| LC control no. | n 95099775 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Donelson, John, -1786 |
| Variant(s) | Donelson, John, approximately 1718-approximately 1780 Donelson, John, ca. 1718-ca. 1780 |
| Located | Brunswick County (Va.) Nashville (Tenn.) Harrodsburg (Ky.) |
| Birth date | [1718?,1725-04-07?] |
| Death date | 1786-04-11 |
| Place of birth | Maryland |
| Place of death | Tennessee |
| Field of activity | Surveying Iron mines and mining |
| Affiliation | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses |
| Profession or occupation | Surveyors Iron miners |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for His Collection, 1782-1927 (John Donelson, Army officer, explorer, and pioneer) LC data base, 10-10-95 (hdg.: Donelson, John, ca. 1718-ca. 1780) Tennessee historical quarterly, fall 1991: page 157, etc. (John Donelson; may have been born as early as 1718 or as late as April 7, 1725, Maryland; died April 11, 1786, on the Barren River in modern-day Tennessee; moved to Brunswick county, Virginia in 1744; worked as a surveyor and developed iron mining in the region; represented the county in the House of Burgesses, 1770-1774; involved in treaty negotiatons with various native tribes; part of an expedition that traveled from Fort Patrick Henry to French Lick (the current Nashville) in late December 1779-April 1780; settled near there, but moved to near Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1781; involved with further negotiations with native tribes before being appointed to a Georgia commission to survey the lands of the Tennessee River in Feb. 1784; was traveling to meet with other commissioners when he was attacked and shot by unknown assailants) |
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