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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 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 and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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