Tennessee Forts

American Forts: East

TENNESSEE

Last Update: 25/MARCH/2026

Compiled by Pete Payette - Š2026 American Forts Network

Col. Evan Shelby's (Sr.) Fort
(1776 - 1780's), Bristol
Originally built in 1771, it was fortified in 1776 as a local defense and settler refuge against Indians. Also known as Shelby's Station. Marker located at 7th and Shelby Streets, actual site about two blocks south on the high ground (site 40SL374). The Patriot militia's King's Mountain Campaign (October 1780) was planned here. The city was originally named Sapling Grove. A VA state marker in this border town also relates the history of the fort and settlement.

Capt. Jacob Womack's Fort
(1776 - 1785), near Bluff City, Sullivan County
A settlers' fort once located east of town, near Choate's Ford, on the north bank of the South Fork Holston River, on a hill about two miles east on Island Park Road (site 40SL375). The main cabin was probably built as early as 1774. Womack moved further west in 1785.

Taylor's Meeting House Fort
(1776), near Silvacola, Sullivan County
Reportedly the first church built in the state (1773), used as a settlers' defense against Indians in 1776, and later as a school.

Moses Looney's Fort
(1770's), near Rock City, Sullivan County
A settlers' stockaded blockhouse used as the first court for Sullivan County in 1780. Brother to David. Located on Island Road, about one and one-half miles south of the mouth of Boozy Creek (site 40SL379). The log house was still standing in 1980, although much altered and modernized.

Amos Eaton's Fort (1)
(1776 - 1779), near Indian Springs, Sullivan County
A settlers' defense against Indians. Also spelled Heaton. House built in 1774, fortified and garrisoned by local militia in 1776 (site 40SL46). Also known as Eaton's (or Heaton's) Station (1). Marker located on Island Road (Memorial Blvd.) in the Bridwell Heights area. The Battle of Island Flats (July 1776) was located near Kingsport. After the battle 600 men under Capt. Joseph Martin were posted here.

Fort on Long Island
(1760), Long Island, Sullivan County
A temporary VA colonial militia fort located on Long Island during the Cherokee War. It was built by the relief force headed for Fort Loudoun after it was attacked by the Cherokee, but they never proceeded further from here. Replaced by Fort Robinson.

Fort Robinson
(1761 - 1762), Fort Robinson, Sullivan County
A VA colonial militia fort located on the north bank of the South Fork Holston River, nearly opposite the western end of Long Island. A large 120-feet square four-bastioned work, possibly with a blockhouse. No remains.

Fort Patrick Henry
(1776 - 1794), Kingsport FORT WIKI
A Virginia state militia fort built in September 1776 near the site of the earlier Fort Robinson (site 40SL7). It was a bastioned 100-yard square work. No remains. Also referred to as Island Fort in some sources. The Battle of Island Flats (July 1776) occurred nearby.

King's Mill Fort
(1776), Sullivan County
A stockaded stone-built gristmill located within Edmund Pendleton's 1750 land patent on the North Fork of Reedy Creek (Boozy Creek today), originally built by Col. James King in 1774. It's local importance as a militia supply post was reduced after Fort Patrick Henry was built in September 1776. Located on the west bank of Boozy Creek near its junction with Reedy Creek, just west of the Salem United Methodist Church at Boozy Creek Road and Bloomingdale Road (site 40SL380). The mill was still in existence in 1792 when the settlers of King's Mill Station were evicted, and the land sold off beginning in 1794.

Col. David Looney's Fort
(1770's), Fairview, Sullivan County
A settlers' blockhouse on Muddy Creek, about two miles up from the South Fork Holston River. Built before 1774. Son of Robert Looney of Virginia, and brother to Moses.

