It originally sat closer to the road, but was moved back approximately 100 feet when Buena Vista Pike was widened.

He initially claimed self-defense, but then managed to escape prison with the help of an armed mob who supported his deeds.

[3] After serving in the American Revolutionary War under Francis Marion, he was arrested, escaped prison again, and fled to Tennessee.

[1] He arrived at White's Creek on Christmas Day 1779, and is a signer of the Cumberland Compact, along with his son Jacob Stump who was killed by Native Americans in 1780.

[4] Colonel Frederick Stump also built a log cabin home on the east side of White's Creek where he and wife Anna Snavely resided.