...78-87. 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: Rocky Mount Historical Association, 1990. 297 pp. . "The Southwest and Northwest Territories:...

...Order Comes to Knoxville 1791-1900 ln l794. Abishai C. Thomas, an associate of William Blount. governor of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio, made a visit to Knoxville, Tennessee. He recorded his observations in an October 26 letter of that...

...PROCLAIMED AND IN EFFECT, MAY 5, 1870, AS AMENDED. Preamble and Declaration of Right; 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...

...the United States standing on its original site. It was built circa 1770 and served "as the capital of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio" from 1790 to 1792. when Territorial Governor William Blounl used the building as his office. He was a guest...

...been pushed through by Georgia land speculators.18 William Blount, whom Washington appointed governor of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio and whom the Creeks called "the dirt king" because of his avariciousness in acquiring Indian lands,...

...friendship." In the fall of 1790 Cobb entertained a most distinguished guest: William Blount, Governor of the "Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio." Significant events had preluded Blount's appointment to the post. In December 1789 North Carolina at...

...location on Little Gap Creek (west 200 yards). In 1796 the State of Tennessee was created from this part of The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio. How to get there: The historical marker is located on Highway 70 about two miles north of Interstate...

...John Thompson, Interpreter, James Carey, Interpreter Done in the presence of: Daniel Smith, Secretary of the Territory of the United States, south of the River Ohio, Thomas Kennedy, of Kaintickey. James Robertson, of Mero District. Clairborn Watkins, of Virginia. Jno....

...the details of testate and intestate succession. 55 After the Constitution was ratified, inhabitants of the "territory of the United States south of the river Ohio" (which later became Tennessee) had been given "all the privileges, benefits, and advantages" set forth...

...2001); and Walter T. Durham, Before Tennessee, the Southwest Territory, 1790-1796: A Narrative History of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (Piney Flats, Tenn.: Rocky Mount Historical Association, 1990). 12. For conflicts between westerners...