Sullivan County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's), Sullivan County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Sullivan County (exact locations undetermined):
Bledsoe's Fort (1)
Christian's Fort
Delaney's Fort
Long's Fort
Ramsey's Fort
Martin Roller's Station (site 40SL378)
Russell's Fort (1)
John Shelby's Station, son of Evan (Sr.), and brother to Isaac.
Station near Greenfields (1)

Johnson County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's), Johnson County
Settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Johnson County (exact locations undetermined):
Honeydew Station
Parkinson's Station

Fort Watauga
(Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park)
(1772 - 1780's), Elizabethton FORT WIKI
The Transylvania Treaty was signed here at Sycamore Shoals by the Watauga Association to buy Cherokee lands. The Cherokee lay seige to the fort in July 1776. Known also as Fort Caswell by the NC militia in 1776. This was the principal muster post of the Overmountain Men in September 1780 prior to the Battle of King's Mountain in South Carolina. The current structure is a reproduction of the first permanent white American settlement in what was to be present-day Tennessee. Located at 1651 West Elk Ave.. A D.A.R. stone monument (1909) marks the actual site of the original fort (site 40CR4), located about one mile south on West "G" Street at Monument Place, just upstream (about one-quarter mile) from the mouth of Gap Creek on the Watauga River.

Capt. James Robertson's Station (1)
(1771 - 1780), near Elizabethton ?
A settlers' fort located somewhere above (upstream from) Sycamore Shoals. Probably not actually fortified until the summer of 1776.

John Sevier's Station (1)
(1770's), near Elizabethton ?
A settlers' fort.

John Carter's Station (1)
(1774 - 1783 ?), near Carter ?, Carter County
A settlers' fort and trading post.

Carter County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's), Carter County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Carter County (exact locations undetermined):
Carter Womack's Fort
Parkerson's Station
Robertson's Station (3), another Robertson (?), not the same site as James Robertson's Station (1) (above).
Sinking Creek Station on Sinking Creek, near the Washington County line.
Valentine Sevier's Station (1)

Johnson City Camp
(1861), Johnson City
A CSA camp, monument (1904) located at Lamont and Tennessee Streets.

Jacob Brown's Trading Post
(1771 - unknown), near Mayday, Washington County
A settlers' trading post and blacksmithy located on the Nolichucky River at the mouth of Cherokee Creek (site 40WG124). It was not fortified. Brown was still here in April 1776 when he sold 182 acres to Moses Crawford.

Martin's Station (1)
(1770's or 1780's), Washington County
A settlers' fort. Undetermined location, somewhere along the Nolichucky River.

Limestone Fort
(1770's or 1780's), near Limestone, Washington County
An unnamed settlers' (?) fort was once here.

George Gillespie built a stone house here in 1792, which still exists (site 40WG114).

(George ?) Gillespie's Station
(1770's or 1780's), near Limestone ?, Washington County
A settlers' fort. Undetermined location. Probably the same as Limestone Fort (?).

Capt. Joseph Wilson's Fort (1)
(1777 - 1782), Washington County
A settlers' or militia fort located on Big Limestone Creek. Built in March 1777. Undetermined location.

Washington County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Washington County
Additional settlers' forts/stations located in present-day Washington County (exact locations undisclosed):
Fort at Flourville, Flourville, at mouth of Boones Creek at the Watauga River (site 40WG125).
Dungan's Fort, with mill (site 40WG126).

Fort Lee
(1776), near Limestone
A Virginia militia fort located at or near the mouth of Big Limestone Creek, an outpost of Fort Patrick Henry used against the Cherokee Indians. It was abandoned before it was completed, and was then burned by Cherokees in July 1776.

Henry Earnest's Fort House
(1778/80 - unknown), near Chuckey, Greene County
A settlers' three-story stone and timber house located on Old Fort Lane at 1600 Chuckey Pike (TN 351), south of town on the south bank of the Nolichucky River (site 40GN253). Restored in 2016. Tour and information office located at 340 Clemmer Drive.

(Richard ?) Henderson's Station (1)
(1779 - unknown), Afton, Greene County
A settlers' fort was located here at Henderson's Mill. Marker located on US 321 (Andrew Johnson Highway) at Ripley Island Road.

Capt. Joseph Hardin's Station
(1779 - unknown), Greene County
A settlers' fort located on Roaring Fork of Lick Creek. Undetermined location.

