Early TN People

Leader and defender of Watauga settlement, later the 1st governor of Tennessee

• David Crockett

• William Blount

• Andrew Jackson

• John Sevier

Sequoyah

• governor of the southwest territory and 1st senator of TN

• created the written Cherokee language using syllables

• Cherokee leader who fought to prevent his people from moving to Oklahoma

• TN frontiersman and politician

won the battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Creek; signed the Indian Removal Act forcing the Cherokee to move to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears

• Nancy Ward

• James K Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• David Crockett

Sam Houston

• leader and defender of the Watauga settlement

• won with the Texan army against Mexico; led Texas to independence

• won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• TN Frontiersman and politician who died in the Battle of the Alamo

Cherokee woman who warned the Watauga settlers of an attack by Dragging Canoe

• Nancy Ward

• Sequoyah

• Overmountain Men

President; Believed in Manifest Destiny goes ocean to ocean

• James Robertson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K Polk

• John Sevier

James Robertson

• governor of SW territory and 1st senator of TN

• founded and defended Fort Nashborough against Dragging Canoe winning the Battle of the Bluffs

• TN frontiersman and politician who died at the Battle of the Alamo fighting against Mexico

• won with the Texan army against Mexico to help lead Texas to independence

The patriots won against the loyalist and the British

• James KpPolk

• Sequoyah

• Overmountain Men

Governor of SW Territory and 1st senator of TN

• Andrew Jackson

• James K Polk

• William Blount

• James Robertson

Cherokee leader who fought to prevent his people from moving to Oklahoma

• Nancy Ward

• Sequoyah

• John Ross

• Andrew Jackson