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1772 Articles of Association

  
 

In May, 1772 people in the Watauga settlement formed an association and drew up articles forming their own government. They appoined officers, courts, and constabulary. They elected thirteen commissioners.

  
 
Commissioners
Bean, William
Russell, George
Brown, Jacob
Sevier, John
Carter, John
Smith, James
Jones, John
Tathum, William
Isbell, Zachariah
Womack, Jacob
Lucas, Robert
Robertson, Charles
 
 
 

 

  
 

 

  
     
 

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