John Sevier Marker 1900s Alec Riedl Collection LR

One of the first settlers to move into the area that would become Knoxville, former Revolutionary War veteran Captain James White built a homestead and a mill on the bank of the creek that flowed into the Tennessee River (now First Creek) around 1786. Later, he moved his family a short distance to a new site east along what is known today as Riverside Drive. This vintage postcard shows the marker that still exists there, erected by the local Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution in 1901. DAR members erected other historical markers around the city over the years, including those at Cavett’s Station and Campbell’s Station in West Knoxville.   Shared by Alec Riedl.