Alexander Ewing House

Alexander Ewing was born May 10, 1752, in Cecil County, Maryland. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the owner of 13 slaves.[2] For his services in the war, Ewing was granted 2,666 acres of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. Ewing moved to Tennessee in 1786 and began adding to his land holdings in middle Tennessee in 1792.[1]

The Ewing House was built approximately 850 feet north of the Frederick Stump House, a tavern and inn from the late 1700s that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was completed only a year before Ewing died in 1822. After Ewing's death, the house was inherited by his son William Black Ewing.[2] By 1846, another son, Randall Ewing, sold the house to Cornelius Waggoner.[2] By 1850, Randall Ewing moved westward for the California Gold Rush.[2] Meanwhile, Cornelius Waggoner lived in the house until 1872, when it was inherited by his son, Benjamin F. Waggoner.[2]