Q:Facts: - death place: chickasaw bluff , tennessee - branch: southwest territory militia - caption: robertson , as depicted by washington bogart cooper - battles: chickamauga wars - death date: 01 september 1814 - allegiance: united states of america - commands: mero district militia - relations: charlotte -lrb- sister -rrb- reeves -lrb- wife -rrb- anne robertson johnson cockrill - placeofburial: nashville city cemetery nashville , tennessee - birth date: 28 june 1742 - name: james robertson - image size: 200px - image: james-robertson-tn2 . jpg - birth place: brunswick county , virginia , united states - rank: brigadier general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james robertson -lrb- explorer -rrb- .
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james robertson -lrb- june 28 , 1742 -- september 1 , 1814 -rrb- was an american explorer , soldier and indian agent , and one of the founding fathers of the state of tennessee .an early companion of explorer daniel boone , robertson helped establish the watauga association in the early 1770s , and helped defend fort watauga from an attack by the cherokees in 1776 .in 1779 , he cofounded what is now nashville , and was instrumental in the settlement of middle tennessee .he served as a brigadier general in the southwest territory militia in the early 1790s .