The University of Tennessee was chartered as Blount College on September 10, 1794, by the Legislature of the Southwest Territory, meeting in Knoxville at the call of the governor of the territory, William Blount.
The University of Tennessee was chartered as Blount College on September 10, 1794, by the Legislature of the Southwest Territory, meeting in Knoxville at the call of the governor of the territory, William Blount.