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F. W. M. Holliday (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
to Charles Robertson executed......March 19, 1775 Watauga settlers march against advancing Cherokees, and disperse them in a battle near Long Island Fort......July 20, 1776 Cherokees under old Abraham attack the fort at Watauga, but are repulsed......July 21, 1776 Forces under Col. William Christian destroy the Cherokee towns in east Tennessee......1776 Washington county, including all of Tennessee, created by law of North Carolina......November, 1777 Richard Hogan, Spencer, Holliday, and others come from Kentucky and begin a plantation near Bledsoe's Lick......1778 Capt. James Robertson and others from Watauga cross the Cumberland Mountains, pitch their tents near French Lick, and plant a field of corn where Nashville now stands......1779 Eleven Chickamauga Indian towns destroyed by troops under Isaac Shelby, who left Big Creek, near the site of Rogersville......April 10, 1779 Jonesboro laid off and established as the seat of justice for Washington county.....
William Nelson (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
ims Tennessee out of the Union......June 24, 1861 Confederate commissary and ordnance stores at Nashville destroyed by fire......Dec. 22, 1861 Commodore Foote defeats Gen. Lloyd Tilghman and captures Fort Henry......Feb. 6, 1862 Bombardment of Fort Donelson begins Feb. 13; fort surrendered to General Grant by General Buckner, with 13,829 prisoners......Feb. 16, 1862 Seat of government removed to Memphis......Feb. 20, 1862 Confederates evacuate Nashville, and the Federals under Nelson enter......Feb. 23, 1862 Andrew Johnson, commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers and appointed military governor of Tennessee, March 5, arrives at Nashville......March 12, 1862 Governor Johnson suspends the mayor and other officials in Nashville for refusing the oath of allegiance to the United States......April 5, 1862 Two days battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh......April 6-7, 1862 Union meetings held at Nashville, May 12, and at Murfreesboro......May 24, 1862 Memph
Aaron Burr (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
enate on charge of instigating the Creeks and Cherokees to assist the British in conquering Spanish Louisiana......July, 1797 Treaty with Cherokees extinguishing claims to land granted to individuals by North Carolina......September, 1798 Great revival of religion, begun in Kentucky in 1800, spreads through Tennessee......1801 Nashville chosen as seat of government by legislature......1802 General Wilkinson builds Fort Pickering at Memphis......1803 Public reception given to Aaron Burr at Nashville......May 28, 1805 Congress grants 1,000 acres in one tract for academies in Tennessee, one in each county; 1,000 acres more for two colleges, Blount in the east and Cumberland in the west......1806 Nashville Bank, the first in Tennessee, chartered......1807 Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized......Feb. 4, 1810 John Sevier dies near Fort Decatur, Ala......Sept. 24, 1815 Gens. Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby obtain by treaty from the Chickasaws a cession of
Ambrose Everett Burnside (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
endered to Commodore Davis......June 6, 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro......Dec. 31, 1862–Jan. 4, 1863 Battle of Spring Hill; Confederates under Gen. Earl Van Dorn victorious......March 5, 1863 Van Dorn repulsed by Federals under Gen. Gordon Granger at Franklin......April 10, 1863 Federal raid under Col. Abel D. Streight starts from Nashville......April 11, 1863 Kingston and Knoxville, evacuated by Confederates under Gen. Simon B. Buckner, occupied by Federal troops under Gen. A. E. Burnside......Sept. 1, 1863 Chattanooga abandoned by Confederates under Gen. Braxton Bragg, Sept. 8; Cumberland Gap surrendered to Federals......Sept. 9, 1863 Confederates under Gen. James Longstreet defeat Federals at Philadelphia, east Tennessee......Oct. 20, 1863 General Grant arrives at Nashville, Oct. 21, and at Chattanooga......Oct. 23, 1863 Gen. W. E. Jones, Confederate, defeats Colonel Garrard at Rogersville......Nov. 6, 1863 Longstreet besieges Knoxville and is repulsed
J. H. Boise (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
kade at Tracy City, Aug. 13, and make an attack on the stockade at Oliver Springs......Aug. 16, 1892 Miners capture the stockade at Oliver Springs, and send the guards and convicts to Knoxville......Aug. 17, 1892 Miners defeated and routed by militia under General Carnes......Aug. 19, 1892 Convention of National Farmers' Alliance opens in Memphis......Nov. 15, 1892 Labor troubles in east Tennessee, 100 miners attack the convict camp at Fort Anderson......April 19, 1893 Judge J. H. Du Boise impeached, acquitted on some of the charges, convicted on others......June 2, 1893 President Polk's remains removed to the State capitol grounds.......Sept. 19, 1893 The United States Supreme Court decides the boundary-line dispute with Virginia in favor of Tennessee......1893 Serious revolt in the convict camp at Tracy City......July 27, 1894 Contest for governorship decided in favor of Peter Turney, who, on the face of the returns had 748 votes less than H. Clay Evans, b
