Born in Germany in 1733, he served in the French and Indian War, later in the Revolution. He took up a homestead of 450 acres here in 1792 and built the log cabin which stands about 1/2 mile east. A member of Knox County's first court, he died in 1817 and is buried on the hill 50 yards north.

Marker is on Emory Road (Tennessee Route 331) ¼ mile west of Tazewell Pike (Tennessee Route 131), on the right when traveling west.

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