The dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania had already come . This It is possible that Lucas Massengill came first, as he was a member of the Watauga association and there is no evidence known to me that William Cobb was a member. It existed for about four and a half years and then North Carolina re-assumed control. It was known as Brush Creek for the Creek than runs through it. Bowlin and Mary (Lee) Curtis settled by the Watauga River about 1792. The Rev. Named for Stephen Holston, who built a cabin on its banks in 1746, it is 115 mi (185 km) long and has two important Tennessee Valley Authority . These early settlers formed the Watauga Association which was was semi-autonomous government created in 1772. In 1780, while the militia was away at theBattle of Kings Mountain, the Cherokee raided the setttlements. Julius Dugger and Andrew Greer were the first white men to settle in the Watauga Country. The Washington DistrictCommittee of Safety was created in 1775 and included John Carter, Zachariah Isbell, Jacob Brown, John Sevier, James Smith, James and Charles Robertson, William Bean, John Jones, George Russell, and Robert Lucas. Maps The Middle and South Forks join in Washington County and since the completion of the South Holston Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1950 have been impounded in its reservoir. As I have a brick wall ancestor who was born about 1798 in SE TN (west of Chattanooga) to parents who he says were born in SC, I am curious about potential routes from upcountry SC to SE TN and wonder if the road to Fort Loudon and then possibly by water would have been plausible at the end of the 18th century? According to records, over 200 people were living in the Washington County area during the year of 1776. Limestone. 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The brisk winds cascading through the Beech trees embrace the scenery as they flow through the air in eastern Tennessee. Register Thank You so much for visiting Piedmont Trails and be sure to stay up to date by subscribing to the website. Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory, 1743. It would be a stop and go sort of pace, much slower versus crossing land only in this particular area. James Robertson and John Bean generalyincorroctly given as John ? [1] Holston Mountain was named after the Holston River. Flower Swift was one of the pioneer settlers of the New River Valley. 1500 acres of land as a Boundry for Iron Works in the fork of Wataugah and Doe River Joining the Land of said Carter also, Also 1500 acres on the South of Doe River Joining the lands of, John Hendrix (Hendricks) and Hannah Kelly. If you have ancestors who lived in the Washington County area during the late 18th century, share your family with me. Johnson, Jefferson, Glasscock & Emanuel County, Georgia Area Settlers. In 1799 there was a petition in Washington County asking for marriages performed under the State of Franklin to be recognized. The North Fork in Virginia is known as an excellent smallmouth bass river (due to mercury contamination, fish caught in the North Fork of the Holston below Saltville, Virginia must not be consumed). All of the unsettled countries were believed to be part of Virginia. (LogOut/ They were told to relocate, but instead negotiated with the Cherokee to lease the land. A man who lived in Cookeville was trying to do a good thing and decided on his own to put down a stone commemorating his service in the Revolutionary War, (it is not a DAR stone). The main stem of the Holston is impounded by the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam near Jefferson City, Tennessee. The revival also attracted members of the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. His sons, John and James Sevier, located Jonesborough is part of the Johnson City metropolitan statistical area, which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN and VA combined statistical area . Church in the Knob Creek settlement. I have tried to get people to delete this mistake from my George Brown to no avail. According to Tennessee Valley Authority historians, when the Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933, Congress mandated that the TVA headquarters be located on the banks of the Tennessee River. On June 10, 1788 they bought 160 acres from Juliana and David Shults in Sullivan County. I greatly appreciate it. Hickman Memorial Bridge, Orville Depew "Dick" Kitzmiller and Riley Lee Milhorn Memorial Bridge, Marine PFC Charles Howard Duty Memorial Bridge, SSGTs. pay 10 pounds per 100 acres. It is divided into two almost equal parts by the Holston River, which traverses its entire length. The sun peeks through the tall majestic Tulip Trees as they reach for the blue horizon. Fort Nashborough was among the first settlements but it wasnt the earliest one. Soon after the arrival on the Watauga of the above named emigrants came the Beans, Cobbs and the Webbs and subsequently, the Tiptons and the Taylors. Carter County received $16,000 and the Commissioners decided to purchase salt with the money, re-sell at cost to the citizens. . Washington County was once part of North Carolina prior to Tennessee statehood. Categories: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Tagged as: #boonecreek, #fortloudon, #holstonriver, #northcarolina, #southcarolina, #wataugasettlement, Genealogy, history, surnames, Tennessee. WRITINGS ON TENNESSEE COUNTIES. With its country music heritage, the old Ryman Auditorium and of course, Music Row, Nashville holds a high rank among others with history and genealogy. During the 1770s, European Americans established the "Nolichucky settlements" in what is nowGreene County, Tennessee. When the militia returned, ColonelJohn Sevier's men defeated the Cherokee atBoyd's Creek and destroyed most of the remaining towns. Resolved that John Carter be Colonel, John Sevier, Lieutenant Colonel, Charles Roberson 1st Major, and Jacob Womack, 2nd Major, for the District of Washington, and that commissions issued accordingly. Settlers were now able to travel to the area legally in accordance to Royal law. 36-200 acres-Greene County-north