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Settlements in the East, trouble about boundary line, 31 ; found to be in Nerth Carolina, 32; Donelson's Treaty. 32; made in violation of treaties, 53 : obtain ten years' lease from Cherokees, 35; population in 1770, 40 ; growth of, mn 1550, 65.
Settlers. See Emigrante.
Sevier County formed. "0; left without any government, 101 ; organizes one it- self, 101.
Sevier, John. member of Committee of Thirteen, 34. clerk of Watauga Associ- ation, 34; ilelegate to North Carolina Congress. 46 : forces annexation to North Carolina, 50: alone had correct blea of
ton County, 5" ; with Clark attacks Fer- guwin, Es; attacks Moore at Parchet, Es; prepares for attack on Ferguson. 50 ; at King's Mountain, On; voted sword
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and pistols by North Carolina, 62; re- quested to take up arms again, 62 ; Gen- eral Green writes to Sevier. 62; joins Marion with two hundred men, 62 ; meets Indians at Boyd's Creek. 03 ; invades and destroys Indian country, 64; his mode of warfare, G4 ; Tuckawjah Expe- dition, 65; "is a good man," Go; clerk of court, 67 ; president of Jonesboro Con- vention of 1784, 71; sketch of, 71-75; Nollichucky Jack, 72 ; foresav future greatness of Tennessee. 73 ; "treity inaker," 74 ; compared with Jackson, 74; leader of movement to form a new state, 75 ; is reluctant to proceed to extremes, 75 ; made general of brigade. 77 ; thinks this the end of Frankhn, "; reply to Martin's manifesto, &t; term as gov- ernor of Franklin expires, 06; negotiate3 with Georgia, 96 ; medit ites Indian ex- pedition, 97; asks Shelby to accept governorship of Franklin, 97 ; meditates expedition against Spaniards, 95; be- sieges Tipton's house, 00; makes expe- dition against Cherokees, 99; arrested on charge of high treason, 99; sent to North Carolina, 99 ; escapes, 100; electe.] member of North Carolina Senate and takes his seat, 1"0; brigadier-general. 100 ; goes to Congress, 100: letter from Bledsoe, 144; member of Legislative Council, 149; brig vlier-gen-ral of Wash- ington District, 149 ; expedition against the Indians, 150; the last expedition. 151 : intrigues with Spain. 165 ; governor of Tennessee, 187, 241 ; his administra- tion, 2+2 ; style of living. : +2 ; lind sper- ulations with Carter, 242, 240 ; accused of fraud by Jackson. 243 ; encounter be- tween Sevier and Jackson, "H ; report of committee on, 246; the evidence. Jh; state senator. 247 ; member of Congress. 247; his popularity. 247 ; his generosity, 243; his death, 243; no monument to, 250; compared with Carroll, Polk, and Johnson, 301.
Sovier, Valentine, three sons killed, 153.
Shunmon, Thomas, 319.
Sharkey, W. L., 434, 442.
Sharpe, major of territorial militi.1, 153.
Shaw, James, 134.
Shelby County, 310, 316; change of county seat, 322.
Shelby, Evan. at Kanawha, 31 : at Point Pleasant and Fort Du Quesne, 55; Chick- amauga Expedition, 55.
Shelby, Evan, arbitrator between two par- ties in Franklin, 94; memorial to Gov- ernor Caswell, 95; rebuked by Caswell, 95; requested by Sevier to accept gov- ernorship of Franklin, 97.
Shelby, Isuv, at Battle of Island Flats, 44 ; furnishes supplies for Chickamauga Ex- pedition, 55 ; justice of the peace of Sul- livan County, 50; also colonel, 56 ; pre- pires for attack on Ferguson, 50 ; at King's Mountain, GO : voted sword and pistols by North Carolina, 61 ; requested to take up arms again, 62 ; joins Marion, 62; leaves before end of war, 62.
Shelbyville, 270.
Sherill (see County officers), succeeds mar-
ahal in North Carolina, 195 ; serves writs for precinet and county courts, 210.
Sinnel .s, 173.
Sinking Fund created, 272; under act of 1. 72, 22.
Six Nations claim southwestern region, 13; vedle this to England, 16.
Skiff, 177, 352.
Smith, Daniel, secretary of territory, 140;
allows invasion of Indian country, 150; member of Constitutional Convention of 1706, 186; trustee of Davidson College, 234.
Smith, George W., 287;
, Smith, Jumues, 34, 30, 107.
Smith, Col. James, explorations of, 14.
Sudom, 340.
Solemn League and Covenant, 216.
Somerville, 270, 305.
South Memphis, 339 ; mania for city build- ing, 330 ; Fearne originates, 340: [dan of operation, 340; incorporated, 340; in- cludes Fort Pickering, 340; united with Memphis, 341.
