1780 Cumberland Compact & Signers

Date: 13 May 1780 [unknown]
Location: Central Tennessee

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On May 13, 1780 the following pioneers signed the Cumberland Compact. The document provided guidelines for a constitutional government until North Carolina was formed in what was then Davidson County in 1783.

"The Cumberland Compact was both based on the earlier Articles of the Watauga Association composed at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee and is a foundation document of the Tennessee State Constitution. Signed on May 13, 1780, by early settlers led to the Cumberland River area by James Robertson and John Donelson, where they settled Fort Nashborough, which would later become Nashville, Tennessee.

The only surviving copy the Cumberland Compact was discovered in 1846 inside a trunk that once belonged to Samuel Barton. The copy in Tennessee State Archives is slightly damaged. Other than this the document is intact and legible.

The Cumberland Compact was composed and signed by 256 colonists. One colonist, James Patrick of Virginia, was illiterate and marked his name with an "X". This constitution called for a governing council of 12 judges who would be elected by the vote of free men 21 years of age or older. Unique to the times, the Compact included a clause that these judges could be removed from office by the people. Government salaries were to be paid in goods. Governors are paid 1,000 deer skins, secretaries are paid 450 otter skins, county clerks are paid 500 raccoon skins, and the constables are paid one mink skin for every warrant served. All males sixteen or older were subject to militia duty.

The compact did establish a contract and relationship between the settlers of the Cumberland region and limited the punishment that could be meted out by the judicial system. Serious capital crimes were to be settled by transporting the offending party to a location under the direct jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina for a proper trial. The compact remained in effect until Tennessee became a state." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Compact