John Carter's Station (2)
(1783 ? - unknown), Albany, Greene County
A settlers' fort was located here at the site of a former fortified Indian village on Grassy Creek.

James Crawford's Fort
(1776 - unknown), Greene County
A settlers' fort located on Richland Creek, south of Greeneville. Undetermined location. Fortified and garrisoned in 1780 by the local Patriot militia under Capt. James Stevenson. Crawford was accused of treason against the Patriot cause during the start of the King's Mountain campaign (September 1780) by providing troop movements to the British.

Sherrill's Station (1)
(1770's or 1780's), near Scoot Mill ?, Greene County
A settlers' fort located on Lick Creek in western Greene County.

Robert Patterson's Station
(1775 - unknown), Church Hill, Hawkins County
A settlers' fort and grist mill (site 40HW256). Area settlers took refuge here in 1776 during a Cherokee attack.

Fort at Henry Rice's Mill
(1775 - unknown), near Church Hill, Hawkins County
A settlers' fortified grist mill located two miles west of town (site 40HW257). Area settlers took refuge here in 1776 during a Cherokee attack. Attacked again by Cherokees in April 1777, then defended by Capt. James Robertson.

Camp Adrian
(1862), Hawkins County
A CSA training camp. Exact location undetermined.

Hickory Cove Fort
(1775 - unknown), near Big Creek, Hawkins County
A settlers' or local militia fort was once located here along Big Creek. Militia under the command of Capt. Robert Kyle were posted here in 1775 (possibly same as Kyle's Fort (?) at "Walnut Hill" (site 40HW258)).

Rogersville Post
(1863), Rogersville, Hawkins County
A Union garrison post was here, attacked by Confederates in November 1863 (Big Creek Skirmish), capturing several guns and other supplies.

Big Creek Fort
(1779 ? - unknown), near Petersburg, Hawkins County
A state militia fort located on the west (south) side of the mouth of Big Creek (site 40HW255). Capt. James Robertson lived here from 1777 to 1778. The fort was probably built later. 300 militia under the command of Col. Evan Shelby were posted here in 1779. The fort was attacked by Indians in 1780.

Hawkins County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Hawkins County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Hawkins County (exact locations undetermined or undisclosed):
Thomas Amis' Fort (site 40HW254), near Amis Chapel. Originally a one and one-half story stone structure with "gunports", later significantly expanded with frame construction in the 1820's.
Jackson's Blockhouse, with grist mill (site 40HW259).
Brook's Blockhouse
Evan's Station
Pevahouse Station

Bulls Gap Earthworks
(1864), Bulls Gap, Hawkins and Greene Counties
Traces of Union earthworks still remain in the area, mostly within Greene County. Site of battle in November 1864.

Russellville Encampment
(1863 - 1864), Russellville, Hamblen County
A CSA winter encampment for troops under Lt. General James Longstreet, after retreating from Knoxville.

Greene's Station
(1770's), Hamblen County
A settlers' fort located somewhere on the Holston River.

James Swaggerty's Blockhouse
(1787 - unknown), Parrottsville, Cocke County
A settlers' log blockhouse on a stone foundation. Structure was later covered by a large barn, which has since been removed. Original three-level structure still exists, one of only two original blockhouses still extant in the state. Located east of town on Old US 321 (private property). See also PHOTOS from Discover Cocke County.com

NOTE: Archaeological and dendrochronological research by the University of Tennessee in 2001 has shown that several of the logs used in this structure date to an 1860 cutting, and artifacts from the 1860's were found in the adjacent soil, which may indicate that this is not the original 1787 blockhouse, but a farm structure erected by Jacob Stephens in 1860. At the least, the original blockhouse was most likely heavily modified/rebuilt or repurposed by Stephens after he purchased the farm in 1854.

Wood's Fort
(1783 - unknown), near Newport, Cocke County
A settlers' fort located near the confluence of the Pigeon and French Broad Rivers north of town (site 40CK215).

William Whitson's (Jr.) Fort
(1783 - unknown), near Wilton Springs, Cocke County
A settlers' fort located on the east side of the Pigeon River, south of the mouth of Cosby Creek. This was at an important ford of the river at the time.

