Signing of the Treaty of Holston

On July 2, 1791, the United States and the Cherokee Nation signed the Treaty of Holston near this site. Governor William Blount of the Southwest Territory negotiated the treaty on behalf of President George Washington. Under its terms, the Cherokee ceded more land, and the U.S. government agreed to furnish them with farming implements, spinning wheels, and looms. About 1,200 Cherokee attended, and 41 Cherokee chiefs signed the treaty, with witnesses representing the United States from Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and the Kentucky Territory.

Knoxville, Tennessee · United States