James Robertson (early American): Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

James Robertson was a North Carolina farmer and explorer of the 1700s. He was born in Virginia in 1742, and founded Fort Nashborough, later to become Nashville, then part of North Carolina, in 1779. He represented Davidson County, home of Fort Nashborough, in the North Carolina legislature and had the settlement established as a town, and also established the first school there, Davidson Academy.

For the Marxist leader, see James Robertson.