Captain John Gordon 1763-1819

Historical marker location:

Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of 8th Avenue South and Broadway, on the right when traveling north on 8th Avenue South.)

Marker installed: 1932

First Postmaster of Nashville 1796-1797.

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.