The Southwest Territory ceased to exist at that point.

Hope then moved to Knoxville, which at the time was the capital of the Southwest Territory, in 1795.

Rolling Thunder was taken down prior to construction of Southwest Territory.

He continued to serve after the entirety of his district was ceded to the federal government and formed the Southwest Territory.

The Southwest Territory saw a similar pattern of settlement pressure.

The first delegate was elected from the Southwest Territory to the 3rd Congress in 1794.

The Southwest Territory was dotted with Spanish missions, especially near the border.

North Carolina ceded the area to the federal government in 1790, after which it was organized into the Southwest Territory.

This area later became the Southwest Territory (1790), the precursor to the state of Tennessee.

June 1, 1796 The Southwest Territory was admitted as the 16th state, Tennessee.