INDIANS IN TENNESSEE

A Canebreak

The entire domain of Tennessee was once a part of the State of North Carolina. Between 1750 and 1775, the first settlements were made in that portion of the State now known as East Tennessee, and two years later, the western part of her lands became Washington County. In other words, the State of Tennessee became Washington County, North Carolina.

In 1780, after Colonel James Robertson with seven of his friends — William…