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Colonel John Donelson
in Fort Nashboroough on 1st Avenue North 0.1 miles south of Church Street, Nashville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 9' 50.639976",
-86° 46' 31.199988"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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In appreciation of
the services of
Colonel John Donelson
Born in Delaware, 1718.
Died in Kentucky 1786.
Distinguished in early life in Virginia as a civil, industrial and military leader.
Member of the House of Burgesses, iron manufacturer, Lieutenant Colonel of Pittsylvania County and devoted vestryman of Camden Parish.
Noted surveyor of state boundaries, maker of treaties with the Indians, and Revolution ary patriot. Emigrated west in 1779-1780. A leader and Diarist of the settlers going by water in; The good boat adventure from Fort Patrick Henry to the French Salt Spring on Cumberland River.
Founder of Donelson's Station on Stone's River 1780.
One of the commissioners holding treaty with the Chickasaw Indians near Nashborough, 1783.
Member of The Tennessee Land Company projecting a settlement in the Great Bend of Tennessee River, 1785.
Lost his life'supposed to have been murdered by the Indian?near Big Barren River, Kentucky, 1786.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Colonel John Donelson Historical Marker Location Map, Nashville, Tennessee Map
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