son of Samuel R.G. Ramsey & Elizabeth Fleming
"Col. Reynolds A. Ramsey accompanied the Indians to the West, and upon his return he secured the mail contract from Augusta, Ga., to Murfreesboro, Tenn. This was a tri-weekly coach line that crossed the Tennessee River at Ross's Landing. Each stage could also carry nine passengers. Col. Ramsey advertised in the Knoxville Register of "the pleasant village of Chattanooga - soon to become the great emporium of East Tennessee."
Col. Ramsey had first married Anne Campbell Roane, daughter of Tennessee Gov. Archibald Roane. She died, leaving an only child, Mary Roane Ramsey. She married James A. Corry, a railroad engineer. At the time of his arrival at Ross's Landing, Col. Ramsey was married to Louise Caroline Lenoir, daughter of William Ballard Lenoir. She was a sister of Albert S. Lenoir, who was also a Chattanooga commissioner laying out the town and was involved in the removal. While living here, a son of Reynolds A. Ramsey, eight-year-old Samuel Albert, died June 20, 1839. He was buried at Citizens Cemetery on the Gardenhire farm. Col. Ramsey on Aug. 28, 1839, wrote that "our dear Samuel was the first laid in the new graveyard. Now there are 12 graves - 5 from scarlet fever, 2 very small children, 4 from bilious fever, and one from the county."
The Ramseys moved about 1841 near Dalton, Ga., to the "Dogwood" farm. It included a sturdy log home that was situated near the Federal Road. One attraction was the fact that it was projected that the Western and Atlantic Railroad would be sited near Dogwood. The two-story Ramsey home also served as the post office for "Dogwood, Ga." Col. Ramsey had been an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, and he established the Old Stone Church at Ringgold. Louise Caroline Lenoir Ramsey died soon after their arrival at Dogwood. In addition to Samuel Albert, their children included William Lenoir who married Louisa Virginia McCampbell, Waightstill Avery who was unmarried, Elizabeth Fleming who married Newton Alexander Patterson, Thomas Isaac who married Amelia Boyd, and Julia Anne Campbell who married Gideon Blackburn Caldwell. Col. Ramsey in 1845 took as his third wife Ann Blair McLin, who had been the third wife of Dr. Alexander McGhee of Blount County. Col. Ramsey and his third wife had Emmett Alexander who was born in 1849 and married Lena Wilhoit. The Ramseys in 1858 moved to Pond Creek Valley near Sweetwater, Tenn. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Sweetwater.
Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey wrote that Reynolds A. Ramsey was "a good Latinist. He was one of the most amiable, inoffensive, public-spirited, moderate and pious men I ever knew - but having two or three gallant sons in the Confederate service, he became a doomed man. I understood that when Sherman invaded his section he was arrested late in the P.M. and hurried off in the night in inclement weather to Kingston to answer for his DISLOYALTY. May I and mine ever be thus considered DISLOYAL!"
The third wife of Col. Ramsey died in 1882. He was living at Dalton where his widowed sister, Mrs. Blunt, resided, when he died June 23, 1884. He and his third wife are buried at the Valley View Cemetery at Sweetwater. Dogwood no longer stands, but its site was marked by the DAR in 1933."
"Col. Reynolds A. Ramsey accompanied the Indians to the West, and upon his return he secured the mail contract from Augusta, Ga., to Murfreesboro, Tenn. This was a tri-weekly coach line that crossed the Tennessee River at Ross's Landing. Each stage could also carry nine passengers. Col. Ramsey advertised in the Knoxville Register of "the pleasant village of Chattanooga - soon to become the great emporium of East Tennessee."
Col. Ramsey had first married Anne Campbell Roane, daughter of Tennessee Gov. Archibald Roane. She died, leaving an only child, Mary Roane Ramsey. She married James A. Corry, a railroad engineer. At the time of his arrival at Ross's Landing, Col. Ramsey was married to Louise Caroline Lenoir, daughter of William Ballard Lenoir. She was a sister of Albert S. Lenoir, who was also a Chattanooga commissioner laying out the town and was involved in the removal. While living here, a son of Reynolds A. Ramsey, eight-year-old Samuel Albert, died June 20, 1839. He was buried at Citizens Cemetery on the Gardenhire farm. Col. Ramsey on Aug. 28, 1839, wrote that "our dear Samuel was the first laid in the new graveyard. Now there are 12 graves - 5 from scarlet fever, 2 very small children, 4 from bilious fever, and one from the county."