Southern Convention, 434; its action and resolutions, 435 ; compromise measures con.lenmed, 435.
Southwestern Empire, Sevier dreams of, OS ; also Aaron Barr, 103, 164 ; fe-red by Continental Confederacy, 165; Spanish designs, 165, 166.
Southwestern Railroad Bank, 271 ; does not suspen 1 272.
Southwest Point, fort at, built, 157. 172.
Spaniards, in Florida, 9 ; and State of Frank-
lin, 102; their intrignes, 103, 163-108; their dream of empire, 103, 164: their intercourse with the Indians. 104; part of Tennessee claimed by, 165 ; their pol- icy, 165.
Spanish or French traders, 142, 144, 1.72. 166, 176 ; offer rewards for American scalps, 166.
Sparta, 270.
Specie payment, suspended, 260; Carroll recommends return to, 204 : day set. 204 ; resumption, 265 ; suspension of. forbid- den, 273 ; resumption in 1>30, 270.
Spencer County, formed, 79; changed to Hawkins, 93.
Spencer, James, 305.
Spencer, Thomas Sharpe, first settler of Middle Tennessee, IOS ; mentioned, 133. Spickernagle, William, 354.
Spies, 162.
Spinoza, 8.
Spottswood, Governor, crosses Appalachian mountains, 14.
St. Augustine, 9, 13, 106.
Ste. Genevieve, 104.
St. Louis, 164.
Standifer, James, 367.
State Debt, canses disquietude, 272; bonds issued to turnpikes, 282; contracted un- der Act of 1832, 200 ; at beginning of war, 201 ; war interest. 202; act to liquilate, 203; Act of 1870, 994; repudiation of fraudulent bonds preventr.l. 4: mil- roads take advantage of Acts of 1. 03-70, 204; a political isene, 205 ; settled, 206. Station. how built, 31, 119.
Statutes of Westminster, 208.
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Stay Laws, 261, 302.
Steamboats, on Mississippi River, 177 ; first at Memphis, 311.
Steep Rock, 52. Sterling Bonds, 307. Stewart (or Stuart). James, 56. $6, 98, 200. Stewart, Virgil A., 350 ; his account, 350; arrests and convicts Murrell, 351.
Stocks, abolition of, urged by Carroll, 302. Stoddard, John, 304.
Stone River named, 107.
Stuart, Henry, 12. Stuart, James. See Stewart. Stuart, John. 41.
Sullivan County, formed, 56 ; part of Mor- gan District, vi. Sumner County, 135.
Superintendent of Public Schools, office ere- ated, 236, 237.
Superior Courts in North Carolina, 16. Superior Courts in Tennessee, _00, 201. Supervisor of Banks, 273.
Supreme Court established, 201.
Surplus revenue deposit, :71. Sweats settle M. Nairy County, 305.
Sycamore Shoals (see Treaty of), 18.
Synod of Lexington, 210.
Synod of the Carolinas, 217.
Talbot, Thomas, 78. Talon, 10).
Tıppan, Arthur, 392.
Tate, Col. Sun, 393; his executive ability, 287 ; president of Memphis and Charles- ton Railroad, 288; anecdote related by, + 3.
Titham, William, 34, 105.
Tatum. See Tatham.
Taverns, 174; rates in Greene County, 174. Taylor, Parmenas. 113.
Taylor, Thomas, 310.
Taylor, Zarh. 431.
Taxes, remission of, 92. Taxation, self, for schools, 236.
Tennessee County, 140.
Territory south of the Ohio River. 47 ; Leg- islative Council, 142; seat of government removed to Knoxville, 140; it, organiza- tion, officers, etc., 149, 198, 139.
Terry. Scott. 237.
Thomas, D. B., 204.
Thomas, Joshua, swims Tennessee River, 142.
Thornton. Hamilton, 305. Thornton. R. G., 305. Tippling Art, 424. Titus Ebenezer. 132. Tinton County, 30G. Tipton, Cap :. Jacob, 306.
Tipton, Gen. Jaroh, 306, 310.
Tipton, John, lukewarm in Franklin move- ment, "7 : North Carolina senator, 80 . his character. 86; envy of Sevier, Số ; at- tacks Soviet's honesty, 86 : delegate from Washington County to North Carolina, 08 : arrests S.vier. 99; fight with Roddy. Inn: member of Convention of 1996. 1; Tiptea party, '241; wants to investigate S-vier's land speculations. 245; address of confidence in Jackson, 245.
Tipton, John, of Iuliana, 442. Tipton, Sam, 247.
Tithingman, 205. Tobacco inspection, 136. Toka, 142,
Toka Expedition. S.e Coldwater. Torbett, G. C., 273.
Tories in Tennessee, 31, 41, 52.
Township system of local self-government, in New England, 204, 200; in the West, 207.
