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 and J. G. M. Ramsey, both early Tennessee historians and businessmen who lived at the Ramsey House at various points, fled Knoxville upon the arrival of Union troops during the Civil War due to their Confederate sympathies. The family sold the house in 1866.