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In 1821, the Cherokee Agency— the official liaison between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation— was moved to the location of present-day Charleston. [8] The agent to the Cherokees was first Colonel Return J. Meigs Sr. , who had served in the American Revolutionary War , and later Joseph McMinn , who served as Governor of Tennessee ...
Turtletown's borders, however, in the eyes of some are disputed. According to one, parts of it are known as Dogtown, which appears on a few local maps. However, to others, it is simply all Turtletown and Dogtown does not exist. [4] The only known map that contains this is the USGS map of the area, and a U.S. Forest Service map.
Bethpage is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States.It is located along U.S. Route 31E, northeast of neighboring Gallatin.
The French Broad River in Del Rio. A Native American village once occupied the site along the French Broad River where Del Rio is now situated. [4] Frank Stokely, who lived in the area in the mid-20th century, collected a large number of artifacts left by the natives of this village and displayed them in a small museum. [5]
Georgetown is located along Tennessee State Route 60, along what was part of the main Northern Route of the Trail of Tears in 1838. [5] According to tradition, the village was named for Cherokee trader George Fields, who owned a two-story log home and operated a trading post at the intersection of Georgetown Road and Francisco Road in the early 1800s.
The Gainesboro vicinity was a popular destination for long hunters as early as the 1770s, as natural salt licks drew rich game to the area. In the 1790s, Avery's Trace passed nearby, with travellers along the road lodging at Fort Blount about 10 miles to the west.
Leiper's Fork is located along the Natchez Trace, which was an important travel route for Native Americans and early European-American settlers.The area was settled in the late 1700s by settlers from North Carolina and Virginia who had received land grants as payment for service in the American Revolution.
Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Cumberland Plateau region of the southeastern part of the state. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census – 804 of the town's 1,238 residents (64.9%) lived in Grundy County, 428 (34.6%) in Marion County, and 6 (0.5%) in Franklin County. [8]