Tennessee's latest Historic Site being developed in Fayetteville, TN is Camp Blount. It's about 2 miles from Fayetteville's square across the Elk River. 

During the war of 1812 the British armed Native Americans, this arming of Native Americans led to an attack on Fort Mims in Mobile, Alabama in August of 1813. During this time settlers had sought refuge inside of Fort Mims. The Creek Indians attacked Fort Mims at dawn one morning killing everyone inside. Total casualties were calculated at 2,500 men, women, children, and military personnel. President Madison was shocked to learn of the attack and sent word to the Tennessee Governor to answer the attack. Tennessee was the closest state able to respond to the attack because at the time, Alabama and Mississppi did not yet exist as states. The Tennessee Governor sent word to Lieutenant Jackson, who at the time was in charge of the Tennessee Militia, to call forth the militia and as many volunteers as would come to fight the Creek Indians. They were to meet on the banks of the Elk River. The Governor asked for 2,500 volunteers, 4,500 volunteers were present on that day. The next week the Nashville newspaper mentioned the term “Tennessee the Volunteer State” for the first time. General Jackson used the term “my Tennessee Volunteers” several times in his journals after that.