19 Oct 1842 - 3 Sep 1904) Merry Hazelip Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Detailed Primary Information for Ransom C. Hazelip
Gender: Male
Generation: J
Added: 1 Jan 2009
Last Updated: 20 Aug 2013
Living: False
Primary Notes:
Detailed Birth Information for Ransom C. Hazelip
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1838
Time of Birth: UNK
Birth Location: Unknown
Map of Birthplace: Map Unavailable
Birth Notes: Information obtained in part from this person's tombstone.
Detailed Death Information for Ransom C. Hazelip
Death Date: 8 Oct 1898
Time of Death: UNK
Death Location: Unknown
Map of Deathplace: Map Unavailable
Cause of Death: UNK
Death Notes:
Detailed Burial Information for Ransom C. Hazelip
Burial Location: Smiths Grove Cemetery, Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Location: Click to view map (N 37.06136667, W 86.21083333)
Name on Stone: RANSOM C. HAZELIP
Birthdate on Stone: APRIL 20, 1838
Death Date on Stone: OCT. 8, 1898
Inscription 1: Affliction sore long time I bore,
Physicians skill in vain.
Till Christ did please to give me ease,
And rid me of my pain.
Inscription 2:
Reverse Inscription: G.A.R.
Husband
and
Wife

HAZELIP
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Additional Notes for Ransom C. Hazelip
Database Note No: 96
Floating through cyberspace is a biography of Ransom C. Hazelip excerpted from Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County. That excerpt does not include Jonathan Wesley Hazelip in the list of Ransom's brothers. The Edmonson Co., KY, Family History Book does, however, include Jonathan Wesley Hazelip as one of Ransom's brothers. (One thought on this is that, if Jonathan Wesley Hazelip were Ransom's brother, then he would also be the son of Merry Hazelip and Jane Wesley Hazelip; hence, the name "Wesley.")
Database Note No: 97
This is an abbreviated version of a much longer story: Mary Ann "Polly" Hazelip married John Keefuss in 1861. Keefuss then left to join the Union Army and served under General Buell. In 1862, Keefuss obtained leave to return to Edmonson Co. to see his wife and child, Little Johnnie. When he came into town, Ransom C. Hazelip, who was Mary's brother and John's brother-in-law, ordered John to help guard the Green River ferry crossing in Brownsville. John refused to do so, apparently arguing that he was on leave to see his wife and his son. During the argument, Ransom shot and killed John.

From the way I have heard this story told, it would seem that John never laid eyes on his son, Little Johnnie.

Both John and Little Johnnie are buried in the Luttrell Cemetery in Edmonson Co., KY.
Database Note No: 75
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County.

