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Born April 18, 1768, at Blount Hall in Bertie County, North Carolina. Died September 18, 1835.
Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815.
He spent much of his early tenure as governor dealing with hostilities between Indians and white settlers. He constantly sought to acquire land from the Cherokees and Chickasaws while fighting the hostile Choctows and Creeks.
At one point, early in his governorship he suggested to Washington, D.C., that the Cherokees be removed to west of the Mississippi, something later carried out by President Andrew Jackson.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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