James Robertson - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	1.889
Subject:	Robertson, James
Artist:	Unknown
Date:	Before 1840.
Media:	Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:	Frame 28 X 35.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

History:	The portrait was restored in 1974 and it is in perfect condition.
Notes:	James Robertson (1742-1814) is considered the Father of Middle Tennessee. He led the first large group of white men overland with stock and animals while their women and children travelled on John Donelson's flotilla down the Tennessee River to begin a settlement which grew into Nashville. He was appointed by George Washington as Brig. General in command of Mero District (1791). He served as the U.S. Agent to Chickasaw & Choctaw Nations, 1804. He died at a site near present-day Memphis in 1814. His body was moved in the 1820's back to Nashville and his body lies in the Nashville City Cemetery among many markers and monuments erected in his honor.
Categories:	Portrait paintings; Military; Mero; Pioneers; Men.