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John Donelson (1718–1785) was an American frontiersman, ironmaster, politician, city planner, and explorer. After founding and operating what became Washington Iron Furnace in Franklin County, Virginia for several years, he moved with his family to Middle Tennessee which was on the developing frontier.
The Cumberland Compact was signed at a Longhunter and native American trading post and camp near the French Lick [1] aka the "Big Salt Springs" on the Cumberland River on May 13, 1780, by 256 settlers led by James Robertson and John Donelson, where the group settled and built Fort Nashborough, which would later become Nashville, Tennessee.
Fort Nashborough, also known as Fort Bluff, Bluff Station, French Lick Fort, Cumberland River Fort and other names, was the stockade established in early 1779 in the French Lick area of the Cumberland River valley, as a forerunner to the settlement that would become the city of Nashville, Tennessee. The fort was not a military garrison.
Clover Bottom Mansion occupies land on the Stones River first claimed in 1780 by John Donelson, who abandoned his homestead following an Indian attack. [5] The mansion was built in 1859 and was the centerpiece of the 1,500-acre Clover Bottom Plantation [6] [3] incorporating portions of the house that had been built by the Hoggatts in 1853 and was destroyed by fire.
The fact trail shows Jackson and Rachel Donelson Robards ran off to Natchez together via Cumberland River to the Mississippi River, or possibly the Natchez Trace, sometime between July 1789 and their return to Tennessee in July 1790, Robards filed for divorce in December 1790, the divorce was granted on grounds of adultery in September 1793 ...
Private investors buy land to build upscale resort near the Red River Gorge. For now Hunt plans to host concerts at The Kilns every other month, with the hopes of moving to a monthly schedule in 2024.