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tory west of the Alleghany Mountains accepted by act of Congress, approved......April 2, 1790 William Blount appointed governor of the territory southwest of the Ohio River......Aug. 7, 1790 First issue of the Knoxville Gazette published at Rogersville by George Roulstone......Nov. 5, 1791 Knoxville, chosen as the seat of government, is laid out......February, 1792 Attack of 700 Indians on Buchanan's Station, 4 miles south of Nashville, repulsed by a garrison of fifteen......Sept. 30, 1792 General Assembly meets at Knoxville......Aug. 5, 1794 University of Tennessee at Knoxville, chartered Sept. 10, 1794, as Blount College, is opened......1795 State constitution adopted without popular vote by a convention which sits at Knoxville......Jan. 11–Feb. 6, 1796 John Sevier inaugurated first governor of State......March 30, 1796 Tennessee admitted into the Union by act approved......June 1, 1796 William Blount, of Tennessee, expelled from the United States Senat