Ravenwood high school is located on the east side of Brentwood on Wilson Pike, and is considered one of the top high schools in Tennessee, and has been a topic of rezoning issues in the past year, But most people never think about the name, and where it came from. Here is the story, but it's really about the Ravenswood home that has been purchased by the city of Brentwood.
Ravenwood High School is named after the historic family home of James Hazard Wilson II and Emeline Wilson. "Ravenswood" was named after Sam Houston, the best man at their wedding, whom the Indians referred to as The Raven. (Sam Houston was Congressman, State Attorney General and Governor of Tennessee. He was the military hero of the battle of San Jacinto, which won the Republic of Texas its independence from Mexico. He was the first President of the Republic of Texas and later a US Senator and Governor of Texas.)
Ravenswood, Oak Hall, and Inglehame mansions, all built by James Hazard Wilson, remain among the finest antebellum homes in Williamson County
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