John Donelson, Jr., was the son of John
Donelson and Rachel Stockley. Donelson's father was one of the first settlers
of middle Tennessee and was the fifth signer of the Cumberland Compact, a
document that provided for a representative government for the settlers of the
area. John Donelson, Jr., was a surveyor like his father and helped survey the
land in and close to Indian Territory. His survey of the "Cherokee
Line" that ran from Southwest Missouri to Fort Smith took place from
September 19, 1831, to January 18, 1832.
This collection contains the field notes
recorded by John Donelson, Jr., as he surveyed land that ran from southwest
Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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1831
August 18: "Field notes of a traverse line from the SW corner of Missouri
to Fort Smith"
