Moses Fisk (June 11, 1760 – July 26, 1840) was a pioneer settler of Tennessee. Fisk established the unincorporated community of Hilham, Tennessee on the Tennessee portion of the

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, 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

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, nor between Fisk University patron Clinton B. Fisk and Moses Fisk. In addition to being a Dartmouth graduate and educator, Moses Fisk was a mathematician, surveyor, author, road builder, lawyer, postmaster, minister, musician, land speculator, merchant, and farmer. Fisk was a staunch

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and an advocate for Native Americans. 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

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, and is considered to be "the Upper Cumberland’s first antiquarian."

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