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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