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| First Name |
James
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| Last Name |
White
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1746
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| Birthplace |
Rowan County, North Carolina
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| Died |
14th August, 1821
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| Place of Death |
Knoxville, Tennessee
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| Buried |
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Military
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James White (1747 – August 14, 1821)
was an American pioneer and soldier who founded Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early 1790s.
Born in Rowan County, North Carolina, White served as a captain in the county's militia during the American Revolutionary War.
In 1783, he led an expedition into the upper Tennessee Valley, where he discovered the future site of Knoxville.
White served in various official capacities with the failed State of Franklin (1784–1788) before building White's Fort in 1786.
The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and White donated the land for a permanent city, Knoxville, in 1791.
He represented Knox County at Tennessee's constitutional convention in 1796.
During the Creek War (1813), White served as a brigadier general in the Tennessee militia.
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