Growth of the New Nation

Battle of New OrleansETHS Content Essays, Primary Sources, and Student Activities 

 

Andrew Jackson and the War of 1812

Key Words: Andrew Jackson, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Creeks, War of 1812, Felix Grundy, Sam Houston, volunteers

New Madrid Earthquake

Key Words:  New Madrid, Reelfoot Lake, Eliza Bryan

Tennessee Statehood

Key Words: William Blount, John Sevier, Rocky Mount, Treaty of Holston, Cumberland Gap, land speculation


Growth of the New Nation ETHS Articles

Natchez Trace & the Jackson Purchase

White, Robert H. “Tennessee’s Four Capitals.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 6 (1934): 29-43.

Steps to Tennessee Statehood

Hamer, Marguerite B. “John Rhea of Tennessee.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 4 (1932): 35-44.

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Brandau, Alex. “Col. John Williams, East Tennessean in the War of 1812.” Tennessee Ancestors 29, no. 1 (June 2013): 37-44.

Chambers, William N. “Thwarted Warrior: The Last Years of Thomas Hart Benton in Tennessee, 1812-1815.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 22 (1950): 19-44.

Maiden, Leota Driver. “Colonel John Williams.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 30 (1958): 7-46.

Williams, Samuel C. “Brigadier-General Nathaniel Taylor.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 12 (1940): 28-44.

William Blount, Southwest Territory and Statehood

Downes, Randolph C. “Cherokee—American Relations in the Upper Tennessee Valley, 1776-1791.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 8 (1936): 35-53.

Masterson, William H. “William Blount and the Establishment of the Southwest Territory, 1790-1791.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 23 (1951): 3-31.

White, Kate. “John Chisholm, Soldier of Fortune.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 1 (1929): 60-66.

Additional Related Articles:

“An Early Description of Tennessee.” Tennessee Ancestors 14, no. 3 (December 1998): 204-206.

“Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Scandals from Early Knoxville Newspapers.” Tennessee Ancestors 3, no. 1 (April 1987): 1-16.

“Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Scandals from Early Knoxville Newspapers, 1793, Part 2.”Tennessee Ancestors 3, no. 2 (August 1987): 107-124.

Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Scandals from Early Knoxville Newspapers, 1794, Part I.”Tennessee Ancestors 3, no. 3 (December 1987): 162-180.

“Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Scandals from Early Knoxville Newspapers, 1795, Part 2.”Tennessee Ancestors 5, no. 3 (December 1989): 159-180.

Crews, E. Katherine. “Early Musical Activities in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1791-1861.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 32 (1960): 3-17.

“From Greene County, Tennessee, to Illinois: A Perilous Trip.” Ed. by Nancy Moore Brown. The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 44 (1972): 126-129.

Garland, Florine Julian. “Tennessee Biography: The Saga of Johnson Hampton, Pioneer, Educator, and Entrepeneur.” Tennessee Ancestors 4, no. 3 (December 1988): 231-234.

Jordan, René. “The Evolution of Early Tennessee County Boundaries: Tennessee County, Knox County, and Jefferson County.” Tennessee Ancestors 11, no. 2 (August 1995): 83-90.

 “Letters of Governor William Blount.” Ed. by Philip M. Hamer. The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 4 (1932): 122-137.

Mathews, Maxine. “Old Inns of East Tennessee.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 2 (1930): 22-33.

Mellen, Dr. George F. “The Old Kentucky Road.” Tennessee Ancestors 9, no. 2 (August 1993): 96-97.

“Reuben Grove’s Ballad War of 1812.” Tennessee Ancestors 5, no. 2 (August 1989): 138-139.

Rogers, William Flinn. “Life in East Tennessee Near the End of the Eighteenth Century.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 1 (1929): 27-42.

Shurter, Robert L. “The Camp Meeting in the Early Life and Literature of the Mid-West.” The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 5 (1933): 142-149.

"The ‘J. Hartsell Memora’: The Journal of a Tennessee Captain in the War of 1812.” Ed. by Mary Hardin McCown. Part I. The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 11 (1939): 93-115.

“The ‘J. Hartsell Memora’: The Journal of a Tennessee Captain in the War of 1812.” Ed. by Mary Hardin McCown. Part II. The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 12 (1940): 118-146.