John Donelson
American
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Virginia House of Burgesses | 1769 | 1774 |
Lineage
- Son: Capt John Donelson
- Daughter: Rachel Donelson Jackson
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Virginia House of Burgesses | 1769 | 1774 |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1770/00/00 | From about 1770 to 1779, John Donelson operates the Washington Iron Furnace at Rocky Mount, Virginia. | Work | Washington Iron Furnace | Rocky Mount, VA | |||
1771/00/00 | Appointed to survey the state line, John Donelson discovers that three settlements thought to be in Virginia are actually in North Carolina. | Work | |||||
1779/12/22 | Col John Donelson and his party of nearly 200, including about 30 slaves, leave the Wautauga Settlements by boat from Ft Patrick Henry, in what is now North Carolina, destine for Cumberland country. | Leader | A Great Leap Westward | ||||
1780/00/00 | John Donelson claims land on the Stones River. He would later abandon his homestead following an Indian attack. | Home | Clover Bottom Mansion | Nashville, TN | |||
1780/01/00 | John Donelson leads a flotilla of about 40 boats down the Holston and Tennessee Rivers, and up the Ohio and Cumberland River for a nearly 1,000 miles into what will become Tennessee. | Leader | A Great Leap Westward | ||||
1780/04/17 | John Donelson meets up with James Robertson at Big Salt Lick and establishes Fort Nashborough, this will eventually become Nashville. A compass and a desk belonging to Donelson that were brought down the river from Wautauga can be found at Cleveland Hall. | Leader | Nashville, TN | Tennessee | A Great Leap Westward | ||
1780/04/17 | John Donelson meets up with James Robertson at Big Salt Lick and establishes Fort Nashborough, this will eventually become Nashville. A compass and a desk belonging to Donelson that were brought down the river from Wautauga can be found at Cleveland Hall. | Leader | Cleveland Hall | Nashville, TN | A Great Leap Westward |
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