Cocke County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Cocke County
Additional settlers' forts/stations located in present-day Cocke County (exact locations undisclosed):
Painted Rock Blockhouse (site 40CK161)
John Huff's Fort (site 40CK216)
Abram McKay's Fort (site 40CK217)

Bean's Station
(1787 - unknown), Bean Station, Grainger County
A settlers' fort, built by brothers Robert and William (or Jesse) Bean. The actual site is under the waters of Cherokee Lake (German Creek). The Whiteside Tavern (1801) was located one-quarter mile west of the site. William Bean first settled at the mouth of Boone's Creek near Flourville, Washington County, in 1768.

Haley's Station
(1788 ? - unknown), near Blaine, Grainger County
A settlers' fort located east of town on Richland Creek along the old Emory Road.

Shield's Station (2)
(1780's ?, 1830's), Blaine, Grainger County
Possibly a settlers' fort during the post American Revolution years of the 1780's. Known to be a later 1830's era stagecoach stop and community post office (site 40GR205).

Fort San Pedro
(1567), near Deep Springs, Jefferson County
A Spanish blockhouse built by the Juan Pardo Expedition on the French Broad River near the Indian village of Chiaha or Olamico on Zimmerman's Island. When Pardo arrived in October 1567, the 30 men that had been left behind at Joara (North Carolina) in January or February 1567 were found here. About 15 or so additional men were left here in October or November 1567, but they probably did not survive the winter. Hernando DeSoto visited Chiaha in June 1540. Presumably palisaded at that time. The supposed site now inundated by Douglas Lake. See also The Pardo Expedition by the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

Jefferson County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Jefferson County
Settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Jefferson County (exact locations undetermined):
Friend's Station
Henry's Station (3)
Strawberry Plains Station

Major Hugh Henry's Station
(1783 - 1790's), Beech Springs, Sevier County
A settlers' fort located near the mouth of Dumplin Creek at the French Broad River (site 40SV161). The Treaty of Dumplin Creek (State of Franklin) was signed here in June 1785 wherein the Cherokees relinquished their rights and title to the land in this area. The treaty was invalidated later that year by the United States Congress upon the ratification of the Treaty of Hopewell.

Capt. Samuel Newell's Station
(1784 - 1790's), Newell Station, Sevier County
A settlers' fort located near the head of Boyd's Creek (at US 411 and US 441) (site 40SV158).

Samuel McGaughey's Station
(1784 - 1790's), Sevier County
A settlers' fort located on Boyd's Creek below Newell's Station.

Isaac Thomas' Fort
(1783 ? - unknown), Sevierville
A settlers' fort, also used as the first courthouse of Sevier County (1795), and as a tavern. The town was originally named Forks of Little Pigeon.

Camp at Little Pigeon
(1814), near Sevierville
A muster camp of the Company of Drafted East Tennessee Militia, under Capt. Isaac Williams, at the start of the First Creek War (January 1814).

Col. Samuel Wear's Fort
(1785 - unknown), near Pine Grove, Sevier County
A settlers' fort and mill located near the mouth of Walden Creek (site 40SV17).

Jacob Derrick's Fort
(1779 ?), Bird Crossroad, Sevier County
A settlers' fort and gristmill at what was known as the "Old Dutch (German) Settlement" (site 40SV156). Marker located on US 411 at Fox Cemetery Road.

Sevier County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Sevier County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Sevier County (exact locations undetermined or undisclosed):
Shield's Fort (1), stockaded (site 40SV76).
Lawson's Fort (site 40SV157)
William McGaughey's Station (site 40SV160)
Gist's Station
Wilson's Station (4)
John Sevier's Headquarters

Col. John Sawyer's Fort
(1785 - unknown), near Zacharytown, Knox County
A settlers' fort one-half mile west of the Knox - Grainger County line (site 40KN215). The Emory Road, built in 1788, passed through here. Marker is located on TN 331 (Emory Road) at Flat Creek, west of TN 61 (Washington Pike).

