Cumberland settlements

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early American frontier communities historical region

The Cumberland settlements were early American frontier communities established by Euro-American settlers in the late 18th century in what is now Middle Tennessee, centered around the Cumberland River region.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early American frontier communities ⓘ historical region ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cumberland Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ Chickamauga Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economy	hunting and trapping ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Euro-American settlers ⓘ
foundedBy	James Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Cumberland Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Asher’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Bledsoe’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Buchanan’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Clover Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ Davidson County stations ⓘ Eaton’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Nashborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Smith on Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Union on Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeland’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ French Lick settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenfield’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Mansker’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Nashborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Royal settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River settlements ⓘ Robertson County stations ⓘ Station Camp settlements ⓘ Sumner County stations ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key role in westward expansion into Tennessee ⓘ nucleus of modern Nashville metropolitan area ⓘ
inception	1779 ⓘ
laterPartOf	State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOn	Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSettlement	Fort Nashborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American frontier ⓘ Southwest Territory frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ western frontier of North Carolina ⓘ
previouslyPartOf	North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of the Bluffs NERFINISHED ⓘ Chickamauga Cherokee attacks ⓘ Cumberland Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ Donelson flotilla migration of 1779–1780 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 18th century ⓘ
timePeriod	American Revolutionary War era ⓘ post-Revolutionary War era ⓘ

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Territory South of the River Ohio → includedRegion → Cumberland settlements ⓘ