The Ramseys moved about 1841 near Dalton, Ga., to the "Dogwood" farm. It included a sturdy log home that was situated near the Federal Road. One attraction was the fact that it was projected that the Western and Atlantic Railroad would be sited near Dogwood. The two-story Ramsey home also served as the post office for "Dogwood, Ga." Col. Ramsey had been an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, and he established the Old Stone Church at Ringgold. Louise Caroline Lenoir Ramsey died soon after their arrival at Dogwood. In addition to Samuel Albert, their children included William Lenoir who married Louisa Virginia McCampbell, Waightstill Avery who was unmarried, Elizabeth Fleming who married Newton Alexander Patterson, Thomas Isaac who married Amelia Boyd, and Julia Anne Campbell who married Gideon Blackburn Caldwell. Col. Ramsey in 1845 took as his third wife Ann Blair McLin, who had been the third wife of Dr. Alexander McGhee of Blount County. Col. Ramsey and his third wife had Emmett Alexander who was born in 1849 and married Lena Wilhoit. The Ramseys in 1858 moved to Pond Creek Valley near Sweetwater, Tenn. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Sweetwater.
Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey wrote that Reynolds A. Ramsey was "a good Latinist. He was one of the most amiable, inoffensive, public-spirited, moderate and pious men I ever knew - but having two or three gallant sons in the Confederate service, he became a doomed man. I understood that when Sherman invaded his section he was arrested late in the P.M. and hurried off in the night in inclement weather to Kingston to answer for his DISLOYALTY. May I and mine ever be thus considered DISLOYAL!"
The third wife of Col. Ramsey died in 1882. He was living at Dalton where his widowed sister, Mrs. Blunt, resided, when he died June 23, 1884. He and his third wife are buried at the Valley View Cemetery at Sweetwater. Dogwood no longer stands, but its site was marked by the DAR in 1933."
son of Samuel R.G. Ramsey & Elizabeth Fleming
"Col. Reynolds A. Ramsey accompanied the Indians to the West, and upon his return he secured the mail contract from Augusta, Ga., to Murfreesboro, Tenn. This was a tri-weekly coach line that crossed the Tennessee River at Ross's Landing. Each stage could also carry nine passengers. Col. Ramsey advertised in the Knoxville Register of "the pleasant village of Chattanooga - soon to become the great emporium of East Tennessee."
Col. Ramsey had first married Anne Campbell Roane, daughter of Tennessee Gov. Archibald Roane. She died, leaving an only child, Mary Roane Ramsey. She married James A. Corry, a railroad engineer. At the time of his arrival at Ross's Landing, Col. Ramsey was married to Louise Caroline Lenoir, daughter of William Ballard Lenoir. She was a sister of Albert S. Lenoir, who was also a Chattanooga commissioner laying out the town and was involved in the removal. While living here, a son of Reynolds A. Ramsey, eight-year-old Samuel Albert, died June 20, 1839. He was buried at Citizens Cemetery on the Gardenhire farm. Col. Ramsey on Aug. 28, 1839, wrote that "our dear Samuel was the first laid in the new graveyard. Now there are 12 graves - 5 from scarlet fever, 2 very small children, 4 from bilious fever, and one from the county."
The Ramseys moved about 1841 near Dalton, Ga., to the "Dogwood" farm. It included a sturdy log home that was situated near the Federal Road. One attraction was the fact that it was projected that the Western and Atlantic Railroad would be sited near Dogwood. The two-story Ramsey home also served as the post office for "Dogwood, Ga." Col. Ramsey had been an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, and he established the Old Stone Church at Ringgold. Louise Caroline Lenoir Ramsey died soon after their arrival at Dogwood. In addition to Samuel Albert, their children included William Lenoir who married Louisa Virginia McCampbell, Waightstill Avery who was unmarried, Elizabeth Fleming who married Newton Alexander Patterson, Thomas Isaac who married Amelia Boyd, and Julia Anne Campbell who married Gideon Blackburn Caldwell. Col. Ramsey in 1845 took as his third wife Ann Blair McLin, who had been the third wife of Dr. Alexander McGhee of Blount County. Col. Ramsey and his third wife had Emmett Alexander who was born in 1849 and married Lena Wilhoit. The Ramseys in 1858 moved to Pond Creek Valley near Sweetwater, Tenn. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Sweetwater.
Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey wrote that Reynolds A. Ramsey was "a good Latinist. He was one of the most amiable, inoffensive, public-spirited, moderate and pious men I ever knew - but having two or three gallant sons in the Confederate service, he became a doomed man. I understood that when Sherman invaded his section he was arrested late in the P.M. and hurried off in the night in inclement weather to Kingston to answer for his DISLOYALTY. May I and mine ever be thus considered DISLOYAL!"
The third wife of Col. Ramsey died in 1882. He was living at Dalton where his widowed sister, Mrs. Blunt, resided, when he died June 23, 1884. He and his third wife are buried at the Valley View Cemetery at Sweetwater. Dogwood no longer stands, but its site was marked by the DAR in 1933."
"Col. Reynolds A. Ramsey accompanied the Indians to the West, and upon his return he secured the mail contract from Augusta, Ga., to Murfreesboro, Tenn. This was a tri-weekly coach line that crossed the Tennessee River at Ross's Landing. Each stage could also carry nine passengers. Col. Ramsey advertised in the Knoxville Register of "the pleasant village of Chattanooga - soon to become the great emporium of East Tennessee."
Col. Ramsey had first married Anne Campbell Roane, daughter of Tennessee Gov. Archibald Roane. She died, leaving an only child, Mary Roane Ramsey. She married James A. Corry, a railroad engineer. At the time of his arrival at Ross's Landing, Col. Ramsey was married to Louise Caroline Lenoir, daughter of William Ballard Lenoir. She was a sister of Albert S. Lenoir, who was also a Chattanooga commissioner laying out the town and was involved in the removal. While living here, a son of Reynolds A. Ramsey, eight-year-old Samuel Albert, died June 20, 1839. He was buried at Citizens Cemetery on the Gardenhire farm. Col. Ramsey on Aug. 28, 1839, wrote that "our dear Samuel was the first laid in the new graveyard. Now there are 12 graves - 5 from scarlet fever, 2 very small children, 4 from bilious fever, and one from the county."
The Ramseys moved about 1841 near Dalton, Ga., to the "Dogwood" farm. It included a sturdy log home that was situated near the Federal Road. One attraction was the fact that it was projected that the Western and Atlantic Railroad would be sited near Dogwood. The two-story Ramsey home also served as the post office for "Dogwood, Ga." Col. Ramsey had been an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, and he established the Old Stone Church at Ringgold. Louise Caroline Lenoir Ramsey died soon after their arrival at Dogwood. In addition to Samuel Albert, their children included William Lenoir who married Louisa Virginia McCampbell, Waightstill Avery who was unmarried, Elizabeth Fleming who married Newton Alexander Patterson, Thomas Isaac who married Amelia Boyd, and Julia Anne Campbell who married Gideon Blackburn Caldwell. Col. Ramsey in 1845 took as his third wife Ann Blair McLin, who had been the third wife of Dr. Alexander McGhee of Blount County. Col. Ramsey and his third wife had Emmett Alexander who was born in 1849 and married Lena Wilhoit. The Ramseys in 1858 moved to Pond Creek Valley near Sweetwater, Tenn. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Sweetwater.
Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey wrote that Reynolds A. Ramsey was "a good Latinist. He was one of the most amiable, inoffensive, public-spirited, moderate and pious men I ever knew - but having two or three gallant sons in the Confederate service, he became a doomed man. I understood that when Sherman invaded his section he was arrested late in the P.M. and hurried off in the night in inclement weather to Kingston to answer for his DISLOYALTY. May I and mine ever be thus considered DISLOYAL!"
The third wife of Col. Ramsey died in 1882. He was living at Dalton where his widowed sister, Mrs. Blunt, resided, when he died June 23, 1884. He and his third wife are buried at the Valley View Cemetery at Sweetwater. Dogwood no longer stands, but its site was marked by the DAR in 1933."
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