Peter Turney (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
100 miners attack the convict camp at Fort Anderson......April 19, 1893 Judge J. H. Du Boise impeached, acquitted on some of the charges, convicted on others......June 2, 1893 President Polk's remains removed to the State capitol grounds.......Sept. 19, 1893 The United States Supreme Court decides the boundary-line dispute with Virginia in favor of Tennessee......1893 Serious revolt in the convict camp at Tracy City......July 27, 1894 Contest for governorship decided in favor of Peter Turney, who, on the face of the returns had 748 votes less than H. Clay Evans, by the Tennessee legislature......May 3, 1895 Chickamauga National Park dedicated......Sept. 19, 1895 General assignment law of 1895 declared unconstitutional......November, 1896 Fire at Knoxville, loss $2,000,000......April 8, 1897 Centennial Exposition opened......May 1, 1897 Anti-cigarette law declared constitutional......1900 Fifty lives lost in the hurricane of......Nov. 21, 1900 Texas
William Bean (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
on the Holston River, where the American army winters......1758 Cherokees capture Fort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start out for Fort Prince George; after proceeding about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians......Aug. 7, 1760 Capt. James Smith and others explore the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio......1766 By treaty at Fort Stanwix the Six Nations cede the country north and east of the Tennessee......Nov. 5, 1768 Capt. William Bean settles on Boone Creek, near Watauga......1769 Company formed to hunt and explore middle Tennessee, with camp at Price's Meadows, Wayne county......1769 Written association formed for the government of the Watauga settlers, and five commissioners appointed as a governing court......1772 Col. Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, and Daniel Boone purchase from the Indians a tract of country between the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers, which they call Transylvania......March 17, 17
Carnes (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
d by white free miners......Feb. 19, 1892 Steel cantilever bridge over the Mississippi at Memphis opened......May 12, 1892 Confederate soldiers' home at the Hermitage opened......May 12, 1892 Miners burn the convict stockade at Tracy City, Aug. 13, and make an attack on the stockade at Oliver Springs......Aug. 16, 1892 Miners capture the stockade at Oliver Springs, and send the guards and convicts to Knoxville......Aug. 17, 1892 Miners defeated and routed by militia under General Carnes......Aug. 19, 1892 Convention of National Farmers' Alliance opens in Memphis......Nov. 15, 1892 Labor troubles in east Tennessee, 100 miners attack the convict camp at Fort Anderson......April 19, 1893 Judge J. H. Du Boise impeached, acquitted on some of the charges, convicted on others......June 2, 1893 President Polk's remains removed to the State capitol grounds.......Sept. 19, 1893 The United States Supreme Court decides the boundary-line dispute with Virginia in favor
Aaron Vail Brown (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
3, 1850 Convention meets at Nashville, Nov. 11, 1850, and adjourns after recommending a congress of slave-holding States by a vote of six States—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia, opposed to Tennessee......Nov. 19, 1850 James Campbell appointed Postmaster-General......March 5, 1853 Southern convention meets at Memphis......June 6, 1853 State agricultural bureau established......1854 State capitol, commenced in 1845, completed......1855 Aaron V. Brown appointed Postmaster-General......March 6, 1857 Memphis and Charleston Railroad completed, joining the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River......March 27, 1857 Southern commercial convention at. Knoxville, by vote of 64 to 27, recommends abrogation of the eighth article of the Ashburton treaty, which requires the United States to keep a naval force on the coast of Africa......Aug. 10, 1857 Constitutional Union Convention at Baltimore, Md., nominates John Bell, of Tennessee,
James Longstreet (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
Chattanooga abandoned by Confederates under Gen. Braxton Bragg, Sept. 8; Cumberland Gap surrendered to Federals......Sept. 9, 1863 Confederates under Gen. James Longstreet defeat Federals at Philadelphia, east Tennessee......Oct. 20, 1863 General Grant arrives at Nashville, Oct. 21, and at Chattanooga......Oct. 23, 1863 Gen. W. E. Jones, Confederate, defeats Colonel Garrard at Rogersville......Nov. 6, 1863 Longstreet besieges Knoxville and is repulsed......Nov. 17, 1863 Grant defeats Bragg in battle of Chattanooga.......Nov. 23-25, 1863 Longstreet repulses Federals under Gen. J. M. Shackelford at Bean's Station, east Tennessee......Dec.Longstreet repulses Federals under Gen. J. M. Shackelford at Bean's Station, east Tennessee......Dec. 14, 1863 Fort Pillow captured by Confederates under Gen. N. B. Forrest, and garrison of colored troops annihilated......April 12, 1864 Federals under Gen. A. C. Gillem surprise the Confederate Gen. John H. Morgan at the house of a Mrs. Williams in Greeneville, east Tennessee. In attempting to escape he is killed......Sept.
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