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James Robertson
explorer and pioneer, born 1742
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James Robertson was an American frontiersman, soldier and agent in dealing with the Native Americans, and one of the founding fathers of what became the State of Tennessee. An early companion of frontiersman Daniel Boone, Robertson helped establish the Watauga Association in the early 1770s, and to defend Fort Watauga from an attack by Cherokee in 1776. In 1779, he co-founded what is now Nashville, and was instrumental in the settlement of Middle Tennessee. He served as a brigadier general in the Southwest Territory militia in the early 1790s, and as an Indian Commissioner in later life.
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