Matt W. Ransom
Matt W. Ransom | |
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Attorney General of North Carolina | |
| In office 1853–1855 | |
| Governor | David Settle Reid |
| Preceded by | William Eaton Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Joseph B. Batchelor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1826 Brigadier general |
| Unit | 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | 35th North Carolina Infantry Ransom's Brigade |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Matthew Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904) was a general in the
Early life
Matt Ransom was born in
Career
After serving as North Carolina Attorney General and as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, Matt W. Ransom was chosen as one of the three commissioners from North Carolina to the Confederate government at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1861.
American Civil War
Ransom was commissioned
Later life
After the war, Ransom moved to
Following his term as ambassador, Ransom retired to Verona, his estate, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.[3]
Personal life
On January 19, 1853, Ransom married Martha Anne "Pattie" Exum of Northampton County, North Carolina. The couple resided at Verona, the Exum family's plantation on the banks of the Roanoke River. Matt and Martha produced at least eight children together: Matt W., Jr., Joseph E., George E., Esther, Patrick Exum, and Robert. A slaveholder, Matt W. Ransom also sired two children with Emma Outland, one of the women of African descent Ransom enslaved; Matt W. Ransom's children with the enslaved Emma Outland were Douglas Ransom (born 1859) and Alice Ransom (wife of Edward "Ned" Rawles, one of North Carolina's first African-American state legislators).[4][5]
He died near Garysburg, North Carolina, on his 78th birthday, October 8, 1904.[3] Ransom was buried on his estate, near Jackson, North Carolina. Verona was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Barrett, John G. (1994). "Ransom, Matt[hew] Whitaker". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Ransom For Minister To Mexico. The North Carolina Senator Is Named by the President and His Nomination Is Promptly Confirmed". The New York Times. February 24, 1895.
- ^ a b "Ransom, Poor In Senate, Dies, Leaving Fortune. North Carolinian Made $250,000 by Farming in Old Age. Defeated By The Populists. Controlled the "Old North State" Politically Until Marion Butler Succeeded Him in Senate". The New York Times. October 9, 1904.
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: African ancestry Politicians in North Carolina". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Individual Page: gerrha -- Southern Ransoms". wc.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
External links
- United States Congress. "Matt W. Ransom (id: R000062)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-04-22
- "Matt W. Ransom". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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