The code is where the name can be found on the original document

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Alloway, Archelaus P3-C3-L7
Allstead, John P3-C2-L7
Alston, Philip P4-C1-L18
Alston, Tho's W. P3-C1-L3
Anderson, John P2-C3-L9
Anderson, Matthew P2-C3-L10
Armstrong, Francis P1-C2-L7
Barrett, Wm P3-C1-L4
Barton, Sam'l P2-C1-L4
Bidlack, Nathaniel P3-C3-L28
Blakemore, John Sen'r P1-C1-L7
Blakemore, John Jun'r P1-C1-L8
Bledsoe, Isaac P4-C1-L12
Boyd, John P2-C1-L11
Bradley, Edward P1-C2-L1
Bradley, Edw'd Jun'r P1-C2-L2
Bradley, Ja's P1-C2-L3
Buchanan, James Sr. P2-C1-L21
Buchanane, James P1-C1-L12
Burgess, Tho's P1-C2-L19
Burgess, Wm P1-C2-L20
Bushongs, Andrew P3-C1-L29
Caffery, John P1-C1-L6
Cain, James P2-C3-L3
Callaway, John P3-C3-L19
Calley, William P2-C3-L19
Cameron, Cha's P2-C2-L20
Campbill, Charles P3-C1-L17
Cartwright, Robert P1-C1-L15
Castleman, Jacob P4-C1-L13
Catron, Francis P1-C2-L15
Catron, Peter P1-C2-L13
Catron, Philip P1-C2-L14
Cimberlin, Jacob P3-C2-L31
Coleman, Spill P1-C1-L21
Condey, John P3-C3-L15
Consellea, Harmon P3-C3-L24
Cooke, James P3-C2-L26
Counrod, Nicholas P3-C2-L8
Cowan, John P2-C2-L3
Cox, Thomas P4-C1-L16
Crocket, Andrew P3-C2-L16
Crocket, James P3-C2-L15
Crow, John P3-C3-L1
Daugherty, George P2-C2-L19
Daugherty, Henry P2-C3-L16
Daugherty, Joseph P2-C2-L18
Denton, Joseph P2-C2-L24
Denton, Thomas P2-C1-L6
Deson, Samuel P1-C1-L10
Dockerty, Robert P3-C2-L32
Dodge, Rich'd P3-C2-L24
Donelson, Jn'o C. P1-C1-L4
Drake, Benjamin P3-C2-L21
Drake, Isaac P1-C3-L3
Drake, John P1-C3-L9
Drake, John P3-C2-L22
Drake, Johnathan P3-C2-L20
Dunham, John P1-C2-L16
Dunham, John P3-C3-L6
Dunnigan, Joseph P3-C1-L27
Edmeston, Thomas P3-C3-L11
Espey, George P2-C1-L26
Espey, James P2-C2-L01
Espey, Robert P2-C1-L25
Evans, John P2-C2-L28
Evins, Evin P3-C2-L9
Evins, Jonathan P3-C2-L10
Ewin, Andrew P3-C1-L13
Fleming, William P2-C2-L5
Fletcher, Thomas P2-C1-L3
Flynn, George P4-C1-L6
Foster, James P3-C3-L26
Freland, George P1-C2-L10
Freland, James P1-C2-L11
Freland, James P4-C1-L9
Frize, Lesois P3-C3-L3
Gamble, Josias P3-C1-L22
Geioch, William P2-C1-L22
Gibson, John P2-C1-L24
Givens, James P2-C1-L18
Givens, Robert P2-C1-L19
Goodloe, Robert P3-C1-L2
Gowen, William P2-C1-L27
Gower, Russell P3-C2-L17
Green, George P3-C2-L29
Green, James P3-C2-L25
Green, Jonathan P4-C1-L4
Green, William P1-C2-L21
Green, Zachariah P1-C3-L5
Grimes, Perley P2-C3-L22
Gross, Rich'd P1-C3-L8
Guthrie, Henry P1-C2-L6
Hainey, Barnet P2-C3-L12
Hamilton, James P2-C3-L15
Hardin, Henry P2-C1-L13
Hardin, Martain P1-C2-L28
Harlan, Silas P3-C3-L22
Harrod, Ja's P2-C1-L20
Hart, Nath'l P1-C1-L2
Hawthorn, Noah P2-C3-L7
Hayes, Nath'l P3-C3-L9
Hayes, Sam'l P3-C3-L8
Henderson, Nath'l P2-C2-L27
Henderson, P. P1-C1-L23
Henderson, Rich'd P1-C1-L1
Hendricks, Thomas P2-C1-L7
Hines, Tho's P3-C1-L1
Hinson, William P4-C1-L2
Hodge, Francis P2-C2-L4
Hogan, Daniel P2-C3-L24
Hogan, Humphrey P3-C3-L25
Holloday, John P2-C1-L8
Holson, John P2-C1-L16
Hood, William P2-C1-L10
Jackson, Joseph P2-C2-L13
Jarrot, Dan'l P2-C3-L5
Jarrott, Daniel P4-C1-L7
Jefriss, Thos. P3-C1-L26
Jenning, Jonathan P1-C3-L4
Johnson, Isaac P1-C2-L17
Johnson, Isaac P3-C3-L10
Johnston, Daniel P3-C2-L27
Johnston, Dan'l P2-C3-L4
Kelar, Adam P1-C2-L18
Kerbey, Henry P2-C2-L12
