White's Fort (Tennessee)

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White's Fort, also known as James White's Fort, was an 18th century settlement that became Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

White's Fort was settled in 1786 by James White, a militia officer during the American Revolutionary War. When William Blount, the territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, moved the territorial capital to White's Fort in 1791, he renamed it Knoxville in honor of Henry Knox, the American Revolutionary War general and Washington's Secretary of War.

[edit] References

• Fort James White. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved on March 14, 2006.
• Knoxville. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved on March 14, 2006.

[edit] External links

• James White's Fort Association, Inc.