John Donelson, born in Delaware, 1718.  Early life in Virginia.  Fought in the Revolutionary War.  He led settlers west, by land and river, and settled in the Nashville area.  They took an overland route of nearly 500 miles and the river for almost 1000 miles.  He was the founder of Donelson&#x27;s Station on the Stones River.  Died in Kentucky 1786.