Devereaux Gilliam's Station
(1780's ?), Fork of the River, Knox County
A settlers' fort located at an ancient Indian mound.

John Sevier's Station (2)
(1780's - unknown), Sevier Home, Knox County
The Marble Springs Farm is also known as the "Governor's Old Place". John was brother to Valentine. John later became the state's first governor in 1796. Originally built as a frontier station (Marble Springs Station ?). Also known as Governor's Station. A 1926 D.A.R. monument using stones from the original chimney is also located on site. Located on Neubert Springs Road at TN 168 (Gov. John Sevier Highway).

John Adair's Fort
(1788 - 1810's), Knoxville / Fountain City
A settlers' stockaded blockhouse used as a supply depot for the Cumberland Guard (Nashville) militia at Grassy Valley. Also known as Fort Adair. The East Tennessee Militia camped here in January 1814 at the start of the First Creek War. Marker and D.A.R. monument (1924) located at North Broadway and Sanders Drive. Actual site of the fort may be located just to the south near Adair Creek and First Creek, near Lynnhurst Cemetery on Adair Drive, where Adiar is buried.

Capt. James White's Fort (1)
(1788 - 1793), Knoxville FORT WIKI
The original log house dates to 1786 but the palisade was added later as a defense against Indians. White sold out and moved away in 1793. Most of the current fort structure is a reconstruction of period cabins restored and relocated from elsewhere in the region. The main two-story log house, originally located at State Street and Clinch Ave. (present-day State Street Parking Garage), adjacent to the c.1800 graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church (1816, rebuilt 1903), was relocated in 1906 to Woodlawn Pike in South Knoxville, and then relocated again in 1968 to its present site at 205 East Hill Ave., which opened to the public in 1970. Admission fee. See also Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

The Treaty of Holston was signed nearby (site on West Hill Ave.) in July 1791. The settlement became the first official capital of the Southwest Territory in 1791.

Post at Knoxville
(1793 - 1801/1807), Knoxville
A Federal garrison and headquarters post (aka Knoxville Barracks) was located here. The first Cherokee Indian Agency was also here from 1796 to 1801. Undetermined location. The two-story barracks were apparently used by the state legislature during the 1799 session and possibly later. The post was used primarily by the state militia after 1801 as Federal Army operations shifted to Fort Southwest Point in Kingston.

