Washington College Academy
Washington College Academy was a private Presbyterian-affiliated educational institution located in Washington College, Limestone, Tennessee. Founded in 1780 by Doctor of Divinity Samuel Doak, the academy for many years offered accredited college, junior college and college preparatory instruction to day and boarding students, but financial difficulties in the 2000s forced the school to restructure its offerings and focus instead on continuing education courses for adults.
Carnegie-Temple Hall
1893 ad for Washington College
James Gettys McGready Ramsey was an American historian, physician, planter, slave owner, and businessman, active primarily in East Tennessee during the nineteenth century. Ramsey is perhaps best known for his book, The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century, a seminal work documenting the state's frontier and early statehood periods. Ramsey was also a major advocate for development in East Tennessee, leading efforts to bring railroad access to the region, and helping to organize the region's first medical society.
Portrait of J. G. M. Ramsey by artist Lloyd Branson
DAR marker at the Ramsey House, recalling the site as J.G.M. Ramsey's birthplace
Ramsey family graves at Lebanon-in-the-Fork; J.G.M's is the tall obelisk in the middle