Hugh Lawson White (1773–1840) was a native of North Carolina who moved in 1786 to the state’s western district, soon to become Tennessee. He became an attorney, sat on the Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity, 1801–07, and was presiding judge of its successor, the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, 1809–15. White served in the state senate, 1807–08 and 1817–19, had a brief stint as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee, 1808–09, and was president of the Bank of Tennessee, 1812–27. He was a member of the United States Senate, 1825–40, including service as president pro tempore, 1832–35. Although a longtime friend and supporter of Andrew Jackson, White helped found Tennessee’s Whig Party and lost a bid for the presidency in 1836 to Jackson’s hand-picked successor, Martin Van Buren (ANB description begins John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, 1999, 24 vols. description ends ; DAB description begins Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone, eds., Dictionary of American Biography, 1928–36, 20 vols. description ends ; JEP description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States description ends , 2:74 [18, 21 Mar. 1808]; Nashville Daily Republican Banner, 15 Apr. 1840).

Thomas McCorry (1776–1835), a sometime alderman of Knoxville, was appointed a trustee of Hamden Sidney Academy in Knox County in 1811, served as treasurer of East Tennessee as of 1813, and became a commissioner of the Hiwassee Canal Company in 1826 (Jackson, Papers description begins Sam B. Smith, Harold D. Moser, Daniel Feller, and others, eds., The Papers of Andrew Jackson, 1980– , 6 vols. description ends , 4:276; Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 9th Assembly, 1st sess. [1811], 16; 10th Assembly, 1st sess. [1814], 189; 16th Assembly, extra sess. [1827], 94).

James Campbell (ca. 1772–1837) was a merchant and cashier of the Knoxville branch of the Bank of Tennessee. He served as a trustee of the Knoxville Library Company in 1817 and of Hamden Sidney Academy in 1830 (Pollyanna Creekmore, “Early East Tennessee Taxpayers,” East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications 26 [1954]: 70; Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 12th Assembly, 1st sess. [1817], 187; 18th Assembly, stated sess. [1829], 279; Knoxville Register, 8 Nov. 1837).

Robert Craighead (1751–1821) was a justice of the peace and longtime resident of Knox County (Creekmore, “Early East Tennessee Taxpayers,” 70; Knoxville Register, 15 May 1821).

John N. Gamble (ca. 1783–1818) was a native of Pennsylvania who served as deputy clerk of the Knox County Court, chief clerk of the Tennessee senate, and clerk of the federal district court in Knoxville (Creekmore, “Early East Tennessee Taxpayers,” 71; Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 6th Assembly, 1st sess. [1805], 81; Knoxville Register, 17 Nov. 1818).

The act of congress endowing two Tennessee colleges was dated 18 Apr. 1806. east tennessee college was chartered in 1807, superseding Blount College (founded 1794), and became the University of Tennessee in 1879. A 22 Nov. 1809 Tennessee statute authorized a lottery to benefit the institution, but the scheme never attracted enough purchasers to be held. Its trustees wrote a similar letter to James Madison on 12 Feb. 1810 (U.S. Statutes at Large description begins Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States . . . 1789 to March 3, 1845, 1855–56, 8 vols. description ends , 2:381–3; Tennessee Acts of 1794–1799 [Knoxville, 1799], 104–6; Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 7th Assembly, 1st sess. [1807], 108–11; 8th Assembly, 1st sess. [1809], 133–4; Madison, Papers description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, John C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, 1962– , 29 vols.: Congress. Ser., 17 vols.; Pres. Ser., 5 vols.; Sec. of State Ser., 7 vols description ends , Pres. Ser., 2:227–8; Tennessee Historical Quarterly 3 [1944]: 273–4).