Trace. Se : Great Natchez.
Trade, 177 ; Spanish intrigues, 177.
Traders, Indian, must have license, 15, 178. Transportation, 177.
Transylvania, purchase of. 36, 112. 119; purchase declare'l void by Gov. Martin, 39: ignored by North Carolina, 153.
Transylvania Presbytery divided, :: 4.
Traveling, 174.
Treaty of Dumplin Creek, 79, 101.
Treaty of Fort Stauwix, 139.
Treaty of Hard Labor, 139.
Treaty of Hopewell, 130.
Treaty of Lochaber. East Tennessee settle- ments made in violation of, 3.
Treaty of Martin and Donelson, 139.
Treaty of New Yor's, 152.
Treaty of Piomingo, 140.
Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 18, 31, 112, 130. Trenton, 270, 305.
Trester, Hat-boat man. 354; killed, 355. Trimble, James, 245 (nete).
Trousdale, William, 436 ; candidate for U. S. senatorship, 420; for governorship, +33; sketch of 433; defeats Neil S. Brown, 403; defeatedl by Campbell, 437.
Truck Patch, 27.
Trustees, county. Sor County officers.
Tyron, governor of North Carolina, tries to Tepress regulators, 31.
Tuekasejah, destroyed by Sevier, 65. Turenne. 10.
Turnidge, Henry, 30G.
Turney, Hopkins L .. 408 : scheme to elect him to U. S. Senate, 408 : refuses to an- swer questions, 42%; vote for, 420; de- nounced by Democrats, 420 ; his pledges to Whigs. 420 ; his letter of defense, +."3; read out of the party, 430.
Turney, Samuel, 406. Tuscarora Indians, migration of, 9. Tyger's Valley, 173.
Uchees, destroyed by Cherokees, 15. Union Bank chartered. 267. Union, Fort. See Fort Union. Union Presbytery, taken from Abingdon, 221.
United States Bank in Tennessee, 258. 200 ; law to prevent, 212; protest against, 202 ; branch at Nashville, 265.
University of Nashville. 137 ; Philip Linds- ley becomes president, 230 ; his phin and his influence, 230; influence ou South- west. 230.
Untoola. See Butler.
Van Buren. 364, 307. Vernon. 24. Vestries in North Carolina, 211.
Vestry.nen levy taxes, 210 ; how appointed, 210. Veto, 193, 197.
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Vicksburg, gamblers hanged, 346, 334.
Vigilance Committee in 1778. Ste Washing -. ton County.
Village communities, survival of, 205.
Vincennes, IH4.
Virginia, attempt in, to join Franklin move- ment, 54, 103.
Waddell, Seth O., 300. Walker, Felix, 34.
Walker, Dr. Thomas, expedition in 1748, 13. 107.
Walker, William, or " Nicaragua," 444.
Willen party ot explorers, 14.
Wallen's Creek, 14.
W lleu's Ridge, 14.
W Iton. Jesse, 50.
Wald, Edward, candidate for governorship, 252; Feder.dist, 254; sketch of, 254; supported by Nashville Whie, 256; and Jackson. 255.
Ward, Nancy, warns settlements of Indian invasion, 42; saves Jack and Rankin, Co. Wardens in North Carolina, 211.
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Washington County. 47 ; port of Salisbury Judicial District. +7 ; restores order by organizing companies, 32 ; part of Mlor- gan District, IT.
Washingto . Judicial District. TT.
Washington District of Tennessee, 200.
Washington District of North Carolina, named for George Washington, 40 ; de- clares for the Colonial cause, 40; over- run by the law less, 40; threatened by Indians. 41 ; ceded by Indians to North Carolina, 43 ; conrts of į leas and quarter sessions established in, 47 : sheriffs and justices of the peace, 47; becomes Washington County. +7.
Wi-hington, George. 38, 112.
Watanga Association, bramming of. 33: articles of, lost, 35 ; details of organiza- tiou, 33 : Committee of Thirteen, 33 ; five commissioners, 35 ; chairman, 34 : non- subscribers, 34; no provision for, 40); petition for annexation, 40 ; court-house, 50.
Watauga Fort, one of the earliest, 31 : pro- tects Watauga settlement. 31 : attacked by Indians, +2; defended by Robertson, 44.
Watauga River. 5.
Watauga settlement. resting-place for em- igrants an I surveyors, 30 ; an independ- ant colony. 33 ; secure ten years' lease, 35: buy the reversion. 30.
Watson, Samuel, trustee of State Bank, 274. Watterson. Henry. 442.
Watterson. H. M .. 4_1 ; elected sneaker of state Sente, 4.7 : cees Turney's letter, 420: denounces Turney, 420.
Waverly, 304.
Wayne County, 304.
Weakley County, 79, 311.
