Nashborough

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Nashborough was an early American frontier settlement that later became the city of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Nashborough canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier settlement ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
associatedWithEvent westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Andrew Jackson ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Cherokee ⓘ
Chickamauga Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee people

Shawnee ⓘ
conflictContext settler–Native American conflict on the Cumberland frontier ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
fortified true ⓘ
foundedBy James Robertson ⓘ
John Donelson ⓘ
foundersCollective Cumberland settlers ⓘ
foundingYear 1779 ⓘ
governedBy Cumberland Compact ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest permanent Anglo-American settlements in Middle Tennessee ⓘ
laterBecame Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
legalFramework Cumberland Compact ⓘ
locatedIn Cumberland River valley ⓘ
Davidson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Middle Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter Francis Nash ⓘ
notableLeader James Robertson ⓘ
John Donelson ⓘ
onWaterway Cumberland River ⓘ
originalNameOf Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
partOf Cumberland settlements ⓘ
predecessorSettlementOf capital of Tennessee ⓘ
presentDaySite downtown Nashville ⓘ
linked to: Downtown Nashville
primaryEconomicActivities fur trade ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
regionType frontier outpost ⓘ
renamedAs Nashville ⓘ
renamingYear 1784 ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
status defunct settlement ⓘ
territorialStatusAtFounding Western frontier of North Carolina ⓘ
timePeriod late 18th century ⓘ

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