Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

John Donelson

1718 - 1786

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 16, 2022

1. John Donelson Marker

Inscription. John Donelson led a group of 300 men, women, and children, including slaves to the new settlement here, traveling a thousand miles along the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers. Donelson’s boat “Adventure” guided their flotilla of about 40 flatboats and canoes through a four-month journey, enduring raging rivers, Indian attacks, disease, hunger and bitter cold. The last 200 miles of the journey were upstream, requiring the settlers to pole their boats against the current to join the Robertson party here in April 1780.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 36° 10.022′ N, 86° 46.658′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee,

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in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from Union Street North. Located at the City Square Observation Deck in Nashville Public Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 49-199 Union St N, Nashville TN 37201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 16, 2022

2. John Donelson Marker

walking distance of this marker: Thomas H. Shriver Towers (a few steps from this marker); James Robertson (a few steps from this marker); Woodland Street Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Century III (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ensley Building (within shouting distance of this marker); L. Jonas & Company Millinery Firm (within shouting distance of this marker); First Nashville Library (within shouting distance of this marker); City Haymarket (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 435 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.