A. Ramsey, and early Tennessee historian and businessman, J. G. M. Ramsey, both of whom occupied the Ramsey House at various times. Due to their Confederate sympathies, the Ramseys fled Knoxville when the Union Army occupied the city during the Civil War, and the family sold the house in 1866.
A. Ramsey, an early Tennessee historian and businessman, J. G. M. Ramsey, both of whom resided in the Ramsey House at different times. Due to their Confederate sympathies, the Ramseys left Knoxville when Union soldiers occupied the city during the Civil War, and the family sold the house in 1866.