Historical Markers StoppingPoints.com Historical Markers, Sightseeing & Points of Interest Scenic Roads & Points of Interest
About Us | Photo Gallery | Free Widgets | Featured States | Search Site
Register or Edit LoginRegister
Home Tennessee Carter County Elizabethton Historical Markers Watauga Purchase

Watauga Purchase

1651 West Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 20' 36.78", -82° 15' 1.8"
  Tennessee TN State Historical Marker
Tennessee State
Historical Marker

 
Here, March 19, 1775, at the Sycamore Shoals, the Watauga Association, Charles Robertson, Trustee, bought from the Cherokee, with Oconostota as chief, lands along the Watauga, Holston and Great Canaway (now New) Rivers. The consideration for the purchase was 2000 Pounds Sterling.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
Watauga Purchase Historical Marker Location Map, Elizabethton, Tennessee Map