Johnson's Station
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In 1783, the State of North Carolina granted Cumberland Compact signer Isaac Johnson 640 ac. on Richland Creek. He settled near Johnson’s Lick, a spring on a buffalo path to the southwest. By 1787, a double log house and partially picketed cabins named Johnson’s Station stood here as a fort and tax collection site.
Vacated in Jan. 1789, the station burned five months later. Charles Bosley, a wealthy member of the Nickajack Expedition and plantation owner, settled here in 1818.
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