side of, James Woods Lackey-#815, Book 90, pg. Russell, Jospeh Willson, Zach. Legislative Journal of the Provincial Congress at Halifax, North Carolina Monday, December 23rd, 1776. In 1790 Reverend Samuel Doak and Hezikiah Balch organized the Hebron A map detailing the Holston River Valley through Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Data Abraham Hendry was Chairman of the Court, he and all other members were bound to the agreement. European Americans called their towns in eastern Tennessee, the Overhill Towns. I just wonder if a number of people traveled together to TN.? Captain William Bean and his wife settled the area and welcomed the birth of their son, Russell during that first year. Watauga Petition, 1776. The group included his brothers and brother-in-law. by William Bean, and his wife Lydia Russell. Hi Joe, Dragging Canoe continued raiding the frontier, killing dozens of settlers near the fort. Franklin, Banks & Stephens County, Georgia Settlers. Samuel Weaver purchased 600 acres on Little Limestone creek (#629) about 1784. Let me hear from you !! The fort also housed at least sixty women and children during the years of 1756 to 1760. Between 1769 and 1771, four settlements were made in what is now East Tennessee. According to Samuel Masengill, Henry Massengill, Sr. settled in 1769 as one of the first settlers. The revival that followed on Boones Creek was called the Great Meeting. The revival also attracted members of the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. They felt at home and never said adieu to him and his family with the parting regret and tenderness of an old friendship. There were approximately 1,100 Panther Creek State Park is a 1,435 acre park located on the Cherokee Reservoir in the historic Holston River Valley, six miles west of Morristown. John Nicholas (1753) and Margaretha Mottern were from Berks County Pennsylvania. Robinson, The South Fork rises near Sugar Grove in Smyth County and flows 112 miles (180km) southwest to join the North Fork at Kingsport. The South Fork Holston River originates in Smyth County, Virginia near the community of Sugar Grove, where it is formed by the combination of several coldwater streams. About 1782 members of the Broyles family moved to east So if you are researching your family history in this area, be sure that youre looking in the correct location. As the fort stands today in remembrance of those long ago, let us remember the people who dreamed of a fort to establish trade and growth in the lands known today as Tennessee. There was once a post office located at the house, "Rocky Mount," but I have not been able to ascertain when this was established. On April 28 James Patton received his "great grant" of 100,000 acres on the Holston, New, and Clinch Rivers. "By the early to mid-1740's settlers had carved a rough wagon road through the Shen- andoah Valley as far Southwest as the Holston River Valley in SWVA. Beverly Bastian, Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff, and Stuart Strumpf, Fort Loudoun in Tennessee: 1756-1760: History, Archaeology, Replication, Exhibits, and Interpretation-Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., 2010. Since the TVA headquarters were to be located in downtown Knoxville on what was then the Holston River, in order to fulfill the Congressional mandate the official start of the Tennessee River was moved upstream from Lenoir City to the confluence of the Holston and French Broad Rivers. The Holston's confluence with the French Broad River at Knoxville marks the beginning of the Tennessee River. TheNolichucky Riverflows throughWestern North CarolinaandEast Tennessee. The settlers claimed that they were living on land that was part of Virginia, but a land survey showed that claim to be false. Many artifacts have been discovered all through the years. on farms nearby. They fought as units of the Virginia Militia, a formally organized arm of the Commonwealth. Isbell, and Benjamin Gist appointed to lay off the place for erecting the Court house, prison stocks, and the said return is ord. Bundy, Josiah Clarke, Ralph Humphreys & Joshua Houghton, Sen. You only have to look around to see their presence among artifacts, paper documents and so much more. In writing of these families It is necessary to confine myself, with few Exceptions, to the first or pioneer members, as even a partial genealogy would be greatly beyond the limits of this article. These early settlers formed the Watauga Association which was was semi-autonomous government created in 1772. Other families followed such as Samuel Masenngill, Henry Masengill, Julius Dugger and Andrew Greer. There they entered land on the south side of the Holston River. He served in Shraedel's Company during the Revolution. So many families arrived in Washington County during the war years. They lived on Little Limestone Creek. Over the next several months, Piedmont Trails will explore the early trails leading into Tennessee. The Holston River is wide and open enough to allow extensive fly fishing. A multicolony army assembled in 1776 to attack Cherokee towns and food stores. Washington, the oldest county of the state, allows the echoes of familiar sounds from the mockingbird and the bobwhite. (courtesy of the Washington County, Tennessee Archives), (Courtesy of Washington County, Tennessee Archives-link attached with photo). In 1784, Zachariah Isbell, John Sevier and Jesse Walton were appointed to confiscate the properties of Tories in Washington County. Carter County received $16,000 and the Commissioners decided to purchase salt with the money, re-sell at cost to the citizens. on farms nearby. law, known as the Land-Grab Act, was in effect Perhaps you have heard about the Overmountain Men traveling party of 1779. South Holston Lake offers a variety of fishing opportunity as well, as it contains smallmouth bass, common carp, walleye, pike, sunfish, crappie and a few trout. Court Minutes Book B-240 The Jobe family was also among the early settlers. Sinking Creek Baptist Church was organized 1772 in Washington County (now Carter County).. 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