# Moses Fisk

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**Moses Fisk** (June 11, 1760 – July 26, 1840) was a pioneer settler of Tennessee. Fisk established the unincorporated community of [Hilham, Tennessee](/source/Hilham,_Tennessee) on the Tennessee portion of the [Cumberland Plateau](/source/Cumberland_Plateau), and the Fisk Female Academy—one of the first such educational institutions in the South. There is no known connection between Fisk Female Academy and [Fisk University](/source/Fisk_University) in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville,_Tennessee), nor between Fisk University patron [Clinton B. Fisk](/source/Clinton_B._Fisk) and Moses Fisk.

In addition to being a [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_College) graduate and educator, Moses Fisk was a mathematician, surveyor, author, road builder, lawyer, postmaster, minister, musician, land speculator, merchant, and farmer.[1]

Fisk was a staunch [abolitionist](/source/Abolition_of_slavery) and an advocate for [Native Americans](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas). He was also an important figure in documenting and preserving the Native American archeology and anthropology of the area. Fisk was a charter member of the [American Antiquarian Society](/source/American_Antiquarian_Society), and is considered to be "the Upper Cumberland’s first antiquarian."[2]

## References

1. Barlow, Tim (1980). *The Life and Writings of Moses Fisk*. First ed. Collegedale, Tennessee: College Press. p. 3.

1. Williams, Randal. ["Moses Fisk: the Upper Cumberland's First Antiquarian"](http://www.ajlambert.com/history/ct_mf.pdf). *Denny-Loftis Genealogy*. Audrey Lambert. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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