...kind; aad one not less important than the establishment of a Government. The "Act for the Government of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio" is here alluded to. A constitution of Government is a Corporation of the highest nature — and that...

...from January firft, to June thirtieth, one thoufand feven hundred and ninetyfive, and " 6th and ;th. A copy of the journal of the proceedings of the governor,...department, of the territory of the United States fouth of the river Ohio, from September firft, one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-four, to September...

...the first permanent settlement there and 2 years betoie Tennessee became a state. In l7^ the assembly of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio incorporated Greeneville College (now Tusculum), HKmnl Colle.ee, and Washington College, the first...

...Massengill DeFriece and Frank B. Williams, Jr., "Rocky Mount: The Cobb-Massengill Home: First Capitol of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio," THQ 25 (Summer 1966), 119-34; Margaret Burr DesChamps, "Early Days in the Cumberland Country," THQ...

...Blount began the dwelling that would serve not only as his residence but as the seat of the government of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio . In its present form the Blount house represents a development that may have taken place in several...

...Flowering of the Cumberland, 234. 40. Daniel Smith, A Short Description of the Tennassee Government of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1793), 12-13. 41 . Michaux, Travels to the West, 201 . 42. Ibid., 221....

...Philadelphia in November 1 794, James White laid before the House his credentials as "Representative of the Territory of the United States South of the river Ohio, in the Congress of the United 204US Const, Art III, § 1. 205See text at notes 1 74-88. 206Sec 3 Story,...

...1980). Durham, Walter T. Before Tennessee: The Southwest Territory, 1790-1796, a Narrative History of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (Piney Flats, TN: Rocky Mount Historical Association, 1990, fiche 6101361). Garrett, WR History of...

...document. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE PREAMBLE AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS Whereas, The people of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio, having the right of admission into the general government as a member state thereof, consistent with...

...which were to be carved out of the Northwest Territory. On May 26, 1790, in "an act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio," the so-called Old Southwest, the Congress ordained that the government of the said territory south...