Transylvania Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transylvania_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:land_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Transylvania_Colony
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:dissolved 1780
gptkbp:establishedSettlement gptkb:Boonesborough
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Richard_Henderson
gptkbp:foundedIn 1774
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:historicalSignificance early American frontier settlement
gptkbp:legalStatus invalidated by Virginia and North Carolina
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Daniel_Boone
gptkbp:purchasedLand gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:purchasedLandAt gptkb:Sycamore_Shoals
gptkbp:purchasedLandFrom gptkb:Cherokee
gptkbp:purchasedLandIn 1775
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:settlement
land speculation
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Treaty_of_Sycamore_Shoals
gptkb:Transylvania_Purchase
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henderson_Survey
gptkb:Transylvania_Purchase
gptkb:Boonesborough
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transylvania Company