Civil War Defenses of Knoxville
(1863 - 1864), Knoxville FORT WIKI
A line of Union earthworks and batteries surrounded the city beginning in September 1863, mostly on the north side of the Tennessee river. Most of the works were not fully completed, nor officially named, until after the November 1863 siege was lifted. Some of the works were later renamed in the summer or fall of 1864.
Fort Byington (aka Fort College Hill), on Circle Drive off Cumberland Ave. at the entrance to the University of Tennessee (Ayres Hall). It partially enveloped the original college buildings extant at the time, then known as East Tennessee University.
Battery Harker, below Battery Noble.
Battery Noble, just west of Fort Byington at the former "Melrose" estate on Melrose Place, now Melrose Hall, U.T. campus.
Fort Sanders, centered at 17th Street and Laurel Ave.. No remains. Markers located at 1642 Highland Ave.. A 1918 monument to the 79th New York is located at 16th Street and West Clinch Ave.. A 1914 D.A.R. monument is located one block west at 1705 West Clinch Ave.. The Confederates initially fortified this position in the fall of 1862, then known as Fort Loudon (2) (sic) or Fort Buckner.
Battery Elstner, adjacent to Fort Sanders.
Battery Karnasch, between Batteries Elstner and Zoellner.
Battery Zoellner, between Fort Sanders and Second Creek (Forest Ave. between 11th and 13th Streets).
Battery Galpin, across Second Creek from Battery Zoellner (at Broadway and Henley Street). It covered the dam built on Second Creek.
Fort Comstock, on Summit Hill on Vine Ave..
Battery Wiltsie, marker on West Vine Ave. just east of Walnut Street, south of the old Southern Railroad depot, and adjacent to the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception at 414 West Vine Ave. (1855, rebuilt 1883).
Battery Billingsley, between Gay Street and First Creek (Commerce Ave. at State Street). It covered the dam built on First Creek.
Fort Huntington Smith, on Temperance Hill, marker on lawn of the Green Magnet School on Town View Drive.
Battery Clifton Lee, just east of Fort Smith on Town View Drive.
Battery Stearman, east of Battery Lee, on Summit Hill Drive at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Battery Engle, near Battery Lee.
Fort John Hill, on Mabry's Hill near Surrey Road and Saxton Ave..
Battery Fearns, on Flint Hill on East Hill Ave. overlooking the river.
Fort Stanley, on the south side of the river on the hill overlooking the south end of the Gay Street Bridge. Trace remains on Sherrod Road (private property). Connecting earthworks continued eastward to Sevierville Hill on Fort Hill Road (Knotty Pine Way).
Fort Dickerson (Park), on the south side of the river on Fort Dickerson Hill, marker on Chapman Highway (US 441) at Woodbine Ave., and another marker on the hill itself at 3000 Fort Dickerson Road. Well-preserved remnants still exist. See also History of Fort Dickerson Park
Fort Higley, on the south side of the river on Armstrong Hill, overlooking the south end of the railroad bridge. Remnants located within High Ground Park (opened in 2013) at 1000 Cherokee Trail.
Fort Mihalotzy (1), unknown location.
A tent camp and later barracks were located in present-day Circle Park, now part of the U.T. campus.
Markers for additional Union earthworks and other fortifications are located on Neyland Drive west of Second Creek, and on the Tennessee River side of Riverside Drive at McCammon Ave.. The 1817 Bijou Theatre (aka Lamar House) at 803 South Gay Street was used as housing by various Union officers, and as a hospital.

A Confederate seige camp (November 1863) was located at the present-day Knoxville College campus, and a CSA battery (November 1863) was located on Cherokee Heights south of the river, opposite the mouth of Third Creek (west of Union Fort Higley). Most of the CSA seige works were located along Third Creek west of the city, then north of present I-40 across to Second Creek. Of interest is the 1858 Bleak House / Confederate Memorial Hall, located at 3148 Kingston Pike, which was used as headquarters by CS General James Longstreet during the siege. Operated as a museum by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Also in the area is the 1834 Armstrong-Lockett House (Crescent Bend) at 2728 Kingston Pike, which was used as headquarters by CS General Joseph Kershaw. The Kingston Pike was fortified here during the seige. See also The Civil War in Knoxville from the University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture

Camp John S. Poland
(1898 - 1899), Knoxville FORT WIKI
A Spanish-American War winter camp, originally established because of overcrowding at Camp Chickamauga, GA. The division headquarters and first brigade were camped east of the site of Camp Wilder (see below), behind the Brookside Cotton Mill. The third brigade was camped to the north at Lonsdale, northwest of the railroad shops; and the second brigade was camped just south of Lincoln Park, northwest of Broadway Street. The camp hospital was located at Turner Park, east of Broadway near Cecil Avenue. Some troops later camped at Glenwood.

Camp Bob Taylor (2)
(1898), Knoxville / Fountain City
A Spanish-American War state muster camp, located near Lake Chilhowie at Chilhowie Park on Magnolia Ave., later site of the 1910 Appalachian Exposition.

Camp Wilder was the state muster camp for Negro troops, located at what was then known as Elmwood Park, two miles east of downtown on the Park Street streetcar line. It was later relocated six miles to the Lonsdale area about one-half mile northeast of Knoxville College.

Alexander Cavett's Station
(1780's), Knoxville / Walker Springs
A settlers' fort and blockhouse. Attacked and burned by Cherokees in September 1793, killing over a dozen and all but one. Exact location undetermined, but traditionally believed to be at the Old Mars Hill Cemetery (private property) off of Broome Road, where a 1921 stone monument (TN Society, Sons of the Revolution) is located (site 40KN67). State marker located on US 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Gallaher View Road, about one mile south of the private cemetery.

