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| birth_date = 1718 |
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| nationality = American |
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| occupation =Explorer |
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| spouse = Rachel Stockley Donelson |
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| children = [[Rachel Jackson]] |
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| relatives = [[Andrew Jackson]] <small>(son-in-law)</small><br/>[[Donelson Caffery]] <small>(great-grandson</small><br/>[[Patrick T. Caffery]] <small>(great-great-great grandson</small> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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===Early life=== |
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John Donelson was born in 1718. |
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He served in the Virginia [[House of Burgesses]] before moving to the Watauga settlements on the Holston and Watauga rivers in East Tennessee. From about 1770 to 1779, he operated the [[Washington Iron Furnace]] at [[Rocky Mount, Virginia|Rocky Mount]], [[Franklin County, Virginia]].<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Franklin/157-0029_Washington_Iron_Furnace_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Iron Furnace|author=Anne Carter Lee| date=September 1972|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref> Along with [[James Robertson (early American)|James Robertson]], he cofounded [[Fort Nashborough]] in 1780, which would eventually become the city of [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name="firstladies"/> His diaries are kept in [[Cleveland Hall, Nashville]].<ref name="rayonyarns">[http://clevelandhallhoa.com/pdf/History-of-Cleveland-Hall.pdf History of Cleveland Hall], ''[[Rayon Yarns]]'', April 1946</ref> |
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He died in 1785. His great-grandson [[Donelson Caffery]] of Louisiana, was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from 1892–1900 and his great-great-great grandson, [[Patrick T. Caffery]] of [[Louisiana]], was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from 1969 to 1973. |
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| ⚫ | In 1744, he married Rachel Stockley Donelson (1730-1801).<ref name="firstladies"/> Their daughter, [[Rachel Jackson]], married the seventh [[President of the United States]], [[Andrew Jackson]].<ref name="firstladies"/> |
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[[Donelson, Tennessee]] was named in honor of the colonel. |
[[Donelson, Tennessee]] was named in honor of the colonel. |
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John Donelson | |
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| Born | 1718 |
| Died | 1785 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Explorer |
| Spouse | Rachel Stockley Donelson |
| Children | Rachel Jackson |
| Relatives | Andrew Jackson (son-in-law) Donelson Caffery (great-grandson Patrick T. Caffery (great-great-great grandson |
John Donelson (1718–1785) was an explorer and adventurer.[1]
Biography
Early life
John Donelson was born in 1718.
Career
He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses before moving to the Watauga settlements on the Holston and Watauga rivers in East Tennessee. From about 1770 to 1779, he operated the Washington Iron Furnace at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.[2] Along with James Robertson, he cofounded Fort Nashborough in 1780, which would eventually become the city of Nashville, Tennessee.[1] His diaries are kept in Cleveland Hall, Nashville.[3]
Personal life and legacy
In 1744, he married Rachel Stockley Donelson (1730-1801).[1] Their daughter, Rachel Jackson, married the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson.[1]
He died in 1785. His great-grandson Donelson Caffery of Louisiana, was a U.S. Senator from 1892–1900 and his great-great-great grandson, Patrick T. Caffery of Louisiana, was a U.S. Representative from 1969 to 1973.
Donelson, Tennessee was named in honor of the colonel.
See also
References
- Crabb, Alfred Leland (1957). Journey to Nashville: A Story of the Founding. New York: Bobbs-Merrill.
- ^ a b c d National First Ladies' Library: Rachel Jackson
- ^ Anne Carter Lee (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Iron Furnace" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
- ^ History of Cleveland Hall, Rayon Yarns, April 1946
External links
- City of Nashville biography
- John Donelson Journal - Transcription and scan of journal about 1779 river journey.
- John Donelson's "Journal of the Adventure" - in J.G.M. Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853).
- John Donelson at Find a Grave