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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White , James 1737 -1815 (search)
White, James 1737-1815
Pioneer; born in Iredell county, N. C., in 1737; served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War; received his pay in a grant of land from North Carolina which he located in 1787 on the Holston River, near the mouth of the French Broad.
He here began a settlement which soon after was made the capital of the Southwest Territory.
Under the name of Knoxville it became a thriving town and White acquired a fortune in selling land.
In 1796, when Tennessee bec1737; served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War; received his pay in a grant of land from North Carolina which he located in 1787 on the Holston River, near the mouth of the French Broad.
He here began a settlement which soon after was made the capital of the Southwest Territory.
Under the name of Knoxville it became a thriving town and White acquired a fortune in selling land.
In 1796, when Tennessee became a State, he was elected to its Senate and shortly after was made speaker of that body.
He died in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1815.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitefield , George 1714 - (search)