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James Gillespy's Fort 1E18 Print E-mail
About 2 miles northeast. Attacked Oct. 13, 1788, by 300 Indians under John Watts, the half-breed. Defenders held out until ammunition was exhausted. 28 were taken prisoner; 17 slaughtered and bodies burned. Thereafter the locality was called The Burnt Station.
TN 73 300 yards from airport entrance. Blount County Tennessee
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