David Etheridge RALSTON, I

Birth:
1800
Georgia
Death:
16 Mar 1849
Gilmer, Georgia
Burial:
Family Plot, Old Homestead, Gilmer, Georgia
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Also spelled RAWLESTON
SOURCES:
    1. 1850 Census - Gilmer County, Georgia
    2. U.S. Military Papers
    3. Guardianship Papers and Statement of Cynthias death
    4. Family Bible
    5. Marriage Records
    6. William P. Davis
    7. Family Knowledge

RESEARCH NOTES:
    1. David Etheridge was the brother of Lewis Ralston the famous explorer and miner

NOTES:
    David's children, Wilborn and William are twins.
Lettice "Lettie" SMITH
Birth:
1817
South Carolina
Children
Marriage
1
Cynthia E. RALSTON
Birth:
10 Feb 1840
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
8 May 1859
Gilmer, Georgia
2
John Robert RALSTON
Birth:
12 Jan 1842
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
25 Dec 1943
Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1880 Census
    2. Tombstone Inscriptions
    3. Betty Ralston Payne
3
Samuel Andrew RALSTON
Birth:
24 Jun 1843
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
2 Apr 1920
Oakman, Gordon, Georgia
4
Wilborn Lafayette "Dallas" RALSTON
Birth:
14 Mar 1845
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
Rachael NEWBERRY 
Marr:
7 Oct 1866
Gilmer, Georgia 
5
William Decatur "Polk" RALSTON
Birth:
14 Mar 1845
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
Naomi "Aimee" CHAMPION 
Marr:
2 Feb 1868
Gilmer, Georgia 
6
David "Tump" Kell RALSTON
Birth:
8 Jan 1848
Gilmer, Georgia
Death:
26 Feb 1936
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David Etheridge Ralston, I - Lettice "Lettie" Smith

David Etheridge Ralston, I was born at Georgia 1800. His parents were John Tate Ralston and Lettie Harris.

He married Lettice "Lettie" Smith . Lettice "Lettie" Smith was born at South Carolina 1817 daughter of Robert Smith and Cynthia Kell .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Cynthia E. Ralston born 10 Feb 1840.
John Robert Ralston born 12 Jan 1842.
Samuel Andrew Ralston born 24 Jun 1843.
Wilborn Lafayette "Dallas" Ralston born 14 Mar 1845.
William Decatur "Polk" Ralston born 14 Mar 1845.
David "Tump" Kell Ralston born 8 Jan 1848.

David Etheridge Ralston, I died 16 Mar 1849 at Gilmer, Georgia .