Territory South of the River Ohio

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The Territory South of the River Ohio was a late 18th-century U.S. territorial government, commonly known as the Southwest Territory, that preceded the statehood of Tennessee.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admittedAsState Tennessee ⓘ
borderedBy Georgia ⓘ
Indian lands ⓘ
Mississippi Territory ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
capital Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Knoxville

Rocky Mount, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Rocky Mount

White’s Fort ⓘ
cededBy North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
commonName Southwest Territory ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
createdByAct Southwest Ordinance ⓘ
currency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
dateDissolved June 1, 1796 ⓘ
dateEstablished May 26, 1790 ⓘ
endTime 1796 ⓘ
firstGovernor William Blount ⓘ
followedBy Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: State of Tennessee
governedBy William Blount ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm territorial government ⓘ
hasTerritorialDelegate James White ⓘ
highestCourt Superior Court of Law and Equity of the Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ
historyPeriod Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Early national period of United States history
includedRegion Cumberland settlements ⓘ
Washington District ⓘ
Watauga settlements ⓘ
includedSettlement Clarksville ⓘ
Jonesborough ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Knoxville

Nashville ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
legislature Indiana Territorial Legislature ⓘ
surface form: Territorial Assembly of the Southwest Territory
locatedInThePresentDay Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter Ohio River ⓘ
officialName Territory South of the River Ohio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio
partOf Old West ⓘ
surface form: American frontier

Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ
surface form: United States western frontier
precededBy North Carolina western lands ⓘ
startTime 1790 ⓘ
statehoodOrder 16th state ⓘ

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Blount College → charteredBy → Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ
Blount College → associatedWith → Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ
Territory South of the River Ohio → officialName → Territory South of the River Ohio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio