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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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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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