John Menefee's Station
(1787 - unknown), Bell Bridge, Knox County
A settlers' fort on Beaver Creek. Also spelled Manifee.

Ball's Camp
(1770's ?), Ball Camp, Knox County
A seasonal hunting camp on Plumb Creek established by Nicholas Ball. Ball was later killed by Indians in present-day West Virginia in December 1793. State marker is located about four miles south in Cedar Springs on US 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Cedar Bluff Road.

Col. David Campbell's Station
(1787 - 1810's), Farragut, Knox County
A settlers' fort and trading post (site 40KN221). The East Tennessee Militia camped here in January 1814 at the start of the First Creek War. Campbell sold his land in 1823 and relocated to Wilson County. The present Campbell Station Inn (Avery-Russell House) was most likely built by the new owners in the 1820's. Marker located on US 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Campbell Station Road. A memorial to Campbell and Archibald McCaleb is located in Pleasant Forest Cemetery (1796) on Concord Road. The community was known as Campbell's Station until renamed in 1980.

Nicholas Bartlett's Station
(1788), near Topside, Knox County
A settlers' fortified mill on the Little River, originally built in 1785 (site 40KN272). Later became a stage stop on the Federal Road.

Knox County Settler Forts
(1770's, 1780's, 1790's ?), Knox County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Knox County (exact locations undetermined):
Reynold's Station (site 40KN275)
Bennett's Station
Hackett's Station
Lowe's Station

Robert McTeer's Fort
(1784 - unknown), near Prospect, Blount County
A settlers' fort and mill located one mile south of Eusebia Church on US 411 (site 40BT156).

James Gillespie's Fort
(1785 - 1788), near Rockford, Blount County FORT WIKI
A settlers' fort attacked and destroyed by Cherokee Indians led by John Watts in October 1788. Afterwards it was known as Burnt Station. Located about two miles northeast of the Maryville Airport (site 40BT154). Also spelled Gillespy.

Kelly's Station ?
(1780's), near Rockford, Blount County
A settlers' fort. Exact location undetermined.

Josias Gamble's Station
(1790 - 1815), near Hubbard, Blount County
A settlers' fort at the bend of the Little River east of town off of the Old Walland Highway (old TN 73), below the Chilhowee Gap, near the site of the old Coulters Bridge (site 40BT155). The fort was often used as a safe haven by the settlers in Tuckaleechee Cove. Garrisoned by 13 men in 1792. Also used as a command post by John Sevier in 1792. After 1800 the station was used as a trading post and store. A stone D.A.R. monument is at the site. The Tennessee state marker, located above the gap near Walland, is in the wrong location.
(thanks to Richard Simerly for providing correct location and additional info)

Capt. John Craig's Fort
(1785 - 1790's), Maryville
A small blockhouse surrounded by a two-acre stockade (site 40BT152). This was the original settlement of the town. In 1793 over 280 settlers took refuge here for several months during an Indian seige. Sam Houston (of Texas) once lived here as a youth with his widowed mother and eight siblings sometime around 1807. Marker on Church Street.

James Houston's Station
(1785 - unknown), near Carpenter Campground, Blount County
A settlers' fort and blockhouse located on Little Nine Mile Creek south of Maryville (site 40BT159). Attacked by Cherokee Indians in 1788 after they had killed 30 men near the Cherokee town of Citico (southwest on the Little Tennessee River).

Samuel Henry's (Sr.) Station
(1792 - unknown), Blount County
A settlers' fort located on Old Niles Ferry Road about 2.5 miles east of the Blount - Loudon County line, on or near Little Baker Creek (site 40BT158). Attacked by Cherokee Indians led by John Watts in August 1793. Henry's brick grist mill (1815) is still extant, located one-half mile southwest on Brick Mill Road.

David Craig's Station ?
(1780's), Blount County
A settlers' fort at or near the "Brick Mill". Exact location undetermined, probably at Samuel Henry's Mill (as described above).

