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Subject/Title: Captain John Donelson, III (1755-1830). History: 2 copies. Entry #120 in book "Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866." Notes: Revolutionary War soldier.
John Donelson (1718–1785) was an American frontiersman, ironmaster, politician, city planner, and explorer. After founding and operating what became Washington Iron Furnace in Franklin County, Virginia for several years, he moved with his family to Middle Tennessee which was on the developing frontier.
Oct 8, 2017 · John Donelson, land speculator and early settler of Middle Tennessee, led over one hundred settlers on a tortuous water journey to the Cumberland settlement during the winter of 1779-80.
Sep 17, 2023 · Genealogy for Capt. John Donelson (1755 - 1830) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Virginia
- Accomac County, Virginia
- April 07, 1755
Aug 16, 2022 · John Donelson led a group of 300 men, women, and children, including slaves to the new settlement here, traveling a thousand miles along the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers. (A historical marker located in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee.)
Of the 300 persons in the Donelson flotilla, John Donelson's flatboat carried about 15 white persons and 30 slaves. It had a roof covering part of the boat. A John White signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle Co. VA.
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