Career
A veteran of the American Revolution, he settled on the Appalachian frontier, in what is now Jefferson County, Tennessee, in the early 1780s. He was a delegate to the North Carolina convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1789, and to the Tennessee state constitutional convention in 1796. Outlaw represented Jefferson County in the Tennessee House of Representatives during the First General Assembly (1796).
He represented Jefferson in the Tennessee Senate during the Third General Assembly (1799–1801), and was elected Speaker.
After his senate term, he focused primarily on land speculation and law. He died in Dallas County, Alabama, in 1826.
Outlaw was the grandfather of United States. Senator Alexander Outlaw Anderson.
