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Mackensie Alexander (born November 12, 1993) is an American professional football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers . After redshirting his freshman season, he became a key role player on the Tigers' defense his second season, earning Freshman All-American honors.
It is located 660 Thompson Lane, a site rich in history. The land was originally a Revolutionary War land grant of 968 acres given to John Topp in 1788, [1] eight years before Tennessee became a US state. In 1836 it became known as "Melrose" when US Senator Alexander Barrow purchased it and built a fine
Like many other sites in central Tennessee during the Mississippian period the Brick Church Pike Mounds Site was a multi-mound village with an encircling defensive palisade. [2] The site had a large platform mound (Mound A) 23 feet (7.0 m) high and 155 feet (47 m) on the north–south axis by 147 feet (45 m)on the east–west axis and several ...
By 1924, under President Cuninggim's leadership, [10] the college was moved to Nashville, Tennessee and rechartered under the name of Scarritt College for Christian Workers. [11] Architect Henry C. Hibbs , who had designed the campus buildings of the George Peabody College for Teachers , designed the campus buildings in the late Gothic Revival ...
The house, "the only home still existing associated with Forrest" in Tennessee, [3] was acquired by the state government in the 1970s. [4] Since 1997, it has belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). [4] As of 2017, the "caretaker" of the house is Gene Andrews, a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, and a member of the SCV. [4]
William Percy Sharpe (1871–1942), Mayor of Nashville, 1922–24 [5] John Hugh Smith (1819–1870), Mayor of Nashville three times during the 19th century [5] Donald W. Southgate (1887–1953), architect [17] Edward Bushrod Stahlman (1843–1930), German-born railroad executive, publisher of the Nashville Banner and builder of The Stahlman. [18]
Guests included President Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) and his wife Rachel Jackson (1767-1828), who was an aunt to Alexander's son's wife. [2] In 1859, Judge William Frierson Cooper (1820–1909), a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, purchased the property. [2] He renamed it Riverwood as it was by the Cumberland River. [2]
The area started in the early 1800s as a rural Nashville neighborhood. Many wealthy people and professionals from Nashville built estates in Edgefield. The outlaw Jesse James lived in Edgefield and his address was 712 Fatherland Street. In 1869 Edgefield became a city, and in 1880, it was annexed by the city of Nashville. [2]