Transylvania Company

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The Transylvania Company was an 18th-century land speculation enterprise that attempted to establish a proprietary colony in what is now Kentucky and parts of Tennessee.

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Transylvania Company canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonization company ⓘ
land speculation company ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
aimedToEstablish proprietary colony ⓘ
alternateName Richard Henderson and Company ⓘ
approvalOutcome not formally sanctioned as a colony ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary era frontier expansion ⓘ
businessModel land speculation ⓘ
claimedTerritoryNowIn Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky

State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee
commissionedActivity blazing the Wilderness Road ⓘ
compensatedBy North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
conflictedWith North Carolina colony land claims ⓘ
Virginia colony land claims ⓘ
country British America ⓘ
dissolvedIn late 18th century ⓘ
employed Daniel Boone ⓘ
foundedBy North Carolina investors ⓘ
Richard Henderson ⓘ
foundedIn 1774 ⓘ
foundedSettlement Boonesborough ⓘ
governanceAttempt Transylvania legislature at Boonesborough ⓘ
headquarteredIn North Carolina ⓘ
historicalSignificance early private colonization effort west of the Appalachians ⓘ
helped open Kentucky to Anglo-American settlement ⓘ
keyFigure Daniel Boone ⓘ
landPurchaseArea Cumberland River region ⓘ
Kentucky River region ⓘ
Tennessee River region ⓘ
legalStatus claims voided by Virginia and North Carolina ⓘ
never fully recognized by British Crown ⓘ
majorTreaty Treaty of Sycamore Shoals ⓘ
operatedIn Appalachian frontier ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
organizedUnderLawsOf Province of North Carolina ⓘ
proposedColonyName Transylvania ⓘ
purchasedLandFrom Cherokee Nation ⓘ
receivedCompensationForm land grants ⓘ
region Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ
soughtApprovalFrom Continental Congress ⓘ
treatyLocation Sycamore Shoals ⓘ
treatySignedIn 1775 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transylvania County, North Carolina → namedFor → Transylvania Company ⓘ
Boonesborough, Kentucky → foundedBy → Transylvania Company ⓘ
Richard Henderson → knownFor → Transylvania Company ⓘ
Richard Henderson → founded → Transylvania Company ⓘ
Richard Henderson → organized → Transylvania Company ⓘ