Moses Renfroe

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Moses Renfroe was one of a group of settlers that arrived in middle Tennessee in 1780 along with James Robertson, the founder of Nashville, with the goal of starting a settlement. They departed from Robertson’s main group on the Cumberland River, moving up the Red River towards Robertson County, Tennessee in the area of Port Royal State Park.

The party consisted of Moses, Isaac, Joseph and James Renfroe, Nathan and Solomon Turpin, Isaac Mayfield, James Hollis, James Johns and a widow named Jones, with their respective families.

The historical significance of their actions was two fold. (1) They became the first known European settlers to form a permanent homestead in Montgomery County.

(2) Their subsequent massacre by Indians during the summer of 1780, ended the settlement temporarily. But, the Legislature of North Carolina to authorized rights of pre-emption upon settlers on the Cumberland. This action meant that settlers were authorized to take actions to defend themselves more aggressively, and resulted in a significant increase of immigration into the area.

Reference: http://www.tngenweb.org/montgomery/earlysettlers.html