Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
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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