Territory South of the River Ohio

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historical region organized incorporated territory of the United States

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Territory South of the River Ohio canonical	2
Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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