{"id":779,"date":"2025-12-24T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/roane\/?p=779"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:24:09","slug":"the-old-rockwood-oak-late-1700s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/roane\/the-old-rockwood-oak-late-1700s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Rockwood Oak, late 1700’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is excerpted from A Guidebook to Historic Places in Roane County, Tennessee<\/em>, published by the Roane County Heritage Commission, and available on its Web site. [Note — this is from the archived site, so the book may not be available currently.]<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

In Rockwood, Tennessee there once stood a mighty oak tree.  Under that tree Chief Talootiske<\/strong> established his toll gate.  Talootiske<\/strong> was a famous Cherokee chief who built a road up Walden<\/strong> Ridge before the construction of Walton<\/strong>‘s Road — even before Peter Avery<\/strong> blazed his Trace.  In exchange for his road being a part of the white settler’s route west, Talootiske<\/strong> was granted the right to establish a toll gate.<\/p>\n

It was also under the old “Rockwood Oak” that white agents met with Chief Talootiske<\/strong> to agree on a sizeable allotment of land for the Chief.  But by 1818, the Cherokee had lost control of the land.  In 1801, the Walton<\/strong> Road, running from Kingston to the Cumberland settlements, was opened.  It passed by the old oak tree where the toll gate once stood.  Hugh Dunlap<\/strong> bought the property at the old tree and there built a house, which also served as a stagecoach inn.  The inn hosted many travelers, including Andrew Jackson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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