Ish's Fort ?
(1780's), Blount County
A settlers' fort and blockhouse, possibly located on Ish Creek (?) to the west of Maryville (site 40BT151). General John Sevier with 300 militia defeated about 1000 Cherokee Indians here who were on their way to attack Knoxville in September 1793.

Bird's Station ?
(1780's), Blount County
A settlers' fort located somewhere south of Knoxville.

Blount County Settler Forts
(1780's, 1790's), Blount County
Additional settlers' forts/stations supposedly located in present-day Blount County (exact locations undetermined or undisclosed):
Black's Blockhouse / Fort (1776 - 1792) (site 40BT149) aka Montgomery Station. Attacked by Cherokee and Creek Indians in October 1792.
Calvin's Station (site 40BT150)
Martin's Station (2) (site 40BT153)
Tedford's Fort (site 40BT157)
Well's Station (site 40BT160)
Hunter's Station
McCullock's Station
Sherrell's Station (2)
Thomas' Station
Wilson's Station (3)

Capt. John Miller's Fort
(1780's), Racoon Valley, Union County
A settlers' blockhouse, possibly built as early as 1777 (site 40UN198). Also known as Racoon Valley Station. Miller's popular nickname was "Racoon", also to distinguish him from another John Miller living in the area. Marker on TN 33.

Sharpe's Station
(1780's ?, 1790's ?), Union County
A settlers' fort (site 40UN43). Location undisclosed.

Holmack's Station
(1780's ?, 1790's ?), Union County
A settlers' fort and blockhouse on Bull Run Creek (site 40UN197). Location undisclosed. This possibly may have been the same as the Bull Run Creek Blockhouse that was used by the state militia in 1794 (see below).

George Yoakum's Station
(1792 - 1798 ?), Yoakum Crossroad, Claiborne County
A settlers' fort that was built in defiance of the 1791 Holston Treaty prohibiting white settlement on Cherokee lands in the Powell Valley. The Federal Army arrived to evict the settlers in February 1797. The 1798 Treaty of Tellico resolved the controversy.

Fort Butler (1)
(1790's ?), Claiborne County
Undetermined, possibly a Federal Army fort (?) built to evict the settlers in Powell Valley. Location undetermined.

Fort in Powell Valley
(1797 - 1798), Campbell County ?
A Federal fort built to prevent white encroachment on Cherokee lands. Exact site undetermined, possibly at or near the confluence of the Powell and Clinch Rivers. Possibly same as Fort Butler (1) ?

Union Cantonment
(1798), Anderson or Campbell Counties ?
A Federal post built to prevent white encroachment on Cherokee lands. Exact site undetermined, said to have been located on, or a tributary of, the Clinch River.

Bull Run Creek Blockhouse
(1794), Anderson or Knox or Union Counties ?
A state militia fort, with a detachment of Federal troops, built to prevent white encroachment on Cherokee lands. Exact site undetermined, located somewhere along the Bull Run Creek valley northwest, or north, of Knoxville. Possibly the same as Holmack's Station in Union County (?) (see above).

Fort in Blockhouse Valley
(1780's ?), near Kirkstall ?, Anderson County
A pre-1791 Holston Treaty unnamed settlers' fort (undetermined exact location) was supposedly the namesake for this valley in Anderson County.

Holman's Blockhouse
(1780's ?), Anderson County
A settlers' fort. Undetermined location. (same as above ?)

NOTE: The "Lost State of Franklin" existed from 1785 - 1788, encompassing most of present-day Eastern Tennessee, with its capital at Greeneville. It was declared illegal by North Carolina, and was never recognized by the United States Congress. The Southwest Territory, or formally the Territory South of the Ohio River, was formed in 1790. Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796.

NEED MORE INFO: Briant's / Bryant's Fort (1777), a settlers' fort at unknown location in East Tennessee. Fort Hopson (1775 - 1776), a NC militia fort at unknown location on the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee during the First Cherokee Campaign (AmRev War).
Fort Sumter Road near Copper Ridge, Knox County.
Towns: Blockhouse near Maryville; Camp Creek near Greeneville; Camp Austin in Morgan County; Kingsley Station near South Knoxville; Miser Station near Maryville.

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