[Colonel Kangaroo]

They formed the first “free state” on the continent. The state of Franklin. They comprised the overmountain men, the ones that won the Revolutionary War. And during the War of Northern Agression it was the 26th of North Carolina that gave the most blood. The 26th of North Carolina, the largest independent militia in the United States today.

I suspect that more of the descendants of the Overmountain Men fought for the Union than for the Confederacy in the War of Southern Stupidity. On the other hand, there was a great deal of overlap in the southern Tories of the Revolution and the idiots who led Dixie into secession and rebellion in 1860-61. In both cases, the slaveowners showed more devotion and patriotism to their bank balance than to their nation.

[macebowman]

And you mentioned the word “stupidity”.

Do you honestly believe that after Butcher Tarleton ran ransacking through here any Tories could have stayed? That is rich, really rich. Slaveowners—what, them leftover tories living in Appalachia had slaves too?

Why don’t you look up Fanny Wright. I guess those slave owning tories must have lost some of thier slaves to Fanny at the Nashoba Commune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashoba_Commune

And when you done, well they must of been a whole bunch of overmountain men descendents among this group.

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/pension.htm