6B TN Frontier People

Led a group to clear the Wilderness Road creating a route for thousands of settlers heading west through the Cumberland Gap.

• Thomas Walker

• Daniel Boone

• Thomas Sharp Spencer

• Richard Henderson

Wealthy landowner who purchased land from the Cherokee forming the Transylvania Purchase.

• Daniel Boone

• John Donelson

• John Sevier

• Richard Henderson

Beloved Woman of the Cherokee Tribe. She warned white settlements of attacks by her people.

• Nancy Ward

• Morgan Freeman

• Nancy Grey

• Barbara White

Hero of the frontier people of TN. He fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.

• James Robertson

• Thomas Walker

• John Sevier

• William Bean

Doctor and explorer from Virginia who named the Cumberland Gap. He also marked the TN/KY border

• Thomas Walker

• Thomas Sharp Spencer

• John Donelson

• Daniel Boone

Became the first permanent settler of TN

• John Sevier

• Nancy Ward

• Richard Henderson

• William Bean

Important leader of the Watauga and Cumberland settlements and established Fort Nashborough.

• John Donelson

• Thomas Walker

• James Robertson

• Lost State of Franklin

First white settler in Middle TN, known for being a massive human and legend suggest he lived in a hollow tree for an entire winter.

• William Bean

• Thomas Sharp Spencer

• Thomas Walker

• Daniel Boone

Was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

• James Robertson

• Nancy Ward

• John Sevier

• John Donelson