Weakley, Robert, candidate for governor- ship. 231.
W .. . tor. Daniel, estimate of Prentiss, 422. Wells. Heydon. 132, 179.
Western District. See West Tennessee.
West Tennessee, its history not yet written. 342 ; account of in 1810, 303; priority of locations iu, 303.
Wharton, Jesse, on connuittee to investi- gate Sevier's land speculations, 245 ; U. S. senator, 251 ; candidate for governor- ship, 251.
Wheatley, Seth, 338.
Wing clique or junto at Nashville. 403. 410. Whig Convention of 1540. 287 ; Henry Clay present, 330 ; details of, 3-7-391.
Whig Convention of 1844. 418 ; called the the Great Whig Convention, 413; its bril- lianey of colors, 420, 421.
Whigs, cut off from Federalists, 212 ; rise of in Tennessee, 35% ; White Whigs. 300; New-born Whigs, 360 ; date from White's candidacy, 371 ; Anderson accepts title of Whig, 3:5; etiert of Polk-Cannon con- test, 375; first contest of parties, 359 ; New Whigs, 379 ; first Whig candidate, 379 ; Polk's address of 1: 30, 3 1 ; orgau- ized for 1840, 3:5 ; the Union denounces their organization, 384; Harrison nomi- nated, 384; the plan of campaign. 3-5; festivals, processions, and emblems. 383 ; Harris's doggerel. 3-6; Convention of 1840, 387 ; carry Tennessee in 1>40, 392; record of. on N .. tional Bank, 314; on tariff, 395 : Polk's speech ou origin of, 396; in the General Assembly of 1 41, 400 ; contest over senatorial election in 1841, 408; canvass of 1543 and its effects on 1844, 411 ; last great struggle. 413; send delegates to Baltimore in 1844, 413 ; determine to defeat Polk in Tennessee, 444 ; brilliancy of 1:44, 416 ; carry Ten- nessee in 1544, 421 ; nominate Foster in 1$45, 424 ; nominate N. S. Brown in 1847, 420 : carry Tennessee in 1852. 438 ; al- liance with Know-Nothings, tas ; become opposition, 439.
Whiskey. 157. 174. 192.
White County, cotton manufactures in,
White, Hugh Lawson, 258, 443: of Loan Office of 1820, 202 ; offered seat in Jack- son's cabinet, 365; his friendship for J.wckson, 365; estrangement from and canses, 365 ; Jackson's threat, 306 ; be- comes candidate for presidency. 366 ; letter from Tennessee members of Con- gress, 365 ; Van Buren and Jacks m. 26% ; Jackson denounces him as a Federalist, 38; White Whigs and New-born Wles, 300; Tennessee press for White. 309; issue between, and Jackson not made. 000 ; his course on Expunging Resolutions, 371. 374 : carries Tennessee legislature, 371; is defeated. 374; his political prin- ciples, 022; carries Hermitage District, 374 : opposes Van Buren's administrat:on, 3,4; forced to resign, 382; supports Harrison. 387 ; death of, 387 ; president of United States Senate, 443.
White, James, lays oft Knoxville, 149; member of Constitutional Couvention of 1796. 156.
White. Richard. TG. &C.
Whitney, El . Ser Cotton gin.
Whatt . ker, Mark. 25.
Wilkinson, James, has store at Lexington, 177.
Williams, Col. James, 60. | Williams, Jolm, C.l.
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Williuns, N. W., impeached, 301. W Watson, Jones, 304. W Ilis, Benjamin, Jr., 310. Willis, Henry, 25. Wilson, Adam, 304.
Wilson, W. M., 311.
Winchester, James, member of Legislative Council, 143 ; speaker first state Senate, 200; runs southern boundary line, 315 ; interest in Memphis, 3.7.
Winchester, MI. B., 3101, 321 ; on railroads, 1 286; sketch of. 324 : compared with Raw- lings, 324 ; postmaster and mayor, 324 ; . agent for proprietors of Memphis, 324 ; suspected of being a Whig. 33: on La Grange and Memphis Railroad, 342; vili- fied by Murrell's clan. 351. Winche-ter, Williun, 32x
Winchester and Carr, 323.
Winterbotham's History of America, 187. Wise, Henry A., 426. Wolcott, Oliver, Sr .. ISS.
Wolf River, sluftings of its mouth, 319; Jesse Benton's testimony, 319, 334.
Wolf tax, Jiei. Wolfs Hill. See Abingdon.
Womack, Jacob, J.
Wood, John, 56.
Wood's party of explorers, 56. Woods, John, 304.
Yancey, W. L., 443. Yarbrough, HI., 306.
Young's Warehouse. See Public Warehouse.
Zigler's Station, destroyed, 153. Zollicotier, Felix K., elected comptroller, 430.
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