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From: Charles Schull <>
Subject: Re: [LCT] Watauga Assn.- State of Franklin
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 22:12:46 -0700
In-Reply-To: <3ACD48CB.9D8586A3@inetport.com>


on 4/5/01 9:40 PM, Sheila Endres at wrote:

> I don't mean to pose as a historian. I'm not. But
> I have researched this time period pretty well.
> From about 1760 something (sources differ) until
> 1772, the few who settled west of the Appalachians
> in what is now Tennessee settled primarily along
> the Watauga, Doe, Holsten Rivers and these areas
> are now generally referred to as the Watauga
> Settlements. In 1771, these settlers were told by
> British officials they had to move back east
> because they didn't fall under the jurisdiction of
> North Carolina or Virginia. They would not be
> protected by the British and would not be allowed
> to own their land legally. So, in 1772, these
> settlers formed their own Articles of the Watauga
> Association, often touted as the first written
> constitution and self-government in the Americas,
> and did their own negotiations with the Native
> Americans to lease and later purchase their land.
> From 1775-1777, North Carolina officially annexed
> the settlements as the Washington District of
> North Carolina (with a western border of the
> Mississippi River). 1777-1784, it was called
> Washington County, North Carolina. In 1784, the
> eastern colonies gave up their western lands to
> the federal government. The settlers from what is
> now Tennessee, parts of southern Kentucky and
> parts of southernmost Virginia formed the State of
> Franklin. It sent representatives to the U.S.
> Congress for four years but was never recognized
> by the US Government. From 1788-1790, it was
> reannexed into North Carolina. In 1790, it was
> designated by the US government as the Territory
> of the United States Government South of the River
> Ohio. Finally, in 1796, it was made a state.
>
> The reference I'm using to relate this is
> "Tennessee, the Dangerous Example, Watauga to
> 1849" by Mary French Caldwell, but it can be found
> in several histories.
>
> Sheila Endres
>
>
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Sheila,

Thank you for the history of the lost state of Franklin. I inquired as to
its origin before but was told that proof of direct descendance was needed
or something. My curiosity was ignited because of some early Boone hunts and
trail blazing by he and others. touched on this subject. Some very early
settlements were beginning when Boone was early in Kentucky. I will look
that up again but thanks for the explanation.

Charlie

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