"We went over the mountains last weekend to attend the Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival. Before I describe that, what do you think it was? Do you imagine a bunch of good ol’ boys in bib overalls, swapping outrageous fish tales? No such thing. It was far more interesting than that."
If you honestly hope to represent the people you describe in such a fashion, I'd suggest you step into their shoes and hear this as they would hear it.
Read your profile page, and you have a point.
I come from the brave and independent early settlers who came to Tennessee. My ancestor, Daniel Harty, came from N.C.
He and his sons and daughters married into other families here, particularly the McCoys. When I researched my family history, I had to use N.C. records, because they were migrants from that state, opposed to taxation without representation.
My ancestors were here when the State of Franklin was organized. If you know your history, you know this group of frontiersmen rebelled and the State of Franklin was a breakaway state (territory). It was shortlived, but an important part of the history of this country.
My ancestors were among those who settled the great frontier.
I am very proud of that, maybe that explains some of my rebelliousness.
Our homeplace is in Greene County, just over the N.C state line, in the mountains, near Madison County, N.C.