Kimberlin, Michael P2-C2-L2
King, Martin P3-C2-L5
Leaton, William P1-C3-L1
Leeper, George P2-C2-L7
Leeper, Hugh P3-C3-L23
Leeper, James P2-C2-L6
Lefever, Isaac P2-C1-L2
Lindsey, Isaac P4-C1-L11
Logan, Wm P3-C2-L6
Lucas, Andrew P1-C3-L6
Lucas, Edward P4-C1-L17
Lucas, Robert P1-C2-L8
Luney, Jon P2-C3-L2^[1]
Luney, Peter P2-C3-L1^[2]
Lynn, James P4-C1-L15
Mansker, Gasper P1-C1-L5
Martin, Samuel P1-C1-L11
Mauldin, Amb's P3-C3-L4
Mauldin, Morton P3-C3-L05
Maxey, Jesse P2-C3-L06
Maxwell, David P3-C1-L25
McAdams, John P3-C2-L2
McAdoo, Arthur P2-C2-L25
McAdoo, James P2-C2-L26
McCartney, Charles P2-C3-L8
McCutchan, Patrick P2-C2-L9
McCutchan, Sam'l P2-C2-L10
McMurray, Sam'l P1-C1-L22
McMurrey, Wm P3-C3-L14
McMyrty, Jn'o P3-C1-L31
McVay, John P1-C2-L24
McWhorter, William P2-C3-L11
Mines, Geo. P3-C2-L28
Mitchell, David P1-C1-L19
Molloy, Tho's P4-C1-L10
Montgomery, John P3-C1-L16
Moore, Demsey P3-C1-L12
Moore, Edward P3-C1-L7
Moore, Elijah P3-C1-L10
Moore, James P3-C1-L06
Moore, John P3-C1-L11
Moore, Rich'd P3-C1-L8
Moore, Sam'l P3-C1-L9
Moore, Samuel P2-C2-L23
Moore, Wm H. P1-C1-L3
More, William P3-C2-L30
Morris, Wm P3-C3-L27
Morton, Joseph P1-C1-L17
Mosely, Joseph P1-C2-L5
Mungle, Daniel P2-C2-L8
Murray, Titus P2-C3-L14
Newell, Sam'l P3-C1-L23
Newton, Edmund P4-C1-L3
Norris, Ezek'l P3-C3-L12
Overall-88 P3-C1-L20
Overall, William P3-C1-L18
Owens, John P4-C1-L8
Patrick, [X] James P1-C3-L7
Phariss, Samuel P1-C1-L4
Phelps, John P3-C1-L28
Phillips, John P4-C1-L5
Pleake, John P3-C3-L20
Pope, Willis P3-C3-L21
Power, George P4-C1-L14
Price, Wm P2-C2-L11
Purnell, William P3-C3-L13
Quigley, Patrick P3-C1-L21
Ragsdell, Daniel P3-C1-L30
Ragsdil, Daniel P2-C2-L14
Rains, Mereday P3-C2-L23
Ratletf, Daniel P3-C3-L18
Ray, James P2-C1-L5
Ray, James P2-C3-L20
Ray, William P2-C3-L21
Read, Joseph P3-C1-L24
Reid, John P2-C2-L17
Rentfro, Isaac P1-C1-L14
Robertson, J's P1-C2-L9
Robertson, Mark P3-C1-L15
Rogan, Hugh P1-C1-L16
Rounsavall, David P3-C2-L13
Rounsavall, Isaac P3-C2-L14
Russell, James P4-C1-L19
Russell, W. Jun'r P2-C2-L21
Sawyers, Sampson P2-C1-L15
Shannon, David P3-C2-L19
Shannon, John P3-C2-L18
Shannon, Thomas P3-C1-L5
Shaver, Michael P2-C2-L15
Shaw, James P1-C1-L9
Shelton, David P1-C1-L20
Shelton, Sam'l P2-C1-L23
Simpson, Hugh P2-C2-L22
Sims, Rich'd P2-C3-L13
Smith, Wm. Bailey P2-C2-L29
Stanton, Richard P2-C1-L14
Stoner, Michael P1-C2-L04
Stump, Frederick P2-C1-L9
Stump, Jacob P2-C1-L12
Summers, William P3-C3-L2
Tatom, A. P4-C1-L1
Terel, Timothy P2-C1-L1
Thomas, Jn. P3-C2-L11
Thomas, Joshua P3-C2-L12
Thomelu, Edward P1-C3-L2
Thompson, Absalom P1-C2-L23
Thompson, Thomas P3-C2-L4
Thomson, Andrew P1-C2-L30
Thomson, Charles P1-C2-L26
Thomson, Elijah P1-C2-L29
Thomson, James P1-C2-L25
Thomson, Robert P1-C2-L27
Titus, Ebenezer P3-C1-L14
Tramal, NiColas P3-C3-L16
Tucker, John P1-C2-L12
Turner, Daniel P1-C3-L10
Turner, John P3-C1-L19
Turpin, Solomon P1-C1-L13
Webb, Moses P1-C2-L22
Wells, Haydon P3-C3-L17
White, Burgess P2-C3-L18
White, Samuel P2-C3-L23
White, Zach P2-C3-L17
Williams, Da. P3-C2-L1
Williams, Samson P3-C2-L3
Willson, Samuel P2-C2-L16
Wilson, John P2-C1-L28
Wilson, Ralph P2-C1-L17
Woods, William P1-C1-L18

Sources

CumberlandPioneers.com (source for names; includes images of the referenced pages)