Posted on 04/23/2009 7:46:03 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative
Did you know that in 1786 there was a US State formed, by the name of Franklin? It's true:
In August 1784 delegates from three of the eight western counties of North Carolina met in the town of Jonesborough. There was a vote (by no means unanimous, a gentleman by the name of Tipton was vocal in his opposition) and on the 23rd of the month they declared the lands independent. The state of Franklin was born. Opposition was immediate - North Carolina published a manifesto condemining the formation of the new state. In fact it brought about the first political pamphlet war for that part of America.
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“Everything invariably boils down to one thing in politics, and that is money. After the revolution it was in short supply and the federal coffers were empty. Revolutions after all, cost money just as much as any war. North Carolina, quite remarkably, decided to cede its western portion to make up its contribution. Getting cold feet, the offer was withdrawn before Congress had even had a chance to accept it. The fear was that Congress might sell the land to a foreign power. Better to be poor than live next to the French, after all.”
So Tennessee was born.
My, I wonder what we are giving birth to now?
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A hundred years ago when I was in grade school the Landmark imprint of Random House publishing produced an excellent series of American and world History books designed for 4th thru 6th graders. There were many excellent titles and my local library in Manhattan had most of them. One of the titles was “Franklin: America’s Lost State.” I read it in 5th grade and I found this article an enjoyable blast from the past.
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And there was a very interesting precedent for a new state in that region. That’s because even before the Revolution, a group of frontiersmen and speculators tried to establish America’s “fourteenth colony” — “Transylvania” — out in the boondocks of Kentucky and Tennessee. Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania_(colony)
Here's the correct one:
Knew about it and have been there. Cool spot to visit if you’re a history buff.
That didn’t take long! LOL!
There were parallel, competing governments in the short-lived State of Franklin, with NC courts and Franklin courts. North Carolina ran all the way to the Mississippi at the time Franklin was established and disputed.
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Nolichucky Jack and the Fourteenth State
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Listed below are the names listed on the 1783 Greene Co Tax list, this was the first list taken for Greene Co. The original tax list can be viewed at the Nathanael Greene Museum in Greeneville.
* Almost all on list were Revolutionary soldiers.
* They were known as the “Nollichuckey Settlers.”
* In 1785 Adam Meek built his cabin farthest westward but civilization had not reached the present Knox Co border.
* Many of them settled on the “Brown Purchase” — land bought from the indians by Jacob Brown, a Major in the Revolution.
* The Nolichuckey settlers were famous as riflemen.
* Many of them were enlisted with the NC Continental Line or the VA Militia.
* Samuel Wear, whose family came from Bucks Co, VA, was a border hero and one of the first TN representatives.
* In 1782 several families came to Greene Co from PA. The Galbreaths, Rankins, Magills, Delaneys, Wilsons, Moores and McClungs.
http://www.genealogyforyou.com/usa/tennessee/greene/tax001.htm
* Early land grants: the Nelsons, Vances, Crosbys, Inmans, Casteels, Pates, Jones and Conways.
* The first pioneers here were the Gillespies, Crocketts, Henry Earnest, Francis Hughes, Nathan Davis, Ashael Rawlings and Col. Daniel Kenedy (first Clerk of Court) and Amos Byrd from Westover Manor in VA.
* Maryland families to settle here were the Howards, Dewitts, Weltys, Hills and Gists.
* From Washington Co., VA were Col Arthur Campbell, the Craigs, Blackburns.
* Earliest NC families were the Loves, Whites, Alexanders, Balches and Vances.
* Robert Wylie was one of the first merchants in Greene County.
Governor John Sevier the only governor of the State of Franklin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sevier
Interesting article! As a native North Carolinian, I remember reading about this in school.
Could this have been 1 of the 57 states Obama was talking about last year?
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