RANSOM C. HAZELIP, who ranks as one of the leading and most active business men of Warren County, was born April 20, 1838, near Brownsville, Edmonson Co., Ky. He is a son of Merry and Jane (Wesley) Hazelip, parents of ten sons and six daughters, of whom our subject is the fourteenth. Three of the daughters died in infancy; the rest all lived to rear families. The eldest, Sallie, was born in June, 1817, and died the 12th day of March, 1879; Robert, born February 16, 1819, died September 22, 1881; Martin, born April 17, 1821, died March 2, 1856; William, born July 29, 1823; Susan, born January 14, 1825; Parrum S., born August 9, 1828; Lewis M., born July 28, 1832; George W., born in June, 1834, died July 9, 1859; Hiram H., born March 15, 1836, died October 9, 1864; Ransom C. was born next; Dr. Warrinor was born February 7, 1840, and Polly Ann was born in October, 1842. Merry Hazelip was born May 12, 1795, in Buncombe County, N. C.; about 1810, with his parents, he came to Barren County, Ky., where he remained but a short time, when he located on Green River, Edmonson County. He died in Brownsville March 5, 1870, a devoted member of the Baptist Church. He was a son of Robert Hazelip, who was born in North Carolina, of Irish parentage. He was a patriot who served in the war of the Revolution for independence; was a farmer, and married Miss Millian Webb, of North Carolina, who was of Welsh origin. He immigrated to Barren County, Ky., where he remained but a short time, when he located near the mouth of Nolin River above Brownsville, Ky., and entered and improved several hundred acres. Jane (Wesley) Hazelip was of Welsh origin, born January 15, 1799, in Halifax County, Va., and died in Brownsville February 10, 1865. She was a daughter of Jonathan, who married Miss Sallie Walker, a daughter of Dr. Walker. He and wife were born in Virginia. He died in Virginia, after which Sallie married William Strange, of Virginia. About 1810 they immigrated to Madison County, Ky., thence to Barren County, and in 1820 to Davidson County, Tenn., where they remained on a farm until death. When R. C. Hazelip was fifteen, his father settled below Brownsville, on Green River, in a broken and sparsely settled country. Young Hazelip being ambitious and desiring to procure a more liberal education than the schools of the neighborhood afforded, his father granted him the privilege of hiring out and earning the means to educate himself. He worked for $6 or $8 per month until 1857, when he hired to work at grading the Louisville & Nashville Railway for $14 per month. With the means thus earned he attended the common schools, and in September, 1858, entered Camden Seminary, near Hiseville, Ky., for one term of five months. In May, 1859, he was appointed deputy county and circuit clerk, which position he filled for $75 per year and board. While serving, he was elected and served one term as police judge of Brownsville, Ky. When the war broke out, T. B. McIntire, clerk of the county and circuit court, was a strong advocate of secession; young Hazelip, his deputy, being a very strong and zealous advocate of the Union, resigned his position and began teaching school. In September of the same year the clerk resigned his position, when Mr. Hazelip was appointed to fill both offices, in which he served until February, 1862, when he resigned and entered the Union Army, falling in with the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, with which he marched to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Shiloh, in which battle he was engaged; he was also with the regiment in the battle of Perryville, Ky. He served all this time without being mustered into the service. He was only a citizen marching with the regiment and taking part. For his bravery and meritorious services and patriotism, in 1863 the governor of Kentucky commissioned him to raise a company of mounted infantry for the Thirty-fifth Kentucky for the purpose of ridding the State of gangs of guerrillas which infested it. He was commissioned first lieutenant of the company, and at his request, H. D. Baker was commissioned captain; was for the greater portion of his service engaged in hunting down guerrillas, but was also in several engagements with the regular Confederate forces. With his company, he was mustered out December 29, 1864, but did not reach his home until January 5, 1865, when he found his mother lying low with typhoid fever, of which she died. On his return to civil life he gathered all his effects and found he had, all told, but $1,100. He and his brother William, with Capt. Morris, in 1865 built a house in Cave City and engaged in mercantile business. On the 27th of July, 1865, Mr. Hazelip married Miss Mary F. Murphey, of Barren County, Ky., a daughter of William and Nancy (Fisher) Murphey. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelip had born to them five children: William W., born May 11, 1866; Hendrick, born December 12, 1867, died September 7, 1868; Luonia Myrtle, born June 7, 1871; Edna Gertrude, born August 28, 1878, died June 19, 1880; Ransom C. Jr., born June 16, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelip and two children are members of the Baptist Church. In January, 1866, Mr. Hazelip, with other parties, opened another general store at Brownsville, Ky. In the same year Capt. Morris was elected county and circuit clerk, where he sold his interest, and the business, was carried on in the name of R. C. Hazelip & Bro., R. C. Hazelip having charge of the store at Cave City, and his brother in charge of that at Brownsville. In 1869 the business at Cave City was closed and our subject moved to Brownsville, whee the business was continued. He had served as police judge of Cave City, and after going to Brownsville was appointed postmaster. He also engaged in the brokerage business with his brother. They continued business in Brownsville until 1879, when they sold out and moved to Smith's Grove, Ky., where he and brother erected a building and started a banking house. In May, 1880, the deposit bank of Smith's Grove commenced business with R. C. Hazelip as cashier, the authorized capital stock being $100,000, and he and brother owning all the stock. They owned 7,000 or 8,000 acres of land in Edmonson, Warren and Barren Counties; also owned 1,000 acres in Kansas and resident property in Smith's Grove. R. C. Hazelip is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.

Hazelip Wesley Webb Walker Strange McIntire Baker Morris Fisher Murphey=Brownsville-Edmonson-KY Buncombe-NC Hiseville-Barren-KY Halifax-VA
Madison-KY Nashville-Davidson-TN Perryville-Boyle-KY KS

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Front view of Ransom C. Hazelip and Mary F. Murphy's tombstone

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1850 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
US Census page from 1850, showing Merry and Jane Hazelip's family and Robert and Malinda Hazelip's family. Note that the female "Mary C" (age 13) is probably Merry C. Hazelip, Merry Hazelip's grandson and Robert Hazelip's son.

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1870 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 58) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 59) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 60) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 61) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 62) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 63) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 64) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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Ransom C. Hazelip's Will (p. 65) from the records of Grayson Co., KY

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R.C. Hazelip Goes to Philadelphia