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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Tennessee's first permanent European-American settler (1721-1782)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the American pioneer. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/William_Bean_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="William Bean (disambiguation)">William Bean (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/William_Bean_Cabin_Placque.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="211" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Historical_Commission" title="Tennessee Historical Commission">Tennessee Historical Commission</a> marker placed near the William Bean Cabin site in present-day <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Bean</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1721-12-09</span>)</span>December 9, 1721<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Heathsville,_Virginia" title="Heathsville, Virginia">St. Stephens Parish</a>, Virginia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1782 (aged 60)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Bean_Station,_Tennessee" title="Bean Station, Tennessee">Bean's Station</a>, Tennessee</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Longhunter" title="Longhunter">Longhunter</a>, soldier, pioneer, politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">being the reported first permanent European-American settler, and founding the first permanent European-American settlement of Tennessee<sup id="cite_ref-clouse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title">Commissioner, <a href="/wiki/Watauga_Association" title="Watauga Association">Watauga Association</a><sup id="cite_ref-tuller_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term</th><td class="infobox-data">1772-April 1775</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Office established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">Office dissolved</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Lydia Russell</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1744; died 1788)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>William Bean (father)</li><li>Margaret Hatton Bean (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Bean</b> (December 9, 1721-May 1782) was an <a href="/wiki/American_pioneer" title="American pioneer">American pioneer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longhunter" title="Longhunter">longhunter</a>, and Commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Watauga_Association" title="Watauga Association">Watauga Association</a>. He is accepted by historians as the first permanent <a href="/wiki/European_American" class="mw-redirect" title="European American">European American</a> settler of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Bean was born December 9, 1721. In 1744, Bean married Lydia Russell of Northumberland County.<sup id="cite_ref-wbean_I_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wbean_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> William was of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Americans" title="Scottish Americans">Scottish descent</a>, and Lydia was of <a href="/wiki/English_Americans" title="English Americans">English descent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grady_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grady-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Settlement_in_the_Watauga_Association">Settlement in the Watauga Association</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Settlement in the Watauga Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1762, Bean set camp close to the junction of Boone's Creek and the <a href="/wiki/Watauga_River" title="Watauga River">Watauga River</a>, near present-day <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a> during a longhunting excursion with fellow pioneers and friends <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Callaway" title="Richard Callaway">Richard Callaway</a>, on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henderson_(American_pioneer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Henderson (American pioneer)">Richard Henderson</a>, a land surveyor who played an important role in the early settlement of Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1769, he constructed a cabin at this site and relocate his family. Shortly after the cabin's completion, Lydia Bean gave birth to a son, Russell Bean, who would be historically accepted as the first European American born in present-day Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-historical_marker_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historical_marker-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bean family encountered aggressive confrontations with the inhabiting <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Nation" title="Cherokee Nation">Cherokee tribes</a>, and found distaste in the growing popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Watauga_Association" title="Watauga Association">Watauga Association</a>. Nevertheless, William Bean pursued a career in politics and be elected as a commissioner of the Watauga Association in 1772, serving a crucial role in the absorption of the settlement into the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> by 1775.<sup id="cite_ref-tuller_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolution_and_establishment_of_Bean_Station">American Revolution and establishment of Bean Station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: American Revolution and establishment of Bean Station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg/220px-East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg/330px-East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg/440px-East_Tennessee_Crossing_-_The_Lakes_of_the_Crossing_from_Clinch_Mountain_-_NARA_-_7718101.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2029" data-file-height="1338" /></a><figcaption>The view of the German Creek valley as seen from Clinch Mountain</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1775, William Bean collaborated with Daniel Boone on a new longhunting excursion, as Bean wanted to move west with the Watauga Association gaining popularity, and Boone was wanting to expand his <a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Road" title="Wilderness Road">Wilderness Road</a> southward towards the <a href="/wiki/Great_Indian_Warpath" title="Great Indian Warpath">Great Indian Warpath</a>. The duo crossed the gap on top of <a href="/wiki/Clinch_Mountain" title="Clinch Mountain">Clinch Mountain</a> after traversing the <a href="/wiki/Powell_River_(Tennessee_River_tributary)" title="Powell River (Tennessee River tributary)">Powell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clinch_River" title="Clinch River">Clinch</a> rivers in present-day <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger</a> counties in Tennessee. After surveying the valley below, Bean and Boone descended the southward slope of Clinch Mountain and set camp along the German Creek tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Holston_River" title="Holston River">Holston River</a> and the Great Indian Warpath. Finding appreciation for the vast wildlife, timber, fertile soil, and access to navigable waters, Bean chose this site as the permanent site of his new home and to establish a community with Boone planning to extend the Wilderness Road to the campsite location.<sup id="cite_ref-family_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>, Bean served as a captain for the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia militia">Virginia militia</a>, and was awarded over 3,000 acres in the German Creek valley where he surveyed and camped at previously with Boone in 1776. In the same year, Bean constructed a four-room cabin with the assistance of his sons. The cabin served as his family's home, and as an inn for prospective settlers, <a href="/wiki/Fur_trade" title="Fur trade">fur traders</a>, and longhunters, named <a href="/wiki/Bean_Station,_Tennessee" title="Bean Station, Tennessee">Bean Station</a>, establishing the first reportedly permanent settled community in present-day Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-clouse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1780, Bean served in his position of captain in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain" title="Battle of Kings Mountain">Battle of Kings Mountain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tuller_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1782, Bean died of unknown causes at the age of 60 in his cabin at Bean Station.<sup id="cite_ref-tuller_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bean's settlement of Bean Station grew substantially following his death in 1782. By 1787, Bean's sons constructed a fort, blacksmiths shop, and a trading outpost at the community's crossroads of the <a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Road" title="Wilderness Road">Wilderness Road</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Indian_Warpath" title="Great Indian Warpath">Great Indian Warpath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-family_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-barksdale_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barksdale-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bean Station emerged as an important stopover, due to its strategic location on the crossroads of present-day <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_25E" title="U.S. Route 25E">U.S. Route 25E</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_11W" title="U.S. Route 11W">U.S. Route 11W</a>, between <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> for early travelers through Tennessee into the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-brown_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crossvillage_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crossvillage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town and cabin established by Bean were lost following the flooding of the Holston River valley for the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Dam" title="Cherokee Dam">Cherokee Dam</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> in 1942. Bean Station unofficially relocated to the new crossroads of US 25E and US 11W, and incorporated into a town in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-coffey_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coffey-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-clouse-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-clouse_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-clouse_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFClouse2021" class="citation news cs1">Clouse, Allie (May 27, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.knoxnews.com/story/life/2021/05/27/timeline-tennessee-225-years-statehood-history-and-more/5129863001/">"From Davy to Dolly: 225 years (and more) of Tennessee's storied history"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_News_Sentinel" title="Knoxville News Sentinel">Knoxville News Sentinel</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 23,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Town+of+Bean+Station&rft.atitle=History+of+Bean+Station&rft.aulast=Coffey&rft.aufirst=Ken&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beanstationtn.com%2Findex.php%2Fhistory-home%2Four-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Bean" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bean&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carolyn Sakowski; <i>Touring the East Tennessee Backroads</i>; J.F. 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