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Title: Samuel McCutchan signature on Cumberland Compact
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Where: Cumberland Settlement in what is now Tennessee
When: May 1780
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This document, signed in May 1780 by the first settlers on the Cumberland River established a provisional government for the isolated colony, provided for the election of twelve representatives from the eight stations, provided for a Sheriff, a Clerk, a Militia, and for the adjudication of causes, the administration of estates, and the awarding of executions. Power was vested in a tribunal of Judges or General Committee. Samuel Barton was a signatory and was named as one of these first judges.