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John Donelson Martin. John Donelson (1718–1785) was an American frontiersman, ironmaster, politician, city planner, and explorer. After founding and operating what became Washington Iron Furnace in Franklin County, Virginia for several years, he moved with his family to Middle Tennessee which was on the developing frontier.
- 1718
- Rachel Stockley Donelson
- American
Hace 1 día · People gather around the dual statue of Tennessee pioneers John Donelson, left, and James Robertson during its officially dedication ceremony at historic Fort Nashborough on May 24, 1964.
Hace 4 días · In 1779, explorers James Robertson and John Donelson led a party of Overmountain Men to the former site of French Lick, and constructed Fort Nashborough. The settlement was named for Francis Nash, the brigadier general and American Revolutionary War hero who was killed at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania two years earlier on ...
Hace 5 días · Men believed him; and one who heard him talk of the beautiful land on the Cumberland was James Robertson. “Boone’s accounts undoubtedly created the interest which led Robertson and John Donelson to bring two groups of settlers to establish the first permanent community in Middle Tennessee.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Rachel Donelson nació alrededor del 15 de junio de 1767 en el condado de Pittsylvania, Virginia, de Rachel Stockley y el coronel John Donelson. Criada en una plantación rural, no recibió educación formal, pero aprendió a leer y escribir, junto con otras habilidades útiles como montar a caballo y administrar el hogar.
Hace 15 horas · They settled at French Lick and were joined in the spring of 1780 by another group under John Donelson. Fort Nashborough, built at the site and named for American Revolutionary War general Francis Nash, became the centre of the new community. (A replica of the fort stands in a park along the Cumberland River.)
12 de abr. de 2024 · Women and children followed by flatboat with the other handshaker, John Donelson, and by April, they had 300 people living in the fort. What’s most interesting to me about this statue, though ...
