TN-1C-5 Dumplin Creek Treaty

Marker text: TN 1C-5 Dumplin Creek Treaty

About 2 mi. E., at mouth of Dumplin Creek, was Henry's Station, founded by Maj. Hugh Henry. Here the state of Franklin, represented by John Sevier, and the Cherokee Nation, represented by Ancoo, Chief of Chota, signed, on June 10, 1785, the treaty opening a large area south of the French Broad and Holston Rivers to settlement.

Tennessee Historical Commission