Knoxville Gazette 11 August 1792  

Knoxville Gazette

11 August 1792 

It was published in Rogersville TN and was the first newspaper in the state. It holds news from all over the state. 

"ELOPED from me about the 17th of March last, my wife, Liddy Dunbar. This is therefore to forewarn all persons from trusting her or trading with her on my account, as I am determined to put the law in force against such persons."

Washington County John Dunbar July 24, 1792 


Knoxville August 11

By a gentleman who came in with the above company we learn that the day before they left Cumberland, the Indians killed a boy, and wounded a man, near Bledsoe's Lick -- and that the Indians are very troublesome to the frontier settlements -- and that a number of men had been ordered out for their protection. 



 

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